New listings in the Etsy Shop

The shop has been full for a few weeks now and it's so nice to be able to keep up. I always feel like I'm behind on things, so it's a good feeling having as many things as I do listed.

Here's a little bit of what's in the shop right now..

thanks,

juanita

Etsy shop

New things listed in the shop. A few bags and lots of key fobs. This week I am going to work on getting some crayon rolls made up and listed. And also some kids activity/library totes. I don't know how things can get any busier around our house lately. It's been hectic around here, but it wouldn't be our life if it was dull and boring. =)

Have a great sunday!

Facebook

Juanita's Handmade is now found on Facebook! I'm happy to be back sewing again and I think having the facebook page will keep me motivated a little more then the blog. But I'm making new resolutions to try and keep up with the blog more than I have been. I really don't know how those super moms out there can keep up with it all. There are some awesome blogs out there with some very talented women. One of my favorite blogs right now to follow is MADE. Dana is so creative and talented. Check out her tutorials, specifically the 90 minute shirt and the little sweat pants. =) And I finally got around to trying out her freezer paper printing tutorial. It was a lot of fun. Now I just need to make up some little t-shirts for the girls and figure out what I want to print on them. I am thinking of making the older two each something for their birthday's in November. I figure I should probably get started on things now. And I've been thinking a lot about Christmas presents for this year. Over the past few christmases I've been making more and more gifts each year and am so thankful I have the resources to do so. It just takes a lot of time so I need to get going on those soon. AHH, so much to do and so little time. And keeping up with the holiday rush in the shop. Thinking about it all is really making me tired. I'll get a fresh start on things tomorrow. I didn't get my caffine today and it was a very long Friday for me.

Have an amazing weekend everyone!

Nora June

Loooong over due but I thought I'd share for anyone that is not a friend on facebook that little nora june arrived on the 24th of june. I was induced at 6:30 am and she was delivered just after 8:30 am. It was a very quick labor and delivery and I am so thankful for that. Her sisters absolutely adore her and give her lots of big sister love. She looks just like her sisters with lots of black hair and dark eyes. She is such an amazing baby and is sleeping night and day. It's great especially after the last baby. I think karma owed us that after all we went through with little cameron. And I think Nora knows that mom and dad are busy and just seems to be along for the ride wherever we go. Its amazing how you never love someone any less but that your heart just grows with each new baby. I just sit and look at her and its the best feeling. I'm so thankful for my husband for working so hard that I am able to stay home with our babies, especially for these precious moments while they are so little.

I have gotten back into sewing and now that school has started I feel like I might be able to keep up with the blog. I don't know how all those super moms out there can do it. But I have lots of ideas and projects still keeping me awake at night that I need to get out. My browser bookmarks are overflowing. I have lots of tutorials and am going to try and share atleast one a week. Starting next week... lol

take care and happy monday everyone!

Happy Earth Day & Giveaway!

We're having a wonderful Earth Day here in Arkansas. The weather is a beautiful 85degrees and sunny. We finally got around to putting in a small raised bed garden, so i guess that is our tiny input for earth day. I've been composting ever since we moved into our house so it was great to finally mix in the wonderful compost to our garden.

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In celebration of Earth Day there is a really great giveaway going on over at Everyday Beautiful. Jody has a great etsy shop where I get a lot of my fabrics so go on over and check out her site, her shop, and sign up for the giveaway. Oh I guess I should mention that she is giving away a fat quarter bundle of super soft Cloud 9 Organic Fabric from her Fabric Shoppe. I've been eyeing up this wonderful bundle of fabrics for awhile now. They would make some beautiful things for the new baby.

Well Happy Earth Day everyone, and I really hope you treat everyday as Earth Day. Its great to pay extra attention to taking care of our beautiful planet but don't let the good deeds stop after today or even this week. Its something we have to do everyday. =)

Tuesday Loves

There are so many pages and blogs and projects saved as favorites on my browser lately that I have been so anxious to share with everyone so I thought I'd post a few of them today..
I also have a few DIY projects that I have plans to post some time soon. I have been a busy little bee lately and that is partially to blame for the horrible lapse in postings...


