I know I haven't posted in a awhile but I have been busy! I have added crochet afghans and baby blankets to my shop!  

Crochet has always been my first love... I have been crocheting since I was 18. It seems like there has never been a day when I wasn't crocheting something! Yesterday I added receiving blankets with a crochet edging. I have always made these for gifts and Sweet Mama suggested I make some for the shop. She was my model...what do you think?! 

In my shop I have some chevron afghans like these. They are 40" x 60". The pink one is perfect for a Breast Cancer survivor don't you think?!

Sweet Mama is the model!

This Baby Afghan is 30" x 40"

This one is in process.

I have been working in other ones too! 
This Custom Order turned out too cute!!

Check out my shop to see what I come up with next!

New Kids Placemats!

New Kids placemats have been added to my shop!

Princess

Tropical Fish 

and Robots! 

and don't forget Butterflies!!

There are also more grownup placemats too! 

All are list as a set of 2 but more are available! 

Just ask! I will be happy to make more!

New Pet Feeding Mats!

New Pet Feeding Mats have been added to the shop! 

This one is covered in vinyl and is waterproof!

This one is not and is machine washable! Very cute!!

Beau has no problem eating off the dog mat.....

Check out the shop here!

Let me know what you think...more to come!!

3rd Anniversary Sale!

It's here!!! My 3rd Anniversary!! My Etsy shop has been open 3 years as of Monday. I can't believe it...it seemed to go by so fast! Thank you to everyone who has supported me and helped my shop grow. As of this morning, I have 1,488 sales! This job has been a blessing and a dream come true. It has given me a way to stay home and take care of Sweet Mama through her last cancer battle, as well as, a way to pay my bills. I feel so lucky!

Help me celebrate! Starting Jan 12, everything in my shop will be 15% off through the end of this month! Get your favorite...On Sale!!! Check it out here!

Remember Sale start Monday! But if you see something that you like and I haven't changed the price yet, just ask! It takes me a while to get things setup the way I like...:)

Thank you so much for making my shop a success!!

Plus Size Apron Now Available!!

Finally!! Plus Size Aprons in my shop! This is the first one Blue Chocolate Flowers! It is a larger version of one of my most popular aprons! You can see the listing in my shop here It is a little bit longer than the original but just as cute!

Because my mannequin is on the small side, I had to come up with a better way to show the apron. I didn't want to have a skinny girl wearing an apron that didn't fit her! After some thought Sweet Mama suggested that we go to Goodwill and see if we could find a winter vest. You know the puffy kind... Which I did and put it on the mannequin backwards. It has adjustable drawstrings on the bottom sides that you can make tighter... so you won't freeze. That was great because once each side was tightened the vest was shorter and not hanging out the bottom of the overshirt. Sweet Mama's best friend is big busted and she donated an old bra! It took some trial and error to get it just right...but voila! What do you think?! I think she might need a different shirt but for now is perfect! I am adding more aprons like this one to the shop in different fabrics. Ruffle and Half aprons coming soon!

I think everyone should have a pretty apron!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! It has been a busy morning around here! I have been cleaning out, rearranging, moving and throwing away! It is a warm day and has made me motivated to do the things I have putting off for awhile...cold weather will do that you know. I do have more to do but I also have orders to fill. I am up to 997 sales in my Etsy shop! I can't believe I am almost at 1000 and it has just been little old me sewing away.... My 2 year anniversary is Jan 12, so keep checking for my Aniversary Sale! 15% off everything in the shop! (Except Clearance, of course). Then more new things to come!!

Thanks for a great 2010 and best wishes for a wonderful new year!

Whew!

The past few weeks have been busy! After a trip out of town to the DR and minor surgery things were starting to calm down...then the rain came! Of course we needed it but we got 5 1/2 inches in one day! That's not as much as they got in N.C. but for us it was plenty! Lots of tree branches came down...and I had to haul them to the street. After I moved the cushions out of the wet area of the porch, Belle found a great napping place! Whew!!

Now after rest and relaxation I am back to my old self...just in time for all the Holiday orders to start! Did I tell you that I now have 700 sales my shop? www.apronsandmore.etsy.com I hope to make 1000 by January!! It could happen...! :)

I'm in 2 Etsy Treasuries!!!

I am lucky enough to be in two treasury today!! The first one is Domestic Goddess!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c1751c4faec8eef38bc0c9b/domestic-goddess



Lots of black and white...and red! My Parisian Chic Potholders are featured!



The next on is What Kind Of Chocolate Are You?

