Craft Fair Photos :)

So here are some pics of things I've been working on. Most of them are from my first craft fair event. It was super fun :)

My table at my first craft fair two weekends ago. Here you can see me clutch bags, my button basket, and part of my owls and penguins :) 

My wonderful banner :) 

My table! :) 

My smile stars :) 

My gorgeous penguins! :D I love them so much. They are my favorite pattern that I've ever created :) 

My buttons :) Hand drawn, colored, and buttonized :) 

 My clutch bags. Embellished ones in the far left row :)

Wishing Owls! I love making these little guys. It take so long to hand embroider each one but I enjoy it so much :)  

My Wishing Owl saying ")

Here's my army of wishing owls before the fair:) Aren't they cute? :)

I got my business cards!:D 

Stitching Happiness penguins in progress :) 

Stitching Happiness penguins in further progress :)

Well that's it for now! I hope you like them :) Please comment or leave an opinion :)

Stuff and Such

Hi everyone:D I've been having computer difficulties and bad health days but I will be posting pictures as soon as I can of the things I've been working on( penguins, clutch bags, stars, wishing owls and buttons). As an update I had my booth at my first craft fair last weekend and it went awesome:D and a BFF of mine had her baby shower today and she loved the plushie giraffe I made her:) YAY!

-Taylor

News and Updates

Hey everyone :) I know I haven't posted in a while but I'm really going to try and post at least once a week but hopefully even more often then that. So here's what's new.  For the last two months I have been working very hard preparing for a craft fair at a local church in my area. I am sooooo excited for it. The actual event is on May 6th, 2012. I still have quite a bit to do but I think I will be prepared in time. I have been sewing clutch bags, wishing owls, smile stars, and penguins, all of my own design. I really love making my own patterns:)
Also since I posted last I've gotten my own sewing labels with my personal business logo on them. I have also ordered a banner and business cards for the craft fair. They haven't arrived yet but I can't wait to receive them. I will try and post pictures of everything I've made recently and of my labels, banner, and business cards when I receive them.
Thanks for reading :) ,
Taylor

In Need of a Better Camera- Sewing Machine down:(

Hi. So I am kind of at a stand still right now for continuing the starting of my business Stitching Happiness. My sewing machine hand me down which is a very old, 12 years or more old, and temperamental has finally broken down completely:( I have been wanting to get a Brother embroidery machine for quite some time but they are in the $700- $1,000 price range. I am graduating from high school in a few days and am getting some gift money from that and I am hoping to gather enough to get one. But in the mean time an absolutely wonderful person, a mother of one of my RSD buddies, has a practically unused simple sewing machine and she is sending it to me as a gift :D I absolutely love her <3 She is my new favorite person. It should arrive Friday and I can't wait. Not just because I want to continue with my business but that I use sewing as a distraction from my pain and I am having a very hard time without it. I am also trying to find a way to buy personal labels for my product and a new camera to take better pictures of my product, I currently use my phone and the pics don't come out so well. While I've been waiting however I have been designing some new patterns. I can't wait to make them when my sewing machine arrives:) Well that's all for now,
With lots of love,
Taylor

Feature

So I've never done one of these feature things but I thought it was about time. The blog I am going to feature today is one of my all time favorites and the artist does magnificent plushies. I have loved their work for a very long time so I am not just mentioning them for the giveaway they are having. I absolutely love the dinosaurs that Leftz makes. Here's an example of one.

Go check Leftz out.
With lots of love,
Taylor

First Post

So here is another project I've been working on. I absolutely love the game angry birds and I wanted a plushie of them but they are like $25 a piece so I decided to make my own. I actually made this one a while back but now I am working on the pig from angry birds and the other birds. I used Obsessively Stitching's tutorial and it was so easy to follow. And personally I think mine turned out really well:) Even though my picture quality is pretty bad and I think I made the feather on the top of his head backwards. :/

And, well ,my sewing machine is officially dead:( and it happened right in the middle of me making a Hug Me plush..... so lame. Now I need to come up with $700 bucks, or more, to buy a new one. I want my new one to be an embroidery machine as well so I can upgrade what I am doing and produce so much more to make a real business. Oh, and my new sewing business is called Stitching Happiness :) Which is what I named this blog after.

My first goals for my business is:

• Get a brother embroidery machine
• Get a better camera to take better pictures of my work
• Make a "photo booth" to take pictures of my work
• Get my own personalized labels made that have my name brand and logo on them to out on my plushies and things

With lots of love,
Taylor