After only 6 years....

After only six years I've completed this dress. I originally started it to wear to my cousin's wedding. I picked up the fabric at a little store in Austria while visiting my dad. I think it was a store that caters to Indian and Muslim women's fashions. I'm surprised that it even fits me after six years and a baby. It's a little snugger than I'd like but it's wearable.



The pattern is #6586 from Butterick. It was a super simple pattern so I am off to make another dress with more fabric that's been sitting around my office for far too long.

Yay for Spring!

Vintage Inspired Funky Floral Jumper - Size 3

My latest completed project. I figure if it doesn't sell I'll save it for Ada (but if it does, no biggie! I certainly don't need to be storing clothes for three years!)

I made this using a vintage pattern (my mom used to make this dress for me) and a great Robert Kaufman print. To see the 1000Markets listing click here.

Featured Artist of the Day

I found a new shop this morning that I think is just too cute so I wanted to share. Her shop is called SecretMe and she is from South Yorkshire, UK.

I came across her shop when she posted this beautiful fabric

so I started looking around in her shop and found this SO cute little book

(which I love) and this little Basset Hound journal is really cute too!

And I came across this hounds tooth wristlet with removable flower broach


SecretMe has great SALE prices right now too so click on the link above and visit her shop (and buy stuff so I don't have to :)

Random question of the day

What is your new favorite Handmade item or craft?



I just found this one on 1000Markets - gLove Story Dolls from Copocabana. What a fun idea and great for the environment too. You should read the blog post - hilarious!

Random question of the day

Ok, I was laying in bed last night waiting for the baby to wake up (why go to sleep? my brain says) but, of course, now I can't think of my questions. Hmmmmmm.......

What is your favorite Arts and Crafts site? It could be Etsy, ShopHandmade, 1000Markets or an info site like Craftster, CraftJuice, etc.

For shopping I like 1000Markets. Even though it's small it's so clean and fresh. I really need to spend more time digging around on that site.

For info sites I like CraftJuice but haven't been playing around much with info sites. I've been working on FunnyErnie too much.

"New" to me Website

Have you ever heard of CraftJuice? I hadn't until an Etsy friend told me about it. It's kind of fun!

I guess the idea is to vote on your favorite listings. The more votes a listing has the higher up the rank it goes. On the one hand I feel bad for those that don't get votes but on the other how fun it would be if MY product made it to the front page, right?

(I'm one of those people that votes for the loser so they don't feel bad. Hee Hee)

Pets Jubilee goes on sale soon!

The first Pets Jubilee box goes on sale in just 9 days so I thought I'd feature some of the November contributors on my blog.
LindenTreePhotographs is one of my favorites and she is located just north of me in good 'ol Vancouver. She sells her wares on places like Etsy and Saturday Market in Portland, OR. She'll be at the famous Sat. Market for the Holiday season so stop by and say hi.