So Much to Do!!

Time to write my list, and it's not the Naughty or Nice one! I have so many ideas and projects that I would like to get sewn for family and friends this holiday season. It seems like my time is getting away from me! Hopefully I can organize my thoughts onto paper and schedule some time each day to work on them.

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Mine was spent with family and it was so nice and relaxing. Ate way too much food, but it was well worth the tummy ache!! I have given the blog a little facelift too for the upcoming holiday season!

I have put a few tees in my esty store this past week, but I have quite a few more cut out. Hoping to have a Cyber Monday sale this week!

Here are just a few pics of last weeks tees!

My mom celebrated a birthday in November. I had just a few minutes one afternoon to whip her up some coasters using my favorite Arcadia fabric by Moda. I love how they turned out. I also gave her a coupon clutch made from Objects of Desire by Moda. I hope it will be well used!
Stay tuned for some more fun sewing this week! I will also be putting my Beanie Pattern into my esty shop this week! It's a lot of fun to sew and a great way to use up your knit scraps!!

Oops, 1 more tee to show. This one just added tonight. My last holiday one for the year!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35506563

Super Hero Custom Sets Flying OUT the Door!

Short post today. I have so much left to do before Christmas and so little time. Lots that I would love to accomplish before then. I am down to 2 more custom orders, yahoo for me! Then I would love to stock up my etsy store for the Christmas shoppers!

I really enjoy sewing on special sets that little guys love to wear. There is so much time involved in each of these, but I think they turned out cute! They were a special request from a mom that has a 2 yr old that just LOVES Batman, Superman and the Joker! I had a lot of fun creating these, but I hope he will have more fun wearing them.

Here are a few pics of the sets before I wrapped them up and sent them on their way.

Christmas Time....

is just around the corner! Unbelievable, this year has really flew by! My kids are already asking how many more days until Christmas, how many?? Little do they know that Santa could use the most he can get!

I have so much to get done this week and today is Friday, yikes! We are having a garage sale tommorrow and there is so much to still do to prepare. I have so many kids books that mine have outgrown or don't read. Sew much fabric too!! Why is it so hard for me to let go of my fabric, even when I know that I am not going to use it??

To make things easier for us, I decided to have hubby pull out all the Christmas decorations so we can find our way around the garage. I can't wait to decorate! I think it may be the earliest I have ever started, but I am excited! I just love Christmas!

Earlier this week I found this on the side of the road, much to my teenage daughter's dismay I couldn't resist loading it into the car. Great post to come, but here is a sneak of the before!

Last night I loaded up my store with some upcycled Christmas tees to put me in the Spirit. I sang the Grinch song all day long while I sewed much to everyone's dismay!! That's okay when I pull out my Rat Pack holiday CD they will appreciate it even more!

Here are a few pics of tees. I think this first one is the only one left in the store!

ZooTZ Facebook FAN page!

I finally figured out how to do a FAN page over on FB. I would love for you to become a fan. I will be posting fun contests as well as sneak peeks and listings for my store and ebay. Just hop right over and Click Become a Fan!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/ZooTZ/177482377413?v=wall

Drumroll. If you please Animal.......

And the winner is.........................................................Di!!!

The random generator selected your post as the one to receive my FMF tote and some goodies inside! Please post in the comment section and I will send you an email!

Thanks to everyone who left a Happy comment. I have read and reread them when I needed a little pick me up during the day. It's nice to know that we all find happiness even when times are tough.

Just a little update on the job front, my hubby did receive an offer! Yeah. He is headed to his 2nd job interview today at a different place that promises better benefits and salary than his 1st offer. Please keep him in your thoughts. He has really had it rough these couple of months and I know a good job offer would really help to boost his esteem. We don't need much, just the ability to pay bills on time.

And I wanted to also say a special thank you to the men and women who put their lives on the line everyday to keep our country a safe place and to their families. The sacrifices you make, so that my family can lay their heads down at night and dream sweet dreams, is something that I can ever repay. My heart goes out to all of those in Fort Hood. I pray that you will find comfort and peace in the days ahead, I just can't imagine the pain.

