Snowmen Gathered Front Apron

Snowmen Gathered Front Apron , originally uploaded by Sweet_Things_Design.

Now that Halloween is almost here (just 3 more days) it's time to start thinking about Christmas!

I have a whole bunch of super cute Christmas fabric stashed away that is begging to be made into aprons for your holiday parties or gift giving. I started with this sweet snowman apron, the fabric is by Riely Blake.

I love the colors they are every retro Christmas! It's hard to see from the pictures but the red fabric features snippets from the very famous, much loved poem The Night Before Christmas.

The poem was a great family tradition growing up, my Dad read it to us every Christmas eve and my brother and I looked forward to it each year.

I have since inherited the family book, it is quite lovely, beautifully illustrated and so full of warm memories.

I now look forward to reading it to my son on Christmas eve and hope that he gets the same pleasure from it that we did as children swept up in the magic of the evening.

To check out this sweet Christmas apron for yourself click here.

WIP-Wednesday New Aprons and Table Cloth

WIP-Wednesday New Aprons and Table Cloth , originally uploaded by Sweet_Things_Design.

Happy WIP Wednesday! I have a couple projects going this week that I hope to have completed and in the shop by next week.

The first 3 fabrics going left to right (birdie, poinsettias, and cute christmas kids) are on their way to being Flirty Girl Aprons.

The last fabric on the right is an Alexander Henry Fabric called Plymouth. I actually finished this project since taking the picture this morning. I made it into a very elegant table runner, it will make a beautiful addition to any Thanksgiving festivities.

Today is a bad day to take pictures, very grey and rain soaked day here in Michigan. I am hoping for blue-ish skies tomorrow so I can take pictures to show you all how well the table runner turned out.

I hope you all are having a better weather day where ever you are!

Christmas in July

Girlie Girl Apron - Holiday Wishes, originally uploaded by Sweet_Things_Design.

Hey there folks, so I kinda took a rest over the holiday weekend to spend time with family and catch up on stuff around the house. I do however have a few items that have been and will be added to the shop this week, including 2 Christmas aprons. Visit my Etsy Shop to take a peek.

Seems early to me too but really it wont be long, we will blink our eyes and it will be here. I have some other holiday goodies on the brain that I hope to add to the shop later this month. Along with some stocking stouffer type items.

Things I have been Doing

Wow, it's been a little while since I have tended to my blog.  I took a little break however, I have been really busy creating.  Just this weekend I posted 5 new makeup bags and 2 aprons, check them out here.  

I have also been hard at work making coffee cup cozies.  I will be shooting a posting them hopefully next weekend.  Unless I can get some good sunlight after work sometime during the week.  In the meantime check out these photos. 

Back to Work

Well I am back to work now after a great vacation spent with my husband and son.  We relaxed took the baby to the zoo, Lake Huron and let him hang out on Grandma and Grandpa's boat for the first time.  It was a wonderful relaxing time and now I am ready to get back to business at both my full time advertising job and my crafting.

I posted two great aprons on etsy today, and I am ready to start on another one.  Here is the fabric I am going to use, how great are those roosters.  I can not wait to start.  

Over vacation my mother-in-law invited me to raid both her fabric stock pile and button tin.  I found some really great materials both new and vintage and am having fun thinking up ideas how to use it all!  

I also made a side-trip to the fabric store with husband and baby in tow.  It was the day after the holiday and they were running a sale on the Christmas fabric.  I couldn't resist and picked up some great fabrics for both Christmas and Halloween.  So be on the lookout for some new holiday treats coming soon.  A big thanks to my husband for some great ideas for Christmas projects too :)

Meanwhile in my "spare" time I have been sketching up some ideas for some fresh little pillows with summer fruit and yummy confectionary treats as my inspiration. Yumm, they look so cute already just on paper.  I am thinking about painting them too but I'm not sure if I want to go with watercolor or acrylic, hmm.  

Now that I am devoting more time and energy to crafting  it seems like inspiration is everywhere and I have more ideas than I can keep up with.  The flood gates are open so I am trying to be really good with my ever-handy sketchbook to capture them all for later.

So I want to know what inspires you? 

Till next time