tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31703473850457439122024-03-05T18:22:47.474-05:00Carla's CreationsSoap, sawdust and stitches.Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-11508845805306164742016-02-08T14:36:00.001-05:002016-02-08T14:49:58.834-05:00I owe you an explanation...<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's been <i>forever</i> since I've written a blog post. Or a newsletter. Or posted on Facebook. I'm still here, I promise! Lately my focus has shifted to fulfilling a long-time dream. I live in an older home, it has great bones, but needed some TLC. Especially the garage; it was embarrassingly bad, but I knew someday it would be awesome. That someday is here, thanks to my awesome friend/neighbor/builder Tom. It's beautiful and every time I pull into the garage I can't believe it's really mine. I'm a little ashamed to post a before picture, but once you see what I've lived with for 27 years and what I have now, I hope you'll forgive me for being absent...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now that the garage is built, I've moved my destructive skills inside the house. I gutted my living/dining room and bedroom (that was hard work, but fun!) I've insulated, had new drywall hung, and have most of the new floors installed, I still have to finish the hallway & pantry. I'm working on the trim; it's making me a little crazy because none of the walls in my house are straight. In any direction - up & down, side to side, it's maddening. And I won't lie, I've cried a couple of times. But, it's getting there and every little bit that I do brings my 27 year dream a little closer to reality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While I've been working I've been doing a lot of planning for Carla's Creations. When you're ripping out walls or painting you have a lot of time to think. I'll be sharing more in the near future, I promise!</span><br />
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Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-22681488641936109832014-10-22T12:00:00.000-04:002014-10-22T12:00:08.063-04:00One Year Anniversary!I can't believe it's been a year since I launched my Natural Skincare line? Seems like it's only been a couple of months, I can't even tell you where the time has gone. I've been thinking about where I was when I started and where I am now, it's been a crazy year! <br />
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My very first show was at my friends barn sale in August 2013. I had 4 choices (scent-wise) of soap, body butter, lotion bars & salt scrubs and two lip balm flavors. That was it. My table looks pretty empty now that I look at it, but back then I was <i>so</i> excited.<br />
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November 2013 we did two Christmas craft shows. One was a complete dud
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great! My line had expanded to 8 choices of soap, body butter, lotion
bars & salt scrubs, 3 flavors of lip balm, plus shampoo bars, pink
Himalayan salt soap, honey sugar lip scrub and soap decks. I spent a painful night with a glue gun and foam board building the risers for my display and Brie and I did a dry run to tweak the setup before the shows (she's got a good eye!). Now my table didn't look as empty!<br />
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Fast forward to June 2014. I now have 12 choices of <a href="http://carlascreations7.com/category_8/Handmade-Soap.htm" target="_blank">soap</a>, 10 <a href="http://carlascreations7.com/category_4/Natural-Skincare.htm" target="_blank">body butter/lotion bar/salt scrubs</a>, everything else mentioned above plus I added my absolute favorite moisturizer in the whole world, <a href="http://carlascreations7.com/item_60/Skin-Nourishing-Facial-Serum.htm" target="_blank">Skin Nourishing Facial Serum</a>. I added the custom banner that I'd been dreaming of for months. I had to arrange, rearrange and rearrange again to make everything fit and look good.<br />
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Wow, no wonder I've been so tired this year! But I'm not done yet, I have SO many things I want to add! (Lots of new stuff coming for Christmas!) And I've got to get busy sewing. Thank you for a great year, I'm looking forward to the next year!<br />
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<br />Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-31405525402518188502012-09-12T07:30:00.000-04:002012-09-12T07:30:02.852-04:00Great diaper bag & lessons learned.....I've finished my favorite project ever - an awesome diaper bag for my friend Nancy's daughter-in-law.<br />
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Chasity chose her own fabric & the Multi-Tasking Tote design, she has great taste. I love the colors & textures. She picked a design her husband would willingly carry - he's a man's man type and pink just wouldn't fly (I swear he's 8' tall, which is killing me cause I've know him since he was a kid). Here it is....<br />
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All snapped up and ready to go!</div>
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The sides unsnap for easy access to all the necessities a little princess needs.</div>
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And trust me, there's room for everything she'll need, with room left over for big brothers stuff too! </div>
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As great as it turned out, it was not without issues. Chasity wanted a monogram, and this bag is perfect for that. I mocked up a couple of designs and I loved the one she picked (told you she had great taste). This is where my Note To Self moment came in - the design doesn't always turn out the way it looks in the mock-up. I had one letter that just wouldn't cooperate, it must have been digitized wrong. The first two letters stitched up great, so feeling way too confident, I lined up the last one, just knowing that it would be perfect. Imagine my surprise as I watched it stitch out sideways!!! </div>