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c117d536a908eefc7974d1b/what-kind-of-chocolate-are-you

This one is brown and blue. My Blue Chocolate Flowers BBQ Apron is featured!

Click on these links and enjoy!!

(Sorry about my screenshots! I do not have a photo editing program...so, this is the best I could do with the free ones. :))

I'm in a Treasury!

I'm in a Etsy Treasury!! http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=99398 Thank you QuiltingGranny! This Black and White Polka Dot collection has different items all in black and white. I am honored to be included! Check it out before it expires Tues at 11:13am! Click on my apron...the more views the more chances to be on the Front Page!

Finally... View My Treasury East!

Chocolate Made Me Blue
My Esty Treasury East collection!

I have been working and working to get this!! Not exactly the best image...but the best I have figured out how to do! Wish I was a computer genius...

I used http://www.beta.thumbalizr.com/

I guess it is better if you just look at it the regular way at http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4bd23fd872fc8eeff9a687e9/chocolate-made-me-blue
If you love it like I do, please leave a comment and click on a few things!

This was a lot of fun to make...just has been a chore to share! If anyone knows a better way please let me know! I tried using http://www.superscreenshot.com/ but it said the image was too large. I am open to suggestions!

And the 500th is...

Ann of Roswell, GA! Thank you Ann! She bought aprons for a few of her friends...and added a matching potholder! What a great and happy surprise for Easter. I was looking for the Easter Bunny...but this is so much better. I can't believe I have reached 500 sales so soon...well, now it is at 502! :) I feel so blessed!

Here is a few of the aprons she choose...

Thank you so much Ann! I hope your friends enjoy this gift from you! Now I need to get back to work...got potholders to make :)

Who will be the 500th?

Only 10 more sales to go before I reach 500!! It's only been 1 year and 4 months since I started this shop...I never thought it would take off as it has! Keep in mind that last May Sweet Mama had her major sinus surgery and we had 28 radiation treatments in the summer...plus all the doctor trips to Atlanta. I didn't really have the time to put into this shop until around August. Then it was the holiday season! I felt a little overwhelmed then but now I know what to expect and WILL be more prepared!

This is the first apron sold in the shop...Well actually it was Red's Christmas present. I made her buy it back so I could have a sale. So technically I will be at 499 but I am counting this anyway! The Hip Floral Ruffle Apron show above was the first one sold...to a lady in Texas!

I am so blessed to be able to do this and make money. I don't know what I would have done if I had to have a "real" job. As if this job isn't real...it has been a lot of work, 7 days a week. It is so rewarding to think that people I have never met, and in so many faraway countries, love my work as much as I do. Some days I even wish Sweet Mama had learned to sew and liked it! But she is a wonderful cheerleader and everybody needs one of those on the team!

So thank you all for believing in me and helping me to take care of Sweet Mama! I'm looking forward to see how long it takes to reach 1000. I have lots more new things on the way so keep watching!

(I have a special surprise for the 500th customer! I can't wait to see who it will be!!)

New Additions

Here's the latest additions to my Esty shop! I whipped them up today but not before the sun when down. Hence the picture on the ironing board! I've got a few more designs to make...even a microwave oven potholder which is so cute!

Today was a busy day. I had to take Sweet Mama to see her Radiation drs for a 6mos checkup. They were pleased with how she is doing. She had a MRI last Thursday at Emory in Atlanta and we are still waiting on the final results. Our surgeon wanted the radiaologists to take a final look at it since we saw him that day also. So we are waiting...although he even said it looked good. You know, the waiting part is so hard. Hopefully we will hear from him tomorrow.'

After we saw the doctor I had a few errands to run and then back to sewing! I got my old sewing machine back from the repair man the other day and it is perfect for sewing through thick things! Plus I love it!! So I decided to whip up these potholders for the shop! Sweet Mama thinks I need to add more things since the shop name is Aprons and MORE. She keeps asking where is the More? Well here is something...(I'm having a hard time typing because Beau is in my lap. He has gotten better but is so needy...I better go for now!) More pictures to come!!

Oh Happy Day!

I made it into The Handmade Gift Guide's March Etsy Features!! http://www.thehandmadegiftguide.com/ It will be listed on her blog for the whole month of March. I am so grateful for such exposure, she has lots of followers on her blog and Facebook fanpage. I love the Enchanted Forest BBQ apron...Sweet Mama named it! I even got a bolt of the fabric so I could make other things out of it. Maybe now I need to save it in case I sell a few more BBQ aprons!

