Sunday, October 9, 2011


Double Ruffle Bloomers

DONT FORGET ABOUT MY BLOG GIVE AWAY!!!  I will randomly pick someone from my facebook fan page once I get to 500 Likes!!!  I can sew for kids and adults alike!!!  Double ruffle bloomers in any color and combination of colors!!

 
Daughter had her birthday party this weekend.  12 years old.
She got some great cute things, and I've got things I've got to finish for her.  A pair of flannel pajama bottoms for one, I've got to make a pair for Brocc too!  I've also got the fabric to make a fleece body pillow cover for Brocc's body pillow that he inherited from me when I got my new one.
Wish it was as cheap to make them as it was to buy them!  I made both of the ones for Joe's and Mine~  Zippers and all~  we each use one.

Witch hats @ Full Knitted Jacket
Got out my spinning wheel this last week.  I've been doing a bit of spinning.  I am going to be needing to get my hands back into 'shape' They start to cramp after about a half hour of drafting and pinching, I'm thinking that I'm pinching too hard while drafting.  THOUGH the yarn strands seem to be spinning nice and soft as well as evenly!      Was inspired to spin again by a friend who is making the most ADORABLE goodies!!!  Check out her lil witch hats!!!  Full Knitted Jacket  (picture is also a link)

Have a new desire to make some wool dryer balls!  They are for sale all over etsy, and I've got extra yarn and stuff that didn't turn out the way I wanted.  SO~ I'm going to make myself some!  and some for my friend!

This is also a link directly to the shop! AND this silk!

I am a link too!!!
She has an amazing Play Silk shop on Etsy~   Called The Purple Tangerine!  I love her silks, my kids love THEIR silks, and they have lasted forever and go through quite the process of play here at home.  Think of them for your kids or grand-kids, nieces and nephews and just KIDS IN GENERAL! 

Friday, October 7, 2011

My sweet son, who will be 6 on the 19th, asked me today "Mama, do you get money for your job?"  I replied with "What job do I do?"   "Giving people BEAUTIFUL clothes!"~    Such a sweet boy!

He knows how to work it~

I've got some great orders, and went to the store and got some great fabric to get some prototype-esque mermaid/trumpet skirts to get listed up on etsy.   Trying to figure out how long and how big or small to make them!!!!  Is 40" a good size?  I can always make them smaller... and making bigger ones is not an issue.  But for a prototype?
Some super cute stretchy fabrics were picked up at the store! =)

Tried to purchase some WHITE cotton~  couldnt find any. was all GREEN hued!  Really???
And... Of course I bought patterns that I will never use.  *sigh*  Why do I do it? 

12 year old Birthday party tomorrow! *oh wheee*  

Apparently there will be about 6 screaming girls running round.  Hope the weather is nice. 



Thursday, October 6, 2011

Give Away!!!

I'm thinking about doing a give away!   A pair of double ruffle bloomers in someones size and choice of color~  I can make these child size or as big a size as possible =)

What say you?    I would LOVE to have 500 people like my Facebook Page!!   Share It with your friends and family!!!    I will randomly pick 1 Winner when I hit the 500 people mark!

AND for those who need to know~  Those of you who shop with the Etsy Dark Team may get a 10% off coupon as a promo with an order!  (we send promo's in a swap every month)
I have also been randomly sending them out with orders that come through!  And now that I've got some super promo's from other shops, I'll be sharing those as well!!

I'm still working on getting pictures of everything ready to list and up for sale!  Feeling a bit under the weather yesterday and today, and Daughter's birthday party is Saturday!!!  Must clean the house!!!


So~ Share with friends and other shops!  GIVE AWAY HERE WE COME!




Saturday, October 1, 2011

Lots of New here In Strumpet Land!

First and foremost, I've got new listings in my shop!!!  StrumpetsDelight   New Hip Skirts and Bloomers!  More coming as I get pictures taken, and then will update pictures as I get better ones so that people can SEE what the items look like on real bodies! 

I've already sold one pair of bloomers and ad one hip skirt!  There are LOTS more coming and I've still got a tote of 'almost done' items that need to be finished and photographed.  Its a never ending spiral with me!   These should have been listed MONTHS ago, but with my health being the way it was, that was impossible.

We are enjoying our new home, the kids have settled in well, and we've 'adopted' our neighbor lady.  She lives alone and the kids love her and her dog Molly, and it seems that the dog as well as Trish our Neighbor love the kids.  I've started inviting her over for dinner on a regular basis, and sometimes she accepts, others she wont.   She's a sweet lady and has been putting Joe and the kids to work helping her fix up her yard. 

Right after we moved, I started feeling fatigue.  Having a never ending headache.  I could hear my heart beating constantly in my ears and my heart was constantly racing.  For a few weeks, I thought it was dehydration.  I guzzled down water and Gatorade like no tomorrow.  The fatigue and other symptoms kept getting worse.   It was so bad that I was out of breath walking across the house to the bathroom.  All I wanted to do was sleep and eat.  Then, there was the loss of desire to eat.  I wasn't hungry.  My hands and feet started to tingle.  I went to the dr~  Ran next to every test possible for health reasons.   All tests came back normal to good~  we had left out Anemia because I had zero symptoms or pre-cursors.  The next week, I made another appointment.  Hubby had to go with me this time, I was unable to safely drive or walk any sort of distance without being light headed or faint. Out of breath was becoming the norm.   The night before the appointment, I couldn't even dry myself off after a shower.   Talk about scary.

