I’m taking a little break from The Sweat Shop to give you all an update. First, I’m finally finishing two projects that I started earlier this week. Since I had The Bachelor to watch on Monday, and Wednesday I had the day off work, not much got done. So sorry :( Anyways, I have two [...]
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Zack came home from work tonight with a {Venti} Carmel Macchiato. MMMMmmmmm, it is so delish :) I think he was trying to sweeten me up for when we go through a new monthly budget;) Ya see, this needs to be done monthly because our bills are never the same monthly {compare your spring gas bill to [...]
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This weekend was pretty busy. I mean, it was filled with so many social plans that I actually told Zack last night, I’m a little tired of talking. I’m going to sew for a bit. Must have been some weekend, you’re thinking. Yeah. It was! We spent Friday night driving to Lansing to pick up [...]
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Gosh, I sure hope no one thought I was being rude when I said Zack doesn’t like my coasters. And he wasn’t being rude either! We just had a ‘lil difference of opinion. Just wanted to get that off my chest. ——————————- Here is the table cloth I made for our living room/parlor/family room/whatever you [...]
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I should be honest. I had another rearranging moment. Well, it was more like a redec moment. I changed my Etsy shop. Again. {I have to link it this time because someone told me, I can’t find your page because it isn’t LINKED!} Ugghhhhh ;) Check it: What do you think?!?!———————— Last night I decided [...]
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I decided it was time to update the banner on my Etsy site.{I figured this time I’ll leave the hyperlink out… if you are a reader, you know how to get to my Etsy site! :)} Here is a tiny preview: PS. The banner is the page design at the TOP of my Etsy site. [...]
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**update: thank you for all your suggestions. I’ll see if the Sweat Shop can take care of your requests this weekend :) Good news! We heard back from the Saturn dealership. AND we can afford the repairs! {That is always the question, isn’t it?!} I have a question for all you readers. I know there [...]
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For those of you who have been waiting SO patiently for our new couch to be seen, here you go: click here for new couch pics.
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Yesterday was an adventure. To say the least. I met my mom in Lansing {where Zack and I used to live} and we were going to spend the day together laughing, talking {of course!}, shopping and having lunch. While we did all those things, we also spent a lot of time in her car {and [...]
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Correction. Make that sale #6!!!!!!! You are all so sweet for browsing my shop and giving me an occasional sale.It makes life so much fun :]
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**Update: just made sale #5! woot :) Our wedding photographer, Mandy {MG Tot Shots}, recently contacted me about making a pair of custom earrings for her daughter. OF COURSE, no problem! I put some beads together and took some pictures this morning before work. So… I made my 4th sale today! Aren’t they cute? :) [...]
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I hope I’m not beating a dead horse {that is such a gross illustration, BTW}, but I would yet again like to post some super adorable things found on my favorite handmade site: ETSY!!! But, before I do that, I can talk about something else. Give you all a little break. So my fun topic [...]
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OUR COUCH IS DONE, OUR COUCH IS DONE — HOORAY!!! Zack’s mom and grandma came down Saturday afternoon and stayed through this morning {Tuesday}. They were here from Petoskey {a lovely 4-hour drive} and graciously recovered our living room couch. You can read about my anticipated excitement from this recent post: {I’ll just take my [...]
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I’m going to be honest with you… The Sweat Shop was in full force Friday night. I just added three new things to my Etsy page, and I want you to go to my page RIGHT NOW and check them out! Click here :) Here is a sneak peak of my pretties… just to get [...]
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Here it is! MY SEWING ROOM :) The amazing green lamp came from Zack’s grandma W., the sewing machine came from Zack’s grandma P., and that over there in the far right is my beautiful little iMac :) An up-close shot of her. She’s lovely, isn’t she?? :) There ya go, friends. I better get [...]
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Is it really Friday??? This is really exciting, for many reasons, because: …it means today is pay day …it means the weekend is ALMOST here …it means tomorrow my mother-in-law and grandma{-in-law?} are coming to recover our couch with me Recover my couch? Yes, silly. If you remember, I posted a little bit of my [...]
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