I've had the "crud" for over a month. When I get out of the house I see and hear that others have the same thing. I didn't feel "sick" so much as tired all the time. This is my excuse for not getting nearly as much as I wanted done on my various projects.
I'm waiting for a photo of the finished teal and silver satin dress to post. I gave it to my granddaughter December 31st. I have the other one to finish this week! She picked out fabrics at S R Harris warehouse with me this summer. We got lots of sparkly fun fabrics and trims. Then I made a number of trips to fabric stores to get solid fabrics and patterns to go with them. This time I am determined to do it faster! No hand putting in zippers and lining. I must have spent 3 days solid on the last dress.
Maybe half of my sisters do some sewing. I have seven sisters, and no brothers. Sister Clare is the one with "nanaclare'skitchen" blog. I can't think of one of our daughters or sons who has wanted to learn to sew at all. However, my granddaughter may have an interest. She sure loves pattern and design! She made a paper pattern for a dress for her stuffed tiger. She spent about 3 hours taping copy paper together and cutting it this way and that! She was 4 at the time. She does drawings of people , that have patterned fabric in great detail. She was VERY enthusiastic in the fabric warehouse and lasted several hours. Don't we all watch our children and grandchildren closely and wonder what their talents and interests will be in life?
I ended up having the sparkly fabric as a separate overskirt with elastic that could be worn with or without the dress. This next one is using the purple fabrics in that photo with the pile of fabrics.
I have not done work on the dolls.
I did get some new merchandise and Valentine making supplies posted on ebay.
Speaking of ebay..... the new postal increase goes into effect on Monday. The increase for an international flat rate envelope is $4... substantial! I need to revise everything in my store for the new rates.
I love papercrafting tools. I know I am not alone. Seriously I think my heart pounds a little faster when I see great new designs in punches, embossing folders and framelits and dies. The stampin up mini catalog that just came out is GREAT! Lots of "vintage" type designs which I love. I dislike stamp sets that look like a 3 year old drew them. I want to see ones done by an artist. They have new stamp sets and coordinating punches, as well as dies and the brand new framelits from Sizzix to go with many of them. I have a number of customers in Australia that sent me messages that they are drooling over the new mini catalog. They are likely to have most of those products themselves later on. However none of the international markets have the full product catalog like the US does. The company is based here and the stamp sets are made in the US.
Martha Stewart and EK Success also have wonderful new punches ( and they are on sale tomorrow) There is a 24 hour sale with 24% off at Martha Stewart. I am sure you can google to see, but I think the Code is Shopnow. It's for 1/21/12. Martha has wonderful new "all around the page" punches that can punch in the middle of a page, not just on an edge or slightly in. Then there are the coordinating punches for an edge and then the corner.
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