Giveaways and Holiday

I love the holidays! Come October they just roll in. My birthday, then Halloween, then Thanksgiving, then Christmas, and finish it off with New Years. Wonderful!

This is my first holiday season with Etsy and I'm not really sure what to expect. I know that my products are aimed at a pretty small crowd, but I'm sure that at least some of that crowd still celebrates holidays. I need to get more items in stock!

I have some ideas for new things to work on too. I'd still like to make that graphing calculator case. I know, I mentioned it months ago, but just haven't actually made one yet. I'd also really like to make a statistical quilt! But that will take some time. We'll see. Maybe I'll spend a long weekend sewing and embroidering and making all things stat-y.


In other news, I was recently approached by a "fan" about donating items for a giveaway she was doing on her blog, The World Through My Eyes. Rachael and I worked it out that I would donate two sets of pin/magnet combinations. I've made the magnets before, but this is the only time I've done the pins. They are basically the same, just will a pin stitched on instead of a magnet.

It was fun to decide what to make and sometime this week we'll ship off the little fellas to the lucky winners she chooses!

Weekend Crafts

This weekend I had some fun. I stitched up 3 new standard normal plushies and started making 2 new magnets, with purple instead of blue, lines.

I also took advantage of some sales and some coupons for my local craft store and bought some new flannel and fleece. I'm going to make Halloween distribution plushies! I'm so exited to make them. I needed to get some other things done before I can get them started (like get normal plushies back in stock). But now, I can to work on some fun, Halloween-themed plushies. Woo hoo.

I plan to make a witch, mummy, jack-o-lantern, and vampire bat. :)

Pillows, Magnets, and Patterns

The request for a normal plushie pillow has been met. After creating a large pattern and setting some details with the customer, I finished and shipped the pillow to the other side of the world!


I'm quite pleased with how he came out. I made and shipped just the pillow case (with a zippered opening) to save on shipping. The picture above just has him partly stuffed. Just enough to hold his shape.

Working huge brought up the idea of working tiny. Enter little 3" long magnets!


And, a while ago I listed a p-value cross-stitch piece. It's complete, accurate, and ready to go. But a returning customer who happens to enjoy cross-stitching herself has requested the pattern. So, now you can also buy the pattern for the piece!



I would also like to say, if you have any ideas or suggestions, or if you are reading this after you've stuffed your pillow case or cross-stitched your piece, I'd love to hear about it!