Guess what?!

I opened my own Etsy shop!!

This is my logo made by Stella Loves Paper isn't it the cutest?!

This is my shop:

www.pitsnposh.etsy.com

A percentage of the purchases will go to non-profit pit bull organizations.

Go visit!!!

random.

My new Eco Friendly Shirt. I love penguins.

Found TWO of these beautiful pendant light fixtures...we put them up as soon as we got home!!

Added some flair to our little patio (more pics will be added once we buy flowers)

lovey dovey

I just love this song, especially Live. Such powerful words.

Happy Thursday!

Birthday Celebrations!

I celebrated my quarter of a century birthday on Valentines day and it was a great one! We did a couple of things...

We went to skiing with friends and family to Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia (where I got sick with a fever...but still managed to enjoy myself!):

(Sorry all these pics were taken from my phone)

We celebrated Valentines day and the kids brought me some delicious goodies and flowers for my b-day!

Carlos' family gave me a very thoughtful surprise party full of hearts and teddy bears and candy- they even made everything gluten free and gave me a basket full of yummy gluten free items!

And last but definitely not least, I received a gorgeous handmade card from my great friend who moved to France over a year ago. She's such a beautiful writer and I miss her so much. Her card made me cry tears of joy! Thank you Magali! 

a little sewing update

I have a lot to catch up on, but first....

I took the sewing lesson with Marie Cordella and it was so inspiring! When I arrived, she was working on a dress for the Charleston Fashion Show, where she is 1 of 16 finalists! I was able to see the dresses and they were gorgeous! I really hope she wins!! She was also so happy and spunky and I love being around people like that partly because I'm usually the happy and spunky one. I received a lot of information from her, to me, her advice was just one of a kind and valuable because she is a professional, she is knowledgeable, and is so great at what she does. Anyway, she showed me how to make a shirt I was a little scared of stabbing myself so I was extremely careful and slow, I'll have to learn how to speed it up. My homework was to finish it, I'll show the finished product as soon as I finish.

I also found this GORGEOUS Vintage 1964 Singer Sewing Machine and Sewing table & Chair. I made a little corner in my house to put it in and plan to paint the table and re-upholster the chair. The Singer works great and I think I actually like sewing with it better. 

I was originally thinking of painting the table torquoise but since the sewing machine is blue I didn't want it to clash...any color ideas? 

Sew Happy!

I was looking for private sewing lessons and turned to craigslist. It turns out there were only two listings for my search and one of them was from Marie Cordella. I have been a fan of Marie Cordella for a while now and I have even seen her designs in two fashion shows here in Raleigh and in Artspace. I was so excited to see that she was interested in giving lessons so I immediately emailed her in hopes she could could teach me everything!

I love her funky style and amazing dresses!

I start lessons with her next week and I'm so excited!!

Here are some of her designs:

These are MY personal pictures from one of the fashions shows

if you want to see more click Marie Cordella

<3

A Pamela's kind of day

I love my job and place of work but I had a little bit more than the usual physical and emotional demanding day at work. Instead of going into detail and boring you all,  I decided to tell you about the upside of my day. I made some delicious gluten free brownies by Pamela's, my fav!

This has nothing to do with the frustrating part of my day but I wanted to see if you had any input on the following:
We have been given the option to work during the summer. I just have to come up with a theme/topic for my "summer camp" for children ages 4 & 5. My camp is only going to be for one to two weeks only. I would really like to do a kind of eco friendly-handmade-craft-camp. I want the kids to able to make more than the "usual" craft stuff (i.e. using popsicles to make a frame or house) I want it to be a little more elaborate than that! There's a great store called "The Scrap Exchange" that I feel I could get a lot of great things to use in the camp, everything in the store has been recycled and is reusable. I've got a few ideas of my own about how to get the children involved with recycling and some craft ideas. I'm actually really excited about this idea!! I would love your suggestions with:

-A catchy name for the camp
-Any ideas/crafts you think the children would benefit from

Thanks!!