How to have a fun Halloween!

I can't believe summer is almost over and fall is just around the corner! I love fall! Carmel apples, carmel corn, apple cider. I have always loved Halloween and the cooling weather. As my children were growing up we celebrated halloween and always had a lot of fun. Of course we had homemade costumes and it just would not be the same if one of our kids did not wait until the last minute and say, I don't have a costume. Since we had the newspaper route in our neighborhood for many years we had a hat and paper carrier, the kind that you put your head in and big pockets hung down in the front and back of the person wearing it. That get up seemed to be the one costume that got used every year and a great last minute costume. They loved to roll up a couple newspapers and have them stick out the front pocket and it was a great place to put all the candy! It was fun to go trick or treating around the neighborhood and everyone knew us.

Now days we don't get too many trick or treaters, but it is still a lot of fun to open the door and see all the fun and creative costumes. Since my love of the holidays is apparent I have started to plan my holiday craft classes for Kids for this year.

The first one will be Oct. 9th, 2009 What a blast we will have! Each child will make one of the pumpkin brothers, a decopaged candy corn candle holder and spider cookies. Take a look at the cool things I have planned. Email me for more information.

Fun with Butterflies!

Check out this cute multi colored girl's skirt with purple satin trim and removeable embroidered butterflies! Waist is 24" and length is 15". $15.00 it would make a great summer outfit paired with this purple peasant blouse $12.00 or a color coordinating t-shirt. I had so much fun with this butterfly I sewed it in different colors on baby burp cloths and a onesie. $24.00 Butterflies are free to fly!!! Fly away!! Bye Bye!!!

Remake Vintage Girl"s Skirts

Here are 2 Girl's skirts made from vintage fabric. These were remade from vintage adult skirt. I love the feel of the older cotton. It just seems to be so much softer. These are fun and cute when pared with a peasant blouse. $ 10.00 each.

How to give the perfect Wedding Gift.

Well here it is May and the beginning of the Wedding Season. One year I was invited to 10 weddings! Well I guess it comes with having 4 children very close in age. As they have gotten married so have all their friends. That year the gift of choice was crockpots. Since then I have decided it is nice to give something a little personal. I like to look at the gift lists that the Bride and Groom have registered for. I Check out what colors of towels, kitchen gadgets, or even the shower curtain that they have listed, that way I have a good Idea of their likes. I choose a set of towels in their colors and Monogram them, or put some motif on them that they are known to like. His and Hers are fun for Newlyweds. One friend said the favorite gift her son and daughter-in-law received was Monogrammed Robes. It may take a little extra investigating but it will make the gift special. If you know the Bride's Mother well, you can ask if there is any unique characters or designs that the Bride really likes. One of my sons and his friends were down for a wedding recently and as they were talking about some of the wedding plans, I said, "you know it is really all about the Bride!" I was listening to a speaker recently and he said, "Happy Wife, Happy Life!" I have to say that Being the "Wife" I loved the saying! Check out this gift set. 2 Sets of Towels made in to something special! Set included 2 Bath towels, 2 embroidered & Monogramed Hand towels and 2 Wash cloths. $52.00

Sewing repairs can prolong the life of your clothes

I read some place that all good business have a clear and defined mission statement. I had not been able to come up with one until now.

My Mission statement is:

To Create, To Embelish, To Repair.

To Repair: I have noticed in these economic tight times that it can be better to spend $10.-20.00 to have something repaired than to go out and spend $40.-50.00 on something new. I have had several repair jobs lately. I have a friend who's hem came out of her pants and another who's daughter had a hoodie that needed some seams restitched, come to me and ask if these could be fixed. They were ready to throw them away because they could not sew or mend it themselves. Sometimes we just have that one shirt or outfit that we just love and can't bear to part with even though it needs some repair. I worked at a Bridal shop for awhile and learned to repair a lot of garments. Brides can be hard on clothes! So if you need some pants hemmed, seams restitched, Boy or Girl scout patches sewn on, or some other sewing need, email me and we can get together.

I ran across the old saying that I think is great to remember these days.

"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!"

His & Hers Towel set

Here is a great gift for that special bride and groom. This set was made with white towels and black and silver embroidery. It is a hit with the young couples. Of course it might be nice for those celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. I can change the colors to be silver or gold or whatever their color scheme is. $85.00 for the set.

Cute Baby Onesies Boy or Girl

Now here is a deal! I have Pink, Blue or White short sleeved Baby Onesies with snaps that have musical sayings embroidered on them. They are embroidered in the same color, cute on their own or you can use them under something. These are 100% cotton and $3.00 each They have little musical notes next to the sayings on the front and 3 little notes on the back-bottom! They are packaged and already to go! These would make a nice gift for someone special or your own bundle of joy! And at this price you can afford several.

The sayings are-

Musical genius at work!

My Mom rocks & I roll!

Your really rock my world!

I'll be Bach!

I'm a sucker for tunes!

Email me at

psully6@cox.net if your are interested.