Beersheba Springs Arts and Crafts Festival

Another craft show! Yes, I decided at the last minute to throw my hat into another show this year... I will be at the Beersheba Springs Show at the end of August!

Thankfully, I have tons of stock and will just need to replenish a bit of it. So, I better get busy and start sewing!

I look forward to seeing everyone there and meeting LOTS of new customers!

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Thank Goodness!

The Jamboree is over! It was soooo hot this year that most people actually stayed home. As much as I enjoyed seeing my returning customers, it was really, really hot.

With the heat keeping the crowds away, that means I'm going to offer some deals on here to reduce my inventory!

First up, I have a few pairs of summer flipflops left over; Sale priced at $8.00!! I will post the sizes available in each style and if you would like them, please send me an email at kbond@blomand.net. I do ship these for $2.00 a pair and if you are local, I'd be happy to meet you somewhere.

Size Large girls Princess ribbon FlipFlops. On sale through July, $8.00

Sizes Small and Large girls Zebra Print FlipFlops. Coordinates with Stripe work Pillowcase dresses!

Has Hot Pink, Black, White & Lime Green ribbons.

On sale through July, $8.00
Size Small Sold!

Sizes Small & Medium girls Orange, Pink and Brown FlipFlops. Coordinates with Paisley and Dots Pillowcase dresses! On sale through July, $8.00

Size Large Girls Monkey FlipFlops. Has a variety of turqouise and browns. Too Cute! On sale through July, $8.00

Size Large Polka Dots and Stripes FlipFlops. A variety of yellows and oranges make these super fun for the sun!

On sale through July, $8.00

Size Small Rocker Girl FlipFlops. Super cute with lime green, hot pinks and oranges. On sale through July, $8.00

Size Large Ladybug Black and Red Flipflops. This pair features reds & black in strips and dots with a red and black bow front and center. On sale through July, $8.00

Size Large Lime Dots Flipflops. Lots of Lime and turquoise on this pair. On sale through July, $8.00

I have much more to post in the days ahead, so be sure to check for deals!

Countdown till the Jamboree!!!

It is CRAZY here!!! I am sewing away my days and parts of my nights as well. Most of my inventory is ready to go but there are always more items I would LOVE to make!

This year, I have PINK Sock Monkeys as well as the Traditional Brown ones! They are Adorable if I do say so myself! And, to go with those little monkies, I have also made some precious pillowcase dresses! These are designed to fit sock monkeys, 18" dolls (like the American Girls) and they also fit my little soft babies. I didn't make tons of these and I do expect that they will sell out quick so be sure to look for these little sweeties while at my booth.

I also have lots of new bows! Both clippies and Big girl bows in a variety of colors and patterns. And, if you love those Hair Flowers as much as I do, you are in luck! I have many beautiful colors and styles; large and small!

Need something to help keep up with all those bows? How about an adorable bow holder?

See? I really have been busy! Now it's time to get back to work!

Can't wait to see you at the Jamboree!

Working away!

I know it's been a bit since I've posted but with good reasons! Since my last post, one foster son went to another home and a new foster son came to stay with us. The new one is 2 years old! You can imagine that I've been busy adjusting to that not to mention sewing for the jamoboree, finishing our first year of homeschool and TONS of appointments!

SHEW!!! I need a vacation!!!

Anyway, I have been sewing and here is a sampling of some of the new dresses that will be at the jamboree!

This one is available up to size 4T; it would make an adorable top for the older girls though!

Another one that will be available up to a 4T

I love them both but the strip work dress is my favorite! The photo DOES NOT do this one justice.... I've got 8 more just about completed and will add photos as I complete my goals!

Now, I just have to finish 30 chalkmats, 20 crayon rolls, several more tutus and about 30 more babies, some sock monkeys, etc. etc. etc.  lol, good thing I don't like sleeping!

Healing slowly...

And I do mean SSSS LLLL OOOO WWWW LLLL YYYY...

I imagined that this surgery would be much like my C-section... tender but able to really get back up by my second week and running around town as needed by my third week. So far, it's not been that way at all.

It absolutly drains me being up all day. I'm still homeschooling the girls everyday and that takes a massive chunk out of me. The week of my surgery we used their planned spring break so that baby sitters didn't have to worry with it nor would I my first week back home. I'm really glad I planned it that way because of the pnemonia setting me back a few more days.

I am able to get up and down without assistants every time but there are times I still need to use someone to pull up on. That makes it rough during the day time for sure. I usually sit for a long time so that I don't bother the girls.

I do still walk around with my belly pillow... Kelvin went to walmart on the hurt for the perfect pillow for me and he came back with three! How awesome is he??? One is perfect for my back to help me sit up higher, one is perfect for my belly to hang on to when moving or coughing and the last one just kind of tucks under my side to help support me.

