O Happy Day!!

I DID IT!! MINXDEN PART DEUX MADE HER FIRST SALE!!
I sold 4 little birdies to a gal in Oklahoma, they are for her daughter's burlap tree for her bedroom!!! (what a great idea!) She may be back to adopt more birdies, and since she cleaned me out of my felt birdie stock, I will have to make more!! (the best part of my job is restocking!)

Oh yeah, and I just made these felt rosettes today and posted them in minxden part deux...

What an eventful day! whew! time to start on more birds, eat dinner, and get into my jammies!

As The Trains Go By...

Salutations to my readers!! Of course my posts are nothing without my precious babies...

Ci-Ci

and Brie-Brie...

Got some more yummy (i don't eat them) vintage fabrics I ordered in the mail!!! Lately I have been so much in love with these older floral fabrics, they make my heart go almost as pitterpatter as my hubby makes it!

Some more cute notions to go with my fabrics!

But as Valentine's Day approaches closer and closer, I know I have work to do...

See all of those fabrics laying on my table? well those will become beautiful "somethings", (I'm not telling) for certain ladies in my life (mom, little sister, a good friend) as Valentine Day gifts!

And I leave you with my first gift finished, this one going to a friend, I blurred it on purpose to make it more secretive, but I promise, it looks so cute! Good day to you all, enjoy all that life has to offer, today life offers me fabrics, ribbons, and stuffing to make these cute little gifts!

A Bunting We Go!

Finished yet another project! A little mini vintage fabric bunting!!! how cute is it????? I feel very proud of the final result, however, since it's my first...i won't sell that one, I usually don't sell my prototypes and keep the first born of each project....but at least I had a practice run at it, i am thinking of using some thick ribbon to hold the flags together instead of fabric...but I do have plenty of vintage fabrics to make plenty more of these, I was thinking of selling them for about 12 bucks each, sound reasonable?? I think it is, I try not to overcharge on these simple projects...but this bunting reminds me of the springtime yet to come, giving me warm feelings within my heart during this wretched cold winter I am in. Hope this flowery bunting gives you all warm and happy thoughts, with every day passing, spring is that much closer...

A Bright Morning Amongst Fabric Houses

"Midnight Garden English Tudor"

"Springtime At Granny's House"

Indeed the morning is bright, cheery, and silent here in the minxden studio...Created these 2 new fabric houses (Maisons) last night, instead of doing the blanket stitch by hand, I decided that Mizz Trudy Elna would help me with the work, thus taking less time. I figured with these new cluster of houses, I would mix up the vintage fabric and new fabric together...I wanted to make a few more, and also start on some valentine's day themed goodies too, not sure what to do yet though...

As I am typing away, I hear the soft snore coming from my bed....what could it be???? why, it's a hubby! Hubbies are very interesting creatures aren't they? but this one is all mine, and he is sound asleep on a cold bleak sabbath morn.

As my hubby sleeps, my 2 furrbabies are at play...

Another picture of my beloved fabric stash, waiting to be transformed into something wonderful, they are all like ladies in waiting!

And I leave you with another Aqua Dreams Picture, I was there again last night in my dreams, only as a child playing with my mother's old barbie dolls sitting on that soft deep teal carpet...may all my followers and readers have a blessed sunday.

Studio Makeover

I said I would do it....I reorganized my highly neglected studio! I basically rearranged it back to they way it was back in the spring and early summer...I liked it better that way anyway. but something has been added, my old trusty craft metal table (a gift from my mom 4 years ago) now housing mizz Trudy Elna, my business partner sewing machine! She seems content to now sit on a bigger table, now I should finally make her a cover or a sewing machine blankie to keep that pesky dust off of her!

I will never move this book case though, it's way too heavy, but I am housing my pyrex on there now, and my good ol' crafting books!

My minxden pillows back in their old spot in the corner of my studio where the ceiling comes down real low (old houses tend to have ceilings like that, which I love!) notice the tags along the wall? my mom made all of those, I thought it would be proper to hang them all in a row here!

A place for my house pillows I made! all with vintage fabrics too! they keep guard of Mizz Trudy Elna.

Of course, over the last few days I have been doing a "round two" of building up my vintage fabric stash! really found some great buys from a couple of etsy shops, I still have 6 other prints in transit to minxden!

Other wise, not much else has been happening...more snow is expected to fall tonight, temps are still polar cap cold! Sabrina is so fascinated with my studio facelift, I watch her sitting by my office chair looking up at me with those big orange eyes of hers. I will be crafting more tonight, another vintage fabric pillow will be making it's way into the minxden etsy shop, (hint, it's a sunny bright spring floral yellow and cream!) and working on more goodies to post in minxdenpartdeux! Have a great weekend y'all!

