Arrggg.....No Stitching Time

Ok, so I didn't get to stitching yesterday.  But I did get my floors cleaned and my laundry all caught up!  I finished my little Valentine Cat Dolls and will post photos of those soon.  They are so cute!  I did a bunch of other things too but at the moment, I just can't recall what it all was.  Whatever it was, it seemed to take me the majority of the day yesterday.

I did get the rest of our handmade cards listed in our Boutique:

At the moment, all I have left to list are my cat dolls.  I do know that mom has been sewing on more vintage hankie door pillows and she'll be working on some new Tussy Mussys today.  I'll be heading over there shortly and I'll make a few more cards.

We're not planning on too much more in the way of "crafty" things.  Mom and I really love stitching and sewing so we're moving in mostly that direction.  But I have always loved paper and I love making cards so there will always be a few of those in the works!

Old Fashioned Valentines

I didn't get to any stitching time yesterday.  I've always said, if I don't stitch, I don't feel good.  But there are days when it just doesn't happen for what ever reasons.  I will be stitching later today!

I was quite productive yesterday.  I sew up my 4 Valentine's Day cat dolls and now they just need stuffing.  That's at the top of today's "to do" list!  I also plan to pull out my steam cleaner and clean my hardwood floors.  And want to get my laundry done.  Yes, laundry is what I live for!  LOL!!!!

Before Christmas, mom and I made some Old Fashioned Valentines Day cards:

I also have a few new every day cards to add the shop which is also on my list for today!

I also listed this gorgeous Victorian Fairy pillow that mom made:

I don't know about anyone else, but I just love Valentines!  I think they're so pretty!!!  Ok, I'm off to stuff those little cat dolls!

Crazy Cat Lady

I can't help myself!  I'm one of those eccentric crazy cat ladies who dresses like a gypsy and has cat figurines all over my house!  I'm going to stitch 2 more crazy quilt cat dolls before I move on to something else.  The next 2 cat dolls will be gifts.  First a yellow cat doll:

After stitching this is shades of yellow, I'll add aqua blue flowers and embellishments.  I'll share the next one when I finish this doll.

I stopped at moms yesterday to have a cup of coffee with her and she surprised me with 2 more beautiful door pillows for the shop.  Both are made from vintage hankies:

You may remember seeing the vintage hankie with the red rose last week.  I bought it at the antique mall.  Mom really has a knack for turning vintage hankies into little works of decorative art!  These are both available in our Valentines Day Shop!

Handmade Valentines

Busy day yesterday!  I went through some old paperwork and weeded out a ton of stuff.  I had tax stuff going back to 1997!  Needless to say, I sat with my shredder for over an hour and got rid of what was no longer necessary to keep.  That felt good!

I also finished up on my little pink Valentine Cat Doll:

It's very pink, isn't it?  And here is the seam treatment close up:

Be sure to see my Crazy Quilt Seam Treatment Inspiration photos here.

I'll get this litter of Valentine Cat Dolls sewn up in the next day or so.  They never look like much until they're all put together!

I also added some new Valentine Door Pillows to the shop.  Mom made these from vintage linens:

I still have a bunch of our Glitter Cards to list.  We made them before Christmas but I just didn't have time to add them until now.  I'll do that this afternoon.

For today, I have some errands to run.  I'll stop over at mom's and have some coffee with her and then go from there! 

Normal

Finally, after a very nice holiday season, life returns to normal.  Sorry, but I like normal!  The tree is down, the ornaments are wrapped, boxed up and put away in the closet and all my pink things are back in place! 

I didn't actually do any stitching yesterday but I did pull some lace pieces for this Valentine Cat Doll:

I plan to sit here and stitch for 1 hour before I do anything else today!

Our New Year's was quiet.  Mom and dad came over and while Dad and Bubba watched football (I hate football!), Mom and I planned our projects and deadlines for our Boutique items for the year.

We had Chinese food for dinner and ate some cookies and now I'm ready to have my routine back.

I have some new Valentines to add to the shop this week so I'll start on that this afternoon.  Later this week, I want to sew up my Valentine's Day pillows and Cat Dolls so I can add them to our Valentine's Day Shop which by the way, is now open.

The new issue of Shabby Lane Shops magazine will be available on January 5th in Barnes and Noble, Hancock Fabric Stores and at Shabby Lane Shops:

Have a great day everyone!  I'm off to stitch!