Prepping for the Carnegie Arts Festival

Not going to list anything on my store for a while. Think I might even put the store in vacation mode. I need to build up some inventory for the Carnegie Arts and Heritage Festival next weekend. Really excited. This will be my first one. We've been working really hard to get some fall-themed items together and to make some smaller things for the booth as well. Here is a sneak peak...

Productive Day

My mom took pity on my and took both girls "shopping" today so I could finish up the dandelion bag which I've been working on FOREVER. I finally got it done and listed.

And I finished up my first custom dog pillow too.

Now, I really have to get busy and prepare for the Carnegie Arts & Heritage Festival. I think I'm going to do more pillow than bags, because the bags take too long. I'm going to try some painted flower pillows and some basic dog pillows. I might also do some plain bags (without painting & embroidery). And I have to start thinking about how to display everything. I was thinking about a folding screen made out of shutters. It would look awesome, but not sure if I can actually pull it off in time. Two weeks? Yikes!

Name Changes

Changed our name here to more accurately reflect the kind of stuff we make. You'll still be able to find us under Bee + E Designs though. New name is Painted & Stitched by Bee + E Designs.

Lots of Works in Progress

Trying to get ready for an upcoming arts festival, so I have a lot of pieces that I'm working on simultaneously. Just going to post a few pics to pique your interest.

Long Time, No See

So, it has been almost a month since I posted. Yikes. At first, I didn't post because I was working on a gift for my SIL and I didn't want her to see it before her birthday. So easy to get out of the habit. I have been working on lots of stuff. I'm going to do an art festival in early September, so I've got to get a lot of pieces in inventory.

So here is the gift I made for my SIL. Embroidered dog portrait pillows. Man, that piping was crazy hard - but I think I have the hang of it now.

This is another pillow I am working on. I embroidered the owl and now I just have to sew it on to the back. It's going to have a pretty black and cream printed back. There is another pillow with a cat in the same style, but the owl is the cutest.

This dandelion is going to be a canvas tote bag. I did all the embroidery this afternoon. I have to find a really fun print to line the bag yet.

So other than all the sewing (and cooking and cleaning), I've also been taking two online classes for web design. And, we managed to squeeze in a little fun too. We took the girls to Kennywood on Tuesday. Fun was had all around. Mmmmm, corn dogs. And funnel cake. And potato patch fries. And square ice cream. Hmmm, I mainly ate and didn't ride too many rides. The older I get, the fewer rides I can go on without feeling sick. Even the merry-go-round makes me slightly nauseous.

Last weekend we took a sweet little weekend trip up to Tidioute. Some friends have a cabin and invited us for the weekend. Sooooo relaxing. Cooked out, floated on the river, campfire and s'mores. The usual summer stuff. But we don't typically do those things, so it was awesome.

Okay, I'm caught up. And I promise to keep up a little better from now on. ;)