Halloween Fun!

All treats no tricks this Halloween! I hope everyone else had as great a day as we did!

The kids and I decided we needed to carve a pumpkin or two for the big night. We had lots of fun. I thought my 6 yr old would really get into the scraping of the guts, WRONG! He was a big baby about it and my 13 yr old daughter loved it! I must admit they make me a little squeamish!

We made another round of yummy mummies to snack on all weekend, yummo!

The kids had a few friends over for the big night and all in all we had a great time. Our neighborhood is a huge trick or treat stop, and I gave out over 7 JUMBO bags of Halloween candy. Ran out around 8:20! Next year I need to buy more!

Here are a few pics of the kids and their friends all ready to go out. Mine are Wonderwoman, Batman and the Joker(nurse). My mom made Dustin's Joker nurse costume and he couldn't have been more pleased. He said that it was the best ever. He received lots of compliments and was truly over the moon with himself.

Still Sewing and sewing and sewing....

I have been sewing just no posting.

Halloween is just a day away! Luckily this year I picked up the younger 2 kiddos a costume at the goodwill store. Noah is going as Batman and Skylar a very cute Wonderwoman. Dustin decided that he did want to trick or treat this year after much going back and forth. He is 15 and couldn't decide whether it was still legal or not, LOL. I told him as long as he dressed up I didn't have a problem with it. So he decided just 2 days ago that he wanted to be the Joker(heath ledger version), but in a nurses dress, not the suit. So I headed to the store and bought the needed materials and took the bag to my mom's. I know, not a good sewing mama, but I have orders and grandma is a better seamstress than I! So she is making a costume today, she is the best mother in the world!

I did squeak out some yummy mummy cupcakes for Noah's class yesterday. These were so easy to make and Noah said everyone in his 1st grade class loved them. Noah couldn't wait to tell me that his teacher snuck two! Must have been yummy!

I promised the other kids that we would make some later today for the weekend. Can't have too much chocolate tempation can we?

Earlier this week I finally put together a PDF pattern for my beanie hats. They are so easy and fun to make. Noah truly loves having lots of beanies for winter. Even my 2 oldest feel the need for a few new beanies! This will be in my etsy oliomomma store soon. I decided after finishing it that I wanted to add the adult size too, so I need to redraw the pattern. The next day, I ironed all of my Arcadia prints by Moda and washed up a piece of lovely linen. I am going to see how many things I can get out of 1 yd of linen and scraps of my beloved Arcadia. So far I have 2 patchwork sets of coasters almost finished and I am thinking of starting a bag this weekend. Stay tuned! So many ideas!

Yesterday I decided to tackle my pile of tees that I have been collecting from the thrift store! I managed to get 9 tees/beanies cut out and sewed up 3 of them and put them in my zootz shop. 1 already sold, but 2 remain!

I have so many cute tee fronts and I can't wait to finish the rest today. This one is my favorite. I think because it was made with a power ranger knit that was printed the year my first son was born. Don't think that qualifies for vintage, but it is old!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33509158

Then 2 Batman Lego tees, one for the smaller guy and one for the little bit bigger guy! The big guy one already sold, but the little one remains. I just love the colors, these are always so much fun to make!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33509514

And of course, all the time in between has been spent on custom orders and time with my kids and hubby. My husband is hopefully starting a new job on Monday. He was already to go last week when they realized he hadn't been given a portion of the paperwork, so that was finished and now he waits. My fingers are crossed and prayers have been said. If you believe in the power of positive thinking, we could use some.

My happy give-a-way has 5 days left! I have enjoyed reading what makes everyone happy. I think it's wonderful that people make us happy. All those little moments we cherish are usually with the ones we love. Well fabric too, but that is a given! I will announce the winner on Nov. 5! Still plenty of time to comment on the Happy post and let me know what makes you happy!

Hope everyone has a great and safe Halloween!