The Love Birds

Thanks to Cheryl for posting a link to this very cool app.

Amy Butler Love

Love Gathered Front Apron , originally uploaded by Sweet_Things_Design.

Have you seen the new fall 09 Amy Butler line of fabric called LOVE. If not I highly recommend you check it out because you will fall in love with all the beautiful new fabrics.

If I could I think I would buy every piece in the Love line but for now I started with these pieces of the collection, Memento in Midnight and Sun Spots in Mint, to create the beautiful apron pictured above (Love Gathered Front Apron). 

Also, created with Amy Butler fabrics, the Sky Poppy Gathered Front Apron. This apron fabric is from the very popular and beautiful Midwest Modern 2 line, I used the Sky Fresh Poppies and Honeycomb fabrics. I coveted this fabric forever and held onto it with both hands for quite a few months before I broke down and cut into this pretty fabric. And I am so glad that I did, this apron turned out so pretty and feminine.

Both these featured aprons will be at the Holiday Show later this month. To see more pictures of these lovelies please visit me on Flickr.

Food for Thought

I stumbled upon this quote the other day and have not been able to get it out of my head, so I thought I would share it with all of you.  It's a great one to think on :) 

The Count Down

Lavender Sachets , originally uploaded by Sweet_Things_Design.

Now that Halloween is over we officially have 52 days left till Christmas! I don't know about you but I am excited for Christmas this year, I love spending the time with my family and have lots of ideas for handmade gifts and yummy treats for gift giving. I just have to remember to write them all down so that I remember!

I am participating in a small Holiday arts and crafts show this month with my friend Cheryl. To get ready for the show I will be making wonderfully sweet things morning till night. I will be giving you all a sneak peak at what I am working on as I go, but unfortunately will not be updating the shop until after the show. I will however keep everything listed in the shop that is currently there until the 20th and then it will be down until the 22nd.

So if there is something in the shop right now that you want, don't wait! It could be gone very soon.

Pictured above are the lovely lavender sachets that I completed over the weekend. They are each made with linen and embellished with ribbon or buttons. The lavender is imported from France and smells heavenly!

Snowmen Gathered Front Apron

Snowmen Gathered Front Apron , originally uploaded by Sweet_Things_Design.

Now that Halloween is almost here (just 3 more days) it's time to start thinking about Christmas!

I have a whole bunch of super cute Christmas fabric stashed away that is begging to be made into aprons for your holiday parties or gift giving. I started with this sweet snowman apron, the fabric is by Riely Blake.

I love the colors they are every retro Christmas! It's hard to see from the pictures but the red fabric features snippets from the very famous, much loved poem The Night Before Christmas.

The poem was a great family tradition growing up, my Dad read it to us every Christmas eve and my brother and I looked forward to it each year.

I have since inherited the family book, it is quite lovely, beautifully illustrated and so full of warm memories.

I now look forward to reading it to my son on Christmas eve and hope that he gets the same pleasure from it that we did as children swept up in the magic of the evening.

To check out this sweet Christmas apron for yourself click here.

New Batch of Aprons

I have been busy working away and now you can get the fruits of my labor all uploaded to Sweet Things on Etsy!  

4 new Girlie Girl Aprons: Roosters, Black Dot, Juicy Ruffles and Modern Damask.

And check out the awesome photography style for these photos!  I used rollip.com, they have several styles of free templates to turn your photography into vintage style polaroid pictures.  It was so much fun and so easy to use! 

Bakers Twine Makes Everything Sweet

Red Bakers Twine, originally uploaded by Sweet_Things_Design.

Hey everyone, I hope that you all had a great weekend, we sure did. Yesterday was a perfect fall day here in Michigan.

We had a beautiful sunny day with crisp cool air. Perfect for putting a little color in your cheeks, but not too cold to keep you from standing in line at the cider mill for an hour waiting for hot apple cider and warm fresh donuts!

Next weekend we are planning to take the little one to the orchard to pick out the perfect pumpkin, go on a hayride and hopefully tackle the corn maze, we can't wait!

In other news Sweet Things is now selling supplies, bakers twine specifically! You will get 100 yards of red and white bakers twine on a vintage wooden clothes pin, click here to check it out.

Coming soon, you will also be able to get blue and white twine, green and white twine and brown and white twine.