Deluxe Wrap-Up

You plan and plan and stress and sew, then it's all over and done with before you can even take a breath. All that though was well worth it :) It's always such fun to see everyone again! I feel so out of the loop way out here so it's nice to get to chit chat and shop (lots of shopping).
Now for a few photos (more on Flickr):


Hubs and Mom getting ready :)


Monkeys, monkeys, monkeys
My ornaments were gone by 3!


Loops, buttons, and plain jane Mini's


Some of my purchases. I bought lots more but can't share them... for some reason... or another... (hi hannah!)

Looking forward to Christmas break and some stitching :)
Shop is slowly being restocked and for anyone who orders anything before Christmas is gonna get a motherload of extras :)

Long Johns and Snowflakes

Since I'm pretty much all done with my Deluxe prep I have been experimenting :)
I was going to just stitch my woven rectangles on some bags, though I really wanted to do something different with them. I was picking out fabric and all when hubs came in and said "are you making those into pincushions?". No, but that's a fantastic idea! So here they are:



They reminded me so much of Long Johns (the donut) I couldn't think of a better name, so Long Johns they are. Stuffed with a creamy white polyfil, delish!

I loved Loved LOVED last night's Independent Lens (Between the Folds). I could watch dudes talk about origami for hours :)
Sort of related, I broke out my stash of paper and cut some snowflakes for my fake presents at Deluxe. I also folded a modular star for the top of my little tree I'm bringing to display my ornaments. I forgot to take a photo so you'll just have to come see it your own self, don't laugh at my shoddy origami skills. I never get those corners just right ;)

7 Days

One week out and here is a little taste :)



I experimented a little with the traditional red heel socks before they were magically transformed into monkeys. I *love* how they turned out :)



A very OSU shade of orange (Go Pokes!) and a super sweet lavender. I am feeling a fondness for purple lately, don't know what's come over me.



Bow-Ties and a peek at one of my favorite pouches of late (see, purple!)



Jotters, super simple notepad and pen set. Patchworked, buttoned, and an elastic strap to hold it closed.



I had the notepads made by Tea & Ceremony , I love love love them :)



How fun is the first page?!? Sandra's so creative :)



And my head is exploding with all this, I can't stop smiling :)

That's better :)

Now that they have their faces on they feel much better :)

Still here, still making monkeys

I am a machine. On full auto-pilot. Three band-aids on one finger. Fueled by coffee and marathon Lost. I'm definitely not complaining :) I have a totally awesome "job".



Check the little guy in front :) One of the limited edition (how fancy does that sound?!) sock monkey ornaments I'll have on hand at Deluxe. So sweet and as hubs put it... pocket size.

Halloween

This year we had a Zombie, San from Princess Mononoke, and a wee skeleton. Squirt is still preferring comfort to creativity when it comes to costumes, boring.

Year after year I get super stressed trying to photograph them in costume as the sun is going down (I absolutely HATE overly flashed out photos). Next year I'm getting them dressed and photos taken BEFORE dinner! I think they were feeling my frustration and forgot to smile :/




And this is a couple days earlier when she was on her way out to a early Halloween party.
We had forgotten the earrings (which really add to the costume in a big way) but she's looking fierce!





She looked so awesome! Still kicking myself for not doing a full on photo shoot, Ha!

Monkeys, monkeys, and more monkeys

I'm averaging 3 a day, hoping to get them finished be the end of October so I can make some other fun stuffs for Deluxe :)



Oh! I'm gonna have to get me some of these:



Those mini monkey bits are TINY!