Archives for August 2011

Samples and Feeling Healthy!

First of all, I have a few BOY sample tees available. The sizes are listed on the picture and the cost is $12 (plus postage if I ship). I have a small stash of the Kiddy Kats 5/6 tees so I sometimes do Applique Cafe samples on them, and unfortunately my “G” is too big for a 5T or 5/6. I also have a couple of girl tees I may post ~ have to decide if I can part with them or want to give them to Mallory. Email me if interested in any of these ~ rosemarygulledge@gmail.com! (p.s. the girl tees are the Pumpkin Trio (Monag size 4 frill tee) and Flower Purse (Target Cherokee 4T tee) and Flower Sunglasses (Monag size 4 frill tee) designs as seen on Applique Cafe. Monag frill tees $18 – all girl tees are short sleeve).

 

I’ve recently joined a Coop of organic fruits and vegetables and today was my first day! We are eat-out-a-lot people. I like to cook and we try to plan and intend on cooking, but also stay super busy and sometimes it is easier (and cheaper) just to eat out. Tonight we are going to get a yummy Rotisserie chicken from Costco (they are like $5) so I’m going to whip up something to go with it. Squash casserole? I’ll have to pick up some more squash. Broccoli salad? The fruit looks yummy too! I’m not 100% sure what to do with all this but am excited to be getting these fresh organic fruits & veggies every other Monday! Every now & then I get the urge to be healthy, and then usually a week later I give up and we’re at McDonalds…

 

I did these backpacks yesterday for some twins heading to Kindergarten. Mom got these for $4.88 each at WALMART! She picked out the minis from Applique Momma and this is how they turned out! Mason is MWP Library font and Mary Carter is MWP Curly Q.

How does one even make a backpack for $4.88?? Way to go Walmart!

Lastly, Virginia’s Run is coming up in September! We have sold roughly 140 Virginia’s Cross designs thus far and hope to sell many more in the upcoming month. All proceeds will go to Virginia’s Run so add this one to your applique collection! It’s on sale now too!

OK, really LASTLY, the 60% off Applique Cafe sale ends THIS  WEDNESDAY! I added 2 new designs this morning ~ Dog Truck and (chubby) Crayon Trio! Shown below I added initials in Specs or Grins & Giggles fonts, which is one of my favorites. Specs is now offered at Needleheads as a Monogram Wizard Plus font!

 

 

 Have a great week! School starts for us next Monday, with the little 2 starting back September 1st! We finalize our kitchen cabinet finish maybe tomorrow, pick out tile this week ~ should be an interesting month once sheet rock, old cabinets and tile start coming out! Pray for me… really…

Help!!

I’m having such a hard time with my sewing room! I have gobs of pictures on Pinterest. I know what I like. I’m having THE hardest time achieving it! I just moved my plastic-Target-drawer-bins across my big blank wall, then put my thread on top and organized it for the time being. My walls are still all bare besides the bulletin board over my desk.

I have these pegboards. Looks like I can only fit about 9 X 5000M spools per board, which is fine. I could probably squeeze them together a little more. I have other stuff I COULD hang on these, and also thought about a big shelf for my big thread. I want my thread to be a focal point on the wall…

For now my “stabilizer thing” is just sitting on my tool chest, which is where I “work” and hoop my items. I was going to hang thread over this in between the windows, but now I’m thinking thread might go best over my fabric?

I’m eyeing these cubbies found at Home Depot and also online at Home Decorators, which is where I got my desks and is a subsidiary of Home Depot.  If I bought the 9 cubby X 2, and a 6 cubby, I could line my blank wall just as the plastic drawer bins are. The cubbies would be a little taller and I could get some of the cute colored baskets, and also leave some of the cubbies for other “stuff”. Maybe with the cubbies I could commit to hanging my thread stands, or something over them?

Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, link to inspiration photos?? Anything?? Anyone??

Applique Cafe is TWO! We’re celebrating our anniversary (or birthday) and also, this weekend we bypassed the 6,000 Facebook Fan mark. All designs are SIXTY% off! I feel like a furniture store saying this, but honestly prices have never been so low! Time to stock up! I added 4 new designs this week as well ~ Zig Zag Jack-o-lantern, Zig Zag Football, Football Dog (Stitch) and Halloween Dog (Stitch). We are working on more new Fall designs as I type! Stay tuned!

TIA for your suggestions!