My 1st Award!!!!

What a big day yesterday was... I got a little message from AmieAnn at Pinkapotamus saying that she wanted to give me this award.... HOW SWEET!!! This is super exciting because it is my VERY FIRST AWARD!!!!

Thank You Amie!



So here are the rules:


1. Thank and link back to the person that gave you this award. (done)


2. Share 7 things about yourself. (done)


3. Pass the award to at least 4 fellow bloggers who inspire you.


4. Let them know you gave them an award.


So here are the seven things that I would like to share:


1. I am a citizen of Canada and the United States... I am 100% each, naturalized at birth,I love both sides... I lived in Tuscaloosa Alabama and Birmingham Alabama and went to school there until grade 3. Then moved to Prince George British Columbia and finally my destination point of Vancouver British Columbia.


2. I love flowers... my favorite are peonies and hydrangea... I love how fluffy they are.


3. I have 2 adorable kids and I want more, I always thought I would have 4-5 kids... guess I never thought hubby might not.

4. I don't have a favorite colour... I just can't choose... I love all of them

5. I have an Aztek, and while I said I would never drive one, when I bought it I fell in love... and I still thank it for saving mine and Joshua's life in our accident... and I talk to it as though it hears me...


6. My favorite animal is a cat.


7. I LOVE COFFEE, I am not someone who is in love with chocolate, sweets, chips etc... but coffee is the single most important meal/drink of my day... if you ever meet me I will either have a coffee cup in my hand, just getting a cup of coffee, just finishing a cup of coffee or (hopefully you don't see this side of me... it is not pretty) the I NEED A CUP OF COFFEE me... and right now I am drinking a cup of coffee... (oh when I saw a cup I mean a MASSIVE cup)

And now here are the 4 blogs that I have chosen to give the lovely blog to:


1. Crystal at Crystals Craft Spot
2. Aly & Ash at Aly&Ash Creations
3. Elaine at Design Etc
4. Nicole at Whimsy Lane Crafts


I love these blogs and their inspiration... thank you for writing and crafting such great things to sip my coffee to!!!

I have some big orders this week... and I am working on a new design for my blog... so I am here I promise... just working away!!! And if anyone wants to Guest Post/ Blog Swap let me know... I still have a few days open next week.

Have a great day!!!!

WINNER WINNER!

And the Winner is....



Ang from a new little blog called Jellyphysh. Here is how she won...

Congrats Ang!!!

lol i put a link on my blog, but i'm just starting my blog (which really isn't all that interesting right now I don't think - since I haven't decided really what to blog about!!!! http://jellyphysh.blogspot.com/2010/08/cleanse-and-life-continues.html

Send me an e-mail...

And thank you for all who entered... I will do another giveaway when I hit 100!

Have a great weekend.

Zippered Pouches

Yesterday my mom and I went to the fabric store as they had 50% off (I know right!) so I did buy just a few more things, some bamboo handles... cause I need some for the purse I designed, a magnetic closure and some zippers....

Okay I am new to sewing....

and I have never. ever. ever put a zipper into anything...

So my mom showed me...

and thus my zippered pouches.






I now have a new make-up bag (which I HEART) and a few more like these....

I wanted to make a bunch of them so that I could practice. Each on has a really great funky print and the inside is

So these will be up in my store later this week.


But tomorrow we are heading out... to enjoy each other... we even did our grocery shopping tonight... where Peyton took her diaper off right at the check out... (hand to forehead) oh well... I laughed. Nobody else did, but hey, she is my princess...


Have a great weekend. I will announce the winner tomorrow for the Giveaway.
xoxo kati

GIVEAWAY GIVEAWAY GIVEAWAY!!!!

Okay guys it is only a few more hours left to enter the Apron Giveaway..... tick tock!

Guest Post from Crafting and Creativity

Good day guys, I am so excited to introduce you to Sarah and her wonderful blog...


I'm thrilled to be swapping with Kati today! She has such a great blog that I enjoy visiting!!

