OMG, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!??

So I made and shipped this adorable (if I do say so myself) zippered owl wristlet for a customer. Just adorable.

The customer is in Havertown, PA.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE ADORABLE OWL
FLEW TO PUERTO RICO.

I'll be taking the receipt, which clearly states HAVERTOWN, PA, to the post office. Delivery confirmation. No insurance, of course.

I have more of the purple fabric, but I used the last bit of that cute wing fabric...

ARGGHHHH. I'll keep you posted. Pun intended.

That's a PARTY!

Hi, my name is Robin.
I have storage issues.

Specifically, I have a rickrack problem. When I opened the jammed container, rickrack would pop out like a nest of snakes. It was easier just to buy more than to rummage through the mess. Which is why I have yards and yards of rickrack in some colors and not a speck of the color I actually need.

Yesterday, the answer hit me!

WA-LA!!
My husband took one look and said,
"That's a PARTY!"

It's easy to use, I can tell at a glance what I have and best of all, I love looking at it. So simple - I just looped each "hank" onto a large binder ring and hung them from a cute hook.

Here it is on my studio wall,
next to one of the two ribbon racks
my husband made for me.
Don't you just LOVE it?!

NEW!! Silly MonsterTissue Holder!

An itinerant preschool teacher contacted me the other day with a desperate request. She travels to people's houses to work with their preschoolers one-on-one and had FINALLY gotten tired of watching parents watch their little ones kids wipe their noses on their sleeves!

EWWWW!!!!!!!!!!

She'd seen a tissue holder on Pinterest and wondered if I could make her two, although she thought they were not as cute as our Silly Monster Coin Purses that she'd ordered. Turns out that these were a free tutorial from
Totally Tutorials, with no restrictions on making these to sell. I "cuted" them up and made two for her.

And here they are with the matching coin purses:

I think I love them!

MEEP

So we used to have this adorable teddy bear hamster named Albie (short for Albert). He was the sweetest, silent-est little thing who really seemed to love people. The only time Albie made any noise at all was after we cleaned his cage. Hamsters are hoarders and along with his used bedding, he always had a little stash of goodies that we wound up throwing out. When we put him back into his fresh, clean cage, Albie would run all around looking for his stash and going, "MEEP!!"

We are in the process of tiling our downstairs floors, which includes my studio area (aka the dining room). All the floors are finished, except the studio. In preparation for tiling that area, we moved all my sewing and embroidery stuff into the living room. We unloaded a heavy oak storage unit so that we could move it and the contents are now in a bunch of cardboard boxes. Everything is functional, but I'm spending a lot of time wandering around, trying to figure out where things are. Albie, now I know how you felt! MEEP!!

What I'm Working On...

What's been keeping me busy? Orders for:
A Tooth Fairy Pillow and letter from The Fairy

Two Owl Cardholder Keychains

Seven monogrammed wine sleeves
(NOT this fabric and with an
oval, 3-letter monogram,
but you get the idea)How about you? What's keeping you busy?

New BOY-FRIENDLY Monogrammed Tote

Don't you just LOVE our new tote?
This is for Addison's little brother.
I LOVE the rickrack on the handles!!


Addison's Nana previously ordered this

and this from us

Here's the listing for our new tote. You'll have to copy and paste into your browser if you want to see it. Blogger won't let me do a live link today!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/58460801/childs-lined-tote-bag-totes-for-all

The Gorgeous Milleigh!!

Wow, just look at her EYES!!
It's hard to concentrate on the Halloween tote, LOL!
Still taking orders for this year, probably through this weekend...

Voila!

Pulled myself out of my blahs!! YAY!!
Check out my latest Halloween Tote!
OMG, are those korker ribbons not hilarious, LOL?!
They make me happy, just looking at them!
Will have more pics for you as soon as
my little model has her photo shoot.
I'm mailing the tote to her this morning.

And I thought these turned out cute, too.I'm steering away from bibs and burpies,
but these were for a coworker.

I need to run so I can mail the tote before work...

Thanks for visiting!

