I love Wednesdays!

Tomorrow is Wednesday and it's my favorite day of the week. It's a strange day to love, I know but for this past summer it's been great because it's my day off of work (I work m,t,th,f,sat). My typical Wednesday in summer goes as follows:

8:30am Pilates class at Lifetime

9:30am Poolside at Lifetime for a few hours

Lunch

1:30 off to work on fun projects!

I am sad that tomorrow may be my last Wednesday to worship the sun but it will be nice to have all that time to work on projects since I won't want to leave the house it's going to be so cold! I hear from the farmers almanac that it's going to be, and I quote, 'numbingly cold'.

On my list tomorrow is a computer laptop bag, I can't wait to see what it's going to look like and I know that Stephanie can't wait for it (she just got a new mac and is in love).

I will be sure to post photos once it is finished!

Happy Hump Day!

It's been a busy August!

I can't believe it is already August 23rd! Summer goes by way too fast! Well I am winding down from a really fun weekend, my friend Alli's wedding! I was honored to be her personal attendant, I sometimes wonder if I am asked to do things like these because I am assertive and how do you say not shy? It's almost as if my friends think I am bossy! haha. Either way I had a great time and I am so happy for her and Tony. I know they will have a very happy life!

After I posted my photos of the silk flowers my cousin requested a clutch with a big flower on it, and I think it turned out great! Heather I hope you like it!

This past week I had a request for some baby stuff for a baby shower my friend Allison was going to and here is what I made her!

I love the farm scene, the cows are too cute!

I did this birdie free hand and from what I hear it was a great hit at the shower. I love coming up with new designs and can't wait to come up with more!

Silk Flowers!

I've been working on creating fabric flowers lately and finally found a great fabric that holds its shape, its called Dupioni silk. Alli's wedding is just around the corner and she needed me to make her ring bearers pillows so here is what I came up with.

Since her colors are blue and white the flower worked out perfectly. The blue fabric is from the sash that came with the bridesmaids dresses. The wedding is outside in the middle of August so it is highly unlikely that they will be needing a sash for extra warmth, so it was perfect to use for the pillows and her garter.

Alli has two adorable ring bearers so each of them get a pillow!

My friend Laura is getting married in September and for her bachelorette party I gave her the very first bridal version of my make-up bag. She was very excited when she opened it and it's going to look great on her wedding day!

For more detail I sewed some jewels and pearls to the center.

Baby Ella Birth Announcement!

On June 30th at 4:04 am Ella Mary was introduced into this world.  I was so excited that I got to make her birth announcement.  My friend Ashley is a photographer so I suggested Jess contact her for some professional photos of Ella and they turned out beautiful!  Make sure you check out her blog, she is great at what she does! All of the photos turned out great but this photo caught our eye as perfect for the announcement.  I can't say enough good things about my mac and this is a great example of why.  If you're looking for custom invitations or announcements let me know I would love to make something for you!  Also I plan on concentrating on creating Christmas cards.  Think of the pre done ones you can get at Target but better (or so I hope)!  I'll continue to post what I come up with!

Operation Wedding 2010 the beginning

Everyone is getting married and I have been lucky enough to have been asked to help in the planning.  First my friend Alli is getting married in August (only 3 weeks, ah!).  Her colors are dark blue and light blue and she let me do whatever I wanted (which I love), and this is what I came up with!

The swirls are stamps that I scanned into my computer and played around with until I came up with this layout.

In addition to the main invitation we also created a ceremony, reception and RSVP card.  Here's a great tip to save money on your wedding invitations, use a postcard for your RSVP instead of a card with envelope.  It costs $0.28 in postage versus $0.44 plus you don't have to buy envelopes, if you send out 200 invitations that $32 saved on postage alone!

Here is the back side of the RSVP card and the reception card.  On the back of the RSVP card I created a map so guests could find their way to each venue.

Ooops....

So I must be the worst blogger out there because as you can clearly see I haven't blogged for 2 months!  Sorry about that but it has been a busy summer and I do like to be outside as much as I can while it's so nice out!  But I will give you the long update on what has been happening and what has kept me from updating!

