Anniversary Sale!

It's the last day of my 5 Year Etsy Anniversary Sale! 

All aprons are 15% Off!

Plus Size too!!

Get your favorite before it is gone!

Hey...Did You Know?

 

 

Did you know that my 4th Etsy Aniversary Sale ends Thursday?!

 

All BBQ aprons, Misses and Plus Size, are 10% off!!

Check it it here

 

Don't miss it!!

 

Happy Cyber Monday!

 

 

Happy Cyber Monday!

The Christmas Season has started! Are you ready?

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Christmas will be here before you know it!

Happy almost Thanksgiving!

Happy almost Thanksgiving!!

 

Here is my latest Ruffle Apron to help you celebrate! I love the colors and the polka dots...so cute! Perfect for your next family gathering.

You can find the full listing here.

Are You Ready?!

Halloween is not far away... Look Out! It is right behind you!!

BOO!!

Check my shop here for more Halloween aprons!!


Don't be a Fraidy Cat!!

Sort of a New Apron!

I am adding a new apron to the shop! I had a customer ask for a full version of my 50's Pink Polka Dot Half Apron a week or so ago.

You remember it?!!

So I put on my thinking cap and got to work. I knew that I wanted it to be shorter than the Retro Ruffle apron so I started editing the pattern...

What do you think?

This is a pic of the sold apron...he also ordered a pink one too!
I know, I know...the right pocket is too high! I ripped it off and resewed it! I am thinking I need to make the ruffle a bit longer...maybe. What would you do??

I am going to make one for the shop... Keep watching!

What I Have Been Up To...

I have been very busy in the shop for the last few weeks! I have had a lot of custom orders. It has been fun but I wanted to add some new items to the shop. So I have gotten busy and here are the newest Duets! Originally they were just going to be BBQ aprons. They were stacked on the sewing table, one on top of another, when it hit me!! A perfect pairing don't cha think?!! Let me know which one is your favorite!

I have more to come..Plus Size, Duets, Ruffles and Christmas. So keep your eye on the shop!

You never know what you will find!!

Sharing with the world!

Back in March I sold 5 St Patrick's Day half aprons to Barcelona, Spain! Earlier this month I received this picture of them! The customer was an owner of a coffee shop and wanted these for her waitresses for St Paddy's Day! Are they cute!! I love to see my customers enjoying my work! And it is cool to think that something I made here at my kitchen table is being worn around the world. This weekend I sold a mother and 2 toddler aprons to Canada, 2 BBQ aprons to England, 1 BBQ to Australia and I made a Ruffle Apron for a friend who is taking it as a gift to Italy!

Just so cool!!

Hellloooo

Hello friends!

I sorry I have been missing for a bit. It has been a very busy Mother's Day season!

And to add to that I have been having a 10% off sale in the shop to celebrate Sweet Mama's birthday, which was April 8. She turned 75! So I have been sewing my little fingers to the bone to keep up with all the orders~ Now I'm not complaining...I'm happy to be busy!

But it has kept me from finding time to write...

So what has been going on with me...

Well, I have added Plus Size BBQ aprons to the shop which have been very popular! I also had a request for a Ruffle Apron in Plus Size. It turned out cute, so that is coming soon!

Also have a new Duet...Love it! Don't you!

It is called Romance...I did have a Ruffle like this too...I need to make another!

Tomorrow is a busy day. It's time for the annual power washing of the screen porch! It is covered in pollen and cat hair so everything must be deep cleaned and then replaced!

Quite an all day affair!!

Yes EVERYTHING must come out and be cleaned!

And I have flowers to plant! Another Gerber daisy to add to the collection!

And a new Knock Out rose to add to the front bed. I would have taken a pic to show but it has gotten dark! So I will share tomorrow with the finished product! (the color for the day is yellow!)

The first flower on this post is my mum from last fall!

It has decided to return...but it is not too pretty. See...
A little frazzled and stalky, but blooming and determined to persevere...just like me!!

So I promise to write more often...once I get my chores done! :)

Fixin' Mistakes...

See anything wrong with this pic? What's that.....besides the button is pinned on...the ribbons are UPSIDE DOWN??!!!! Yep! That's right...I cut out 3 aprons upside down...and finished one before I knew it was wrong! See... cute huh...but...WRONG!

I thought that the fabric was an all-over design...Not a 3-way design. Who ever heard of a 3-way design? This was a special order. And of course the fabric could not be found...not in the stores or online! And it had to be in the client's hand by the 14th. (Thursday). So after having a fit and falling in it, I put on my thinking cap and went to work. Here is what I came up with.

I like it! It is a little shorter than the regular BBQ aprons, but I think that makes it look a bit younger! I may have to make this style again...What do you think? Just wish I could get the fabric again!

I did get all three made and mailed out today ~ Priority Mail. :)

Ahhhh Summer!

Outdoor Cooking is the latest treasury I am featured in. It features my Picnic Ants BBQ Style Apron! Makes you want to pack up your stuff and head outside! You can see the whole thing here

Get ready for your next cookout with this cute apron!

It will be here before you know it!!

New Apron Line!

I have a new product line! Thanks to a great customer I have fresh ideas swirling in my brain! She wanted combos of two patterns on one apron. I filled her order and by having two different fabrics, I had to cut out two aprons each. The one above is the one I sold...the one below is my newest!

Here are some of the ones my customer ordered. What do you think??

The Newest!

Here is the newest Mom and Me apron set! It is so cute!! This was orignally a custom order...but I thought why not make it available to everyone?! The custom Me apron was a size 7-8...or it can be made is a 3-4 or 5-6! My mind is buzzing with the possiblities!!

Check out this Treasury

Etsy has a new Treasury. This is a way for members, buyer and seller alike, to make collections of there favorite things. These treasuries are ones that Esty pulls from for their front page. Everyone wants to be on the front page!! I thought why not make one myself?! This is from the new Treasury East! I put this list together last night. It is built around one of my most popular BBQ aprons...Blue Chocolate Flowers. It was very easy and fun to do. I hope you all like it!! Hopefully I will make the front page! :)

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4bd23fd872fc8eeff9a687e9/chocolate-made-me-blue

(I would post a screenshot of this but I am to stupid to figure it out. I tried using Super Screenshot but it will not load! Oh well...now you have to look!)

I'm in a Treasury!

My Zebra Retro Ruffle Hostess Apron With 2 Potholders is featured in a cool treasury about...ZEBRAS! It is a great look at what people are making in a zebra print. I love the hand blown glass vase, the camera bag, the vintage Hollywood Regency chair and of course...Mookie the zebra! Check it out and let me know what's your favorite! It's the apron set...right?!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/b385ea1da2b8c84b331d3500/zany-for-zebras

Maybe this treasury will make it to Etsy's front page!
Thanks to stitchnmomma for including me!!

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!!)

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!

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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Busy Days!

Busy days here at the workroom! Skippy was here last week helping out! Printing out thank you notes, business cards, hang tags and trips to the post office. I have had a lot of orders...plus custom ones too! Not quite sure what CyberMonday will bring. Check out my shop..I have FREE SHIPPING anywhere in the US.

Hopefully I will be ready...will you?!!