DREARY

Dreary, dreary morning here in Kansas. I had a ROUGH night last night. The baby is teething and was up a TON last night. I am a tired mama today with a really bad head cold. I think my other two boys are just getting over the swine flu. It seems everyone in this city is soooooo sick! I love this time of year but I hate all of the sickness that comes w/ it. At least I did finish everything that needed to be done for the Holiday Mart! If you want more info on the Holiday Mart go to www.holidaymartkc.com. It starts today. I did not do nearly as much as I had planned for but that is okay. Now my focus is on my next show in December. The pictures I posted today are old but I am going to start making some of these flower shirts for the December show. I am also going to try to make more blankets and burp rags for that show. It will be a tiny little show so I don't feel so overwhelmed to get tons and tons made. I am sharing a table with another lady so that should help.

Anyhoo.....School is out today for conferences and I have about 20 people from my husbands office coming over here for dinner tonight so guess what I am doing today....lysoling my house to get rid of germs and trying to clean. We have everything catered so at least I don't have to cook!!! Have a good Thursday.

Jules

Crazy Friday

Today is crazy. I should not be sewing today let alone blogging. I just can't help it though! I really need to get as much done for the holiday mart as I can. We are having a party at our house tomorrow so I should really be cleaning and tidying up around here. I did manage to vaccuum yesterday. I cleaned all the bathrooms today. I have a sick kid I am taking care of and a really fussy baby today. I kinda feel like a chicken with it's head cut off. At least I got these shirts done! My goal was to make at least 40 of the necktie onesies but that is definitely not happening. I think I have a total of 15 neckties and I am quickly running out of time. I have run out of Just Jules labels and have ordered more. They better get here fast or else all of my shirts will be label-less. What do you think of the fleur-de-lis shirt? I think it is cute. I really like the green and brown together. This is my first fleur-de-lis shirt. I guess we will see if people like it or not. Anyway.....I am done w/ my sewing and blogging today! I am off to feed the baby and cook some food. Have a great weekend!

Just some pictures of what I have been sewing today. Actually the ruffle butt onesie is an old picture but wanted to show it because I am obsessed with it. It is really only for the summer months because you can't really put pants on your baby w/ that shirt. I made a couple of the heart shirts w/o the ruffle to try to sell over the winter months. I found another use for the zebra fabric and I am REALLY happy with the outcome! For some reason it looks alot better in person than the picture shows. I really wanted to add a little "bling" to that shirt but I am just really paranoid w/ it being a choking hazard to a baby. I really don't want to get sued!

Anyway.....I am calling it a night. It is only 9:00 and I am super exhausted. I wonder if my baby will ever sleep through the night? At least my husband is back in town and can help me out tonight!

Till next time......Jules

OK-I know these pictures are HORRIBLE. These are a couple of poncho's I have done. I have never really been a peace sign person but for some reason I felt like that black poncho really needed a peace sign on the back. I am dying to get a picture of a child wearing one of these. I have had that zebra fabric FOREVER. I never knew what to do with it, I just knew that I really liked it. Well it finally found it's home! I even made a peace sign tshirt for me with that same fabric. I know it sounds weird but it actually turned out really cute. I will be making more of these and will post more soon. Have a good Tuesday!

Jules

Monday....Blah....

Good morning! A dreary morning but a good morning non the less. It is really cold, rainy and dark this morning. I am supposed to leave and do a kickboxing class in about 30 minutes and I keep trying to tell myself that it is just too cold to leave. I need to get that thought out of my head! Anyway.....I wanted to post these pictures. I made the little "asian" outfit a long time ago. Probably over a year ago. I totally forgot that I had it until I was going through my things. I have someone who wants to buy it so I wanted a picture of it before it is gone. I have actually sold probably three of these outfits. The other picture is of a onesie I am going to try to sell at the Holiday Mart. I am going to make several of them. I think they are really cute and I really hope they sell. Any opinions welcome. I will take good or bad ones! I have alot of sewing to do today and hopefully more photos tomorrow. Happy Monday!

Jules

I'M BAAAAACK

I'm BAAAAAAAACK! I have taken quite the hiatus! I delivered Nicklaus Michael on June 23rd and haven't touched my sewing machine since then. It was a nice break but I am and was sooooo ready to jump back in and get my creative juices flowing again. I have sewn up alot this past week. The ADORABLE picture I posted isn't of my son but of a beautiful baby taken probably last year at this time. It was a picture posted in 435 South magazine for an add by Addie Rose Boutique. I am showing this picture because I am making TONS of onesies just like this to sell at the holiday mart this year. Last year I sold about 20 of these shirts in one day! This year I am trying to double that. It has proven to be a bit challenging to sew with 3 boys in the house. The days that baby Nick takes good nap are the days that I get the most done. I also have some new poncho ideas and will post more pictures soon! I have also booked a show (albeit small) in December to sell some things. I am a little concerned about time constraints but I guess we will see how it goes! Wish me luck. I will post more as I complete more projects.

XOXO Jules