rolling right along...

Another few busy days here... tomorrow my girls (and my dad!) and I are participating in the market at Yarrow Days and we're all looking forward to it. Hopefully the sun will come out to play - it's pretty wet right now! Emily has been sewing plush Angry Birds like crazy, Julianna has been stitching adorable sock monkeys and they both have scrapbooked some beautiful cards to sell. Poppa's been putting his fly tying knowledge to work and has lots to show and sell. Me? I'll be there with my bags and purses. All in the family, right?

I've gotten a tiny bit further with my new quilt project {for MBS}... and I'm telling you, that Lucy's Crab Shack fabric is a total winner! Here's a little peek...

I also got my hot little hands on a Lucy's jelly roll and already put it to use in prep for my next big market, {the Olde Farmhouse Vintage Market at the end of June}... because once I chose the dmc colors for my other project, I just had to make a little something right away! How could I resist?

The Lucy jelly roll and a Ruby jelly roll I already had were perfect for the idea I had to make canvas/stitcherie pieces. Here are the two I have finished so far... what do you think?

Do you have ideas for other canvas/stitcheries I can do? I'd love the input since I really need to keep the momentum going, especially if June flies by as fast as May did!

my Tuesday timeout...

I *might* have another project in the works for Moda Bake Shop right now... and the word *might* is used very loosely.

In other words, this has been a particularly fun Tuesday timeout!

I hope you're having a wonderful Tuesday too!

75+...

I've sewed quite a bit in the past few weeks. Whenever there's a market on my horizon, that's what I do. And with Scout being the 'big one' this month, I worked especially hard.

It was a great event and I was very blessed to have a spot to call my own. It was a tight spot on a busy corner, but you know the saying... "If you build it, they will come". And come they did. More than a thousand of them. I'm still recovering a little, and my house is still a mess. So I've taken that mess and made it a work in progress... I promised myself that all the wallets, clutches, and purses would not be put away until they were photographed and listed in my etsy shop.

I'm still plugging away at it, but am happy to say that there are 75+ handmade {and really, really functional} pieces  to choose from. And there are more coming, because I still can't find my living room.

And since I really, really would like a little extra space in my sewing room, I've added a HALF OFF section to the shop. Get 'em while you can!

our booth at Scout...

Just thought I'd share some pics I snapped last night at the Scout Vintage Market... if you didn't hold a lucky ticket last night, don't worry! It's open to the public today from 10-4. See you there!

etsy announcement...

'Morning all! (Well, it's still morning where I live!)

As I'm packing up for Scout today, I just wanted to put the word out that I'll be closing my etsy shops for the weekend a little later on. If you'd like a peek in them before I do so, click below!

Brown Bag Studio Quilts

               Brown Bag Studio Purses

And I had to laugh the other day... I was sorting and organizing things to bring to the market and a quilt that was slated to go suddenly sold online. It was the perfect reminder that I need to close the shops so I don't 'double sell' anything! Yikes, then there would be some explaining to do!

wordless Wednesday...

my Tuesday timeout...

Today I cut business cards.

Almost 680 of them.

And 80 price cards.

In the end, they were taller than a tall.

But will they be enough for Scout?
Oh, the excitement...