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Yeah......that's supposed to be CML. This is <u>not</u> what I had in mind. It took me forever to get the orientation fixed and then I realized it wasn't sizing up right. No matter what I tried, it wouldn't shrink. Aahhh! So we had to regroup and start over (thank you Chasity for being so gracious). Here's the final result, much better! </div>
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The new little princess is ready for her Mommy & Daddy to take her out to meet her public. In style!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Vladimir Script"; font-size: 28.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Take
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<span style="font-family: "Vladimir Script"; font-size: 28.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Carla</span></div>
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<br />
<br />Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-55835524358167964332012-06-07T21:49:00.001-04:002012-09-12T12:16:26.649-04:00Playing With Toys<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, I
have a new toy……….. a Silhouette Cameo!! <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">{insert
screams of joy here}</i> Ever since it
arrived my mind has been full of ideas and I couldn’t wait for a chance to make
them. So I took advantage of a super
hot afternoon to play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First
up was decorating my shiny new mailbox. Back in December someone decided to
take a shortcut through my yard - he came 7 feet from turning my sewing room
into a drive-thru and took out my mailbox and a very large rock in the
process. I thought the new mailbox deserved a little decoration. And not just numbers, cool looking numbers.
And a little embellishment. I chose 77 pt Teen font for the numbers and found
this cute little bird flourish in the Silhouette store. I scaled the bird to be the same height as the numbers and the length at 15". Perfect!!
The other side just has numbers because the flag was in the way, but I still think it still looks great!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Next
was a set of plates that I’ve had for years. I love the colors but they always
looked a little plain. Before I even got my Cameo I knew I wanted to decorate
them with words, so this project was a no brainer. I used Script font for
this and scaled it to fit the width of the center of the plate. WARNING to those of you brave enough to try it; the teeny, tiny
little lines were a pain to pull out so make sure you have plenty of patience. But it was worth it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVyJAryoNujX1ic1bhsFuL6DKEMRXwRJqUz6g_2CQRT6Q3GiUhEJVg8c5ESsL5L41_NbRxkVP9lOAS48j2x_08ZSJUt7cP7PFGfw22slafk0wrThuuFl1Xh20x0seWTZKuPXZPN-sd7Do/s1600/Plates.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVyJAryoNujX1ic1bhsFuL6DKEMRXwRJqUz6g_2CQRT6Q3GiUhEJVg8c5ESsL5L41_NbRxkVP9lOAS48j2x_08ZSJUt7cP7PFGfw22slafk0wrThuuFl1Xh20x0seWTZKuPXZPN-sd7Do/s320/Plates.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Can't wait for another hot/rainy/crappy day to knock out some more projects!</span></div>
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Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-84462188932157346782012-04-27T11:30:00.000-04:002012-09-12T12:19:36.996-04:00Coffee Table Makeover<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #666666;">I inherited a vintage living room set from my Aunt & Uncle
when they packed up and moved to Florida. Love the furniture, it has
great bones, but there was one teensy little problem.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #666666;">Here we have the coffee table. Notice the great turned
legs and the rosette? Love those details!! But the dark brown just
didn't fit with my shabby vintage decor. I saw <a href="http://www.recapturedcharm.com/2009/12/some-things-are-just-meant-to-be.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">this coffee table makeover</span></a>
at <a href="http://www.recapturedcharm.com/2009/12/some-things-are-just-meant-to-be.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Recaptured Charm</span></a> and fell
in love! So out came the paint and the drop cloth and ................ </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 115%;">Waaalaaaa! Now I can put my feet up when I'm watching TV and not feel guilty! Bonus - extra seating if needed. AND it's Mimi approved (she's already claimed it - she can lay on it and watch everything I do in comfort) Notice the furniture in the background? That's the rest of the set. It's been
painted, still need to do the slipcovers. Someday.............</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Take
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Carla</span></span></span></div>
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Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-37194488919540165122012-04-24T19:09:00.000-04:002012-09-12T12:21:02.223-04:00Change happens.......<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Forgive the wordy post, lots going on! If
you follow me on Facebook you know all about the fast & furious changes
that happened to the website over the winter. My former webhost made some
sudden changes (thank you <i>so much</i> Microsoft) that forced me out of my
little comfort zone and sent me in search of a new host. Which, honestly, I
should have done a long time ago because I was never happy with the old site. But
the thought of figuring out which hosting service was the best (there are sooo
many options, reputable and not so reputable), rebuilding my website and doing
all the little behind-the-scenes work to get it switched without any glitches……..
