my handsome little model

That’s right, after a long three months of nothingness the shop has been re-stocked! I have some new collections that I think are super cute. To make it even better, I now have a very handsome little model to show off the new looks! Click here to head over and check them out!

fabric feathers

I had great plans to leave you with a tutorial for the weekend, a little project to add to your Thanksgiving decor, but the shop has been more successful than I expected {thanks to all of you who have entered the giveaway and passed the word along!} So today is a ‘re-stock the shop’ day to make sure there will be plenty of collections to choose from for whoever wins the giveaway!

What I will do is direct you to the tutorial that inspired my fabric feather creations.

So check out the fabric feather tutorial at 100 Layer Cake.

When I made mine I used iron-on fabric fusing instead of a glue stick to bind the two sides together. It’s what I had laying around and it seemed less messy, I would definitely do it this way again. Feathers are everywhere right now and I think these would be the perfect touch to add to your Thanksgiving place cards or to add a special touch to hostess gifts.

Have a great weekend! There are still a few days left to enter the giveaway and there will be more products back up in the shop in a couple of days!

print your own fabric labels

As I mentioned before, I am in the process of starting an Etsy store. It’s still a ways off, I have to get a handful of things done before its up and running. One of the things on my to-do list is creating my own labels. I found this tutorial on how to make fabric labels using your own printer from one of my current favorite blogs.It ended up being much easier than I expected. The hardest part was coming up with a design I loved. This is a super easy, very inexpensive project.Even if you aren’t planning to sell your creations they would be the perfect extra special touch to a handmade gift. Because you are doing it all yourself they are fully customizable you could write a special message, include a date of birth, wedding date, whatever you want! And when you print them they don’t all have to be the same. If you want, you could make some for a baby gift, some for a wedding gift and some basic ones for gifts to come!I have to say, I am really happy with the way they turned out! My advice – when you are designing the labels leave a good inch and a half of blank space at the top, my very top labels didn’t print both times I tried it.I love the way they look on the burp clothes. Check out the full tutorial from Whitney’s blog if you’re interested!