One SweetPea Boutique

One SweetPea Boutique's first Etsy Treasury!!!

2010-04-14T09:05:00.000-07:00

I have to announce this! I have been featured in an Etsy Treasury Thanks to Msbelle of
MsBelle ~ Artisan Crafted Jewelry

If you get a chance check out the treasury she did. It is Beautiful!
Wipe Away the Blues

Newly added to One SweetPea Boutique

2010-04-12T12:26:00.000-07:00

New Pillowcase Dresses !!!!

New Fabric

2010-01-29T11:52:00.000-08:00

I know I had been talking about the new fabric that my husband so graciously contributed to. I finally have pics of it all.
here they are.

New Things going on with One SweetPea Boutique

2010-01-29T11:38:00.000-08:00

So... I have been trying to work on my marketing online and I am learning alot. Seriously there is alot to take in though. What I have come up with so far is this blog of course, a website domain, additional items in my etsy shop, flickr, a facebook fan page and learning about digg and stumble upon... Am I way behind?? Maybe but I am catching up fast, so please no laughing :)

new stuff
www.1sweetpeaboutique.etsy.com
http://1sweetpeaboutique.blogspot.com/
www.facebook.com/SweetPeaBoutique
www.1sweetpeaboutique.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1sweetpeaboutique/sets/72157623183305983/

just a few more days

2010-01-21T05:36:00.000-08:00

Just a few more days of my organizing spree(I know flylady doesn't like crash and burn spree's but this is what I have to do for now :) ) and I will be able to start on some really cool sewing projects! I'm so excited and cant wait!
I did however get to take a break from my www.flylady.com routine and post a new item in my shop www.1sweetpeaboutique.etsy.com .

I made this bag for a friend of mine. She had a really neat idea on the monogram part of it. Instead of traditional initials or first name, she used the first letter of their last name. That way the bag could be used with future children. I thought that was great!

I had been practicing my free hand monogramming technique for quite some time. You see I don't have a fancy embroidery machine, so I have to monogram by hand on a regular sewing machine. It takes alot of patience and practice. It is called free motion embroidery. There is a great page on it here http://www.coatsandclark.com/Crafts/Machine+Embroidery/Howtos/Free-Motion+Embroidery+Basics.htm . For me the embroidery hoop got in my way, so I don't use one. I just make sure that my fabric is interfaced with a thick fleece and that seems to help me guide and have lots of control over the fabric.
So now you know that with a little practice you can embroider with a regular sewing machine.

my first post : )

2010-01-12T11:08:00.000-08:00

I don't know that I am getting the hang of all of the set up involved in making this blog. It seems to be coming together slowly but I do see something coming of it finally. I thought I would have posted a post before now, but with the way I am I have been messing around with the whole design of it all. Ill have it the way I want soon(hopefully).

Most of this new year has consisted of trying to get the house organized! The babies got so much cool stuff for Christmas , I have had to sort and declutter a lot of there stuff. I use a lot of the techniques from www.Flylady.com .We have made lots of trips to the goodwill. I wish I could find an organization that didn't sell the donations they receive though.

I will be glad when I have everything in order because I have so many new fabric designs to work with! I cant wait to get back to sewing. I also am working on some new patterns which I'm really excited about! I think another addition to my pieces of work will be more personalized items. It should be an interesting turn for me , even though I have made several personalized pieces.

I hope for my next post to be about all the new fabric I have (Courtesy of my wonderful husband Philip). I look for lots of cute pieces to be created out of these new fabrics.

well this is it for the first post. Thanks for looking!
Paige