Reusable Cotton Snack and Sandwich Pouchs

These are used instead of baggies in your lunch bags. I make cotton pouches for all ages!

A new venture

Well the doll venture didn't get off the ground so I have my mom knitting doll stuff for the Alexander dools. They can be found at: http://www.pinmeup.com/

I am so tired af making mesh bags every day from sun up to sundown. I have decided to take a day or two a week to do something different. I bought one of those madame Alexander dolls and I am making doll clothes. I make my own patterns so that there is something a bit different to what everyone else is making. Here is my first one made from dark green tafetta with a gold waist belt, sewn onto the waist and there are tiny multi colored rhinestones in each square.

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

What a difference a couple of weeks makes. Just 2 weeks ago there was snow everywhere...now the snow is gone and there is green popping out everywhere

March 2010...still lots of snow

The weather is nice, we can actually see the sun after it hid behind the clouds for 3 months. I just wish the snow would get warm enough to melt this snow faster! The front of my house has 5 steps up to the front door, you can't even see the top step yet.

More flowers

I am listng the flowers here on my blog for now so I can get a visual effect as to how they will look before they get listed in my shop

More flowers

I am trying them out in all different styles and sizes....its kind of fun to be doing something different for a change

My newest venture

This is my first set of flowers that I have made for my second shop on etsy. In the next few weeks I will be loading all different colors and designs to my shop......

I have decided that it isn't good to have all your eggs in one basket. Having a success full Internet business means you need to be on top of the current trends at all times.

Having one shop with one line or design is a good thing as it attracts that specific buyer and keeps them interested in your shop but it doesn't help you sell when they aren't buying.

I have decided to open up my other 2 shops and have a specific product for each of them as well...

The second shop I opened up was pinmeup.etsy.com and that is where I originally started to list my sewing creations. I am re-opening it and it will become my handmade supply shop. I will mainly be focusing this shop on handmade organza, satin flowers.

These flowers can be used on knit and crochet hats, trim around tops and dresses, hair clips and bobby pins...there are actually a multitude of uses for these flowers.

New Deck August 2009

Well now that the old deck is covered up you can see the new deck. Its about 90% finished. Still needs a few things and then stained but that will be next summer.

VIEW MY HOUSE BEFORE AND AFTER

If you would like to get a feel for what my house looked like before and after, go to my blog archive down the right side. Click on the date 08(19) entries. You will be surprised at what we started with.
Keep in mind this looks like a small house but there are 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 kitchens. 2 bedrooms are upstairs, 2 on the main floor, one of which we have turned into a small dining room as I like space in my kitchen, and 2 in the basement. The basement is fairly light and bright and also has a small 2 piece, ancient bathroom and a really sad kitchen. We eventually want to take the little bathroom out and the small kitchen and turn them into a very large Bathroom with a very large bath tub or jacuzzi......but thats another day.......

If you have the time and the money and want to retire, SMOOTH ROCK FALLS, Ontario Canada is the place to come...We bought this house for 25,000.00 in 2007 and there are lots of nice houses here, that don't require the work ours does for under 40,000.00. You can even buy houses here for under 10,000.00! Seriously!

Construction of our New Deck over the old foundation

TODAY IS THE DAY! Finally hubby is starting my new deck. This is the long Civic Holiday weekend August 1st, 2009 This is the mess we have right now. As you can see, they built this deck/porch years and years ago, probably in the 50's and it was all made out of concrete. Over the years they have painted it, added outdoor carpet, whatever they could to make it look better. This is a picture of the horrible mess of carpet outside that has started to grow moss from the dampness and is very slippery when wet. One day I stepped out the door and went right down on my butt

I want it all to disappear so we are going to build right over the existing concrete foundation. The top floor and the steps will vanish under the new decking.

Stay tuned because we will be showing some pictures as it progresses.

this is the latest stray i have found

He is adorable, so loving and he just spreads himself out across my bed like he was born there....He needs a name

Want to see my house before we started our work on it?

Go to the index down the right side and click on 08 and see the before and after pics......

NEW FULLY BIODEGRADLE BAGS

These are my own design...featuring 100% cotton mesh and 100% cotton toppers. These toppers add a lot of stability to the mesh portion of the bag along with pretty designs. These bags are meant for large items that are bought at the market by item and not by weight as the bags themselves do add weight. So when you are at the market and they want to dump those potaotes from the basket into a plastic bag, give them your pretty cotton mesh bag. Great for ears of corn, brocolli, celery, lettuce....tons of stuff!!!

It's been months!!

I can't believe it's been months since I have blogged! I was busy getting ready to travel round trip, over 1,600 miles to a big earth day Celebration at a school in ST. Catherines...
My computer has crashed and I am waiting for it to be fu\ixed, as soon as that happens I will post some pictures!

Great website for all things green!!

I stumbled upon this great site called One Green Earth today on Twitter!

http://www.onegreenearth.com/index.php

It has a huge wealth of info and links to take you to all types of green info.

Some new STRETCH KNIT produce bags

I love to scour the fabric shops looking for fabric that will make grea,t long lasting, reusable produce bags! I find this fabric breathable and durable at the same time!!

QUOTE OF THE YEAR

I found a great quote today and I just had to use it in my Etsy shop:

How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful machines, the good earth is our mother and that if we destroy her, we destroy ourselves? Author: Paul Bigelow Sears

New reusable Organza produce/bulk bags

I found this cute fabric that is 100% washable and had to make more of the produce/bulk bags.....

My little house...After renovations

Most of the outside renovations are done.

My home renovations...Before pictures

These are pictures of our little home way up north in Sooth Rock Falls. Its actually a house with 6 bedrooms. 2 in the basement, 2 on the main floor and 2 upstairs. We have converted one of the bedrooms on the main floor into a diningroom.