I need your help...

I am creating a new product and I need your help naming it. The new item will be a children's hot/cold pad. It will be similar to a bean bag animal but will be filled with corn so that it can be microwaved or frozen depending on what is needed.

What I need from you is suggestions for names. If I choose your name for the product name you will be the first to receive one. So send me your ideas and don't forget to leave me a way to get a hold of you.

Thanks in advance,

Jennifer

ETA: I have a funky cat, frog and platypus in the works at this time.

I simply hate it...

I am so far behind in everything. I have taken on another show. I now have 2 shows one weekend after the other. Steve told me that means I need to start working. LOL he means getting stuff made and he is right, I have been lazy since I stopped working and the just is not like me. So I will get lots done before I start these shows. The first one is this weekend in Greenville, MI I really can't wait just wish I wasn't such a procrastinator.

I know, I know, I know

It has been a long time since I blogged and I am sorry, really truly I am. I have been wallowing in my own self pity and I need to stop that. I left my job because I wanted to make my home based business work and I seem to have forgotten that it is WORK. So I have designed a couple of new items and even sold several of the neck/shoulder ones. Looking to really make a killing with the new lower back one. I need help taking better pics of that one though. It is hard when I am the only one here. lol I also have a craft show this weekend that I JUST signed up for today. What was I thinking? Oh well, I need cut the chain that connects me to this computer and get my but in gear.

Off and running...

Well I was supposed to have gotten a bunch of new stuff done up for this Expo that my future mother in law is going to be at and she is so graciously allowing me to put the new stuff in her booth. So I am behind due to a day job that I had. I now have 22 back/shoulder pads cut and ready to sew and 11 eye masks cut and ready to sew. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to get one of each pattern sewn and ready to treat. I have to hit the fabric store to get thread for the serger and the sewing machine that will better match the fabric. After further figuring it looks like the back/shoulder pads are going to be $30 and the eye masks still not sure. I will post one of each as I get them done in my shop.

Coming soon to a shop near you...

Well, we have a new item that will be appearing in our shop VERY VERY VERY soon. Keep an eye on my shop for these great new back/shoulder heat pads they will be selling for $25 I think, I do have to do some more figuring.
These are some of the fabrics that I have available. I will be making at least one in each of these fabrics. If you are interested please feel free to contact me either in my shop or in the comments here.

Super Econimical Posting

I received this money saving recipe for free and I thought I would pass it along to all of my readers. In these hard times we can all use some money stretching ideas. Please check out the notes at the bottom as well.

Liquid/Gel Laundry Detergent

Use 1/2 Cup per load

Ingredients:
Borax (located on top shelf in the laundry aisle)
Washing Soda (I use Arm & Hammer, located by the Borax)
Ivory Bar Soap or your favorite bar soap
Bucket for your detergent - I use a 5 gallon bucket w/ a lid - you want to have a lid
Optional Ingredients: 1/2 to 1 oz Essential Oils for fragrance (found at your local Health Food Store, such as Harvest Health)*** I do not use these because if you dry your clothes in the dryer the scent will dissipate in the heat.

Step 1: Shred or cut up bar of soap, I use 2 bars for my 5 gallon bucket but 1 works just fine.
Step 2: Dump shredded soap in your biggest pot of water (I usually get mine boiling, or just about there)- stir til melted.
Step 3: Add 1 Cup Borax, stir til dissolved.
Step 4: Add 1 Cup Washing Soda, stir til dissolved.
Step 5: Dump hot mixture in bucket after it is all dissolved together. Then slowly add warm water to fill the bucket. Stir periodically til it cools down. Sometimes I just dump cold water in and stir it well and that works just fine but the soap is more likely to form a thick gel layer on the top when I do that. A layer of gel on the top is fine, it still cleans great but I think the bucket lasts longer when I let it cool naturally and stir it periodically. Either way, you've got a very effective laundry soap that will clean your clothes. My initial investment was $12 for the borax, washing soda and 12 bars of Ivory soap. I probably got 25 gallons of soap out of that over time. This is the way many of our grandparents/great-grand parents cleaned their clothes. If you want a little extra whitening power - toss half a cup of baking soda into your wash. A great natural fabric softener is white vinegar, poured into the rinse water. Once your clothes dry they will NOT smell like vinegar.

~The finished soap will not be a solid gel. It will be more of a watery gel that has been accurately described as an "egg noodle soup" look.

~The soap is a low sudsing soap. So if you don’t see suds, that is OK. Suds are not what does the cleaning, it is the ingredients in the soap.

New house, New shop, New blog, New Name...

Back in September I moved to a new house that fits all 7 of us better than the place we were. And got a craft loft in the deal. Closed up my old etsy shop and opened a new one at YknotShop just need to fill it up now. With the new shop comes a new blog, this one that you are reading. ;0 lol The reason that everything got changed...Well I am getting married, hence the new names.

Now for some BEFORE pictures of the loft...