So here they are and I pray that everything formats the way I would like it to.


This isn't the bed we built, I havent taken pictures of it yet, but its on the list of things to get done.

If you havent heard of the site Knock off Wood yet, be prepared to be amazed, and if you have already heard of it, then I assume you are a frequent visitor like myself and lots of other DIY-ers. To give you a quick idea of her site, it is this; She is a carpenter that builds furniture inspired by expensive retailers, and provides the finished plans for everyone else to use. We built the farmhouse (pottery barn inspired) bed and we've been getting so many comments on it and it cost us a fraction of the price to build it ourselves. And it is so rewarding, especially building something that substantial. People hardly believe me when I show them the bed we built and tell them the amazingly reasonable cost in supplies we spent to build it.

My next love is this amazing blog, Young House Love, I think it was how I found the knock off wood blog. I don't quite remember though because I wander from blog to blog and don't even remember what I was looking for or how I got there. This blog is filled with so many things I love, such as buying and fixing up a home, DIY projects, especially on a budget, money/budget advice, preparing for a baby, decorating a nursery and home on a budget and also being environmentally concious... this blog is filled with soo many things that I am interested in and I am not the only one that follows along with the Yougsters. It is a very popular blog and I believe the husband actually works from home making the blog his full time job. So go on over and check it out. I promise you won't be disappointed, but don't blame me if you get lost reading old post for the next few hours.. And along with all the knock off wood brag pages and plans you should be set for a full night of blog reads.







I am in loooove with this bag from this etsy shop, Quote. I think I may see if i have some similar fabrics and try and make one for myself.. I keep going back to look at it, but I am too thrifty to for the 78$ price tag.

I have never been one for alcoholic drinks but after living in Germany for 3 years I found that I love a nice glass of sweet wine. I would always save the empty bottles hoping that I would find a use for them. And after having the moving company pack and ship who knows how many empty bottles half way across the world and convincing my husband that we can't throw them out, I have finally found an amazing use for them. I stumbled across this etsy shop, who knows how I found them, but I was so excited to see this great idea for re-using the old wine bottles. I am thinking that I will be able to find the toppers and the rope at a local Lowes or Home Depot. I hope its that easy but I am planning post a DIY after we try it out and see what works for us.

Some of my Items Found Locally in Bemidji, MN

@ the Yellow Umbrella Gift Shop & Gallery
422 4th St. SE Suite A
Bemidji, MN 56683

They are located down towards Nymore and are just behind the Ameripride.
Store Hours- Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm

Here is a link to their website also- Yellow Umbrella

Darn you blogspot..

This darn blogspot has been driving me crazy for the past few months. I've tried posting a few different times when i had some awesome ideas to post.. but after a couple hours of frustration trying to get pictures to go with the correct words I gave up. so.. I'm not sure what I am going to do. Maybe just more frequent shorter posts instead of the long posts I was trying to do. We'll see how this goes.

Juanitas Handmade now found locally!

Well, locally if you live in the Bemidji, MN area that is. I am so excited to be one of the newest artists to be selling my things at The Yellow Umbrella in Bemidji, MN. The shop is so cute and filled with lots of handmade and vintage goodness. I dropped off a lot of things when I was just home for a visit to see family and I thought I'd post what you can find there and I have a lot of new things made up that I am working to get in the mail soon, hopefully in about 2 weeks. So I know I've sold a few things already but this is the list of things I dropped off. I am not sure what has sold specifically, so you'll just have to stop in and check things out. I guarantee you won't be disappointed and if you're like me you will be overwhelmed by the shops handmade beauty! Its about time a shop like this has opened up in the area. =)
So I will post in a separate post some of what I dropped off at the shop in Bemidji, MN.

