Thank You!!!

Thank you so much to everyone for the encouraging words and to Cyndi for introducing me to her friends. I've enjoyed reading and answering all of your comments. Now I'm going to sit down and check out all of your blogs.

Isn't technology great?! Who would have ever thought that we would be sitting at our computers in our own homes, talking to people all around the world. I look forward to getting to know my new friends and sharing sewing/quilting tips and secrets.

I hope you all have had a great weekend!

Fall Festival

Today I got up at 5 a.m. (yes, it is Saturday and yes, I know I'm crazy for doing it). Today is the day that my sister and I set up a table at a local fall festival to sell our Cup-O-Cakes. Saying it was cold this morning is an understatement. At 9 a.m. it was 38 degrees, so I can only image how cold it was when we started setting up at 7 a.m. Here are 2 pictures, one of me, then one of my sister as we bundled up against the cold.

I'm on the left, my sister on the right.

I just noticed the guy in the background of my picture is wearing shorts :-O What was he thinking!!! We couldn't feel our toes for the first couple of hours!

This was our table. Very simple. There is the jar of candy corn everyone was talking about. We were having everyone guess how many pieces were in the jar. Can you believe it was 2,619? That's a lot of candy corn!

Here are a few random shots of the festival. I didn't have much time to walk around and take pictures but I did get a few.

There was a tractor parade :)

Train for the kids.

This is one of the many things that we ate today. You wouldn't believe the food. Okay, maybe you would. I wish I had gotten a picture of all the food we did eat. This funnel cake was so big that my sister and I shared it and we still couldn't eat it all!

I had a great time with my sister today and I hope you had someone to spend your Saturday with.

Until tomorrow...

p.s. There is an Accuquilt GO! Cutter giveaway at Lavender Ridge. The deadline to enter is November 10th.

Holiday Shopping/Girl's Night Out

Today I spent the day getting ready for a vendor fair that we had this evening and a local fall festival that happens tomorrow. I set up a table showcasing my Clever Container company tonight. There were 9 vendors in all at a friends house and we all invited people that we knew. We had a great time and it was a lot of fun.

Tomorrow at the fall festival, my sister and I will be selling our Cup-O-Cakes (cupcakes in a jar). We have make 240 cupcakes in just a couple of days. We have had a really good response to them since we started this business about 6 weeks ago. You can visit us on our Facebook page if you would like some information about it.

We are having a giveaway at the festival as well. We are going to give this huge (that's and understatement) jar of candy corn to the person who can be the closest to guess how many pieces of candy are in the jar. This should be fun!

We put a Diet Coke can next to it to give you an idea of how big it really is.

Again, nothing "crafty" happened today, just everyday life. I will post pictures of the festival tomorrow. You never know what you will find there.

Until tomorrow...

New Look!

I've changed the look of the blog. It was orange with some crazy designs as the background. Now I think it's more pleasing to the eye.

For those of you who don't really know much about me, I figure it's time to tell you a little about myself. I have been married for 12 years. I have a beautiful 9-year-old daughter who is always keeping me on my toes. I own a tanning salon and embroidery business here in town. We have been doing tanning for over 6 years and embroidery just over 1 year. I have really enjoyed doing embroidery. I also like to be involved in multi-level marketing companies. For example, I am a consultant for both BeautiControl and Clever Container. Later this month I am planning on becoming a consultant for Scentsy wickless candles. I love being a part of these companies and being able to meet so many different people.

Even more than selling though, I have a love affair with fabric. I LOVE fabric!!!! My husband says it's my addiction. I tell him if this is the only thing I'm ever addicted to, then I'm doing good. :) I taught myself how to sew in 2003 while he was overseas in Iraq. Two years ago I decided to start quilting. I had been seeing all of these quilters online, wishing I could do what they do. One day, I just decided to try and I've been hooked ever since. It's still a work in process, but you never learn if you don't try.

I'm hoping this blog will be information for you and maybe humorous at times. I know there are many wonderful people out there in blogland and I can't wait to get to know many of you.

Until tomorrow...happy quilting!

Giveaway...Soon!

I want to do a giveaway. The problem is that I have no idea how many people actually read by blog, seeing as I only have 1 follower (my sister, but she doesn't count). Sorry sis. I'm going to work on what I want to giveaway once I get 50 followers. I know most people have giveaways once they reach 100 followers, but I'm impatient and I like giveaways. So, think you can help me with this?

Follow me and tell your friends about me. I know my blog is really just starting, but I'm hoping to build it up to where I'm showing you different sewing/quilting/crafting projects all the time. Once we reach 50, it's giveaway time!




Obviously, this picture has nothing to do with the above post. This is my niece. I just can't stand to have a post without a picture. Enjoy!

Already Struggling

OK. This is only day 2 and already I've been so busy today that I didn't blog. So, here I am, just in time. My sister and I are taking our Cup-O-Cakes to a local fall festival this Saturday and we started making them today. We finished 2 dozen jars of Chocolate Overload and 2 dozen jars of Coconut before I had to leave to take my daughter to karate. We have 7 more dozen to make before Saturday morning.

I haven't done any sewing or anything crafty today. I did get a chance to collect some acorns to make a wreath. I haven't collected enough yet, but I plan on getting more next week. Dana from MADE has a great tutorial here for making these wreaths. You should check it out! This is a picture of her wreath below.

I'm hoping tomorrow will be more productive than today.

November is here!

Can you believe it? This year has flown by sooooo fast.

Well, today I start blogging every day for 30 days. It's part of the NaBloPoMo challenge. Most weeks I'm luckly to post twice, so this will definitely be a challenge for me. The good thing is, I am working on a few projects that I will be able to show you. So, at least I have a few productive things to blog about :)

Until tomorrow....Happy Sewing!