A knitting Loom

I just started playing with my Christmas present from hubby, love it.
It's a knitting loom, he even helped me pick out yarn, it was like being in a candy store, it was fun watching him look at all the selections.

So I made my hubby the very first item,one of a kind  with learning booboo's and all, a cute little coaster, that was supposed to be a wash cloth, which still could be, but he wants it as a coaster.

Now I am working on a scarf, it is around 1/4 done. Having fun with the new gift, very interesting little gadget.

Christmas at Grandma's House

Christmas at grandma's was a wonderful time of the year, it was all handmade from scratch.
we made stuffed stars, candy canes, stockings for the tree and we strung up  pop corn on sewing thread for garland, climbed tree's to pick the kissing bush as grandma called it, and made a Angel for the top of the tree.

After all that was done we went to the kitchen, made pies, cakes and decorated sugar cookies, which the sugar cookies got a little messy so we always saved that to be last.

Grandma always said that to have Love is to Love Jesus, since it is his Birthday we sung happy birthday to him, along with other Christmas songs, Grandpa and uncles would get out their guitars and the songs begin.
So today I try to bring what my grandma thought me, to our Christmas now to keep the tradition going.

I love the meaning of Christmas... Merry Christmas to all and have a blessed New Year.

In the family

I made some baby shower gifts for a family member, she loved the items. She also wanted to know how my shop was going, she asked questions and I answered, then I found out she wants to do sewing and crafting, that is so awesome.
I cant wait till she gets started, just wish we lived closer so we could work together sometime doing a craft show. I am sending her some patterns, so she can get started doing something she loves.

Tuesday Treat

Butterfinger Candy bar Cake:
Make up a white box cake, when done take out of oven and poke holes in it. Pour a small can of eagle brand sweetened  milk and 2 crumbled butterfinger on top.  Let cool, now take coolwhip and frost cake, then put 2 crumbled butterfinger on top. put in fridge until ready to serve.

1. box white cake make as directed
2. 4 large butterfingers crumbled
3. eagle brand sweetened milk
4.coolwhip

BaZoople Friends

Baby Bazoople line, will be listing new 0-3 months onesies on artfire of All my bazoople friends.
They are lots of zoo animals and designs, they are very cute. Looking forward in making these new line of items, will be making a lot of different items from this fabric line.

I bought the fabric for my sister in law and fell in love with it.

Babies

Babies are special gifts from God to cherish and love, they are unique, full of life and love to give to you, what they give to us is so wonderful and amazing. They are so beautiful.

Flutterby

The new Flutterby font. You can fly like a butterfly to your goals.

Thankful

I am thankful for all that I am and for what the Lord has done for me and my family. All the wonderful people that is in my life as friends and acquaintances your great.

You mean a lot to me and I am thankful and blessed to have met you, through the many selling venues, facebook and twitter. Have a blessed Thanksgiving

Christmas

What a wonderful time of the year Christmas it brings out more laughter, Love and Joyful times of  family and friends getting to get together for holiday fun.
Catching  up on what they did all year and of course we all have those funny times in life that we like to forget, but it seems to be brought up on our stroll down memory lane of childhood moments.

Baby dress and bloomers

New Born Baby Dress and Bloomers @ kallies  http://etsy.com/shop/kalliescotton

Custom orders for Christmas

Hi my name is Kallie I make custom made embroidered baby burp cloths. They come with baby's name, initial and or a embroidery design, then they are decorated across the bottom with fabric, lace and or ribbon, this depends on what baby burp cloths you choose.
Don't see what you like? contact me with what you would like and I'll see what I can do for you.
This was a custom order for a baby shower:

http://artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/kalliejoscottonpatch

New Born Baby Gifts

Custom embroidery baby gifts for new born baby. All letters available.
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Working together

Times are very hard right now, we all make all kinds of handmade gifts each item is uniquely made. We all sell on one or more venues, it does not matter what venue we use to display our handmade items, its our products, its our name we display.
We all have to try to pull together and be strong, lift each other up, work together to make handmade #1. We can do this, we are artisan that make handmade gifts and very creative  and talented people, you guys and gals are great. Thanks kallie

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Roller Skating

I wanted to learn to roller skate so bad as a child, with them plastic skates and California sidewalks.
The sidewalks had  a small crack line to a big crack line across them where they were put together.

Every time I stood up on those skates I would fall, finally I got that down, then off to start roller skate, well that didn't go so well I would fall get back up, fall get back up again, those big crack lines on those side walks made me fall more times then I could count.
So as a child I got so mad I threw those plastic skates the last time I fell, didn't want no part in that falling again... But the desire to skate and succeed was just too strong inside me, yep you guessed it, I got back into those skates and kept trying until I succeeded. I went on to win races at the local skating rinks and winning competitions.

Rollerskating is like our handmade shops, it was a dream each one of us had, we fell and got back up and tried again and again until one day we each seen our dream and desire come to life, so we never give up learning to succeed, don't let the cracks in life slow you down, hurdle them to win your dream. Thank you Kallie
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Thank you to all the #artfire #AFPOUNCE you Rock.....
Thanks for all the pouncing and rt
Kallie @ http://artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/kalliejoscottonpatch

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This week's Featured Artisan is Sandi Levy - I Knit Quilt Sew!