Totally. Freaked. Me.
Out. So like any normal person, I hunkered down in my comfort zone. (thats what
all normal people do, right?) Til the Big Guy upstairs decided to stretch me. Yeah, He’s good at that, isn’t he? BUT, I
followed His lead and as usual, He was right.
I found a great new host and built a website that I love, love,
love!!! What do ya think???</span></span></div>
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wish I could say that I’ve been sewing like crazy. But I can’t. I can only say that I’ve been
crazy. I do have stuff on the sewing table, but I keep forgetting that I
have a life. A Mom who had surgery, a daughter who needs me, a little dog that loves going to the park, a mild winter with
a yard that started growing way too soon (we won’t even talk about the weeds). And housework. And a full time job. Yeah, that’s another God lesson - my plans
aren’t necessarily His plans. (shhh, if you listen you can hear my Grandma
laughing, she never could get me to understand that) So I’ve decided that life
is gonna happen in spite of my plans so I will sew when I can (I have so many
great designs waiting to come to life!) and be happy with it. Here’s a little
hint at what’s in the works now (think Christmas purse style)……….</span></span>
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Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-55527591714356985402011-10-02T20:01:00.000-04:002011-10-02T20:01:58.833-04:00New stuff........<div style="text-align: justify;">Believe it or not, I have managed to sneak in a little sewing this summer. Not much I'll admit, but some. Here's what I've made (so far):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj978FHgRc0XQY6P-xLO-VXF7jDxnsMItgO_G3ztJVvNKDapoxMzD04s_XTziB0P389U1rN3lW7wDEF6wwFt7oLX9Q8hJU-MxUvsLHZEtidSVbVoFB7RWbJcY9MbDa3av1wEonoy8Cs9uYT/s1600/IMG_1974.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj978FHgRc0XQY6P-xLO-VXF7jDxnsMItgO_G3ztJVvNKDapoxMzD04s_XTziB0P389U1rN3lW7wDEF6wwFt7oLX9Q8hJU-MxUvsLHZEtidSVbVoFB7RWbJcY9MbDa3av1wEonoy8Cs9uYT/s320/IMG_1974.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I decided to show this totebag first because I knew if I didn't sell it fast I'd keep it! Well, turns out my friend Kathy loved it too and snatched it up before it made it on the website (thank you Kathy!). I love the kiwi green, black & white combo. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJoSGua0xssc3BcS64GKuFlwNbWvgZxgg5_fFyWFCymJnnKdG2WwzT88n1c8fX5OmTu6KMMjfj5raLA4-quw92gBDZ-YL6KmHFPLam6CE5TdCuvGxL6aLVX2DNu_NzkFDEN4pe7hgaIdX/s1600/IMG_1913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJoSGua0xssc3BcS64GKuFlwNbWvgZxgg5_fFyWFCymJnnKdG2WwzT88n1c8fX5OmTu6KMMjfj5raLA4-quw92gBDZ-YL6KmHFPLam6CE5TdCuvGxL6aLVX2DNu_NzkFDEN4pe7hgaIdX/s320/IMG_1913.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here is the twin to the totebag above in yellow, black and gray. My sister got one of these for her birthday and loves it! This one did make on to the website, so check it out <a href="http://carlascreations7.com/totebags.aspx">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is a slightly smaller version of my standard tote bag. It's the perfect size for a laptop tote or an on-the-go diaper bag. Changing the size was an experiment and for once I'm happy with the way it turned out. :)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGhcPV5RHDTkGMTYHm58IhI_nPTzNsJlFimZALVEHFcJUp9SaHaPv0Qs2cz9rbGmd6x-YOUz4oodxitYVtmghO1OHLK9uqJ3KyT96KrwWhYHjFIHaV1yY6q7gQsuif997gebUhnuAWN8-/s1600/IMG_1960.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGhcPV5RHDTkGMTYHm58IhI_nPTzNsJlFimZALVEHFcJUp9SaHaPv0Qs2cz9rbGmd6x-YOUz4oodxitYVtmghO1OHLK9uqJ3KyT96KrwWhYHjFIHaV1yY6q7gQsuif997gebUhnuAWN8-/s320/IMG_1960.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I love this cute little purse! Love the fabric, love the handles..........yes, this is another one I'm trying hard not to keep. <i> </i>As you can see,<i> </i>I clearly have photography issues, sorry about that. it really is a cute purse. This is one of a kind, I only had enough fabric to make one of these. :) This will be on the website soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-66943453422113227762011-08-18T12:46:00.006-04:002011-08-18T13:57:56.811-04:00Life Of A Blogger Slacker - Part 1Alrighty then, I've firmly established that I'm a blogger slacker. If you're counting how frequently I post, which clearly is not very often. I prefer to think of it as "my life is so full I can't possibly blog every day." Which is true. Sometimes life is good, sometimes not so much. And sometimes it's both at once. Like a couple of weeks ago when my daughter and I took a road trip to Maine for our uncle's funeral. This was an uncle <u>everyone</u> absolutely adored, he is loved so very much. And there was no way we were not going to be there to say goodbye, so we packed up the car and took off on the Uncle Cy Memorial Road Trip. The drive was long, but beautiful, we were only in Maine 24 hours and 5 minutes and it was worth every second. We wished we could have been there for a happier occasion; but it was so great to see our family (and the hugs were awesome) and share this slice of life with each other.<br />