Thank you so much to those of you who voted!

I need you HELP!

My Enchanted Forest BBQ Style Apron (see above) is featured today in a contest where the top 10 winners will be featured on a cool blog for the month of March! The Handmade Gift Guide is a cool blog. There are lots of talented Etsy artisans featured today..and I am so happy to be included! It would be such a great way to get my aprons seen by so many people...this blogs has a lot of followers. I found her through Facebook fanpages...there are a lot of fanpages of cool Etsy shops.

Please check out the blog and VOTE! The link is attached below! There is a bar on the righthand side with a list of shops that you can click on to vote (my shop is down at the bottom of the list) http://www.thehandmadegiftguide.com/

Thank you so much for voting! Remember you only get one vote!

Check out this blog!

I am featured in this blog today! My Ooh La La Retro Ruffle Apron is the favorite again! It has been a very good week for her. Check her out in this collection! http://fabricatedends.blogspot.com/ It's all about fabric and cool things found on Etsy. I love it!!

Busy as a Bee

I have been so busy lately! Finally today I got sort of caught up! The last of my regular orders went to the post office today! I only have 2 custom orders to finish...but they are on the large side. The first one is a Mom and Me set in the Retro Ruffle pattern (like the apron above).... a Mom and 2 kids. The Mom is almost finished...just working on the kids. The other is 10 BBQ aprons for a wedding....Bridesmaids! Those I still have to cut out which will happen tomorrow or the next day...maybe!

I have also been trying to add to the shop. The apron above is so pretty..I finished it today. It had been half done for a week or two and finally this morning I had time to finish it before going to the post office. I would have got more done this weekend but Skippy was spending the weekend while his parents went out of town. So I got distracted....which was okay, I needed a break.

I have so many ideas for new aprons swimming in my brain! I have a great idea for a new BBQ style and also a lovely half apron! The days aren't long enough!! Here are some pics of the latest additions that I have finished!

This one reminds me of Savannah...That's why it is called Savannah Crabs...clever right?! Actually it reminds me of crabbing with my grandfather in Moon River...yes there is one! Then we would take all the crabs home to my grandmother and she would boil them on the stove. My sister and I would stand on the kitchen chairs in her tiny kitchen and watch her put them in the pot of boiling water. Of course many escaped and my grandfather would chase them down and throw them back in! I could never eat crabs...I always think of those poor crabs trying to escape...the red ones... Still can't bring myself to eat them...maybe a crab-cake...but those crabs aren't from around here...right? But it was fun catching them on the river and time spent with my grandfather and grandmother, who are no longer with us!

This one Sweet Mama named Enchanted Forest! I love all the colors! It turned out so pretty don't cha think?!

I will post pictures of the newer aprons I am creating soon! Keep watching!

New Additions

I've been busy the past few days! I have lots of new fabrics and have been inspired to sew new combinations! Plus use up some of the fabric I have been collecting! Now that it has stopped raining I can add them to the shop! I have been watching "Hoarders" on TV lately... feeling the need to purge...I don't think that me... BUT... I do have ALOT of fabric...

OK aren't we all hoarders to some extent?!

Anyway, here are a few of the latest! What do you think? Check out my Etsy shop http://www.apronsandmore.etsy.com/ for all the details!

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Haiti Relief

Please check out this new Etsy shop www.crafthope.etsy.com Crafthope is an Etsy shop which is selling items donated by other Etsians with all the money going to Drs Without Borders for Haiti Relief. In 24 hours it raised $4,00! The shop has lots of cute things with new items being added all the time! This is a great way to get something you love, with you money going to help those in need! You can find more information at their website www.crafthope.com There is also information on how you can donate an item from your Etsy shop to be sold. It's a great way to help!

SALE SALE SALE

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It's my ONE YEAR anniversary at Etsy! And to celebrate I am having a sale! 15% off everything AND Free Shipping! The sale runs through Jan 17!

I can't believe it has been a year. Alot has happened this year with Sweet Mama's surgery and recovery. And inspite of all the hospitals and doctor visits, I managed to sell almost 400 aprons! I am so grateful that Etsy has given me the opportunity to take care of my mom and have a job that pays my bills! I have learned so much about e-commerce and the computer. The last job I had that required a computer was in the early 1990's...a lot has changed since then believe me!

It has been worth it to be a "working artist" and finally use all the skills I learned in college! I am continuing to grow my business and my knowledge. Hopefully this year will be even better!

So check out my sale and take advantage of all the bargains!

And watch for all the new stuff!!