I am finally finished with all medications and that is a blessing because it made me so sick that I had to take fenigren for it. I have had a weird taste/feeling in my mouth now for two weeks. Will be looking forward to tasting real foods!

Anyway, I've complained and explained some of my blessings... I hope to report I'm back to my old self in a short time more and can get back to sewing and crafting all the things I love!

hospital stay

Well, I knew surgery would be rough but things are really rough still. I ended up with pneumonia and had to stay until friday.

So instead of dwelling on all the bad things, I'll tell you about the good things I've experienced over the last week...

1. Family and friends. I have been reminded how much others love me and my family by all the generous things they have done for me like babysitting or cooking for my family while I can't. What a blessing!!! Thank you to all my friends and family for doing what I couldn't!

2. Cards... I got the most beautiful handmade cards from my little ones in Sunday School class. Just precious to me. I missed them this week and I know I won't see them Sunday but I will Wednesday!!!

3. Gripped slipper socks; do I have to explain those? Better than houseshoes and oh so stylish!

4. Good nurses. There is nothing better than a compassionate nurse who is good at her job! Mind you, I have had a range of good and bad nurses but there are some that are just fabulous! Thank you nurses!!!

5. Fabulous husband. I'm telling you, I have been blessed. He managed a whiney, hurting wife and would do anything I asked AND he also managed 5 kids!

6. Great Kids! My oldest has really been a good help... He has babysat or picked up the house or whatever else has been asked of him (except laundry) and has started working a new job. The other 4 kids have been good too. Without them behaving, Jacob wouldn't have done a good job!

7. Flowers... what a cheerful little pick up! Thanks so much Tammy and Karen, and Ben Lomand for those. They are beautiful and smell wonderful!

I just can't thank everyone enough for all the Blessings they have bestowed on me and my family over the last week. If I have left you out, I didn't do it intentionally, I'm a little out of it still and am slowly gaining strength back.

Again, thanks so much for all the Blessings and I ask God to bless you and your families in the same ways!

Just so you know...

I made a decision here in the last few weeks that I think will help with my time somewhat.

My website was up for renewal and I have decided to let it go. It's a LOT of work maintaining it and really, for the last several months, I haven't had that time. So, as of Monday, my website will be gone. You can still order from me, all the goodies that I offer, just not through the website.

I will be updating the blog while I'm down to include a sidebar with some of the things I offer. I'm not sure exactly what I'll keep or let go yet, but I'm always happy to create you something special!

The good news to letting the website go is simple: lower overhead means less cost for you! Yippy!!! I will be able to lower several of my prices from the cost of the website. With times as hard as they are, lower prices is good for everyone.

I look forward to updating the site and until later, Please remember to keep me and my family in your prayers!

Yeap, I'm poking my head in... for a minute!

This year has already been a roller coaster of crazy ups and downs! Thankfully, I think things will be calmer in the next few months.
Earlier this year, we had a bit of a health scare. Well, a big one for me. My doctor thought I might had endometrial cancer. Scared the heck out of me! So, after a whirlwind battery of tests, we got fabulous results!!! No cancer!!!

We did however, decide to go ahead and do a hysterectomy to get me back to feeling good. My surgery will be next week and I'll be down for a while. Not sure how long just yet but I am really looking forward to getting well and feeling well!

I'm praying that once I'm recovered, I'll feel like tackling some new projects that have been in my head for a few months and get my creative juices going again. I know my family will be praying for a quick recovery so they don't have to eat Dad's cooking every night. We might all loose a few pounds with him cooking! ;o)

So, I will be laying in the bed for a few days and maybe will be able to post a little more often to fill my time! Until then, please keep me in your prayers!

Overwhelming...

So I've said it before: it's been crazy around here but here lately, it's been more than that. It's been overwhelming!
Life is happening at a rapid pace around here these days and I'm praying for a slow down. With the girls being homeschooled this year, I feel like that has actually been a blessing. We can choose how our day goes and what direction it needs to take but there are so many other aspects of our life that we can't control the flow of; doctor appointments, school events, family events and of course, the list goes on.
With all of this busy-ness, I've sort of taken a break from sewing. I've redone the sewing room and kind of chilled out on some things but it seems that the chilling out has taken a back seat at times to busy-ness.
Here's a few pictures of my room...

My fabulous Painter Assistant! Miss Kasey is awesome at helping me chill out! Thanks again Kasey!

Last wall to be painted...

Room back together... I have cleaned both book cases but still need to do something to them to help them look neater...

My room is done is a beautiful warm red and has accents of  Paris, creativity and of course sewing all around it. We also use this room for homeschooling.

My messy desk, and blank wall. I still haven't finalized what I should do on this wall but I have some ideas.

Well, I've caught everyone up with my endeavors and I really do hope to get my creative juices going again soon. I miss sewing but even more I miss the creativity of it all. Let's just see what I come up with next!

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!