Last Day of Freedom Sparks SALE

My summer is OVER.
I report back to school at 8 AM tomorrow.
I will be resplendent in my bright lime-green shirt.
(That's not my choice. Don't ask.)
I actually bought this shirt. AND another one that's more appropriate.
I'm getting a haircut and then probably just moping around.
I put our Tooth Fairy Pillows on sale, just to cheer myself up.
20% off. Email me if you're interested. soggybottomsbabyduds[at]yahoo[dot]com
Off to mope now.

Something New

Sometimes customers have the BEST ideas. Like the lady who asked if we could include a letter from the "Tooth Fairy" with her child's Tooth Fairy Pillow.Such a simple request, but she reported that it totally made her son's day. So now we include the Tooth Fairy Letter with each Tooth Fairy Pillow order. AND we mail the Tooth Fairy Pillow directly to the child. (You know how kids love to get mail! Imagine getting mail from the TOOTH FAIRY!!)

And just the other day, there was a lady who contacted me
about our owl cardholder/keychains.

She wanted one just like the purple cardholder below, but she wanted the owl to be big enough to hold her Droid. And with a strap, to make it into a wristlet.

Here's the wristlet I came up with, in the picture below. I used the bigger, zippered owl design. It's easily twice as big as the little owl cardholder. You can kind of get a feel for the size difference between the two owls if you know that the snap hook on each is the same size. The wristlet is big enough for a large cell phone, keys, credit cards, a lipstick...

I listed them on Etsy (CLICK HERE)
and I'm so excited that I think I'll make one for myself!
Whaddya think?? CUTE, right?!?!!

KOOZIE SALE and BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!

Here is a sneak preview of our BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
Please read all the way down to see the rest!!

Before I get to the exciting part...
we are having a KOOZIE SALE!

All water bottle and can koozies are on sale, 20% off for one, 25% off for two or more! We have black/white polka dot, black/white zebra, and a very limited number of hot pink zebra and MANLY solid black water bottle koozies! Our can koozies are solid black with a variety of bright fabric and rickrack choices available!

Email us if you are interested in ordering in order to get the sale price!!

Now for the exciting big announcement...
We a launching a line of COUTURE LITTLE GIRLS' CLOTHES!!!!!!
These are all handmade,
using ONLY the highest quality DESIGNER fabrics!!

The garments can be worn in different ways and will grow with your child.
Several are even REVERSIBLE, so they are truly two garments in one!!

Can you tell that I am just beside myself?!??!!!
Look for more details to come, but I just couldn't help myself
and had to send you this sneak peek.This is one of our little models, Lela, from Little Diamond Models,
modeling our Scrappy Twirl Skirt, FLUTTERBYE WAND and PONYTAIL BOPPERS!!

Isn't Lela BEAUTIFUL!?!!?

I Must Be Really Weird

The other day, someone asked me if I will be spend some time relaxing this summer. I'm sure I didn't look like the brightest bulb, because I gaped at her for a few seconds before gathering my wits to answer. That's because I was trying to figure out HOW to answer her question.

I'm sure she pictured me relaxing like this:Or like this:Or even this:
After all, that IS how most people relax.
So why, when I answered, "YES!", was I picturing THIS?!??:
And THIS??!??:

What about YOU? How do YOU relax??

SUMMER SAMPLE SALE!!

Check out our great sale prices for our big
Summer Sample Sale on Facebook!!!SILLY MONSTER CHANGE PURSE

If you haven't already done so,
you'll need to "Like" our Facebook Fan Page first.

Then you can comment with your PayPal email
address under the items you love.

Winners will be chosen on Saturday at noon
and will have 24 hours to send payment.

We will be in GRANDBABYLAND soon,
and we need to wrap this up in a timely manner!

Here are a few examples of the 20+ items that are on sale:
MY DADDY, MY HERO BIB/BURPIE

MOUSIE BLANKET BUDDY

BUNNY CLIPPIE KEEPER

PRINCESS HAIR CLIPPIES

BIRDIE HAIR CLIPPIES

COWGIRL BOOTS HAIR CLIPPIES

STEELERS BIB AND BURPIE

In order to simplify my life,
this sale will only be available on Facebook.
Most items have only 1 or 2 available at these great prices!
There are lots more items in the album, so check it out!!

WOOO HOOOOO, SCHOOL'S OUT AND I'M CELEBRATING, LOL!!