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Even though it was a whirlwind trip, we took an hour and snuck off to Freeport (love Freeport!). <br />
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We had one mission to complete - visit LL Bean. It's our tradition whenever we're in Maine. We were supposed to meet my sister and brother-in-law there, but we never did find them (the place is HUGE). So we visited the pet department for gifts for our little furbabies, hit the coffee shop for some much needed cappuccino, and scoured the rest of the store for thank-you gifts for the folks that helped us get there. It was power shopping at it's finest and less than an hour later we were done and took our first breather since we got to Maine.<br />
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OK, I did not take this picture, I found it so just ignore the snow. It was a beautiful day and there was a great little sitting area off to the right of this picture where we sat and talked while we finished our cappuccino. It was the only time we sat and relaxed the entire trip. But we would do it again in a heartbeat.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Love to all my family, we shared so much love in such a short time. It will carry me through for a long, long time. :)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Carla</div>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-8554755693778846752011-04-01T19:02:00.001-04:002011-04-18T12:11:49.919-04:00It's personal! ized<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">After owning an embroidery machine for.....let's just say way too long, I bit the bullet, locked myself in the studio one weekend and worked on the finer points of machine embroidery. Now I'm mad at myself because I didn't do it sooner. So without further ado, here is the first ever personalized item from Carla's Creations. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2UYI1Kd4-I3EPkRmYrZkef447XfmzVjr_EKabmdz_V_KdBtgkcyi1NmAJQbpdwLbB_THq-XRZcc3yHxZfQ6f7YhemSkcEyVW5E7Z9kU822f8CdqnflGaEYmb7Y8QfBmLDP79Tea9fShh/s1600/Makeup+Bag+Lg+Emb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2UYI1Kd4-I3EPkRmYrZkef447XfmzVjr_EKabmdz_V_KdBtgkcyi1NmAJQbpdwLbB_THq-XRZcc3yHxZfQ6f7YhemSkcEyVW5E7Z9kU822f8CdqnflGaEYmb7Y8QfBmLDP79Tea9fShh/s320/Makeup+Bag+Lg+Emb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My darling daughter was the more-than-willing crash test dummy, she's so easy. :) I was pretty excited about it too, it turned out better than I expected. This launched a whole new set of ideas - and I haven't even finished the last set of ideas. Actually, I haven't even started some of the last ideas.........</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Guess that's my cue to turn off the computer and get to work.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Have a great weekend!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Carla</div>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-39998672615960016512011-03-02T11:16:00.000-05:002011-03-02T11:16:13.519-05:00Bear Musings: Last Will and Testament of Pooh Bear DogI'm sharing this post from a blog that I followed because truer words were never spoken. The author of this blog was Pooh Bear Dog, he had quite an amazing story. He was attacked by a pack of pit bulls on Easter Sunday 2010 and survived; his pet parent started a Facebook page to keep everyone updated on his progress and it evolved into a chronicle of Bear's life. He was quite a character! Bear lost his battle with heart disease on February 24 but he left his Last Will and Testament to remind us how life should be lived. I hope this means as much to you as it does to me.<br />
