Sewing To Sell // Book Review & Giveaway!! **GIVEAWAY CLOSED**

Sewing To Sell // Book Review & Giveaway!! **GIVEAWAY CLOSED**

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Hi friends! I'm taking a bit of a break from my blogging hiatus (have you noticed??) to share something I find very useful and am pretty excited about!

When I was asked if I would like to do a review of Virginia's (of Gingercake Sews) new book, Sewing To Sell, I jumped at the chance. You see, I have this little Etsy shop. It's tiny, but I am rather fond of it. But I opened it without a clue. And even as I continued on in the little adventure most of the questions I had about an online shop lingered. Well let me tell you, after reading this book I feel very enlightened and inspired! 

I sat down one afternoon to "start" reading the eBook and ended up not quitting until I was at the end! I found it to be very inspirational. I mean, I constantly get an "I should make and sell this certain thing!" idea, but what's so awesome about this book is that Virginia includes 16 patterns that are there for you to use exactly as written or tweak to your liking and you are free to sell any items made from them! This is a rarity in the blogging community. It is so generous of her to share her hard work in the book.

And not only does it include the patterns, she offers a wealth of advice from getting started, to the business end of things, tips on sewing your products to save time and fabric and even tips on how to photograph your items for online listings.

I decided to go ahead and give the Two at a Time Oven Mitts a try because I thought they were super cute and my kitchen drawer is in serious need of some new oven mitts!

I'm in love with the result!

**Be sure to read to the end for a chance to WIN your own copy of the book!**

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Random Thoughts on Tuesday

Random Thoughts on Tuesday

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Happy Tuesday!!

While I am preparing a very fun "Glamping" week coming up next week, I thought I'd share a few of my favorite photos from the last week.

I've been reading Vanessa's ebook trying to better my photography. Such a helpful tool! And as always, everything I do is a work in progress and it's fun to learn new things.

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Butterfinger Pudding Cake

Butterfinger Pudding Cake

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Now that it's almost summer (or if you're in the south like me, you've already got summer temps - 90+ today!) you'll want this recipe for those fun summer bbqs and picnics!

I had some Butterfinger candy bars in my pantry that I had grabbed on mega sale a while back and knew I wanted to use them to make a dessert for our Lifegroup picnic yesterday. I did a little "Pinteresting" (like Googling but Pinterest. We all do that right?!) and couldn't find a recipe like the one I had in mind.

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The Bring-You-Up-To-Date Post

The Bring-You-Up-To-Date Post

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Happy Thursday All!!

Have you all thought that I may have dropped off the planet?  Well, I haven't. Quite. :)

The last month I have been more absent from this space, that is true. But it is all because I'm trying to be more "present" away from this space.

Lots has been happening! Including some sewing. I won't ever get away from that. And lately I've been dreaming of a new machine. While I love my old Kenmore, it is quite basic and not great at handling bulky sewing. I've been doing more bulky sewing than usual lately and it's got me thinking about the greatness that is Bernina.

And the hubs even stopped in at a Bernina dealer the other day while driving around for work stuff. EEP! He did not buy me one, unfortunately, but he did bring home some spec sheets and brochures. Nothing like fueling the fire :)

So what have we been up to?

Well, this boy turned 4!!!

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Rustic Tomato Pizza

Rustic Tomato Pizza

Friday, August 30, 2013

Having an abundance of tomatoes in my garden, I am constantly looking for different ways to use them up. 

So when I found this recipe I knew I had to give it a try!

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Fresh Blueberry Pie

Fresh Blueberry Pie

Monday, July 22, 2013

I LOVE fresh blueberries! Growing up I was fortunate to live next door to my grandparents and they just happened to have a huge blueberry patch. We spent hours and hours out in the summer heat filling our buckets full of delicious berries. I may not have seen it as all that fortunate back then ;) But now I will gladly spend several hours picking those yummy berries and then freezing them so we can enjoy them all year long.

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Strawberry Lemonade Bars

Strawberry Lemonade Bars

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Happy Weekend!! Here is another refreshing summery dessert for you to try!

If you like regular lemon bars you will definitely like these!! 

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Strawberries & Cream Cake

Strawberries & Cream Cake

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Strawberries are in season here in NC!!! While I would love to say the strawberries I used for this cake are from my garden, it sadly isn't so.... Once I figure out how to protect them from the deer, rabbits & weeds, you can bet I will grow my own! :)

I had 6 lbs of fresh strawberries from our local strawberry farm in my house and had to get creative in using them up! The first 3 lbs I chopped up & added a bit of sugar, then we devoured them over top of vanilla ice cream and our cereal in the mornings. Oh my. Yum.

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Oatmeal Cream Pies

Oatmeal Cream Pies

Monday, April 8, 2013

Browsing on Pinterest when you're hungry or feeling snackish (like at bedtime) can be dangerous... First of all, in the evening, all the junk food looks amazing, which either leads to eating something that I shouldn't or something like plain chocolate chips because there are no cookies in the house, or in the case of when I found these amazing looking cookies... 

 I ate nothing at all and went to sleep craving soft, chewy, overloaded with filling copycat Little Debbie Cookies. Because nothing else at all would do.

So what's a girl to do?

Why, bake them of course!

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