Fresh Start 2012

I cannot believe I haven't posted here in over a year! I am a terrible blogger. I promise I've made things over the past 12 months! And my Etsy shop is still up and running!

This is how I've been spending my evenings lately. My daughter's about to turn THREE!

I encouraged her to have a rainbow party because who doesn't need a bit of color in the middle of a Wisconsin winter? Obviously I didn't know we'd barely get a dusting of snow so far this winter or that it would be 40+ degrees just a few days before her birthday! Oh well, we're still excited about the theme. And I had fun making a rainbow birthday banner for her (after realizing I have no idea where the banner from last year is! Just like the shoemakers kids who have no shoes of their own.)

The bottom left hand picture is the items for the goodie bags: ribbon wands, bean bags (filled with split peas), homemade crayons, and a rainbow coloring sheet (I'll post a link to this coloring sheet once I find it!).

Most of my ideas came from Pinterest. I'm addicted! And so glad I finally had an excuse to do some of the many projects I've pinned since joining. And Millie was able to help me with a lot of the projects, which she loved: "Oh, my friends are going to love these! My friends are going to be so proud of me!" Love her!

New Listing - Reusable Autumn Thanksgiving Banner

Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday!



Jordan's birthday banner really put me in the mood for autumn, and I had been meaning to make some holiday banners to sell in the shop, so here they are!

Reusable Autumn Thanksgiving Banners! I've listed two of them - you'll be purchasing the one pictured in that listing.

I hope to create some winter and Christmas banners over the next month and may also add some non-banner items as well. Be sure to keep watching the shop for new additions!

Playing Catch Up

I can't believe it's been over four months since I last posted! Life got pretty busy this summer, and I took a bit of a break from my Etsy store (apart from a banner here or there), but I'm back now!

And I owe you pictures of the banners I made from the wonderful fabrics I last posted about! Unfortunately, I didn't think to take a picture of the wedding banner before giving it to my friends (but I've e-mailed them with a request!). However, here's a shot of the banner used to celebrate my niece's and dad's birthdays:



Last month underduck received a wonderful review on the small fry after I helped little Jordan celebrate his first birthday with fall-themed banners (you may notice I used the same fabrics I used in the birthday banner above - amazing what a change in felt color can do).



Jordan's banners really put me in the mood for fall and inspired me to purchase more of the same fabric to create some festive "Happy Thanksgiving" banners (watch the store for them later this week!).