Christmas Shopping, anyone?

 Two years ago, I began this blog with the intentions and hopes of
it leading into a small at-home business.  Well, then I got pregnant with our 4th son and homeschooling began to take on more of a full-time responsibility and I just didn't feel like I had the time to commit to it.  But I love to sew!  I love seeing something and trying to figure out how to make, or seeing a tutorial and working my way through it and having a completed project at the end!  Nothing that I make is perfect, but I do strive to make things that are cute, practical, durable, useful, and affordable for me and others.  So, I have still continued to sew small orders of products for friends and family which has been fun but I was thinking with the Christmas season upon us, it could be fun to try to sell a little more to a little wider audience.  I don't have the time or money to pre-make a bunch of products that might not sell or to try to do craft shows, so at this point I am taking orders via facebook or email.  So, all of my pictures are of products that I have previously made just for a visual.  Some of the fabric I could still have available to me and some I might not.

These are my covered journals.  The product that I started with.  I have made a lot of these because they are so practical!  Each one is made of a composition notebook covered with a lined fabric cover.  I have made "boy" ones with fun prints and "girl" ones with pretty fabric and ruffles.  The great thing about these is that when they run out they only cost $1 to replace the composition notebook and keep using it as opposed to the expensive journals in the stores.  Each one is $15 and comes with a composition notebook already in it and a handy pocket for pens or pencils.

A close-up of a ruffled journal.

These bags are super handy for kids to take to the library or for Sunday school/nursery or on car trips.  We have one for each of our boys that they pack full of activities/toys for them to play with trips to see the grandparents.  I have a ruffled version for girls with some rosette pins.

And for boys I've added a pocket and sewn on their names.  Each one is $15.

In this picture is a ruffled journal cover, a checkbook cover and a zippered pouch.  Each checkbook cover comes with 2 inner pockets for checks and a check register or receipts.  I've added interfacing to it so that it is somewhat stiff and not floppy!  Each checkbook cover is $6.

This is a very close-up of a zippered pouch.  These are perfect for keeping in your purse for all of those stray items that just tend to float around--receipts, chapstick, pens, band-aids, perhaps maybe even a match-box car or two.  They are interfaced as well so they hold their shape.  Each one is $8.

This is by far my most popular item--a crayon roll.  Each one holds (and comes with) 16 crayons.  They are so practical and helpful, perfect again for church, trips or just taking crayons on the go.  I see so many kids with crayons in a baggy at church that usually get spilled and start rolling away.  These are the perfect solution for taking crayons on the go and keeping them put.  There are "boy" ones pictured but I have made girly ones too.  Each one is $10.

So, add to the list of things I don't do--EDIT PICTURES.  As I was uploading this one, I realized that it needed some serious cropping, but since it has taken me over a week just to finish this post, cropping is not going to happen this time!  Here is what a crayon roll looks like all rolled up, cute and compact with an elastic/button closure.

I am hoping to post more products in the next days so stay tuned!  Also, please note that prices do not include shipping!  If you live outside of Louisville, KY, there will be a small shipping fee.  Thanks for reading!!!