Some Recent Projects

Just some recent projects that I've been working on. We're going home to MN for a visit in a few weeks and I want to take a lot of things home with me. I am looking at selling locally at a cute shop back home so I want to have a lot of things made up. So that is what I have been busy with lately. Lately any spare time that I have is spent sewing or sleeping. So here are a few things I've been working on...

Little Rock, arKansas

the girls in our new home, for now atleast, little rock, arkansas, with our pug lexi and our new little kitty we got at the shelter here, mr. wilson. =)

Summary of the past 6 months,...left germany (sad, very sad), went home to minnesota for a visit, garrick and brooklyn drove to little rock, cameron and i flew, found a nice place to stay, girls had their birthdays the end of november and i now have a 5!! and 2 year old, got on the waiting list for preschool *yikes, had company for 2 weeks over the christmas holidays- lots of garricks family and my parents for new years, school started last week... i think that about sums it up....I wasn't intending to be gone from blogging so long but these past few months have been crazy and gone by way too fast. I thought that this blog would rob me of time I hardly seem to have these days but I have been stumbling on some great blogs this last week and I just keep thinking that I should keep at it. Sewing is back in nearly full swing. It was going well and then my little Brooklyn started pre-school last week so we've spent the last week trying to adjust to the new and oh sooooo early wake up time.. I am not a morning person. It has been nice though having only one little one at home during the week (for now atleast * #3 will be here this spring). The first day brooklyn was at school I didnt even know what to do with myself so Cameron and I read books and I am pretty sure we sat on the floor being goofy and giggling for a good hour or so. It was so nice to get the one on one time with her, that brooklyn had for her first three years. So now it is Cameron's turn and she is loving every minute of it. I do feel guilty for 'sending' brooklyn away for such a long day and 5 days a week. But she really loves it and was getting soo bored at home. I wish I had the energy to homeschool and to trust myself with their schooling.So sewing is coming along and I have finally gotten back into cooking like I used to. I love trying new recipes and making things, like bread, that I need around the house. I have been cooking up a storm and try to make something big on the days that garrick will be home then on the days he works (24 hr shift) the girls and i eat the left overs or make something simple and quick. I made up this the other day and garrick Loved it. He robbed my leftovers and took them to work the next day. The guys he works with didnt believe that I made it and swore they were leftovers from a resturant. I had a big smile when garrick told me that. I love making his tummy happy even though he blames me anytime he will gain a pound or eat too much. I love flavor and color and soo many things about cooking. I love doing it and letting the girls help with things in the kitchen. I hope they grow up to love being in the kitchen as much as I do. I got a pressure canner for christmas this year from my parents and am so excited to use it. I am a little nervous about learning but can't wait to give it a try. I grew up with my mom canning every summer and I completely forgot that I had mentioned to her that I wanted my own so I could start canning. She found one at an auction that she never intended to go to and I am so happy that she did. I can't stop dreaming of all the wonderful things I can preserve, filling my cupboards with those beautiful jars of my hard work, dreaming of all the wonderful things I want to plant in my garden this summer. Its all I have been thinking about lately. I ordered the Ball's book on home preserving and have been stalking the mailman for a week waiting for it to arrive. I tried to find some books at the library here but they don't seem to have anything so I am going to try the extension service and see if they have anything to help out my gardening also. I have never gardened in the south before and am excited about being able to get things in the ground so much earlier then up north. I want to start seeds this year too and need to get those ordered soon. There is so much I want to write but I am such a scatterbrain and its getting late, making it extra difficult to collect my thoughts. I will just have to leave you with a few pictures of us from the last 6 months..


soo glad to be back.

halloween 2009,

costumes thrown together in about 5 minutes and dug out of a mountain of moving boxes...

but they had sooooo much fun. i'm glad we did it.

=)

little cami paige turned two the 23rd.

my big girl brooklyn turned 5 the 26th.

happy christmas from arkansas.

(below) our 'step-brothers' christmas pose.. lol

makes me laugh every time i am looking at this one

christmas cookies for santa,

christmas eve 2009