i know, it’s been a LONG time since i’ve written anything of any substance! the holidays came and went and now January is pretty much done!
i haven’t been in the sewing room as much as i’d like- mainly because we’ve been redoing the guest bedroom (after nearly three years of living in our house, more and more house decorating is being done! yeahhh!) since we’ve been painting and redoing the guest bed and bathroom, a lot of things have been stashed in my sewing studio, which = MESS!! we also managed to paint the basement and hubby decided back before the holidays to reward himself with a nice new plasma! that meant we also had to get a new tv stand, which also meant that we were left with an old media cabinet that had nowhere to go! since it’s just a black cabinet with shelves i thought it was perfect for storing fabric, and lo and behold i was able to clean out the closet and now have storage space in the closet and an extra cabinet of just fabric! WOOHOO! (sorry, the rooms are still not where i’d like them to be, otherwise i’d have pictures to share!)
and on top of not really having accomplished many new projects, every time i plan to take pictures of what i have completed, it is either snowing or raining, so all outdoor picture taking has pretty much been on hold! added to the fact that i haven’t been as gung-ho to list items in my etsy shop lately! this is mainly because business has been somewhat slow and i find that since etsy is so popular these days, the second i list something, five minutes later i’m already on page 10! (which, if you’re anything like me and doing a search for something and end up with 200 pages of search results, i generally get bored or annoyed after page 10!) to me, that’s very frustrating mostly because i use my etsy shop as creative outlet, not so much for money making purposes, but the fact that i’m paying to have things listed, and no real sales, i can’t really afford to keep listing as often as i’d like when traffic to my shop can be very slow!
in any event, i did manage to make some baby gift sets because these are always really popular and aside from my laptop sleeves, they are my most requested items! i’ve made some sets in the past that were of the pink skulls and crossbones and they were snatched up almost immediately. while i was organizing through some of my fabric, i realized i had about a yard left so figured i’d make one last cute set! not sure who this is going to, but at the rate all my friends are having babies, someone is bound to have a girl next! this includes a pleated tote for mom, and a fabric decorated burp cloth, sensory blanket, and appliqued onesie for baby!
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