Back To Normal....Almost

Well, I think things are just about back to normal now that the holiday break is over.  I think Thanksgiving being a week later than usual threw me off a bit on Christmas.  I feel like I fell behind on things and then had to push myself to get caught up and finish all the holiday activities. 

It was a nice holiday season but as usual, I'm glad to have my routine back.  I'm a creature of habit with daily, weekly and seasonal routines.  Christmas seems to take a lot of my energy.  I don't know why.  It's supposed to be fun and I tried to pace myself but for some reason, I got a little behind this year.  Oh well, now I'm back to my creative time, my normal cleaning routine and taking care of my online store.

Speaking of which, mom has managed to finish up some new things for the shop.  I stitched a lot throughout the month of December but I haven't been able to get to my sewing machine to finish anything.  The last time I used my sewing machine was before Thanksgiving.  WITHDRAWALS!!!!  Well, I'll be sewing on and off this coming week so I'll have some new things for you to see soon.  In the meantime, here are mom's latest Etsy items:

What lovely Valentines Day gifts!  I don't know how Mom got 4 things completely finished over the holidays!  But at least I have some new things in the shop now.

Handmade Gifts

With Christmas and a few birthday's coming up, I thought I'd start stitching a few gifts.  I've never been one to wait until the last minute.  This is one of my signature Crazy Quilt Cat Dolls:

These little cats make awesome gifts for any cat lover and everyone in my family and Scott's family loves cats!  So I have more of these to do.  I'll be spending the rest of the afternoon stitching once I finish up here.

For now, I hope you're not tired of baby kitty photos!  Here's 3 more pictures of little Wrigley:

Isn't he a cutie?  And what a good little cat he is.  And does he have a long tail!  Scott and I measured his tail over the weekend.  It's 12 1/2 inches long!  Lucy's tail is only about 9 inches long!  Holy cow!

Video - Handmade Valentine's Day Gift Ideas!

I think this is the prettiest little Video I've made yet!  Valentine's Day Gift Ideas!

Handmade Boutique - More New Additions

I added some more of our new products to our Handmade Boutique.  Mostly mom's things as I can't really seem to get anything finished. Maybe because I'm always online!  LOL!!

Anyway, here are the lastest Valentine's Day Gift and Decor items.  First, 2 of my mom's gorgeous Tussy Mussy's:

 Ok, so I did finish a couple of things.  Here are my Valentine's Day Trees:

 And a little Valentine Bird Ornament that I made:

 Mom made some gorgeous crocheted scarfs but I didn't have time to get them in our inventory yesterday.  I'll do that over the weekend.

For today, I'm going to mom's to play with the glitter.  And I'm quite eager to get back to some stitching.