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<a href="http://bebearmused.blogspot.com/2011/02/last-will-and-testament-of-pooh-bear.html?spref=bl">Bear Musings: Last Will and Testament of Pooh Bear Dog</a>: "Most of you were unaware that as Bear wrote his Facebook page and his blog, he was suffering from severe heart disease. It was diagnos..."Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-75493834942693639372011-02-28T13:01:00.001-05:002011-02-28T13:04:15.800-05:00Whirlwind WinterNormally my winters are turtle-slow and quite boring. Not this one! As much as I've whined (yes, whined and it wasn't pretty) about wanting this winter to be over, I can't believe tomorrow is March. My vision of long, leisurely winter weekends spent sewing was replaced with a whirlwind of events of every imaginable type, from parties to meetings to funerals and everything in between. My car decided to die a slow, painful (and expensive) death, so there was car shopping (loved that part!). And yes, some of it was self-inflicted, like signing Mimi up for obedience classes, volunteering for a new ministry <u>and</u> taking on another Beth Moore Bible study (with all the accompanying homework). Don't get me wrong, it's been the most fun that I remember having during winter, but the business side of me is throwing fits because my grand plan of having a website full of wonderful creations by spring has not happened. **heavy sigh** I actually have made a few things for gifts and I have a couple of new designs in progress (translation, they're cut out and sitting on my worktable). I can't wait for spring, but for the next 20 days I'll be busy creating.............I hope!Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-78902460250167001122010-12-28T21:26:00.003-05:002010-12-29T08:14:51.103-05:00Ready for the new year<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sadly, the holidays are over. The fun, the festivities, the family celebrations, THE FOOD!! OK, had a little too much of the last one. I love this time of year. But as with all good things, it must come to an end, so I'm looking forward to getting my studio cleaned up (it looks like Santa's elves went wild in there!) and getting to work. My mom and sister inspired me when they were here for Christmas - they had a field day going through my fabric and patterns; they both left me with a list of stuff they want me to make for them. It got me excited again and I can't wait to start sewing. So this week my goal is to clean like crazy so I can spend New Years weekend sewing my heart out. Nothing like starting the year being creative! Can't wait to start posting new designs on the website!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Have a Happy (and safe) New Year!</span>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-90430926245496211232010-10-06T16:01:00.002-04:002010-10-08T08:50:26.137-04:00Making progress............kind ofJust because I don't want to go a whole month between posts, here's the latest. (Yes, I barely made it) My studio walls are painted (the woodwork will get painted later), my stuff is moved in and it's looking good. But.........I've discovered that I HATE painting. For two reasons. #1 - it's boring. #2 - it's painful. Well, it's probably not painful for most (younger) people, but I managed to pinch a nerve in my back, so it's been painful for me. The accompanying meds have left me in a fog and I've found myself doing some very strange things. So........I'm not sewing until I have a clear head again. (there are those who would argue that I've never had a clear head!) I did take pictures so I'll try to get those posted.<br />
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Here's hoping I get some great stuff made for you guys before Christmas!!Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170347385045743912.post-19891141540210079802010-09-09T11:35:00.002-04:002010-10-06T14:23:22.343-04:00Starting over again<span style="color: #666666;"></span><span style="color: #666666;">Since my life and Carla's Creations is about to head in a whole new direction, I decided to start a new (and hopefully much easier) blog. We'll see how this goes......................</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">The reason for this new direction is that I am now officially an empty nester. My beautiful daughter moved into her first home over Labor Day weekend (with the help of Mom, Dad, Uncle Phil & Auntie Lin). It took 7 pickup truck loads, 8 car loads (so far) and one SUV packed to the max, but she is moved. And her old room is in the process of becoming my design studio! I'll have to post before and after pics so you can watch the progress, I'm excited!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">Needless to say, Carla's Creations is on a short break while I move into the new space. But once I'm in there will be no stopping me, I won't know how to act with all that new workspace!! The best part will be no more having to put away projects in progress (it's so hard to pick it back up). I can just close the door and no one will ever know how messy I am when I'm being creative. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">Til next time!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;">Carla</span>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256103458485133767noreply@blogger.com0