My bedroom and bath

Ok, I feel kind of nervous about this post cause this room is so personal. This is my bedroom. This is where I lay my head down every night and sometimes can't sleep cause my creative brain is still dreaming of more stuff to make! And this is little ol me! I thought I'd finally post a picture on here of me since this was about MY bedroom.

My own bedroom has always been such an eyesore since I've lived here(about 10 years now). It's sort of an odd layout. I've tried moving my furniture around several times to see what works best, but this, I think is my favorite. Not perfect, but it is a BIG improvement. Sorry for all the post on my house decorating. But that's just what I have been up to lately. Hope to be done soon and back to sewing more cute kids clothing. I thought some of you might enjoy seeing what my place looks like. Whenever there are local house tours, I try to go cause I think it's so much fun to see how other people decorate their homes. Take note of all my decorating magazines too! I guess it's one of my guilty pleasures!

The "Love love love" pic used to be a formal oil painting of fruit that I snagged from my parent's old house. I still can't believe mom let me paint over it. She was nervous about it but she said she enjoys seeing how I repurpose her old stuff.

Can't believe I'm posting a pic of my toilet! How embarrassing.

Wish I had taken a before picture of this bath. It was bad! I painted almost everything in here. It was so much work!!! But it made a world of difference. Painted the cabinets,both light fixtures, all bath hardware, and touched up the wall paint. Organized the drawers so that I can keep all my makeup and hair stuff off the counters(which I should of done a long long time ago). I'm so happy this is done!

Guest room 1- Finally done!

Some of you might have been wondering why I have not posted any new outfits lately so this should explain why. I am getting my house ready to put on the market! So all those unfinished projects I kept putting off around the house, well now I have to do them. And it's been ALOT of work! You know how your own house is always an unfinished project cause you're always in search of the "perfect" look. Well, this whole process of getting my house ready to sell has opened my eyes to think differently about that. I should not think so hard about decorating. I've really just kind of "let go" and worked with the stuff I already own and you know, I love what I've come up with. Yea sure, it's not perfect. But it's finished and when I look at this room now, I finally feel at peace because it's done.Should have done this a long time ago! I've got more rooms to come, but this was the first one that I feel is completed and worthy of sharing pictures of. It's my guest room. And no, I don't live at the beach. But I love the beach anyway,so that was the inspiration for this room. I love hanging out in this room cause it sort of gives me that feeling of being there.

I needed some more art work for this wall so I came up with my own using fabric and my embroidery machine. I actually covered up art canvases that no longer went with my house decor anymore. Voila!!!

Shamrockin makeover!!!

Yesterday evening mom called me and asked me if there was any way possible I could put together green outfits for the girls to wear for daycare. This year I had not made any St. Patricks day outfits so I jumped at the opportunity to make them something! I stayed up almost all night to get these done but it was so worth it this morning when I saw their happy faces. I just love these girls!!! I got big hugs and kisses from each one for making their dresses (Priceless!). Happy St. Patricks Day everybody!!!!

Afternoon twirling and dancing

This past week I went to Atlanta to stay with my big brother and while I was visiting, I brought my sewing machines so that I could do a little sewing. Boy! It was alot of work to carry all that stuff! But it was so worth it cause I made these dresses. I cannot say enough about this wonderful dress pattern! It's called "Daisy Bell" by Ellie Inspired (available from http://www.youcanmakethis.com/ ) Jada tryed on my Dr. Suess version and I could not believe how wonderful it looked on her! She loooooooved it too! She loved it so much that she couldn't stop twirling and dancing in it. I tryed to snap a couple of pictures of her in it with my camera phone but they all turned out super blurry.Well, thank goodness for the time change! I was still able to go outside after dinner with the girls and get these pictures of them wearing their new dresses. Oh how they love modeling new clothes. If anyone is interested, all the fabrics are by Fabric Finders.

Missing Dr.Suess outfit

When I did my last post on the Dr. Suess outfits, I noticed that one was missing. I asked Toni,she works with me at the shop, and she told me it sold. I didn't even remember putting a price on it! I loved that it sold, but was sad that I didn't get a picture of it before it left. So I was so excited today when Sue brought her's in for me to snap a quick shot of it to share with all of you. This was made using the Farbenmix pattern "Celina". Thanks Sue for sharing. You did such a wonderful job!!!

Dr. Seuss

Here at Sew Blessed, we have created a new holiday celebration. We're celebrating Dr.Seuss's Birthday! I had to share pictures of the store displays and front window. As you can see from this picture above, the Dr.Suess fabrics have been a big hit! Don't worry, more is on the way.

Janie B. made this wonderful quilt! Her own pattern too! She is so talented.

Whew, Christmas is over! Now on with the next.

Here's a sneak peak of my next project. A dear sweet friend of mine had triplets and I wanted to make something for them. I started these little robot dolls (www.emblibrary.com) before Christmas but then things got so busy with the Holiday season that I had to put them on hold. Now I'm excited to work on them again! I had to get the dolls done first so I could get pictures of them on the fabric that I'll be using for the outfits.More to come later!

And speaking of the Holiday season....... Here's a few Christmas pictures of the kids. I usually don't get to see my cousins on Christmas morning so this year was so fun to be with them. Here's Jewel the night before, setting out cookies for Santa to snack on.

Here's EJ's reaction to first seeing all the Christmas stash! Hehe, I just love how he kept staring at all the goodies with that cute little grin on his face.

The bikes were a hit! I think it was the first thing they all went to.

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately. Alot of things have been going on around here, besides just the holidays. I've had the flu and I'm just getting over a really horrible cold. Ughhhh! My New Years resolution is to take better care of my health. Now that I'm getting better, I'm so ready to get back to my studio and sew again! Hope everybody had a wonderful Holiday!