I spent way too much time on etsy today…repricing everything in the shop.  Everything is now on sale…ridiculously on sale.  I want to get rid of everything and close the shop for a while.  So, click on over there and see if anything tickles your fancy.

Here are some of my etsy crushes today.

1. lilyqueen
2. lizhutnick
3. messymarthas
4. smallearthvintage
5. vindemialvintage
6. designwilke
7. mariemadelinestudio
8. bluecatvintage
9. heyzee

This week has been crazy.  I have accomplished so much in the last 3 days that I feel like it should be friday; but its not….it’s only Wednesday night.  And the laundry is still waiting for me, but I did get the floors partially mopped, so take that messy house!

As I run around like a chicken with its head cut off (good word, who came up with that little idiom?!), the irony is not lost on me that I created this pillow embroidered with the word “simplify”.

Its in the shop, if you too need a gentle reminder to slow down and simplify.

Well, after doing some reprioritizing (ie, I’m simply not going to peel a whole 5lb bag of potatoes to make mashed potatoes for the church party tonight, I am buying the dehydrated stuff.  I simply can’t do everything and something had to give.)  I squeezed in some time to finish a few things.  Be sure you read all the way through, there is a freebie at the end!!

Introducing the flannel lined infant jacket, it is in the shop and waiting to keep your little one warm.  I figured now that Heather’s new line of fabric is out (which I bought today) it’s only fitting that I used up what I have left of the Pop Garden line.

Also, used up the very last of my AH Hollywood fabric for this adorable little kimono shirt.  I so love these shirts on baby, I’m hoping to make some next week for my little one (i keep telling her each morning that it is a good day to be born- she’s not buying it).  This one is in the shop and ready for wearing!

Now, just for fun, I whipped up some printable holiday gift tags.  Just a little something to perk up your holiday gifts.  Each tag is about 2.5″x1.5″, the pdf is here.

Look what fluttered into the shop today….

Don’t forget, you still have until Sunday night to enter the Poinsettia Hair Clip giveaway!

gift tags, or small notecards, with envelopes…now in the shop.

Also added the bread and butter towel to the shop…

One more fun item will be “flying” into the shop later today or tomorrow…hope you are enjoying your black friday…if you are local- keep this in mind.

I had high hopes of getting the pdf pattern written and tested for this bag…but it just fell through the cracks (with so many other great ideas!).  I kept hanging on to this bag as part of the product sample…

Yesterday found me trying (somewhat in vain) to fit everything from my sewing room into my 82″X46″ (or so) hallway….I’m just not sure everything is going to fit, so I had to start eliminating things.  You should have seen the garbage bag of fabric I donated!  I can no longer keep this bag, so I listed it in the shop.

I still have the pattern draft, so one day I may actually have a pattern to sell…but in the mean time it’s all about purging!  Anyone have any great space saving tips?

Yesterday I had a deep desire to actually FINISH/ACCOMPLISH something.  I have so many “in the works” projects that are at varying stages of completion; that I just wanted to complete something!

So, I whipped up some trim!  I completed 3 sets (one sold last night)- that’s right, in addition to cleaning my bathrooms yesterday I completed 3(!!) whole projects.  Yah for me. And Yah for You- because I listed them in the shop…

Piping is great for pillow trims, pajamas and all sorts of fun projects; and at $5.50 or less they are hard to pass up!

Despite my cold and the fact that I spent most of the morning in bed, yesterday proved to be a productive day!  I finished another item for a client (yeah!!), made dinner for my family (some days this is an accomplishment), baked almost 3 doz pumpkin spice muffins for my daughters preschool today and last but certainly not least, I made this:

This one is for the shop, the next one is for the daughter.  She will have a pink polka dotted ruffle.

I rarely buy anything for myself…I can justify spending for other people but never for myself.  It makes no logical sense, I know this.  However a few weeks ago I ran across this etsy shop, and I found these CUTE red earrings and decided the earth would not stop rotating and life would not end if I spent $10 on myself.

I love them.  I love them so much that I confess to wearing them for 3 days in a row now…  I also really like these hairpins in the same shop…think I can rationalize another $15 or would that be pushing my luck regarding the earth’s rotation?

and they have vector illustrations, oh people, how did I live this long without knowing this?  All of my spare money will now be spent on graphics, not fabric, I’m sure of it!

I was so inspired I got my little self designing today and FINALLY created a “i read heatherhalesdesigns” button that I like enough to share.

Here it is:

Here is the code if you want to use it (I have no idea what specs people may want, so if you want a resized version- just email me).  This one is 250px x250px.

Cut and paste this code into your side bar or links page:

<div align=”center”><a href=”http://www.heatherhalesdesigns.com/blog” title=”all sorts of crafty goodness”><img src=”http://www.heatherhalesdesigns.com/images/readme.jpg” border=”0″ width=”250″ height=”250″></a></div>

-or- for a smaller version (150×150)

<div align=”center”><a href=”http://www.heatherhalesdesigns.com/blog” title=”all sorts of crafty goodness”><img src=”http://www.heatherhalesdesigns.com/images/readme.jpg” border=”0″ width=”150″ height=”150″></a></div>

expect a blog redesign here soon using the same color scheme as the button…I’m itching to redesign the site, I just need to scrounge up some time!