The Game

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1. Christine Plays It Hot, 2. Day085 - Simple grilled cheese and tomato, 3. June 1960 Kimpo, Korea ~ Visit by US President Dwight Eisenhower, 4. Gizmo, 5. Ryan Reynolds, 6. IT WAS A GOOD DRINK, 7. Blue Hawaii, 8. Strawberry cupcakes with chocolate frosting topped with sugar strawberry decoration, 9. Wonder Woman in 1940's, 10. family picnic, 11. بــحـط قــلـبـي بــيـن يــديـنـك هــديـه, 12. what?

Here are the rules if you want to play too:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker).

The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name

Thanks you Glory Daze for posting this fun game on her blog  

My Fist Feature

Well it looks like I am going to be a featured artist on The Dancing Monkey Jewelry Chronicles this coming August (I believe sometime around the 10th).  I am very excited!  

The Dancing Monkey Chronicles is a wonderfully written blog where each week 5 new artists are highlighted.  Martha of DMJC is also an artist herself and makes beautiful jewelry that she sells on etsy.

Please visit her blog and etsy shop and come back to visit in August to see my artist feature!

The Dancing Monkey Jewelry Chronicles

Dancing Monkey Jewelry Etsy Shop 

Great Finds, Projects, and Inspiration

We had a great time on Saturday at the Farmington Founder's Day Festival and the Royal Oak Antique and Garage Sale.  My in-laws, husband, baby and I all went on this day long adventure together.

I picked up for myself this super cute vintage apron.  I really love the shape and flow of this apron, it is a little bit different from the apron's currently in my shop.  I think I am going to use this apron as a pattern for the next set of aprons that I do.

We also found this great antique sewing cabinet.  It was so beautiful I couldn't help but drool.  My Mother and Father-in-law were so kind and bought it for us.  I have it up in my guest room right now.  It looks so nice, thank you guys so much!!!

Well I have been working hard but not getting to much done lately on my projects.  My Mom however has been busting out the birdhouses.  She brought out 2 more today that I just posted on Etsy, and they are beautiful.  

For my part I have been knitting in my spare crafting time this week, and I am just not very fast.  Currently I am working on a cozy for my work coffee cup.  We have a coffee system called Flavia and that machine pumps out the hottest liquid ever.  You practically singe your fingers trying to get the cup back to your desk :)

I have also been spending a lot of time lately looking out at my neighbors garden.  It's so pretty and she has this one pink Phlox that captures my eye every time I look out.  It really inspires me to want to work on my yard more this summer!

I do have one really pretty white phlox bush that I just love.  It has a very nice light fragrance.

Oh look There I Am

I recently just signed up the Sweet Things Etsy site on Google to be included in the search engine and have been waiting to be added, semi-patiently.

I was just notified by my friend Cheryl yesterday that I am finally listed!!  Woohoo.  When I went to check it out for myself I found this listing as well for oodle.com.  I was so excited, it pulls locally listed items from Ebay and Etsy.  I had no idea this site existed, it was kind of a weird experience for a second seeing my item listed on another site.  Then it was cool, it made my Etsy shop feel a little more real.  

I also just made myself a Sweet Things page on Facebook.  Come and visit me, click to be a fan favorite to get shop news!

So Sad

Well I didn't get to go to Art In The Park last weekend.  My poor little baby had an ear infection that we thought had healed up but it flared up Friday night sending us to the doctor first thing on Saturday.  

I was sad not to go the the art show but am SO happy that Payton is now feeling better.  I heard that it was a great show though and am planning to go next year.  

Since I couldn't go look at crafts I decided to start some new projects.  I made one of the pillows from my earlier sketch.  It's the cupcake pillow, so cute!  I have some great fabric combinations set aside for more of my sketched pillows.  Can't wait to find some time to do another one.

This weekend we are off to Royal Oak for the Garage Sale and Antique Show.  They fill an entire parking structure with vendors selling some great finds plus the local stores are having sidewalk sales.  I can't wait to go it is always so much fun.  A lot of the area neighborhoods hold garage sales as well!

It is also the Farmington Founders Festival this weekend.  We were out of town last year (our first year living in Farmington) so we missed all the fun.  This year we are going to fit it in after the Royal Oak trip.  It will make for a long day but sweet dreams that night thinking of all the great things we saw and fun we had.  

Distraction

Ok so my next project was supposed to be the rooster apron, I have it all cut out and ready to sew.  But a funny thing happened on my way to the sewing machine... ha ha 

Seriously, I was at work and I got a great idea on how to use this adorable mother goose flannel fabric I bought during my Christmas fabric shopping spree.  There was only two yards of it left.  I had no idea what I wanted to use it for, and I was shopping for holiday material.  But I HAD to have it, it was mine!

I decided that with a little bit of terry cloth it would make oh-so-cute wash cloths, burp cloths maybe even bibs.  I have the 1st set of burp cloths done and posted on etsy.  They turned out so cute, I can't wait to do the wash cloths next.

I also have some cute monkey flannel that I think I will do next.  As long as I don't get distracted again!

 

Art in the Park

I am so excited this weekend is Art in the Park in Plymouth, MI.  I am meeting up with my friend Cheryl to go and check it out.  

I have not been to this art fair yet and am so excited, it looks like there are going to be some great booths to check out.  Plus I just love downtown Plymouth it's a beautiful town.  

If you are going to be in the Plymouth area this weekend you should come and check it out, art show dates are July 11, 12, & 13.  

For more information visit www.artinthepark.com

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