Cinderella…

Posted by on October 24, 2010
This week we had someone (actually 2 people) inquire about Applique Cafe gift certificates. We figured out how to make it work and I got my friend at AMR ART to design one for me to print for our customers. It turned out way cuter than I expected! I already sold and mailed one today! My printer is not that great so I may have to outsource some printing next week. Anyway, great idea for CHRISTMAS (stocking stuffers)!
Here are a few shirts I did this week. AC Three Fish – I was matching the striped material (pants).
AC Tree Trio ~ I like the pinks & greens
AC Owl and Present – LOVE this owl!
We are VERY close to listing our house. Instead of paying a bunch of people to clean and get it ready for us, we have been cleaning fools this week. I have scrubbed grout (with excellent results), baseboards, door frames and everything else that’s cleanable! Today I cleaned all of the windows (inside) and rearranged furniture in our den. Yesterday I did touch up painting ALL DAY and Jeff cleaned carpet. We lack cleaning the windows from the outside, cleaning our bathroom grout, and a few other things. It has not been glamorous but I keep reminding myself how much moolah we are saving. Anyway, it is supposed to be videoed Monday or Tuesday and might possibly have a sign in the yard by the end of the month, maybe sooner! Very SCARY, but also very exciting!
I’m holding at 46 items. I do 6, then 5 more slide in. Out of the 46, 11 are Thanksgiving and Christmas, so technically 35 are for me to do last week! I’m doing OK on some orders and am way behind on a few too (meaning I’ve had them for a while). Luckily the weather has been warm so hopefully no one is ready to fire me yet! Once we actually list our house I think I can get a lot more done (I hope?). This week I’ve been cleaning like crazy and trying to sew too on top of kids and everything else. I had a mini breakdown Thursday night and am trying to not freak out with TO-DO overload!
War Eagle!!
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My Infomercial!!

Posted by on October 19, 2010
Most of you know we are getting our house ready to SELL! We spent most of the weekend organizing, putting stuff in the attic, cleaning, organizing some more, etc. I mentioned to Jeff that our kitchen tile MIGHT need cleaning. He didn’t seem to agree ($$$$) until I got to work last night after someone told me about this AWESOME spray that I happened to have in my cleaning supplies. So while I cooked bacon (we had breakfast for dinner), I also CLEANED some tile. This is our kitchen tile BEFORE! This is years worth of DIRT in the grout! We did have it cleaned once professionally, but other than that it’s the good ole mop every 2 weeks and sometime in between. Can you say FILTH!!!!!!!
Que the HALLELUJAH music because this stuff is miraculous!
It comes from THE DOLLAR TREE folks!
I’m on my way in a minute to get some more!
Yes, instead of paying someone to clean our tile, I’m playing Cinderella and saving us some $$$$!
AFTER….

I did 1/3 of our kitchen last night and will work on it some more probably today. Luckily the boys bathroom is small, so I’ll hit it too as well as our bathroom. All I can say is WOW!!!!

Here is a mod flower I do from time to time and it’s from SWAK! This is a cord skirt that came from Target! Every now & then people bring me pants or skirts to match and they just scream for this flower!

I also did these kitchen towels from Embroider This. They are donations I did for a Missions art show that’s tonight and all proceeds go to Mission to the World missionaries in Latvia (the Smiths). The towels come with the fabric band on the end!

Off to the Dollar Tree….

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Yippee for FRIDAY!!

Posted by on October 15, 2010
Here are some big/little sis shirts I did for a friend ~ the “lil sister” will be here Monday! I love this font from Embroidery-Boutique because it goes with my KIM font from my monogram wiz plus program (extra Alpha Pak 012). Of course -little- would not fit on this tiny little onesie, so we went with “lil”!!
This is the Clementine frame from Planet Applique. I took this picture sort of at an angle, so it looks a little off but really it’s not! Lots of cute frames or patches at PA!

My pictures are all whacky and I can’t seem to get them like I want them… my boys are HUGE-MONGOUS Auburn fans! Garrison would wear his Auburn jersey every single day if I would let him! As I type this the boy is in football pants (Auburn) and an AC football helmet War Eagle t-shirt! Browder will watch the Auburn games on Tivo 5 times the week following the game. He knows every play and of course knows who wins! It’s CRAZY!! Anyway, they just colored these great photos and asked me to take a pic! B is up top and G is below. He is a great little artist for a 4 yr old! The letters below are his version of spelling “AUBURN“. Browder also jotted down some notes to Jeff on his. WAR EAGLE!!

Have a great weekend (and Jeff says “War Eagle” even though I already put that)!!

P.S. I was introduced to a blog this week that I’ve had a blast reading ~ www.thepleatedpoppy.com! Check it out!
P.S. #2 I’m so excited!! I purchased a blog template today to match my website (www.appliquecafe.com) and I am also adding a link to my website that will link back to my blog! It’ll be right up there with HOME CATALOG GALLERY. Why have I not done this before? I honestly don’t know! It just came to me that I’d love to be more organized and that it might be helpful to my AC customers!
P.S. #3 House repair #2 (the major one) is now complete. Getting the carpet stretched was #1 and is done too. Now it’s time to clear out some stuff, get the house  “detailed“, do some touch up painting, replace the toilet seats (hip hip hooray), clean the carpet and get this puppy listed!
no more P.S.s…..
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