Shabby Lane Shops Magazine - Holidays & Traditions Issue

This lovely magazine from Shabby Lane Shops will hit the newsstands on October 4th:

 55 pages of Holiday stories, decorating ideas, do it yourself projects, recipes, gorgeous photos and more!  Be sure to see my article on the History Of Gingerbread!  Find it at Barnes and Noble, Hancock Fabric stores or order online from Shabby Lane Shops!

Crazy Quilt Cat Dolls

Some of you may remember the little Crazy Quilt Cat Dolls that I was working on back in August.  I have them all finished now:

As you can see, no two are ever a like!  Just like real cats!  I so much enjoy making this little kitty dolls.  I'll have to sew up a few more blocks the next time I have a sewing day.

In the meantime, my Crazy Quilt Pink Ribbon Purse is done!  I'll have photos of that over the weekend and I'll make that Counted Cross Stitch Pink Ribbon design available soon as well.

Handmade Glittered Christmas Cards Sets

Ya'll know I love my glitter!  That's why I like making cards.  I can add loads of glitter to them!  I put together a couple of sets of my Handmade Glittered Cards for Christmas:

My plans for today changed slightly so I'll be sewing up my Pink Ribbon Purse this afternoon.  I'm very excited to see what it looks like as a purse and I'm excited about this project because it will help the cause in a small way.  But every little bit helps, right?

First, I have to run to the grocery store.  Then I can get my sewing machine running!

Pink Ribbon Crazy Quilt Purse Stitching Is Complete!

I had a lot of stitching time yesterday so I was able to complete the beadwork and embellishing on my Pink Ribbon Crazy Quilt Purse:

If the rest of my week goes as planned, I will do the sewing and hand finishing on Friday.   Then I plan to do a YouTube video on it and make it available for purchase.  At the same time, I will make my counted cross stitch Pink Ribbon design available to anyone who would like to do something to help the Breast Cancer Awareness cause.

In the meantime, I thought I'd share a few of mom's new things.  These are mini Christmas Stocking Door Pillows:

Are these too cute or what?  You'll never guess what they're made from!

And here is mom's Victorian Style Christmas Stocking with Roses and Lace:

I just love the oodles of ruffled lace on this!  I'll be adding more of our new items today!

Pink Ribbon Crazy Quilt Purse Almost Complete!

I did the silk ribbon embroidery on this Pink Ribbon Purse last night during Dancing With The Stars and then this morning, I did some more beadwork on it:

A little more beading and embellishing and this will be ready to assemble into a purse.  I will make this available in my boutique and a portion of the sale will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

I have quite a few new items to list in our shops and then I'll get back to working on this and I'm hoping to complete it tonight during Dancing. 

I'm really excited about this project.  Way too many people cope with this horrible disease.  I have lost 2 friends just this year to it and although my donation won't make a huge difference in the race for the cure, every little bit does help.