Well, Christmas is almost here and as the case has been lately, things have been crazy busy! A good busy, but busy none the less.

This year my girls are home with me full time and i have had a hard time just finding some shopping time for all the gifts that are on all the lists. Thankfully,they were super sweet to their mom this year and Kelvin and the kids got me an IPod touch to help keep me sane. :0) I love it! I spend lots of time waiting and this helps my time go so much better and allows me to do lots of my planning while u wait. I am blessed to have a family that loves me enough to give me my gift early cause they thought I could use it! Thanks guys!!

For them, I have managed to create us some all new stockings! They are so cute!!

We are also celebrating joseph's birthday and of course that means a cake! I'll post pictures as soon as I have a little time.

In the meanwhile, I'd like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas!

Kampala Uganda

Since things have been so crazy busy here, I had actually already decided to not to the  Homeland Community Bank Show this year. I need a little break. I know I haven't sewn much at all this year, but I do believe its been good for me.

I will be starting a little sewing soon. For a wonderful cause: Jacob wants to go on a mission trip to Uganda next summer. Some wonderful friends of ours actually live in Uganda and run a Christian organization that helps others... those that are sick, poor and lacking clothing, food & shelter... those without parents to care for them and teach them the word of God.

I have some beautiful beads for sale... these beads are made by the children and ladies there to help pay for their needs. These are $20.00 a strand if you are interested and you can contact me through my email: jennifer@thetrendyspot.com These necklaces do not benefit me in any way: 100% goes to Uganda.
These bead strands are different sizes and are perfect for layering with more beads or doubling up to create a multi strand look... Lots of beautiful colors. Some are hand made beads and some are seeds from their area...

If your heart says you can do more, you can sponsor a child... they are so precious and are given the word of God and shown love and compassion when they may not ever see it without your help. If you need more information on sponsoring a child, you can contact me at jennifer@thetrendyspot.com and I will be happy to direct you to  more information.

If you are unable to help with money, prayers are also needed. When we pray for them, please remember their country has been torn apart by the AIDS epidemic and many of these children have no one. Please pray from them and their needs...

Coming up...

So I have a confession: I haven't been sewing. Nothing, not even a little until the Alice in Wonderland Outfit for a sweet little girl who's going to Disney. Of course she had to have an outfit or two so I gladly created her two special sets.

I have been so burned out creatively that I really haven't had a desire to do much sewing. I think I am slowly (very slowly) getting back to a point where I may want to sew again. So, I am entering back in just a smidge at a time... I have a craft show coming up:

RidgeFest Craft Fair ~ November 6th

I will have several babies available for Holiday gifting and a few other goodies as well. Like wallets and key fobs and coin purses and hair bows too! I am a little excited about getting to meet new customers and maybe seeing some favorite repeat customers.

This show is in Woodbury so it is a new venue for me but I am excited about the chance to see everyone. I'll update with new goodies soon!

A little Alice in Wonderland...

So I have been working very hard on two fabulous outfits for Miss Ellie... the first one is an Alice in Wonderland appliqued stripework skirt. Talk about fabulous! It turned out so pretty and I worried about it sooo much!
This little skirt at 8 panels that featured our interpretation of Alice in Wonderland... these are done in pinks with polka dots as accents. I hope you love them as much as I do Miss Ellie!

The first section here includes teacups for the tea party, the "drink me" bottle and of course the important key... I added the words "drink me" to the little tag after these photos were taken.

This section you can see just a tad bit of the little tea cakes, the mad hatter's hat and a teapot for the tea party... again, I added the words "eat me" to the tea cakes and an improper fraction to the hat tag after photos.

What Alice in Wonderland set could be complete without a disappearing Cheshire Cat? So, for the tee, we added the cat's face as the rest of the body disappeared!

For Miss Ellie's second set, I created a fabulous circle skirt with Zebra. It has two layers... the first in black with hot pink tulle accent ruffle and the second layer zebra! It is fierce! For her matching tee, we just added a little zebra applique to complete the look. And wouldn't you know? I didn't take the first picture of this set! How crazy is that? I know mom Natasha plans to get some great photos of both these sets so I will just have to wait to see those!