I'm Sarah. I have been married to by husband and best friend for just about 5 years. We are lucky to have 2 wonderful kids. Our son is 2 and a half and our daughter is 4 months old. I have been blogging for nearly 3 years now. Last month I decided started a new blog to showcase all the crafts and creative things I have made: Crafting and Creativity!

Since my daughter was born I have been busy making her dozens of embellishments to add to her headbands. It is a new obsession of mine...

I'm getting more sewing projects done lately since I recently got a sewing machine! I have shared some tutorials on my blog for making fun hair things, like this fabric headband , for my little girl:

I recently shared this project where I made a nursing cover out of a skirt that I had sitting in my closet. I was happy with the result:

I have been scrapbooking for more than 8 years and I love projects that I can make using my every-growing scrapbook stash, like marble magnets as well as things for my home like this bird wall art I made for my daughter's room:


I also to like do some sewing projects for my kids, or to give away as baby gifts, like this diaper holder and wipes case set. The bird stuffed toy was something I made by hand when I was expecting my daughter...


And I love creating fun projects for my son's room like this monogram using PENCIL CRAYONS! How adorable is that?!

I love "nesting"! Making our house into a home makes me so happy. I shared pictures of what our son's room looks like:

And I also gave a tour of what we did to our daughter's room before she was born:

So come and follow along as I share the projects that give me the creative outlet I need when I am not busy with my little family. The best is yet to come!

Thanks again Kati for having me, this has been fun! :)

Inspiration and an all nighter....

okay so a few days ago I said that I was in a blah couldn't think of anything to create kinda mood... well on Tuesday at about 5pm I should have been making dinner but all of a sudden an idea came to me to make Peyton a play purse so that she could have something to carry with her. I had a few pieces of white, and a small bit of pink and thought I would just sew and see where it took me.

Well this is what I came up with in the 15 minutes I had to sew.






So this was just s simple little play purse... but I stayed up till 3:30 in the morning designing all these different handbags, wallets and camera cases I had all these ideas and last night was able to head to the fabric store for an hour....


Here is what I walked out with....
Some will be handbags, aprons, camera cozy's and some are who knows... like the purple/teal one... the lady had a .5 of a yard and asked me if I wanted it for .50 cents.... of course I said yes.

So I promise I will have more posts next week...(maybe if the kids sleep I can finish some projects today and post) tomorrow I am guest posting so I am extending the APRON GIVEAWAY until Saturday... I hope you don't mind.... just wait a little bit longer!!!

BLAH... a bib and camera case.

Okay I am sorry guys I have been looking at my blog for a few days and just haven't been able to post... I am having a blah day(s). It has been raining, and on Sunday I was having a pretty bad day with my back, and was mainly laying down on my bed, Monday I worked and my back was so bad I actually didn't bathe my babies... I did this morning tho because I felt so guilty.

I have so many great idea's but just not able to fully execute them... I have one fabric but not the other, I don't have either elastic, snaps, or Velcro. So I hold off on the project all together because I don't like half finished projects.

I did make a bib and another experimental camera case today because I found some flannel that I purchased a few months ago on sale. Have you ever seen those rag quilts... well I have one for little Peyton which was a baby gift, and I have loved it. So now that I have a machine and am learning to sew I thought I would give the bib a try. And because I just had to know how it would look I made a Rag Quilt Camera Case... which is actually really cute because I am all about ruffles, and I find this technique gives the ruffle look.

So here they are... no I didn't put a button on this camera case because I am not sure if I want a snap or Velcro... as I said in another post I wasn't in love with the button I put on my original Camera Cozy. The first picture is before I washed it, and then the next one is after it was washed and put in the dryer to make it nice and ruffley (is that even a word?)

Here is Elwynn's bib but I didn't wash it yet... I might but who knows I might give it to Angie and let her wash it and have the ruffle suprise.

Lastly, I have ordered my fabric lables and they are on their way AAANNNDDDD have started work on my website so that all my products will be up and for sale YEAH!!! So I will be working hard and taking pictures for all of you to see.

I hope you all have a great day... and I am really sorry I am not offering more inspiration.

Don't forget to enter for the Apron Giveaway, it ends August 14th, 2010.