Look what I've been working on

Tea Stained bagy gift sets
Bag Tags

New baby set with diaper bag tag

Kids Craft Aprons

Fun shop on etsy and she's doing a give a way!!!

Make sure you stop by www.sewcuteshop.etsy.com for some cool and creative goodies. Then visit her blog for a chance to win some fun stuff www.sewcuteshop.typepad.com. Here are some of the things she has in her shop....I'm off to look some more!

Its in the bag giveaway bash.

Looking for some great give a ways?

Well here they are all in one place It's in the bag give a way Bash.

The first featured shop is

girldesvignesShe has some of the most fantastic bags I've ever seen! So stop by and enter for a chance to win one!

I'm baaaaaaaack!

I know, I know... its been a long time. Since its been awhile I'll update you on somethings going on around here.

Things are picking up with the kids and sports. Keely is playing fast pitch softball and we had two games last Saturday. They don't keep score, but you know the parents are and we won both of them! She has two or three games per week so we are busy with that.

Katelyn has been participating in Special Olympics over the last few months. Basketball, volleyball and track and field events. Track and field is where she excelled, she did the 50yrd dash in 9.2 sec and came in first place! She was so excited she just kept running after the broke through the tape at the end!

Cole’s sports consist of riding four wheelers and playing in the mud!! He, Pop and Craig have gone on a few riding trips over the last few weeks. Everyday he gets to spend time in the mud. Just Tuesday night I spent over an hour cleaning his cars, trucks and tractors in my bathtub! What a mess. There was so much mud it took an over night soak to get some of them clean. Boys and mud.. they just go together.

Craig’s birthday is tomorrow so the kids are going to spend some time at my moms and maybe he and I will spend some time hanging out together and shopping (for those of you who don’t know my husband loves to shop and clean, I should tell my mother in law how thankful I am that she taught her son well)

We spent some time in VA visiting our friends not too long ago. We spend a day in DC and took a trip to Mt Vernon. We spent one day visiting different wineries (without the kids) and brought home lots to sample. We all had a great time and it was nice to see old friends again.



My embroidery machine is in the shop for some cleaning and replacing a sensor, so it should be home soon. It was like a mini vacation for me. But because I need to create something everyday I started making bows to decorate flip flops. Well bow making isn’t as easy as one may think but after much practice and lots of ribbon purchases I think I did it. This may lead into some new items in my etsy shop!

Now that the Spring/SummerJelly Beans Consignment sale is over we are starting work on the Fall sale which will take place in late Aug or early Sept. It was a Fantastic sale with lots of fun goodies for everyone! After selling well over 3000 total items we were excited and wiped out! We look forward to our fall sale.


Not to mention PTO is busier than ever right now. In addition to end of the year field trips and TCAP testing. Oh, only 3 ½ weeks till summer!

As some of you know I have a seasonal consignment sale that I do. For the last few months I have been working on it and not my blog. The sale is next week so after its all finished I will be back to blogging.
If you want to get more infor on the consignment sale heres the link our Website JellyBeans

New Embroidery Designs

I've added a few more designs to my ever growing collection. These can be embroidered on shirts, bags, burpcloths or just about anything you can think of. All the fabric colors can be changed to your taste. Each item will be custom made for you.

The hat above can be done with any number 1-9

Chalkboard Project

Chalkboard Project Time

After finding this fantastic treasure at my local Goodwill for only $1.49!!! I knew what I wanted to do....

Step 1

First I removed the back that held the

chalk board and cork board in place.

This is what it looked like after they were removed.

Step 2

Clean clean clean.

Step 3

Using calkboard paint from your local hardware store, paint the chalkboard surface. I did this because the chalkboard was a bit used looking and this gave it a fresh clean look.

Plus I wanted to use the paint :)

Step 4

Spray paint the frame.

Step 5
Cover Cork with fabric.
Supplies needed: fabric, glue gun and something to cover

Step 6
Replace all parts!

Finished Board

Good Morning Cupcake.....

Keely the Cupcake Maker

Here we are on the 4th day with no school. We're on what seems to be an endless break due to the bitterly cold weather and a slight dusting of snow. After six days with out school (counting the weekend) we(the kids) decided we(them)needed to make cupcakes with Keelys Christmas gift from Santa.

So the morning started at 7:45am

(with no school for the last few days my kids are SOOOOO NOT on a schedule). Woke up to find two short people in my bed....sideways! Craig had left for work before the sun was up, I'm sure I don't really know what time he left becaues he didn't even wake me! And thats a good thing for him because I would have been one moody mom.

I think he leaves so early just so he will miss the morning fun and crazyness that happens here, But thats just my take on it. I know if I could sneak out I would!!

Then off to check the emails and other embroidery stuff.

Back to the kitchen for some baking. If you've never seen this little cupcake thing your missing out. It bakes the cupcakes in 30sec in the microwave! Now thats my kinda baking. And for the kids... well quick is the way to go. I wasn't lucky or brave enough to try one of the cupcakes but the kids love them.

The Baker came with enough to make 4 cupcakes and we made 3. Keely being the planner decided she wanted to have an extra for later. "I might need a cupcake snack and don't want to wait for you to bake them in the big oven, mom." Sounded like a plan to me. This was so easy for me and fun for them. And who wouldn't want cupcakes at 9am?

Valentines Applique Designs

These are some of the new valentines designs.

These can me made on any size tee or sweatshirt.

I have a few sizes left in the hot pink sweatshirt, purple longsleeve tee, light pink sweatshirt and light teal tee.

I'm working on more valentines designs and ideas. I hope to have more listed in my Etsy shop soon.