Pincushion and Sandwiches....

          Well, trying to get caught up, which is  probably impossible but I will give it a go anyway.  Here's my second pincushion, I call her Princess Anastasia, because she is wanted it that way.  I know it's a little over the top but it was so much fun to make it was hard to stop.  My next one will probably be a ring holder for my daughter.  Instead of one long piece of velvet there will be rows of velvet kinda like sausages.

     
          Princess Anastasia has hand dyed velvet for the pincushion section and the shoe is a dark velvet teal.  Then there is purple lace all over and the collar is lace stiffened and attached to the shoe.  Then I put over 100 rhinestones all over.  Isn't she lovely?

         So now you are wondering where Sandwiches come into all this?  Well, I was reading an article on the internet that says people of my generation, born in the 60's are now being called the Sandwich generation.  Why?  Because we have children at home, although mine are adults (supposedly) and we take care of one or more parents who also live with us.  After I read the article I felt better because I am not the only one out there in this situation.  Although I love my family, it can be stressful and difficult to carve a little me time out of all of this.  So are there any more Sandwiches out there?

Kudos to JoAnn's & My Lace Came.

Hello All!

Well the first thing is Kudos to JoAnn's for sending this out in the mail the other day:

This was part of their ad that I received in the mail and I am so happy!  My DD worked at Michaels a few years ago and had to work on Thanksgiving and what a pain it was.  My opinion from what I saw was that they had no respect from their employees.

So now on to happier things... I received my lace from Patchwork Panda Trims.  I had never ordered from them and I must say they are great and I would order from them again.  The lace is wonderful, the prices are great and they were prompt with my order.

So I have almost all of my supplies, just need the rhinestones, but I can put most of it together without them.  Here's a peek at the before:

Have a great weekend everyone.  Talk to you again soon.

What am I thinking starting a blog right before the holidays?  Well, that's just the way it goes.  Today I wanted to share my pincushion creation, hopefully the first of many.  I need to state that I LOVE velvet, it is the most sensual of all the fabrics to me.  So I have been scouting the thrift stores for velvet shoes in decent shape and found 2 pairs.  Now because this is a pincushion I have also restricted the size to a 6, for practical reasons.

So I had a plain black velvet shoe and first I covered it with black venise lace.  Loving it even more now.  Then I picked a vintage piece of red velvet for the pincushion part.  But it needed something more, a little bling!  I also love bling.  So dark and bright red rhinestones here we come.  My end result is this:

I just love it!  The pictures just don't do my little creation justice.  I am going to get a little crazy with the next one and have ordered purple lace and am using a piece of hand dyed velvet I bought from a friend.  So check back again to see my next one.