Coming Soon....

I am super excited to announce that coming soon.....

I will have the Carolina Breeze Bag PATTERN for sale!

I love making these bags, and have made several for myself and others. It's such an easy bag to sew with an unlimited number of fabrics/colors to choose from, so I want people to be able to make their own!!

The pattern is still a work in progress. I have MY pattern, but it's wrinkled and written on, so I'm working on making it pretty! There will be options for the short, or long strap as well as a bow or no bow, and pockets on the inside.

Here are three that I've made for myself...

The burlap is my favorite because it weighs NOTHING! It is totally weightless and I love how beachy it feels. This bag inspired the name "Carolina Breeze"

The Clemson version is a close second in my favorites list. It is also made of burlap and lined with cotton.

I love the bow on the front. It gives it a fun, feminine touch.

This Lemonade version, I made out of cotton Duck with a cotton lining. It's a little heftier than the other two and I didn't put a bow on it. It hasn't had as much carrying time, but I'm about to put it into the rotation to show it some love.

I'm hoping to have the pattern ready in a few weeks so you can start spring sewing!!

There might even be a GIVEAWAY for one of my fabulous readers!

***I will be needing Pattern Testers to try it out and tell me if there are any kinks/problems with the pieces or instructions. If you love to sew and would be interested in being a tester for me, e-mail me or leave me a comment on this post! A link to your own blog would help so I can see what you've sewn before. This pattern will be for a confident-beginner sewist. ***

Thanks for all of the comments and e-mails about testing the pattern! I have plenty of willing volunteers for now and will send out the pattern as soon as it's done!

Happy Valentine's Day

I LOVE...

Hugging my baby when she wakes up in the morning

Kisses from Hubby

Smelling the top of Gray's head

Twirling her little curls around my finger

Saturday night "Mexican Dates" with the whole family

Hearing Mama, Mama, MAMA!

My cup of "Hubby-Made" coffee before I go to work

Laughing my head off at a good night at work

Gray smacking my arm wanting to know the next character in her book

Tickling her until she laughs and screams

Kissing away "uh-oh's"

The Cheesecake Factory

Family walks around the neighborhood

Taking pictures

Singing too loudly at work

The big waves and kisses from the tiny person behind the door as I leave for work

Coming home to a shiny, clean, Hubby-cleaned house

Old worn-out jeans

Rainbow flip flops

Skittles

Feeding Gray Skittles and watching her tongue turn all the colors of the rainbow

Snuggling with my kitty in bed while he purrrrs

Gray's Anatomy

Clemson Football

Friends

I Love...

Love

Valentines Treats

Last weekend I made some Valentine's Oreos for our Tea Party!

Vanessa at See Vanessa Craft (Formerly The Crafty Nest) shared her tutorial on how to make Valentine's Oreo Pops, and I HAD to try them.

You can find her tutorial on how to make them HERE.

They started as Oreos on a stick....

And became Valentine's deliciousness.

Ready for gifting.

I wrapped them individually as favors for my guests at the teaparty.

I still have some Oreos and candy melts left over...so I  may make a Valentine's batch for work this week! Everyone's on a diet, but I'm sure one sweet Oreo pop won't hurt it too bad.

Time For Tea

Yesterday was our Annual Valentines Lady's Tea at our church. It's always a wonderful event filled with beautiful tables, great food, and good company. This year we had an amazing speaker, a woman who has made a career out of selling antique teacups and saucers, as gifts for women to pass along to others. She had a good message and was fun to listen to!

After lots of preparation, our table was complete and ready for tea!!

(Excuse the wall padding in the background...the room is a gym most of the time!)

The Napkin Rings made their appearance and looked vintage-y sweet.

The Cloth Napkins were a labor of love to make, but made the table just a little more elegant.

I LOVE the way they look with the plates, and they'll last a lifetime!

There were some Printables that were framed to decorate the table.

The green tablecloth was from our wedding! We had them made to go with our reception theme, and have gotten some good use out of them since. Sometimes it's good to hoard collect and save supplies.

I had to try out my new lense for fun with our vase of tulips! I am in LOVE with this lense. It's the Canon 50mm 1.8.

Gray had a playdate with her Papa, but we had 3 of our 4 generations there celebrating! Mama, Granny, and Me with my hostess apron on.

No family resemblance.....at all.

Everyone's table was uniquely beautiful and wonderfully decorated.

Here are a few of the other tables...

Pure Loveliness.