New Items for Sale at Devore Jones Designs

I just added my coin purses and my denim pouches to the SALE section of my etsy shop. Go check it out!

The "30" Club

Today on this day 30 years a girl was born. That girl was me. 

It has been a quite day to myself. I got up around 7:45 to my alarm that is in the form of a 2 1/2 year old. Dropped Rhys off at daycare and then stopped on the way home at Jamba Juice for my favorite Acai Super-antioxidant and a apple cinnamon pretzel.

I sat on the couch for about an hour figuring out what we needed from the grocery store and just relaxed before hopping into the shower. Places around here don’t open until 9-10am. I didn’t want to be the one waiting outside for a place to open.

My first task was to head over to JoAnn Fabric to pick up my birthday gift. OMG I was soooooo excited that I decided on this because I originally wanted a new digital camera but since I’m waiting for the iPhone in February and Steve has a really awesome camera on his phone this was by far a very close 2nd choice. Ok, you ready…..

A SERGER!!!!!

The only serger I have been able to use before making this purchase is my friend Melissa’s. With her busy life and mine it was getting harder and harder to get together and sew let alone hangout. She is my crafting better-half . So I was super happy to get one of these for my own. Now I can finish my reusable grocery bags all in one sitting and really cut corners with this new addition to my crafting family.

BTW, I love the Singer brand. When I opened the box to tackle the threading of this bad boy, I was remembering all those times my friend Melissa would go through the task of threading her machine. I was a little scared but was surprised to find that the machine was already threaded with 4 small spools of white thread. There was even a piece of fabric for testing. I still too the time to go through the manual while I ate lunch but I’m forever loyal to Singer. They make a great product.

Here is the complete family;

I’m just sooooo happy that in the just over a year of sewing I was able to acquire a sewing machine for Christmas and now a serger for my birthday present. I like to thank my loving husband and parents for their financial contributions to this very happy day.

After I got some more supplies (serger thread and a ruler) I headed over to the local nail salon to get a mani/pedi. It was so nice. To complete the morning I did some grocery shopping. I find it easier to do it by myself because (#1) I don’t get as much and (#2) there isn’t more then one person adding to the basket with impulse items.

The day isn’t over. I still have what my husband as planned for this evening to still encounter. I’ll add the details to that tomorrow. I just had to show off my birthday present.

*beaming*

Where has the time gone….

Sorry for not being around here lately. I finished off a tough week at work. The work load wasn’t that bag I was given a tough decision to make and it’s really making me wonder where I belong.

Friday night I had a jewelry party. My neighbors, step-mother Nancy and Cousin Erin came over to try on jewelry and chat it up. I liked how low key it was.

Yesterday I helped my brother Brian and his wife Sara move into their new house. It’s a really nice 1st house for them. Since we were busy with that Rhys didn’t get a proper nap and I spent the rest of the night calming him down..well putting him in bed. He needed it.

But my biggest distraction from the blog is getting my new Facebook account set up. For the longest time I wanted to get on board but I didn’t have a college email address but then my cousin told me about it and I went bonkers. I didn’t realize that there are a ton more people I used to go to school with members of this over Myspace. Plus I love all the cool applications they have and the fact that I don’t have to waste time designing the layout of my Facebook page. I can just add fun stuff like my flair board. Anyone remember Office Space where Jen Aniston’s character had to have flair on her vest? Well I was able to make my own flair.  I made one for Devore Jones Designs and then sent it off to my friends to show some love.

Ok, it’s the day before my birthday. Steve is doing his chores as I type this  and then we are going to go out to lunch since Steve will be at work tomorrow and Rhys will be at daycare. I’m going to have a mommy day tomorrow and maybe go out to dinner for my b-day.

Some New Purchases

I’m ready to work on a new idea from my idea book. Here is a sneak  peek.

I can’t wait!!!!

I finally figured it out….

I was at work today putting some signs together and realized that I need to redo my craft room at home. Right now I’m using an ironing board to cut out patterns and piecing projects together. I have a shelving unit I salvaged from the trash for a place to store my fabric and a 6′ banquet table for my sewing. That’s not going to work for me. I need something a little more concrete.

So this is what I was thinking….

I’ll use my banquet table as my production table. I want to raise it so it’s at my waist (the one I have at work is like that and I love it). Then I want to get a table from Ikea for a stable place the sew and work on crafts. Some storage in the closet to put supplies and fabric or roll out units that store under the tables and something for the desktop for those quick grab items I use often.

This is a new goal and I hope to achieve it by the new year. Right now I have to get inventory up for my “Purse Party” that I want to have after Thanksgiving.

A Fun Day at Legoland

My SIL and nephew came down for the day on Friday to go to Legoland with Steve Rhys and I. We had free passes that Steve got from getting his tires replaced at a local joint here in town.

It was fun and a much needed thing for me since I was couped up in the house the last two days with a crazy stomach bug. I’m feeling so much better. I think food, Gatorade and a good night sleep really helped.

Here are some cool pictures from the day.

The next set of pictures are really cool things built out of Lego’s. Man I wish I was apart of the teams that got to do that. LUCKY!

 

That’s it on that. Here are some fun photos of the family.

I was so glad we did that. I had a blast and it was a nice thing to do after getting sick. Good times.

Not much going on…

I’ve been sick since last night. It came with no warning and I was up all night. I finally was able to get some sleep at 5 this morning and made the decision to not go into work today. So I have been sleeping, trying to eat and getting over this really bad stomach bug.

Time off and a new Bag

I took some time off from the computer, sewing and work (accept for Sunday) and spent some quality time with my son Rhys. Steve had to work all weekend so Rhys and I had Saturday to play and finally get that one-on-one time that I have been craving. I even got a nap out of the deal as well. Friday I spent most of the day running errands and because that took longer then I wanted instead of sewing I read Breaking Dawn for 2 hours before going to get Rhys from daycare.

So on to other stuff. I finished a bag that I started last week. It’s going to replace a red one that was one of my first bags that I made. I stopped at the handle(s) but ended up only doing one. Tonight I put all the pieces together.  Now that I have worn it on my shoulder I will already be revamping to two black cotton webbing straps since I don’t have any more material. It’s too wide to really work with only one strap.

I made this bag from an old pair of jeans that I loved but had to say good-bye (it made my rear look great)and some really cool batik that looks like bubbles. I used the two back pockets as for the outside pockets and some of the back legs as inside pockets. I think once I fix the handle I’m going to really fall in love. it’s much larger and accommodate Rhys’ stuff if I have to.

I got some love….

from Craftypod.com today. Sister Diane received the bag she bought from me today and emailed me to say thanks. I got a little mention at her blog.

A 2 year-old and a Sharpie, pt 2

A few months back I posted about Rhys finding one of my sharpie’s and making his mark (see post here). Well I found the pictures of the 2nd incident that happened when I was at work about a month ago. Steve was getting ready  4 a trip up to Pasadena and Rhys some how found another sharpie and did worse then before in our bedroom.  It took three passes to get it looking better but I never saw these pictures until I looked on my camera’s memory tonight.