Samples and Feeling Healthy!

Posted by on August 8, 2011

First of all, I have a few BOY sample tees available. The sizes are listed on the picture and the cost is $12 (plus postage if I ship). I have a small stash of the Kiddy Kats 5/6 tees so I sometimes do Applique Cafe samples on them, and unfortunately my “G” is too big for a 5T or 5/6. I also have a couple of girl tees I may post ~ have to decide if I can part with them or want to give them to Mallory. Email me if interested in any of these ~ rosemarygulledge@gmail.com! (p.s. the girl tees are the Pumpkin Trio (Monag size 4 frill tee) and Flower Purse (Target Cherokee 4T tee) and Flower Sunglasses (Monag size 4 frill tee) designs as seen on Applique Cafe. Monag frill tees $18 – all girl tees are short sleeve).

 

I’ve recently joined a Coop of organic fruits and vegetables and today was my first day! We are eat-out-a-lot people. I like to cook and we try to plan and intend on cooking, but also stay super busy and sometimes it is easier (and cheaper) just to eat out. Tonight we are going to get a yummy Rotisserie chicken from Costco (they are like $5) so I’m going to whip up something to go with it. Squash casserole? I’ll have to pick up some more squash. Broccoli salad? The fruit looks yummy too! I’m not 100% sure what to do with all this but am excited to be getting these fresh organic fruits & veggies every other Monday! Every now & then I get the urge to be healthy, and then usually a week later I give up and we’re at McDonalds…

 

I did these backpacks yesterday for some twins heading to Kindergarten. Mom got these for $4.88 each at WALMART! She picked out the minis from Applique Momma and this is how they turned out! Mason is MWP Library font and Mary Carter is MWP Curly Q.

How does one even make a backpack for $4.88?? Way to go Walmart!

Lastly, Virginia’s Run is coming up in September! We have sold roughly 140 Virginia’s Cross designs thus far and hope to sell many more in the upcoming month. All proceeds will go to Virginia’s Run so add this one to your applique collection! It’s on sale now too!

OK, really LASTLY, the 60% off Applique Cafe sale ends THIS  WEDNESDAY! I added 2 new designs this morning ~ Dog Truck and (chubby) Crayon Trio! Shown below I added initials in Specs or Grins & Giggles fonts, which is one of my favorites. Specs is now offered at Needleheads as a Monogram Wizard Plus font!

 

 

 Have a great week! School starts for us next Monday, with the little 2 starting back September 1st! We finalize our kitchen cabinet finish maybe tomorrow, pick out tile this week ~ should be an interesting month once sheet rock, old cabinets and tile start coming out! Pray for me… really…

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Help!!

Posted by on August 2, 2011

I’m having such a hard time with my sewing room! I have gobs of pictures on Pinterest. I know what I like. I’m having THE hardest time achieving it! I just moved my plastic-Target-drawer-bins across my big blank wall, then put my thread on top and organized it for the time being. My walls are still all bare besides the bulletin board over my desk.

I have these pegboards. Looks like I can only fit about 9 X 5000M spools per board, which is fine. I could probably squeeze them together a little more. I have other stuff I COULD hang on these, and also thought about a big shelf for my big thread. I want my thread to be a focal point on the wall…

For now my “stabilizer thing” is just sitting on my tool chest, which is where I “work” and hoop my items. I was going to hang thread over this in between the windows, but now I’m thinking thread might go best over my fabric?

I’m eyeing these cubbies found at Home Depot and also online at Home Decorators, which is where I got my desks and is a subsidiary of Home Depot.  If I bought the 9 cubby X 2, and a 6 cubby, I could line my blank wall just as the plastic drawer bins are. The cubbies would be a little taller and I could get some of the cute colored baskets, and also leave some of the cubbies for other “stuff”. Maybe with the cubbies I could commit to hanging my thread stands, or something over them?

Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, link to inspiration photos?? Anything?? Anyone??

Applique Cafe is TWO! We’re celebrating our anniversary (or birthday) and also, this weekend we bypassed the 6,000 Facebook Fan mark. All designs are SIXTY% off! I feel like a furniture store saying this, but honestly prices have never been so low! Time to stock up! I added 4 new designs this week as well ~ Zig Zag Jack-o-lantern, Zig Zag Football, Football Dog (Stitch) and Halloween Dog (Stitch). We are working on more new Fall designs as I type! Stay tuned!

TIA for your suggestions!

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Working!

Posted by on July 28, 2011

I am doing VERY LITTLE work right now (at least until school starts and the kitchen reno is under way). I’ve done a few things this week for a couple of friends and remembered to take pictures! These backpacks/lunchboxes are Buckhead Betties and they were fabric covered in vinyl (easy cleanup!). When I got them I was a little afraid of how hard they’d be to monogram, but they were pretty easy! I used my Fast Frames, sticky stabilizer and I did have to pin them in place (so a few pin holes in the vinyl that you barely notice). Henry & Harris are my friend’s twins and I think they are 2+, so she wanted a mini design on them so they could tell their backpacks apart since they can’t read! The minis came from Applique Momma and I think all in all these turned out CUTE!

Today I dusted off the ole sewing machine, which is an el cheapo E-bay Brother special I bought when Browder was like a year old (so 7+years ago). Notice the tape holding the bottom plate in place! It took me 30 minutes to locate the machine, and then find the cord. I had a baby gift to do today so I took a poll on Facebook and the majority said I needed to sew something (ribbon or fabric) on an end. It turned out cute (see down below – pics are out of order).

I also bought these today at Michael’s, as all of their “crafting furniture and accessories” are 50% at my local Michaels store. These were $12.49 each! I was going to do the big sheet of peg board, but I think I’m going this route, and I got the ribbon holder for stabilizer (and may go get 1 more). I like the little shelf space on it too for my jars!

I think I’m going to hang them like this on the wall in between my 2 windows. My plan is to hang my 5000M spools on the peg board and other things. I apologize for the HORRIBLE picture! It’s cloudy here with bad lighting! I will post a picture when I get it all hung! I might even paint my thread stands black or something to match the bulletin board from the other day’s post! I have a picture of some painted black on my Pinterest Sewing Room Board.

Here is the baby gift I did today. I found the cute striped bib at a new store in town called Embellish! There is no tag on it or else I’d be trying to find some! I did the AC Giraffe 2 on the burp. Giraffes are cute for babies I think! Anyway, I thought it turned out cute! I haven’t done any burp cloths in a LONG TIME! p.s. I like 4×6 ply burp cloths from Embroider This. They are thick, nice, soft and even (some are crazy on the ends).

Gotta go! We are heading to the lake shortly and I’m blogging!! p.s. Did you notice I added the Pinterest button under my Follow Me tab? I have about as many followers on there as I do on Twitter! Have a great weekend! We will hopefully be celebrating 6,000 fans on Facebook soon! 🙂

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