newness...

I've been super busy lately trying to figure out inventory for the holiday season. When doing my recent festival I opted to make a wide array of items.. mainly so I could see what was a hit, and what was a miss. It was pretty darn helpful.. and gave me two new additions to the shop.
Before my husband left his last job he scored me lots of awesome faux leather fabric samples, a bunch of tiny squares in an array of colors that have turned into a collection of abstract pins. I found people liked them a lot in Bristol, and it sure doesn't hurt that they aren't bank busters either.

I figure they were worth trying out in the shop .
Aside from bags, the most purchased item at the festival were my fabric remnant scarves. I actually had some in my etsy shop last year at Christmas time, and after they sold I just didn't make anymore.. not sure why. But I got the hankering to sew some recently, and turns out they sold like hotcakes... so ta-da, they are back. At the moment I've only got one to list.. because I sold the others .. but be looking out for a lot more to come soon. Not only are they fun, but making them and bloom pins really allows me to use up every little piece of fabric I have. So yay for fabric control.

okay that was a lot of rambling for today.
happy hump day all ~

the return of the pin ..

Bloom Pins are back in the shop... I missed making them, and they help me control my ever growing fabric stash.. so head on over to the shop and see all the lovelies! New pins will be listed daily for quite some time .. at the moment I've got 50+ pins awaiting their moment in front of the camera.

happy monday all!

fall shop preview and a website too!

So excited about this one... My website is finally here!
The wonderful Brad and Sam have given Sweet & Dirty's such a spiffy makeover, I couldn't be happier about it.... so go here and check it out here .
I've still got to figure out how to work the thing myself.. but that will come in time. I'm just happy to have a lovely place to send people.

Also I've been sewing like a crazy person... lots of new things hitting the shop daily. I have 50+pins that will be showing up over the next week... for the moment though it's all about the bags. Here is a peek of what is in the shop, what will be arriving soon, and some favorites I sold this past weekend... enjoy!

rhythm and roots

The family survived the weekend festival... I'll go ahead and throw that one out there first. What was supposed to be a nice, yet busy, weekend of selling my items turned into a train wreck of craziness that I must say I am glad to be done with.
The husband and I ended up having to tag team babysit / work a booth for three days .. luckily Dave had a place to take Harvey so he could nap, but Ruby was deadset on staying by my side the entire time. Having to keep a two-year old from cracking during 12hr days is not what I would call ideal. We did manage to have some booth help in the form of friends, love you guys, and Ruby had some kids to keep her company on Saturday afternoon (yay). But to add up being 2hrs from home, the money that went into the festival, the stress that was involved in prep and just being there.. it wasn't quite worth it this go around. Ah well, at least I got some good pictures out of it all :

Mazoo

I haven't blogged in a bit, so I have lots to update you folks on... actually three posts worth. September has been a wild ride of a month for us, granted we knew it would be, but to start it off a giant curve ball was thrown in our direction ... we lost our sweet Mazoo girl.
Mazoo was our dog child, a little muttly mix of border collie and chow.. which meant lots of fluff and attitude. She was stubborn and smart, the two combined into a powerful combo of hilarity. Always there, and full of love for her parents (sorry kids, she didn't quite like you as much) she was the best dog you could ask for. She was Dave's sole companion for 5years til I came along and took on the role of mama. Mazoo was 13, and passed away with us by her side .. love her.