Hubby and dr discussed it, and Dr talked himself into doing an Anemia test.   Only because I was more pale than usual.  We came home and waited for test results.  Got a phone call about an hour later, I had gone to lay down and take another nap, so Joe answered the phone.   It was my Doctor.  We needed to get to the hospital asap, I needed a blood transfusion.  At LEAST 4 pints.  I am apparently a super woman.  My blood counts were the lowest he had EVER seen.   Homiletic Anemia caused by who knows what? (my body had stopped making blood cells)  I spent the two days and one night in the hospital.  4 pints of blood, could have used 5, but they had only ordered 4 (I've got special blood... Type O+ that has to have the antigens removed.... nice).  I was reminded over and over that had I gotten a nose bleed or anything of the sort, I could have DIED. 

Weeks, dr appointments and bone marrow biopsies later, My body was making blood on its own.  There are 'ideas' and 'theories' as to why my body stopped making red blood cells, but no one knows for sure.  All they know is that my bone marrow is working again.  I'm feeling better and better each day, but I've still got days that push me over my limit.  I spent three months almost dying, its going to take some time to come back from that. 

I'm hoping to keep up with the blog more.  Updates on what I am sewing and creating.  I've felt pretty creative here in the last few weeks. 
Still getting in over my head with what I commit to, but one of these days I'll figure it out =)

Just glad to be feeling good and not worrying about being so sick.


Monday, June 27, 2011

First night in our new house.  Its lonely without the dog =(  but she was in heaven when she drove away with my brother in law in the back of his pickup truck! I cried... =(  After a few snags we got our U-haul, got it loaded and headed over here.  Yesterday we had TONS of help unloading.  Joe's cousin even came from the next town over to help out!  Friends I hadnt seen in YEARS came to help!  My back yard is still full of crap, things we need to bring in because it apparently is supposed to rain today.  BUT~  There is more than enough room for my sewing stuff *YAY* our living room is pretty much set up and things are starting to come together. 
Slept like the dead last night.  Didn't even hear the train till this morning after Brocc woke us up because he was awake.  He woke up at about 230 this am screaming in the dark. =(  We need to get a sound monitor out in the front part of the house because we cant hear what's happening in our little cave of a room.  No windows!
Borrowing internet from someone with an unsecured network... the modem that came on friday wont work.  *argh* SO, they are sending me a new one.  Should be here tomorrow. 
Alarm system is coming today. It will add a HUGE ammt of security knowing that its there to let me know whats going on!

My entire body Hurts.  OUCH~ and I cant find anything I want to eat for Breakfast.  Need to get my kitchen put together.  there are still lots of boxes of crap that I need to empty.  LOTS OF THEM!  I sure have allot of food!!!   Moving is hard hard work, and we've been at it for a week. There is still stuff that needs to be taken care of at the other house.  A few things picked up as well as cleaning.  I'm not too worried about cleaning, I'll vacuum the floors and mop downstairs. Clean the bathroom and kitchen.  Get rid of a PILE of garbage! Love being able to have a giant burn pile out there.  Something I'm going to miss here, ALAS~ I will have recycling and garbage service here.   Its different being in town, but I dont see us having too hard of a time.  We've already 'saved' $10 in fuel and super high prices by living close to a convenience store! 

It'll settle down...

Friday, June 24, 2011

Moving

We Were notified today that our U-haul wont be ready untill after 5 pm on Saturday!  We were going to pick up super early saturday morning, load drive to town, unload and give the truck back the same day!!  ALAS~ its not happening that way.  They did give us a free extra day as well as free mileage! *YAY*  that will cut our cost WAY down! 

I am vending tonight at Clockworks (click here for Event Info)  I'm quite excited!  I dont have piles of stock ready, but enough to show people what I can do! =)  I'm also going to make a slide show of items that I've sewn in the past! 

Must start getting things ready to load again~  I have two pairs of bloomers that need to be put into the mail~ Alas I also have two pairs of bloomers to be made so that I can sell them tonight at Clockworks! =)

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Moving Moving Moving!

Crashed last night at about 9pm! Stupid migraine!  I thought I had kicked it!  Excess stress does not do well for me!   ALAS!  I feel better this morning!  now to keep my back and neck from seizing up on me!!!!  There is only so much percocet and muscle relaxers can do!   Too bad I never got to the shower... *whoops*

Taking a load to the new house today, and then onto the food bank to get food order for Alsea Gleaners~ This afternoon is going to be pack pack pack, as is tomorrow afternoon, I do have Gleaners in the am AND a Belly Dance Guild meeting in the evening~  Friday is pack pack pack and then make sure that I've got everything ready for vending Friday night!

Hubby was mildly irritated that I chose to go to the show on Friday, but I ASKED to be there!  I'll figure it all out!  Hope to make a few bucks too!  We need it!

Off to get dressed, get the kids dressed and hubby outta bed so that we can get moving!