Tea Cozies with Style

I love creating gifts that also give me the space to embroider, and these cozies are ideal.  Choose the theme and I have the design or color combo to match up.

The Dapple horse on the left sold as soon as I posted it on my Facebook page.  The Christmas tree was for the Holiday Shopping Party event in December.  A fun way to piece fabrics together centered around the focal point - embroidery design.

Here are a few other designs I did:

Applique and embroidery - I think there was 9 or 10 fabrics on the design alone.  The detail is so pretty close-up

Embroidered on glitter felt

I love Maxine and her wittiness

Have a few more of these Maxine's/quotes that I really want to do :)

Tomorrow I'm going to share some of the wallets that have been super popular - be sure to come back and check them out.

Have a super day - couple more to relax and back to the office.  And with that being said:

More Towel Ideas....

So today I wanted to share a couple other towel ideas as promised.  They could be used for gifts for any occasion.  The first is a set of His 'n Her towels that were done for a custom order for an anniversary.  This couple loves penguins so.............

We found these penguins.  Boy and girl and he has some flowers for her.  Awwwww, so cute and totally screams anniversary to me.  Needless to say they loved them :)

These penguins are a little more "cute" but still say anniversary too.  I can't tell who is blowing the kiss to who but I love the chubbyness of these little guys.
 

  

You could also hang these during the holidays for guests coming to visit.  They would love this idea!

Better run to get more pictures taken.  Lots of projects to share, lots more projects to get done with the holidays not tooo far away.

Enjoy your day :)

Sue & Char

Busy, Busy, Busy

Hey everyone!  Hope you are all having a great week!  Been super busy at work so haven't had much time to get on the computer.
Char, my partner in crime, came to visit me from Kelowna.  We had so much fun running around checking out the "fabric" store here and found another little quilt shop in Trail. We didn't get to do any creating since I'm still unpacking, but checked out and planned some future projects.  We even went to a small fall fair that was on over the weekend and checked out what competition there would be for us next year.  It was like a  mini Armstrong Fair or Rutland May Days, just no rides, but they had horses!  Small town fair for sure.  Didn't see anything similiar to our products so we are planning to go in next year :)  Could be fun doing a small town fair.
Did you see the new picture I added of the two of us on our sidebar?  My son did a mini photo session with us since we had absolutely no pictures of the two of us.  Figured we may need them in the future, so I put on up LOL.
Today I want to share with you some kitchen towels that would make awesome gifts.  Whether it be wedding, birthday, Christmas - they can be personalized any way.  

They each come with a matching crocheted dish cloth as well.  We will be doing some Christmas themed ones soon too ~ since it is under 100 days away hehehehe.  I say that for a girlfriend of mine who I keep bugging about Christmas not being too far away.  Hey Vanessa??
Anyway, you can always email and let us know what color combo you would like and what design.  I will be sharing some more towel designs and styles which are totally cool!  You can also check out our Facebook page from the link on the side to see other ideas too and LIKE us if you want :)  Never too early to start planning for gifts right?

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs

Sue & Char

Topsy Towels

 

Hello friend!!!  Today I am wanting to show you something really neat that I did for the Christmas craft fairs in December. 

These are decorative towels to hang on your oven or handle of a cupboard or anywhere you have a handle for them to hang.  The printed cotton on top matches the embroidery design that I have put on to bottoms.  Here is a few more I did.

This gingerbread is one of my favorites. Just love that saying with the cute little gingerbread guy.  I did another one that was baby blues snowflakes with touch of silver and then embroidered snowflakes with Mylar on the bottom.  Very pretty - sorry I can't show you since they all sold. Will have to do some more of those ones.  

I will be working on some now for spring/summer.  They will be so much fun and full of color.

Interested in any of these or when I get my new ones done, send me an email.

Thanks for stopping in.  Hope you enjoyed my creations for today.=:)

Just two more................

 

This is one of my old favorites from SU called Holiday Lineup.  The sentiment isn't with this set though.  If you clik on the picture, you can see the little bit of glitter added to the snowmen. 

This stamp is from M's and I really like its simplicity.  The glitter really sparkles and brings it to life too.

Hope you enjoyed the last two gift card holders for the quilt shoppe.  I just had to show them to you:)

I will be sharing some sewing as well in the next few days.  If you get a chance, pop on over to my Facebook page (link on sidebar) and check out some more new photos added to the albums of finished projects and a new Altered Items category.

