Scissor Quirk.

Cozy Cups...

I had my lil Mr. Moustache cup cozies for sale at the craft show over the weekend - nestled all snug and happy on a little sample paper cup, piled with their lovely plaids peeking out. :) Everybody loves em (me included!):

They were so fun to sew! I thought you might want to see a peek at the finished guys - a little bit of my booth, for now. I always take a billion photos of my booth at shows, but the booth has looked pretty similar for the whole Spring show season, so I'm not sure if I'll post more photos of it or not...lol.

I'm definitely craving a new sewing project, now that these guys are done!

Anyhoo - hope you're having a lovely Tuesday! I've had a tough time getting back into it this week, but I'm chugging away. :)

Tea, anyone?

The fabulous Mollie of Wild Olive is hosting a virtual Alice-in-Wonderland inspired tea party this week, and I put together a crafty little something-something to help celebrate - a cute cookies + tea embroidery pattern!

Yep, that's right - you can stitch it, too!
Download the free pattern right here.

I drew this little guy with the intention of having him just smiling, but now it looks like he's smiling at those crumby cookies - just about to gobble em up! lol. Anyhoo - hop on over to Mollie's to read my little tea story (and to see all of the other cute tea party guest posts!).

Happy stitching (and tea-drinking!)!
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Those Labels.

Dude! I have to say a huge thanks-so-much for the sweet words on my last few posts, guys! I'm so happy you like Mr. Moustache & my granny blanket - it was super-fun to come home from camping to your sweet words. :)

I had a few questions about where I got my fabric labels...

I got them from KikiCreations (she sells on both Etsy & Ebay).

I'd heard good things about her labels & needed some in a hurry (we're talking a less-than-30-day turnaround - which she happily met for me). I had my design ready, e-mailed it over, she made a proof for me to approve, and voila! Labels.

Also - camping this past weekend was lovely! I didn't take a single picture and I drank way too many pear coolers. lol. It was a little bit chilly, still - it's been rainy here and is still early in the season, but the company was rad & the sites were cool! Lotsa fun. We drove up Friday afternoon, slept in Saturday, and it was gloomy and cold, so we hung out by the fire the whole day.

When we got home from camping - let's just say that a few days of drinking more than we should caught up with us, and both mister husband and I napped for a long while. I did manage to finish crocheting about 60 more squares before I ran out of yarn, though! Monday was a holiday, and there were grand plans to start working on things, but after a sunny bike ride, some camp-gear-putting-away, cleaning, and groceries - that was enough work for one day. lol. We hunkered down on the couch and watched 'Long Way Round' - and today I'm getting back into the swing of things. :)

I hope you had a lovely weekend! :)

Coffee Cozies...

A few weeks back, I made some little Mr. Moustache coffee cup cozies/warmers for a local craft show I had coming up - they'd been in my sketch book for *so long* but it had taken me a while to perfect the pattern, so it was that much more exciting to see them all finished after the long wait!

They're still in progress in these photos - hence the pins.

They're made from the softest oatmeal flannel, with little appliqued faces and bright & colorful flannel plaid insides - I have a reusable travel mug, myself, but I was totally tempted to buy a paper cup just to use one - lol. I think I'll slip one in my purse for those few times when I'm out & about and have forgotten my mug - I''ll try not to do it on purpose! lol.

It feels good to have a cute lil useful guy that will save some of those paper cup warmers - I've been extra environmentally aware, lately - probably due to listening to more knowledge network at night while crocheting, and it feels good to make healthy choices with not only the groceries I buy, now, but the things I use everyday. Aaah. :)

I'll have these guys listed in the shop in June, after my next local show.

Oh - and I found out this week that Bubbly Shnooks got into The One of A Kind Show! It was a *big* goal this year - I'm super-excited to start prepping for it!!

Sewing Your Pages...

I have a little 'Technique Tuesday' post up over on the Sassafras blog, today! Hop over there to see the full post (and my sewing-a-title tips & process), and here are some peeks & the page I made:

Paper Crush is my faaaavorite Sass collection, lately - it's so sweet! I want to use it on everything!! :) lol. The photo on this page is of mister husband and I a few summers back in Banff, Alberta - it's one of my faves, too. Everything but the paper doily is Sassafras.

I was trying to keep the page clean and simple, which didn't really work - lol. I mean, it was a fast one - but then I used a too-small brush to splatter the blue paint, and it got a little crazy - and then I started sewing - and then I couldn't keep the edges white, so I had to paint them. lol.

I'm thinking I might do a mini paper + paint class sometime this summer as my first one - is anybody interested in the way I paint my pages? It's suuuuper fun!! :)

Anyhoo - I'm off for a bike ride this morning, a strong coffee, and getting lotsa work done before we head off to a Kid Rock concert tonight! I'm not the biggest Kid Rock fan, but hubby got two free tickets from work yesterday, and live anything is always good, right?