{my week in phone pics}

Hey there! We are headed out of town and headed up to the Central Coast of CA for the Paso Robles Zin Festival! I'll have a table with Sew Chatty goodness set up all day Saturday in the tasting room at Red Soles so come see me if you're in the area!

Linking up with Life Rearranged!

Here are some things that made me happy this week :)

 1. Lots of sewing for this weekend's show. Sewing pretty things always makes me happy.

2. Key fobs!!! Tutorial for these coming next week! {all fabric, no webbing}

3. Taught myself how to crochet a flower so I whipped up some headbands and stuck them on there! Love. Fabric covered buttons are my fave!!! My goal is to incorporate fabric into my crochet items somehow so the button is perfect! 

4. I ended up getting all of my sewing done early so I got to enjoy a little FREE TIME. This never happens. My choices were, read, crochet, and answer, many emails. I answered emails and crocheted. I WILL finish The Hunger Games before next weekend!!!

5. I am so thankful for friends that know how to fix brakes. For free. Love my church family!

6. Anybody tried the Dorito Taco? It looks disgusting and AMAZING all at the same time!

I hope you all have a great weekend! Get crafty or bake something and then come link up to Made With Love on Monday!!!

 

{a few craft show tips}

Hi friends! I hope you are all having a great week! I have a show this weekend up in the Central Coast {email if if you are from there and want to come see me!} so I have been sewing like crazy to prepare for it! Anyhow, I finished all my sewing 2 days early which NEVER happens so I thought I'd share with you a few of my craft show prep tips!

1) Set up your booth/table in your house exactly how you will at the show! This way you know exactly what to bring and you won't forget anything!!!

2) I HATE pricing my items individually. It takes forever. So what I started doing was making photo tags of each item I'm selling and add the price when I edit the photo {I used PicMonkey this time!}. Here are a few of the photo tags in collage form...

Now that I made the collage, I'm thinking I could have just done that as a "price menu". Oh well, I already ordered the photos. Anyhow...

I get them printed as 4x6's via 1 hour photo at Walmart and then attach them to my containers with a clothespin. Like this...

 {this photo is from a show last winter}

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you like my tips! I'm super excited for this show!!! Can't wait!

{in the sewing room}

Hey there! I have been a SEWING MANIAC getting ready for a big show this weekend! Want to see some of the things I've been working on? Okay!

Remember a few weeks back when I showed you that pretty piece of patchwork and tote pattern I planned on making with it??? Well here it is!!!!

 I love it! In fact, I love it so much, I made another one in a yellow and gray colorway!

 The feedback on facebook was GREAT so I'll be taking custom orders for them SOON! Let me know if you're interested and I'll get you on the list!

I made 10 little makeup pouches that came out so sweet! The same style as the clutches and pouches as I was making last spring. Love the lace detail. So pretty! Here a few of my faves!

 This is something new for me! In all my years of sewing I have never made a key fob! I know, right?! Can I say, that now that I have made one, I think they are life changing.

I promptly made 10 more for the show! This little gem is ALL fabric and NO webbing {with some super stiff stuff in the middle}. I will be posting a tutorial next week sometime on how I made them! So stay tuned for that.

Well, it's time for me to get back to the sewing room. I still have coin pouches and headbands to make!

{Made With Love Link Up!}

I hope you all had a great weekend! We enjoyed a lovely Saturday afternoon at Disneyland. Such a gorgeous day there! Of to a birthday party for a special little girl today!

Did you see the new Curvy Wallets in the shop? Go take a peek! The shop is closing early this week as I prep for upcoming shows so snag what you want soon!

A huge thanks to everyone who linked up last week! It's so fun to watch this link up grow! I'm so inspired by all the projects that get linked up every week!

Last week's most viewed link was:

This awesome set of small sewing projects linked up by Bumblebee and Sophie! See her full post HERE.

Alright party people...are you ready for this week's link up???

Let’s get to it! I'll be featuring my favorite links on the Facebook Fan Page throughout the week! Are you a fan? I also try to Pin my favorites to Pinterest. The top three clicked links will be featured during next weeks party! 

{Just a few party guidelines}

• To link up, I would first love for you to follow my blog. I like followers. The more the merrier. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!
• Link up your crafts, recipes, home decor....anything that has been made by you! {Multiple links to different posts are fine}
• Link back here by grabbing the super cute button on my sidebar and posting it either in your post or somewhere on your blog to let others know you've joined the party!
• If you see something you like, click on it and go leave them a comment. Everyone loves comments!
• Lastly, feel free to help me spread the word about Made with Love Monday! Follow me on Twitter {just click on my little Twitter button} and use this tweet "I linked up my craftiness to @sewchatty's Made with Love http://sewchatty.blogspot.com Check it out and link up your craftiness too!"

Thanks for stopping by! Now go link up something crafty!