Hand-Me-Downs

Did you know that many of my customers are hand-me-downs? When my dear friend Amy Pratt of That's Mine! Monogramming left her business to return to full-time teaching a few years ago, she started sending me customers. Here we are, three years later, and they are still coming. And I love it!

This week Amy sent me Elaine W and her two daughters who had an adorable project idea. They came armed with bags, trim and ideas. The photos show what emerged from the factory. Cute, huh?

The bags come from a place called Behringer Bags. (817-788-5584; 6101 Watauga Rd. Watauga, TX 76148-2800) You may have seen their storefront on 377 or their booth at Canton First Monday Trade Days. They have nice quality bags for amazingly low prices.

The trim is just your basic Hobby Lobby purchase. And look how cute the bags look with the monogram! I'm very happy with how nicely these bags turned out. :-)

Also, in the ongoing saga of my crazy family. My youngest son, who I was so proud to announce was potty trained, made his mark on our new house last week. He somehow managed to overflow the master bathroom toilet and let it run for about 30 minutes while I was upstairs sewing and I thought he was innocently watching a movie downstairs! Finally he came to me and said, "Mommy, there's something in your bathroom!"

Yes, and also in the master bedroom, and in the hallway, and in the laundry room, and in the garage. $1500 later, we're almost recovered. Ugh.

Sweet new stuff

One of my manufacturers has come up with so many cute new things in the last year, I've hardly been able to keep up. Here are two things I sent out this week that are so cute!

First is their new color combo for boys - finally! It's cadet blue with grassy green trim. They've added so many new girly styles lately and finally something new and adorable for boys. This combo is also available in snack squares, lunchboxes, laundry bags, blankies, nap mats, duffels and dopp kits. Too cute!

(font shown on backpack is one of my favorites: Hobo)

Next up is a great gift for any girl - from 2 to 92! Oh Mint (sweet little things) has also come out with new minky wraps. They are super-cute, super-soft and available in lots of super-adorable trims. This one is their hot pink polka style. Too cute!

(font style on wrap is "Boyz")

Happy Birthday, G!

Happy Birthday to a sweet little girl who will have no "terrible" in her twos. :-)

A new work in progress

I've always wanted to do this and today I tried it out for the first time. I took a really cool picture my little friend Luke drew of his favorite movie characters (recognize any?), I removed some of the picture and focused on his favorite character: Darth Vader! I digitized the image and came up with a great design for a 5-year-old boy to wear on a t-shirt. I'm going to have him write "Star Wars" in his own handwriting and I'll add that soon too. It's going to look so cool!

The long lost blog

It has been MONTHS since I updated my LSNS blog. So, what has kept me so busy? Well, the factory moved, for one thing! We made a relatively sudden decision in the early summer that we needed more space and we needed before the oldest So N So hit kindergarten. Suddenly just a few short weeks later we had sold our house. The factory (oh, and the family residence too!) is now just a few short miles north of the old location. We are now located near 121 and Hall-Johnson Rd in Grapevine. Our new house needs a little bit of elbow grease but everyday we see more positive progress!

What else have I been doing? Sewing, actually! I've been especially busy since the move. Everyone is getting ready for back to school. And it seems lots of families are adding summer babies! I made this cute burp cloth for a little boy destined for Waco. Mom and Dad are both Baylor alum and their friend wanted to make sure little Cooper knew where he was headed.

Remember, a burp cloth is a great gift! A set of three burps with cute trim and a monogram is just $24. Add a design to any of those starting at just $4 each. If you don't need three, single burpies start at just $9.50 each. And I have so much cute fabric for both boys and girls! Buying fabric is something I've been doing too...

Another huge accomplishment...I now have no diapers in my house! Yes, the littlest So N So is potty trained! Just look at how proud he is! He was well over three when we finally got there and it couldn't have come a day sooner! When we bought the last package of diapers I said "This is the last time I'm buying these." He said, "Mommy, you so funny."

I had the last laugh. :-)

A big trip!

I went with the "girls" to Waco this weekend to do some Little Sew N Sews shopping. I now have a few items from the oh-so-sought-after I'm Yours Inc. I have several big/little sibling shirts as well as some pillowcases and My First Christmans ensembles. Watch the booth!

I'm recovering...

Whew. It's over. The Christmas rush pretty much ate me up and spit me out again. I have the bags under my eyes to prove it. I would have loved to have blogged lots of pretty photos of all of my cool projects but this is all I have. Apparently I didn't have any time to even pick up my camera!!!

Whew....

It's been a ribbon-fest in the factory lately: soccer teams and cheer teams are back in biz for the fall so last week I made about 50 embroidered hair ribbons. I'm very tired....

My friend Melissa is going to take better pictures soon. The ribbons are so cute that they really deserve a real photographer!

Slumber Girls

Plain white pillowcases from Wal Mart became canvasses and treasured party favors at Miss Kaylee's birthday party. Her mother asked me to embroider the name of each guest on the pillowcase and then the girls flexed their artistic muscles on the fabric. So cute!

They even used the pillowcases to catch their pinata loot. I'll bet they had sweet dreams!

Gol!

Right now, my life is soccer. Soccer practice, soccer games, team mom duties, soccer hair ribbons, and soccer fan tees. My oldest son's team is The Rowdies. I made this tee for the baby brother of one of the players on the team. Cute!

I'm also working on new soccer mom shirts for a few teams and some embroidered hair ribbons for some soccer and cheer teams as well. I'll have a photo of the ribbons in the next few days. They're so cute...I can't wait to share!

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school and my little guy did great. He's been watching his big brother go to the same school for two years and he acted like it was the most natural thing in the world for him to go play with all these kids he'd never seen before.

FREEDOM! :-)

Best of all, I got a compliment on his backpack as we left school today. Isn't it cute?!?

Dinosaur Sweet, Dinosaur Grumpy!

I'm off to Canton to hang out with the Pink Princessas for a weekend. I'm really looking forward to it.

The truth is, the Pinks like having me around because I bring in the "boy" factor. I felt a little pressure to bring in some more boyishness so tonight I worked up this little tee. Too cute!

Roar!

Back to school!

Does everyone have a cute new personalized backpack for Back-to-School?!?! I'm about to place my last order of the summer with my wholesaler so if you want one (or a coordinating lunchbox!), let me know asap!

A horse is a horse....

Lots of "horse-y" items have been emerging from the factory lately. I just thought I'd share a few of them!

Are you a member?

I'm having a super-special on these adorable lunch boxes (also available in pink, lime and red). But these prices are only available for mailing list members! So, sign up!

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Fourth of July from the Factory and my own Little So N So's.
 

A Sunny Gift

This summer's hottest item in the factory? Cinch swim bags stuffed with monogrammed beach towels. Isn't this one cute?

Daddies!

Previous Father's Days have found the factory quiet and peaceful but not '06!

Holy Daddies it's been crazy 'round here! I have already completed a whole round of Daddy-lovin' tees but here are just a small sampling.

My Favorite Soccer Moms

The newest thing in the factory? Soccer Mom shirts...check 'em out!

Happy Mother's Day!

I got the news first! I found out yesterday that one of my favorite Little Sew N Sews is going to be a big sister! So to make the announcement to her Grandma, she's wearing this adorable tee-shirt I made last night for their Mother's Day outing. Isn't that a cute and clever way to let everyone in on the big news?

Of course since no one else knows, I'm keeping tight-lipped about who the lucky big sister is!

I'll give you a hint: her mom's a good customer who I've known for almost 16 years. And her dad looks adorable in red. :-)