New patterns in my shop!

I have finally listed all of my Portabellopixie boutique sewing patterns in my shop! It took a little while but I am glad they are listed now. I had been procrastinating for a while now and this morning I decided it would be a good thing to check off of the list today! Here are some pictures of my favorite ones: The Claire

The Cupcake Pincushion

The Gracie

Of course I like the last one, as Gracie is also my dog's name! Well, okay, so that isn't the real reason I like this pattern, but she is cute, isn't she? :).

Birthday Card

I just came across a great new blog called Card Sketch a Day - Here is my version of sketch #180:


Thanks for looking!

Good Finds at Jo-Ann's

Jo-Ann's was having a President's Day sale and I picked up these fun items! I absolutely love the Dual Duty XP thread so I had to add a few more colors to my collection. I finally remembered to snip a small amount of thread from each spool I had and brought them along so I wouldn't accidentaly buy any repeats!

The beautiful bright lemon fabric is from Alexander Henry. The first time I saw Alexander Henry fabric at Jo-Ann's I about flipped. Unfortunately I never got enough of this lemon fabric and they didn't have it for a really long time. I would always check "just in case", but was always disappointed...until this time! I just got 3 yards, but I think it will be plenty for a while. The best thing? It was on sale from its regular price of $8.99/yd. for 30% off, and I had a 10% off my entire regular and sale priced purchase! Yipee!

Hope you're having a great day!

~Rachel

Kiss a lot of Frogs

MYTH #1: You have to kiss a lot of FROGS to find your prince.

This card is available for sale here and would be perfect for Valentine's Day or to be used as an anniversary card!

Just thought I'd drop in really fast, so there you have it ;).

Snow days, Baking and Gifts Given and Received

Whew! A lot has been going on since I last posted. Let's get things started!

First off, we are finally getting some snow in our part of Virginia! Yipee!! I love snow and am so happy to see a white landscape once again.

From a week ago or so:

Currently/before it started melting:

As for baking, I made pretzels on the "week ago or so" snow/ice day:

...and I made White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread Cookies today:

Four ladies in our church are having (or have recently had!) babies, so I was sewing up a storm making baby gifts (fun!).

This little apron (a smaller version of this apron - and with different fabrics) is for the big sister of one of the babies-to-be.

A gift received from my mother who just got back from a little trip with her mother and sister:

Isn't it pretty?

Whew! I told you there was a lot! I think I will have to post some more to cover the other things I've been doing...

More coming soon! :)

I'm having an aFteR ChRisTmAs SaLe!

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted! Where does time go? My mother and I just got back from an overnight shopping trip to the D.C. area and it sure was fun! I've got one word for you: ANTHROPOLOGIE! We spent ... uh-hum... very close to 3 HOURS in that lovely awesome store! It was our very first time visiting an Anthropologie store and we took advantage of it! It was way better than I had ever expected :). Now if only they would get one closer to us... .

Anyway, back to the aFteR ChRisTmAs SaLe. I currently have a few mini It's a HOOT! owl softie ornaments left as well as some pretty handmade gift bows, some paper curl ornaments (paper curls placed inside of a clear glass ball ornament), and all of my rubber stamps are still on sale!

Last, but certainly not least, please keep in mind that after February 10th, 2009 many Etsy (and other!) sellers will not be able to afford to have their handmade childrens' items inspected, so many of us won't be able to sell handcrafted kids' items (this includes those cute outfits and burp cloths and many other items sold currently) after that date :(. Please keep this in mind and make sure you stock up on the items that you love or would like to purchase now! This is a really sad thing and there are so very many talented craftsters out there that will be losing out from this new law. I am hoping that there will be a revision soon! Check out the "save handmade" link to the right in my blog for more info.

{child size apron in my shop}

I hope you all have a wonderful and blessed new year!

~Rachel

New stuff in my shop!

Some pretty new pincushions to go in my shop! I love these new pear pincushions :).

Pear Pincushion (Qty. 1) $15.00 + $2.50 US Shipping

Here are the new coasters available in my shop - don't you just love Sandi Henderson & Heather Bailey's fabrics? I sure do!

Set of 4 Quilted Coasters $15.00 + $1.75 US Shipping

Here is a half apron version of the Isabelle full apron.

Half Apron $35 + $3.50 US Shipping

Full Apron already sold

Feel free to check out my shop for other new additions!