I got a new design for a laptop case, Tricia practically demanded that she get the first one and she hovered over me for 5 hours while I worked on it.  Finally at midnight I told her no more I have to go to bed.  With the next day being easter it was going to be a busy day.  When I was with my family on Sunday Tricia practically wanted to kick me out of the house to go home and finish it for her!  I finished one for her, myself and Tammie and it has been the best for toting around my mac, I love it!   
The next new adventure was creating my first skirt!  I never knew making an A-line skirt could be so simple!  I have made a few for myself for the summer and a couple for friends who just love them.  There is nothing better then getting to throw on a cute skirt and shoes to run out the door for work or errands, have I ever mentioned I don't like to be cold?
On May 17th Allison and I thew our friend Jess a baby shower.  This is her first child so it was extra exciting!  As a main activity with the guests we decorated onesies of all sizes, we used paint, buttons, ribbon, stamps and iron on designs to make 20 onesies.  The new baby is going to have lots of outfits to wear for the next year!
Here is Jess opening up her gift from me.  I made her this great flannel blanket and a red diaper bag (which is sitting in front of her).
Here is a group shot of all the ladies who came to the shower, it was so much fun I can't wait to host my next party.  Someone is going to have to get married or have a baby, get on it people!
On May 31st I thew my second purse party, thanks to all of you who came out for it!  I had great weather and got a great tan sitting outside talking with everyone who came.
Some great friends from high school came out to support me, thanks ladies!
After 2 years of school, Jimmy graduated!  He graduated from ITT tech with a degree in computer networking systems, so he is officially a nerd!  I am so proud of him, he worked so hard, I can't wait to see what he does in the future!
My birthday was in June so the ladies and I went out to Maynards for a fun evening out, it was a great time and it was fun to see everyone!
On June 30th we welcomed Ella Mary into the world!  She is so cute, I can't wait to watch her grow up!  Also she gives me a great opportunity to make more baby stuff!  Oh what fun!

Jimmy and I got away for the 4th of July, we went to both Danbury and Hurley Wisconsin to be with our families at their cabins.  We had a great time and the Vavrichek boys put on a great firework show!

Finally we come to present day.  I have a new product called trans web which allows me to do a form of embroidery on anything!  Here is one example on a onesie that I have for sale.  There is going to be more of this once I have a day off to play around with it.  So check back soon!  Also I have finally started my Etsy shop! Please stop by to check out what I have posted so far.  There will be more posted soon.  One great thing about it is that I can now take credit card as a form of payment through paypal and I will ship anywhere in the United States!  I am still taking custom orders so convo me if you have any ideas!

The summer is still packed with plans, which is great but also makes the summer fly by way too fast!  As a July resolution I am going to post more often, 2 months in between is just too long!  Thanks for all of your support and I hope you enjoy reading my blog!

-Stephanie-

PS I'm hoping to have a new blog design sometime soon, just another addition to my long to do list!

No time for blogging

So I haven't been very good about blogging lately, I've been working on the plethora of projects.  Alli's wedding invitations (pictures to be posted soon), Jess' baby shower, Junior League of St. Paul project, many other small projects in between and of course pursapalooza! 

 I recently remembered saying to myself 'remember when I would make up a project because I was bored?'  Well there is no longer a need to try to create a project they always seem to find me.  A friend said to me last week, 'Do you ever just sit around?' And the answer is rarely.  But I love being busy, for those who know me I have a hard time sitting and just watching TV, don't get me wrong I love TV but I have to be doing something while I am watching (ie my Super Sudoku addiction).  

One of my favorite things to do is plan parties, which I get to do 3 times this month, and upcoming is a graduation party for my lovely boyfriend, Jimmy.  I scared him recently when I told him I was going to clear out the graduation section of Party City, balloons, plates, napkins, cups confetti, all with Congrats Grad 2009 on it as well as a huge cake with his face on it.  He did not find it as amusing as I did.  In reality I am keeping it simple just like Jimmy asked, BBQ, beer and cake, how simpler could it get?  I am really excited to celebrate Jimmy's graduation, he has spent the last 2 years working full time and going to school full time.  He has worked so hard to get his degree I couldn't be prouder.  Congratulations Jimmy!  

Well enough blabbing, I have a very busy month coming up, so there will be posts about everything I have been working on and how it turns out!