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Popcorn around the Christmas tree

I remember when my Grandma would make popcorn and we sat for hours stringing it to put on the Christmas tree, we had so much fun laughing and singing Christmas songs.

I passed this tradition on to my kids, along with letting them take beads and make a strand and cutting out stockings, hearts, stars and little bears and we all hand sewn  them, stuff them and then decorate them. The stitches wasn't perfect, but they sure was specially handmade.

We did this each year as they grew up, now that there out on there own, they have all there ornaments they made except a few that I kept for our tree, to put on there's.

Family love, laughter and singing songs and passing on traditions is what our Christmas was about, until one day our little son said mom dad instead of just saying Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday to Jesus He needs a birthday cake too, so that tradition was started too.

Handmade Gifts

Hi who all is making handmade gifts for Christmas? Please share thank you

Being Thankful

I am so thankful for all that I have  Family, Friends and most important Love without these I dont have anything. So I cherish the ones in my life and I am thankful there here.
Thank You and I love you .... Kallie

Thank You

I want to thank you for all the custom orders I have received, thanks for keeping me very busy, you are awsome.
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It's Raining Life

I have always loved the rain, as a child growing up I often thought it was God having a big cry at something he was sad about. As a pre-teen I just liked playing in it.

Now I love it because it brings life to so many people and  things, Its amazing on what drops of water from the sky brings.... life to us.

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Relaxed Weekend

I had a great weekend worked on some new embroidery designs on Saturday morning.
Made two sets of embroidery baby burp cloths, they are ready to list.

Saturday evening had a relaxing time watching movies with my husband.

Well on Sunday my brother came over and we watched some oldies we grew up with
Wagon Train I don't think these old 1 hour shows will ever get to old for me.
Then Sunday night I watched a scary true movie that never has been solved, that was a little too scary for me.

I really liked goofy off this weekend, took some time for me to relax.

Uniquely Made

We are all so uniquely made, we each sculpture our lives differently and create things differently.
    We are talented in what we do, we are different yet we stand together as one.

Handmade talented artisan's that's what we are.

Friendship

Friendship is a Diamond to cherish and keep forever.

A matter of choice.

When we stop learning we  stop succeeding. When we give up  we fail.

Keep learning to succeed. Keep trying to win.

I choose to run this race to win and to keep learning from others so I can succeed.
thanks kallie

So Happy

I got my artfire rapidcart and etsy shops to show up on my blog, I was shocked it did since I have been trying for over a week. So Happy :)

Christmas Giving

I can go to the store and buy something to give, it will be like the next persons gift, it wont be one of a kind or I can give a little bit of me, something special made by hands and a lot of love.

I make handmade gifts with my hands, they are unique one of a kind, even if I make two they are all still one of a kind made by my hands and placed in yours.

Give a  handmade gift at Christmas this year and watch there faces glow, its a beautiful site to see.

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Just a sneak peak of a new baby burp cloth coming soon to artfire... called Little Fireman
it will be a custom made baby burp cloth with baby's  name.
The name will be done in the freedom font that is shown.

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Custom made embroidery baby gifts and handmade gifts for the kitchen

Baby Gifts on Etsy

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New Baby Items

I have a lot of new items to take pictures of and to post to artfire, zibbet and etsy. I also went to Hobby Lobby with husband and got some beautiful ribbon and matterial, cant wait to see the new baby items made up. Christmas time is a very busy time for me on custom orders, so make sure you order early.

Baby Gifts

Making handmade baby gifts is a passion for me, baby's are so special to make things for.
I just let my imagination come up with a gift that is unique just like them.

30 years ago

35 years ago my grandma tought me to sew straight lines on a quilt, which was really not very straight. So I thought I was a lost cause, not my grandma she always told me to never give up.
Now at 30 years ago I sat down to make my first real baby outfit which I still have in my keep sake box.
first I cut it out, then I started sewing it, it looked a little funny.
So I called my sister in law and told her what I did and it looked funny, she started laughing and said I did the same thing when I first started sewing.
To make this funny story short.... I sewed the legs for the bottom and the shirt needed extra at the shoulders and I forgot to cut facings. I fixed the shorts, and just edged stitched around the shirt and added extra at shoulders. The mistake never held me back from learning how to sew.
I never gave up I kept learning more until one day my mom and sister in law wanted me to put my stuff in the state fair with them, to see if we could win a ribbon and money.
Well we did I won all 1st place ribbons and still have those ribbons. My mom and sister in law won 2ND and 3rd. I give the credit to my grandma who never gave up on me.
So as life goes on I still push myself to make the best handmade gifts, if I don't like it, it does not get sold, I will make a new one.

Gifts

Gifts come in many packages, shapes and sizes. Many times they are not noticed or heard. They are there just the same, in words we use, acts of kindness and just for the simple I Love You. Gifts from you are the best gifts of all.

Unique handmade gifts

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Talent you were given

I have often wondered why I was given a talent of looking at something or seeing a thought come alive on paper, making that pattern, to make the project, it is amazing to see the finished item. I will always wonder why, but it is my talent and I choose to create something handmade and special Just like my Grandma always said she said love is special when you make it.

Sewing and embroidery

Custom sewing and embroidery. http://www.etsy.com/shop/kalliescotton