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Day of the Dead Quilt

It's the day before Valentine's Day, AKA Galentine's Day!  Hope everyone will have a good time with their Sweethearts, friends, and/or furbabies!  My current Galentine is my furbaby Lilly dog! 🙂 Tonight, I wanted to show off the new Quilt I just made.  A few months ago, I gathered all of my sugar skull/skull fabric… Continue reading Day of the Dead Quilt

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New Year and New Craft Skills

Happy New year everyone!  I can't believe January is almost over!  It has been a little snowy this winter in Colorado, so of course I have been doing some skiing.  This year, I also decided to do some other crafting besides making handbags.  I have made this fabulous Jellyroll rug, it's not perfect, but not… Continue reading New Year and New Craft Skills

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Christmas 2018

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! I wanted to share some of my Holiday Creations below including handmade gift bags, skull ornament, cookies for a cookie exchange, and Christmas fabric design. Next year, I maybe doing some other things besides making handbags.  My new years resolutions is to learn new crafting skills such as… Continue reading Christmas 2018

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New Totes and Handmade Poncho

I have been a little quiet on here recently.  So much going in the past couple of months, but I made a couple more new tote bags I wanted to share, and a poncho that I made for myself. Ponchos and shawls are my new favorite things to wear right now, so I decided to… Continue reading New Totes and Handmade Poncho

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Santa Fe Trip

Last weekend, Walter and I decided to take a short trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico.  There is so much history and culture in this City, and I loved the atmosphere!  We had a great time exploring the City and looking at all the folk art and statues.  We stayed at a little bed and… Continue reading Santa Fe Trip

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Happy Halloween!

It's Halloween!  The air is crisp, leaves have fallen, and Lilly is wearing her pumpkin scarf! The holidays are approaching quickly, and I have been preparing for a couple craft shows coming up.  This Saturday is my first holiday craft fair this year.  These are the new handbags I will be selling!  Two of the… Continue reading Happy Halloween!

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New Fall/Halloween Fabric Designs

Happy Fall everyone!  Well almost fall.  It has been a warm September, but that doesn't stop me from getting ready for my favorite season.  The last couple fleas/craft fairs I attended took place on unseasonably hot days, but still a lot of fun.  I posted below a few patterns I recently designed (non-fall patterns), and… Continue reading New Fall/Halloween Fabric Designs

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More Fabric Designs

This summer is going by quickly, and I have been busy creating more fabric designs and more bags!  I have used a few of the same and different pictures I took from this year, and combined the images into one pattern.  I especially love the skull fabric, with the two pink roses.  Both roses came… Continue reading More Fabric Designs

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Mexico Trip

So, this past week me, Walter, and a couple other friends took a fabulous trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  It was a relaxing but an adventurous trip through the botanic gardens and hanging out at the beach.  We stayed in Puerto Vallarta and explored other towns and resorts including Sayulita and Yelapa. I couldn't take… Continue reading Mexico Trip

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New Fabric and Pattern Designs

I am very excited to have my first three pattern designs printed on fabric!  I loved how these turned out! I mostly have been using photoshop to make my designs.  The photoshop classes I took a few months ago paid off.  I basically just copied and pasted an item out of the following images I… Continue reading New Fabric and Pattern Designs