I hope you have a Great Trip to Disney Ellie and have a WONDERFUL time!!!

Hair Flowers Available

I hope you guys are having a blessed week! My week has gotten progressively better and I'm enjoying a nothing to do Saturday. Those are so few and far between these days that it is really a sweet treat!

Recently, I jumped on board with the hair flower craze and I must say, I really love them! I had them available at the Jamboree and they went over fabulously! Some new colors and flowers available for fall are a beautiful burgundy red mum type flower and also some orange mums. If you are interested in these hair flowers, just let me know as these are limited!

New crochet headbands are in too! Shown in white and pink, these are also available in Apple, Light Pink, Pistachio, Black, Red, Shocking Pink, Blue, Orchid, Maize, Orange & Purple. These are available for 3.00 each without a bow and 2.50 each with any bow purchase. As always, I am happy to create you a bow to match any outfit and have a variety of styles. Shown: Blue Polka Dotted Boutique Bow, Hot Pink Gerber Daisy Hair Flower & Chocolate Brown Korker Bow.

Enjoy your weekend!!!!

Oh how long it's been!!!

I'm sorry. I'm a bad blogger... haven't been focusing much on the blog but rather Church, family and sewing. It's been crazy busy here most all summer starting with a sewing frenzy to finish my preparations for the Smithville Jamboree. It was a fabulous success and I can't wait to return for another great year next year!
After all that sewing, I needed a little break and took the rest of summer off. It's been a fairly quiet summer here and just a few trips. We did, however, make a rather large decision for our family! We have decided to home school our girls.
With the school year already started, we are already enjoying the library and small field trips and right now, my girls are proudly learning writing skills while they think they are  just getting drawing a pretty rainbow picture and telling me about their rainbows. Sneaky huh? ;o)
I will be continuing sewing, maybe not as much as before but then again, I do have two young ladies that may actually enjoy sewing themselves... we'll see!
Off to read about rainbows! Have a blessed day!!!

Email troubles...

For those that don't know... I have computer woes. Lots of them. My computer is very slow. So, since my husband does video work for Ben Lomand, for our church program and for a guy from sparta, we decided that I would get his old machine and he would get a new one. Now, his old one will run circles around most new computers but it was getting outdated to do the video work. Here's were we start having problems... moving everything off my old computer onto his computer and everything off his computer to his new computer. You can imagine that it is still not finished. Seriously. He has been working on it but we have also had tons of other things come up that just have to be attended to. You know?
Anyway, I am updating you for this reason: if you are emailing me, I may get it, then again I may not. I can not send out from one of my accounts and I can from another.
Kind of annoying but hey, I do know he is doing his best... just lots of stuff that my sweet honey has to take care of...

Drum Roll Please!!!

And the Winner is: Saylorsmom! Please contact me and let me know about your fabric selection... I'm sure I can help you out with that too~

Thanks so much to everyone that participated!

Reminder: Give-A-Way ending soon!

Don't forget to post a comment under the give-a-way post to enter and if you want extra entries, just follow those steps for more chances! This one will end promptly at midnight on Saturday...

Been very busy! Still not where I need to be so that I can get back to sewing but hopefully, I'll feel like my self again soon. I did see the buttercups trying to push their way up yesterday as I was running errands! That gave me a surge of hope that spring is just around the corner. Hopefully, all the sicknesses will pass quickly and we can enjoy a beautiful spring.

Off to wash wall in my kitchen before painting... UGH! Lots of work but really needed!

A little give-a-way!!!!

How about a give-a-way??? Since I like the new ID Holder Keychains so much, how about the randomly selected winner gets to pick there fabric for one of these cool little doohickies AND the baby below! She will be perfect for someone's Easter basket!!!

