Getting a little help today YAY

I have a crafty friend that will come over once in awhile and help out with some odds and ends here and there. in return i give her sewing lessons, finish projects, or make shirts for her. It's great to have a little extra help!

I am trying to get orders done quickly and shipped off.

There is going to be a comment sale this weekend. starting noon on Saturday and going through noon on Sunday. Everything will be 25% off. or 25% off your total order, its the same thing. That way I don't have to go through each picture and change the prices. that takes a looooong time.

so go check out my fanpage at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peppermint-Twist-Creations/109260111738

for some good deals this weekend. I want to get some things done so they can go in it too. I still have 31 lil girl jingle blocks to make and probably about 15 you wake me, you take mes. all going in the sale!!!

Welcome Monday Morning

Well as you may not know, I spend monday morning sitting in my car. My DS1 has ABA therapy 30 minutes away and there is not point in coming home in the time span. Just a waste of gas. So I sit in my car and do whatever or get my walmart and joanns trips out of the way for the week.

Well today I cleaned up all the shirts I embroidered on Saturday. And cut out lots of little circles for Yoyo Animals. My mom inspired me after seeing one at the sewing center in FWB. She had a clown as a child. So I decided to make a couple for the June event. I found kits at walmart with circles already printed up in many different prints combined together. So I picked up a pink set and a blue set. Figure I'll make a cat and a dog. Still working on pricing, depends on how long it takes me to make one.
http://clothdollsupply.com/yoyo.html

Now I am going to make up some embroidery designs for an order, and hopefully get a few stitched out today. and put ruffles on a onesies butt. Need to learn how to do that too!

I got lots of things ordered for the June event for my on the spot bottle cap items. Thinking of ordering a childs body form to display an outfit or a shirt. And it will make taking pictures of pillowcase dresses and shirts so much nicer! We'll see what I decide to do :)

Another Busy day!

Well I finally got the Autism bags done, all I need to do is sew the ties on the sides.

three more that look like this but have red, orange, and lime green instead of the dark green in the photo. 

One is for the Autism Awareness Walk on April 30th in honor of April being Autism Awareness Month. 

The other two are just instocks to have on hand or for the show in June.

I also got the boys' and some of their team mates shirts embroidered with their names and another shirt for an order started then I ran out of red thread. Which I will get more tomorrow after the soccer game. Working on the website and embroidering tomorrow. And sewing on Sunday.

Hope everyone has a Happy Easter. I'll be back on Monday!

Productive Day YAY

So after taking my hubby to PT this morning (and getting my boys up and on the bus) I finally got to come home and get some work done. I let my embroidery machine have a break, its gonna need it!
And I got 12 more jingle blocks for little boys done total 22.  This is just some of the 22. they didnt all fit. I need another tote for instocks.

And I got one of the three autism purses almost done. Still have red and orange to make

Tomorrow I have to get my designs loaded for the day,  take my hubby to pick up his car, then go to DS1's Easter party at school at 930. Then I have to hit do some errands including the bank and post office. And meet up with a fellow soccer mom to get her sons shirt.

I have 2 shirts to embroider front and back and then put the names on the boys' team mates shirts. And I want to finish the other two Autism purses and other odds and ends I have laying around. Which is A LOT. I need to just say no! And back away from the fabric!!!!

on other news i got lots of bottle cap images and supplies in. At the show in June I want to do custom bottle cap necklaces, keychains, magnets and flowers on the spot. All I need is my trusty glue gun!!! I ordered some chains on Ebay last night. All I need is gift bags to order now. Gonna look all professional at this show! So spiffy! and exciting! 

Another day Another post office visit!

Well I got two orders completed yesterday, so off to ship them today. Going to finish hopefully 2 more today to ship off, and should be getting payments for 3 more today.
Need to look in my Designer Quilter machines manual and see if i have a ruffle foot. Going to give my hand at ruffle bottom onesies! Gonna be so cute!
Otherwise have a very busy day today and won't be home from 745-2. Then I hope to get started on work! Still working on the jingle blocks, didnt get any done yesterday. Have the 11 boys' ones i want to finish today.
A customer is supposed to drop off a couple shirts for me to do and i hand over her comment sale items from a few weeks ago.
I have soo many unfinished items (ufo's they call them, unfinished orders/objects) sitting around. Good thing I have a lot of time until the craft show in June.
I'll get more product blogs up soon. I have a lot of those to do. My website is up and running, I can save and edit and publish now! Thanks Colleen! So I have to work on it too! lots and lots to do!
But for now Breakfast!

blocks blocks and more blocks

I got 10 little boy jingle blocks done in an hour last night. Got 11 more to do, then i'll start the girls. There will be A LOT of those.
Also working on baby door hangers some more, got a bunch stitched out and getting more colors of Minkee today to stitch out more.
Did my errand run to Wal Mart last night and got most of the shirts i need to stitch out for the week, and some more stuffing for the blocks and door hangers.
Getting some help on my website tonight, hopefully get it figured out so i can get it up and running by May 1st.

Thats about all i have today. My poor DS1 went to school in tears because i didnt have time to grab his "book" which is a DVD phamplet. The bus pulled up unexpectedly and we had to hurry and he decided he wanted to take it to school with him. I just want to drive the book down to his school. I feel so bad for him. I hope he gets over it and is ok. I am sure he will.

Shhh, you wake me you take me!

After my usually busy Monday mornings, i am home and working on Baby pillows. These cute little pillows hang from babys door or the front door and remind people to keep their volume down. :)

Also working on my jingle blocks still got all the boys squares matched up and gonna get them sewn together and out of the way.

Think I will make a trip to Margies and get more bubble mink!

Hi Hello and Welcome!

I have been told I need to start blogging! So we will see if I can keep this up!
I currently have a facebook fanpage that you can follow at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peppermint-Twist-Creations/109260111738

I started sewing cloth diapers when DS1 was 7 months old in 2007 and we were expecting DS2. I made those exclusively for my boys for a full year, then at the many suggestions of friends and family started selling them in 2008. I exclusively sold cloth diapers for a full year

AIO (ALL IN ONE)

ONE SIZE DIAPER COVER

FITTED DIAPER

AI2 (ALL IN 2)

After a year I was ready to expand! And that i have for the last 2 years! I will try most anything except adult clothes. Way too complicated for my taste!

I am currently working on my website PeppermintTwistCreations.com which hopefully will launch May 1st. And getting ready for a vendor show the end of June as well as keeping all my customers happy with lots and lots of customs! As soon as I think I am caught up I get more orders! Which is great! I love it!

I lead a very busy life these days, especially during the school year. My boys have a lot going on for only being 3 and 4. 

I just invested in Husqvarna 5D Professional software to go with my Viking Designer 1 USB sewing/embroidery machine, I was so busy I had to purchase a second machine so I could Sew and Embroider at the same time. 

My Embroidery machine IS my sewing machine, so I could only do one or the other not both at the same time. The second machine a Viking Quilt Designer was a great investment. I am able to get out more orders faster by multi tasking. 

I am going through the lessons for the new software learning how to Digitize. I am not fully able to Digitize any image yet but hopefully i will learn  how to do that soon!

my Designer 1 hard at work on a onesie

My messy work area, I am able to answer questions easily anytime I am working. 

I will work on blogs as I go along, and try to do a different one for each type of item I make as well as what I am doing that day. We'll see if I can keep this going! Thank you all for following me in my adventure!