Sparseness

My posts are starting to get a little sparse, I think 1-2 times weekly I will be posting, unless something really cool happens, then I will post about that, but lately there isn't much to write about, so I will save my events and compile them into 1-2 weekly posts. Hope all of my readers are having a good week!

Minxdenpartdeux Is Born!!!

I opened my second etsy shop today, called minxdenpartdeux or "minxden part deux"......
this shop caters to my side projects....3 items are now posted, many more will add to the mix later on in the next couple of weeks, but now I have "2 babies" to maintain! yay! here is one of the items listed now! a trio set of house ornaments!

Reality Takes Flight

Hardly any words can describe this photo, or even at that exact moment in time when God provided this breath taking escape for my eyes and camera lens to capture....all I heard was the sound of 50 sets of wings fluttering overhead, time seemed to stand still for everything, except for the sparrows... Looking at this makes me wonder, why didn't I go into photography in college? One of those regrets I guess......I thank my 50 little flighty friends modeling for me....this picture just gets right to my heart for some reason.

"The closest things to touch the face of God are angels and birds."
-Anonymous

Slippery Sunday

Lots of ice headed towards me today....the roads are expected to be very slick, and of course my hubs works today and will be driving amongst the masses of Lincoln...I always have hated winter and it's cruel antics. And up here in Lincoln, the winter season seriously lasts from mid October-mid April! half of my year is spent in cold, snow, and ice....and plenty of it too! And from what I have learned by living my first spring in Lincoln, from mid April to first week in June, the temps stay at about the 50's for highs! the severe weather doesn't really come into full swing until late june, and we can get bad storms until end of September! Last summer, Lincoln only saw 2 days of over 100 degrees, only 2! I have only moved 200 miles to the north from Kansas, but there is a huge difference in the climate! Right now, there is indeed snow on the ground, I probably won't see the ground well until April...that's how it was last year at least. My 2 cats are still very fascinated with the white snow outside, I guess they didn't see too much of it in Kansas. Well today I have to get crackin and get some errands done before the ice hits, I have been through a severe ice storm in the past, and had no power for 6 days, that was no fun...I am hoping and praying the same scenario doesn't see me out.

I Score Again!

I finally found it! My most favorite print and style of pyrex! Aren't those snowflakes great??
And it's practically in mint condition! only $9.50 for both the lid and dish!

This small bowl is from the amish set, got it for seven bucks...

this so far is the cheapest pyrex purchase to date....only $1.00!

This cute lil teacup isn't pyrex, but she spoke to me and I couldn't resist...only 50 cents!

My girls.....just on a typical winter afternoon, Sabrina is quietly sitting atop her cat hut and her
sister, Ci-Ci is sound asleep on my floral chaise lounge....that cat can sleep like the dead!

Here is my handy dandy hubby tinkering with my new headlight, which he installed successfully
later on that day! I honestly doubted his car tinkering skills, but now I shall bite my tongue now, he is a car fiend! I should know that midwestern men know their way around any vehicle (well any man).

Salut Nouveau!

Just sold this pillow last night before going to bed....The Nouveau Trees In Moss goes to new york on Monday!

Wacky Wednesday

It's declutter time!!!!

Today is just a silly day, my cats are highly involved with my fabric stash...
The sun is so bright outside...
and I have the urge to get my studio all cleaned up, it's been highly neglected these last 2-3 months....

Got these 2 cute vintage mugs too....

Right Through Me

Well, despite today was a fairly decent day to me, hubby fixed my car and my new cell phone was delivered, i strangely feel as if the wind has blown right through me.....I am not sure why I feel this way, I can't explain it. I have absolutely no crafting or creating mojo in me right now, I am so tired, but I have been getting enough sleep lately, my chest pains have subsided, no headaches, or gassiness or digestive problems, but I just feel so drained......of energy and life. I am not even hungry either, I don't even have the energy to eat! Looking at all of these darn pillows in my studio, I feel exhausted just looking at all of them....so much work, and time.
I guess I could go out and knit with some of my friends, but I really don't want to leave the house, it's only 5 degrees out, my car can barely start in this kind of weather. I am not really too crazy on this snow and cold weather. I just wish it was spring time again with those scary thunderstorms and the moist hot thick air. And of course mowing the lawn in the late evening as the sun goes down. In the meantime, I have to look at 2 feet of snow at any given time. I will leave you with this picture of a little black squirrel friend who likes to hang out in my backyard. I named him "Thor".

New In My Shop!

more new pillows are posted in my shop today!!! do you have a new favorite? I do....I HEART THEM ALL!!!!!