Oh my goodness, if that title sounds ominous, it's because it's supposed to lol!!!!!! You guys won't even believe my luck, and sadly, I'm not talking about "good" luck!!! There was a point that I was literally saying to myself, "deep breath in....and let it out, deep breath in....and let it out"!!! Now I know… Continue reading Deep Breath In….
You know how sometimes you have "rules" you live by, such as "don't go swimming right after you eat", "don't start watching a scary movie right before bed", "don't wear those skinny jeans when heading out for a buffet dinner"....those kinds of things because you've done them in the past and the results were not… Continue reading System Overload!
Hello all my people! You may be thinking that this blog post is going to be about the Sewing Machine Travel Bag by Sew Sweetness that I'm working on but nope, you'd be incorrect lol! I'm definitely still working on it but I set it aside for a quick minute while I whipped up a… Continue reading Short & Speedy!
I'm sure as a Maker yourself, you've seen this funny saying before.... Well I said this exact thing to my friend the other day during a coffee date because, well, I'm doing exactly this probably lol! You all know how much I love my sewing machine, Judi Juki, since I go on and on about… Continue reading Keeping Judi Safe!
Oh coffee, how I love thee! In fact, when I think about coffee, a line from a certain very famous little tune comes to mind, it goes like this..... "I love you in the morning, and in the afternoon. I love you in the evening, and underneath the moon"! That's right, I'm totally quoting "Skinnamarink"… Continue reading Coffee Anyone?
Hidey Ho dear friends! As I previously shared with you in my first Blog post of 2023, I chose not to make the big, grand New Year's Resolution, but what I did do was take on a word that I'm focusing my year around and that word is DECLUTTER! Not only am I decluttering physical… Continue reading Feeling Fresh!
When people find out you sew, they automatically assume that you must be a Quilter, and then they ask you to replace a zipper in their child's winter coat lol!! When we were in our previous location and, pre-covid, when we had in-store customers, they would be almost visibly shocked when I'd say, "I'm not… Continue reading So I’m a Quilter Now?!?
Sometimes as I write these Blogs I wonder if at some point you, my awesome readers, will say to yourselves, "Shawna....really? Again?" I wonder this not about the blog post, but about me using the same fabric repeatedly lol!! If this is you, I apologize, but the good news is that at least it's not… Continue reading And Another One!
Did any of you happen to see the "yummy" fabric we got in the other day, which just happens to be one of my favourite things?!? POPCORN!!!!!! Oh how I love this snackie food, in all it's buttery goodness, topped with lots of flavourings sometimes too! I love it at home but of course, it's… Continue reading Snack Time!
Well this is different, I'm writing this Blog post on the road! We're literally driving on the highway headed to Windsor, Ontario, for another Couples Weekend! Not sure if I need to actually say this, but I will, just to clarify....Jeff is driving, not me lol!! On these trips, my friends have given me the… Continue reading Couples Weekend #2
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