Twilight

Okay so I admit I'm a Twilight Mom... whatcha' gonna do?  Looking forward to the new movie release next month, LOL, yes, silly I know.  In honor of the hype and craziness, and just for good plain old fun... I can now offer Twilight Monogram Font :-) Wanna order a custom Twilight towel or burp-cloth?  visit me in my Etsy Shop and send me an Etsy Convo and we'll discuss the details.

Fleece is... S i m p l e.

Woohoo, colder weather means fleece fabrics.  I love fleece, such an  EA S Y and S I M P L E textile to sew with.  Are you listening greenhorn sewers, felt is    S I M P L E.  I've started back designing plenty of fleece hats for this winter, similar to last years styles.  The custom orders are slowly trickling in from my Etsy Shop, in fact I've got F O U R  hats on my design table as I type.... which err, kinda need my attention.... but what's a short diversion like a blog post, no worries, right?!  LOL.  okay so here's the latest pictures, cuz that's all you want anyway, is to see the images....

It's F a l l !

When I think of Fall, I think of what i fondly like to refer to as "SWEATER WEATHER".  Just chilly enough for a light weight sweater.  But apparently here in Texas all we've been getting is a "fall teaser", which is totally crazy.... one week I'm packing away their summer clothes, the next week I'm digging through their storage bins to get out a pair of shorts or sleeveless tank.  Hurry up Fall!  Our family eagerly awaits your arrival... I'm just saying ;-)

As for what I've been doing lately.... well, part-time teaching PreK doesn't exactly leave me with much "free" time to sew as I would like.  BUT I've been spinning my creative energy in the evenings (once munchkins are in bed) in a MUCH needed area... home decor!  if you remember anything about our past life these 4.5 years... it's been FILLED with moving boxes.  We've moved in/out of our 4 year old house 5 times, yes, you read that correctly, F I V E times :-(  Sometimes you just gotta go where life takes you, and life kept pulling us back to Washington DC.  To make a long story short.... moving so much didn't leave me any time to decor our "builder beige" home.  And oh yes, did I mention I also had my premature son born in-between those moves?!  yes, so life has been crazy... think we're about as "sett;ed" as we're gonna get now.  So my focus has been on creative design on a tiny budget, did i say our budget is tiny... yes it's TINY.

I've started image inspiration boards for a few of our rooms... ABOVE is ideas I have found to inspire our master bedroom makeover.  We do have black furniture and pale yellow walls.  So naturally I've flocked to the color palette of  black/yellow/gray.  More updates on this room will come as the progress begins ;-)

School D-A-Z-E

This blog post is a TAD bit late.... BUT, better late than never ;-) Guess what?! I'm teaching preK now! So far, I have survived the first few months. Probably learning as much as I am teaching. SLOWLY I'm starting to get the hang of teaching tiny ones and plenty of prayer and leaning on others for advice has got me through the first few months. PATIENCE, this is literally the key, lots and lots of it ;-) I have two preschoolers myself, so this isn't exactly a departure for me. So excited to be in a creative and teaching atmosphere, possibly just the right combination I needed of a "real world" job and creative outlet... all while only working part-time. Feeling Blessed :-)