So how do you win? It's simple! Just post below telling me you'd like to win! For extra entries here's what you can do:
1. Become a follower of my blog and receive 1 extra entry!
2. Post on your blog about the give-a-way and receive 2 extra entries!!
3. Become a Fan on FaceBook and receive 3 extra entries!!! http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Trendy-Spot-Childrens-Custom-Clothing-Accessories-Gifts/295847868315

When you have blogged about the give-a-way, please post with a link for me and another time so you get your 2 entries.... and when you become a fan on face book, please post your name 3 times for me! How easy is that?  Contest is going to end 1 week from today so tell everyone you know; The winner will be announced next Sunday afternoon!

Good luck, I can't wait to see what fabric my winner picks!!!!!

Such a bad blogger!

Yes, I really have neglected blogging the last month haven't I? Well, without further delay, here are the excuses!!!!
I have the winter time blues. I know, lots of people get them but with the extra snow this year, kids being home and stuck indoors, it seems like it has been much worse this year than normal.
I'm tired, grouchy, headachy, and just blah.
I mean really BLAH.
So much so, that I'm really having a hard time working in my little sewing room.
Well, Friday I did venture out since they were calling for more snow over the weekend and bought a few fabrics for a few new projects that I have actually done.
With all that being said, Here are a few pictures from some of the things I did sew and a peek of those fabrics!

More Valentines!

I had a couple of special requests for some applique`d tees and I love how they turned out! I hope the little ladies that received them loved them too!

This one is a Shabby Chic style heart layered on minky to match her Minky Pants... We used 4 fabrics and just left the edges raw to allow for shagging out as time goes on. It's so adorable in person!

This C has been done in a fabulous font... it's hard to find fancy c's because they tend to look like E's!!!

I have a few more days that I could create a fabulous tee for you just in time for Valentine's but after this weekend, I won't be taking any more Valentine Orders... I'll be starting Easter sets so go ahead and get your orders in for those!

Valentine's Day Orders & Ideas

Wow! We were just talking about Christmas and now I'm working on Valentine's Day outfits and already being asked about Easter! They really are just around the corner!!!

To make your gift giving a little easier this Valentine's, I'd like to show you some of my favorites... I hope they are yours too!

Valentine Rose Tee & Matching Vintage Hearts Pants with Rosebuds

Initial Tee with Sash, available in a variety of fabrics & fonts!

Clippies & Bows... Available in a variety of colors and styles... for little girls and big girls too!

Chalk Mats; perfect gifts for you and your little one!

Of course, if you have an idea, please feel free to contact me and I'm happy to make it for you. These are just a small sampling of some of my favorite Valentine's wear and gifts... be sure to get your order in soon!

Also, I will be adding the crochet beanies to my website soon! These will be $5.00 each and I will try to keep a couple on hand in these colors... Brown, Black, White, Red, Pixie Pink & Lime. These are just adorable to add a flower or a bow to and are completely remove-able.

If you would like, I will be allowing pre-orders for these. Just email me regarding your color selection and how many. I expect to place this order by Friday of this week. If you have another color you are interested in, let me know, I may be able to get that for you.

And last but not least... keep your eyes open for a new give-a-way!!! I am excited about this next one and will be giving details later this week.

New Year, New Possibilities!

Well, it is a new year! And with that, anything can happen. I have lots of new items coming, some are still in my head and have yet to make it to the drawing board but that's what I intend to do over the next few weeks. I only have a couple of orders to work on so I should have plenty of time for my creative juices to flow.

With the new year, I hope to keep Christ as my focus and not let the little things drive me crazy. I pray that I am compassionate toward everyone I come in contact with and remember that I am only one step away from those that need help. I pray that God works through me for His good purpose. I also pray for my family... we have added a new member to our little family and I know there will be many trials to come for her and us. I pray that I remember to keep others before myself and to serve self-lessly for Christ's sake.

Hopefully, I will be able to post some pictures of some new items shortly... not that I'm giving myself a time-line or anything. LOL, I think I want to take things a little easier this year. ;o)
Now, to make some Chili for supper... YUMMY!