Thanks for stopping by ~~

Secret Sister gifts I can share now

For the past 4+ years, I have been involved in Secret Sister swaps with the same group of gals from all over the US.  We have all become very close and some are like bestest friends. Every year before Christmas we do one called the 15 Days of Christmas where we send 15 gifts to one SS and they also send to one and so on.  Anyway, I always like to make a personalized stocking for my SS and fill it as much as I can with the gifts I have purchased.  Now that our swap is over, I can share a few of the gifts that I made for her.

 

So here is the stocking personalized with her name.  And so you can see the design better, a close-up for you.

It was hard to get a bright shot of the dove with you being able to still see it properly.  I pulled the colors from the fabric and the feathers actually look layered like feathers.  This design is a Sue Box Creation available here.  Her designs are beautiful so be sure to browse around.

I also embroidered her a tea towel and dish cloth for using during the holidays or even just display.

Aren't they the cutest little guys.  I am so hooked on embroidery and personalization.  

This little guy is one of my favorites.

And they are pretty cute too.

I especially wanted Cindy (my SS) to have her very own personalized stocking and she loved them and that's what counts:)  Glad you liked them Cindy {hugs}.

Since I wasn't able to "play" much after Christmas, I will be sharing projects that I did for the craft fair and before Christmas.  I hope to be playing this weekend or maybe today since it is my day off:)

Have fun today!

Meowy Christmas and Lazy Girl

Happy Monday everyone! Feels good being able to post on here again.  Computer issues for the past month and still not done.  Once more in the shop and that should be it.  So today, I wanted to share a couple things with you.

I absolutely adore this little kitten.  A friend asked me to make her some cards for all occasions but they all have to have a black cat on them.  It was a challenge.  I have tons of cat stamps, but don't like coloring with blacks.  I find it difficult to make them look nice.  But this little one is sooo cute.

  Here is the closeup of the fluff I put on the hat.  Did fluff well though. 

Now for the second item.  Even though my computer has been unavailable at times for the past month, I have kept very busy with all projects.  My craft fair is here in a couple of weeks and I was also doing some sewing for the new Linda's Quilt Shoppe second location.

 

I don't care for the fabric colors, but I love the pattern. Here is the other side:

And the inside:

Check out all the pockets!  One on the front, on the back and the inside has them all around the base.  It's got room for lots of stuff.

That's it for today.  Hope I see you hear tomorrow.  I have so much to show you now.  Crossing my fingers the computer comes back 100% today.

See you then.

Happy Holidays!

Did you know that it is only 73 days til Santa comes??  Most of my friends want to shoot me when I tell them that.  LOL  I am getting some more Christmas cards done though since I have lots I want to send out.  I decided to take a night off and create a card.  Good thing, I needed the whole night.  With interruptions, and struggling to put it together, at least I completed the card.

Here is a side view closeup. Can you see the shimmer on the snowflakes??

And the snow (even on the birdie's head).

The stamps are from M's.  Colored with my markers.  The silver trim on the edge is the new Silver Glass Glitter from Stampin' Up!  Very shiny stuff:)

Well that's it for now.  I'm exhausted and feel like I need to lie down.  Maybe for a bit and then into my sewing room.  Couple more projects to share with you still from the quilt shoppe and I'm going to keep on with Christmas cards.  

Have a great night

 

Holy Tryptych

Hey everyone ~ I am sorry for my absense. It has been pretty hectic here since my daughter has been home from the hospital and her first day back was today for ½ days. Now my son is home sick.  Apparently there is another virus going around at the schools, and of course, he's home. His asthma gets really bad when he gets sick, so we have to watch him.

Haven't had a lot of "me" time, but I am really having withdrawls and trying to get in my studio.  Will have lots to share with you in the coming days, but for now, I want to share with you another Christmas card I did using the Holy Tryptych stamp set. Yes it is retired from Stampin' Up! but one of my favorites for Christmas.

I stamped the angel on vellum, waited for it to dry and turned it over coloring it with markers on the wrong side.  The frame was stamped with versamark and embossed with gold and then layered on Whisper White, then mounted on metallic gold cardstock.

Here you can see a little of the gold cardstock and Dazzling Diamonds on the angel wings. Here is a better picture:

Isn't she pretty.  I used the Baroque Motifs stamp for the background and stamped the verse in versamark embossed in gold too.

Hope you like it. Pretty simple.

Thanks for stopping by. And just a reminder to check down my sidebar and go check out my Facebook page if you haven't arleady.  I got some albums up and they are slowly filling.  Still more I want to get up loaded.

Off to make my BFF a birthday card for tonite.  Have a great evening and see you tomorrow.