Hello! It seems to be quite awhile since I last posted, but in reality it's been about two weeks, I guess. It's just been a whirlwind two weeks! The photo above was the view of the ocean from our balcony in Daytona Beach on our vacation last week. Our original vacation plans had been for a five-day Bahamas cruise, but due to my daughter's soccer team making the championship game in their tournament the weekend that we were leaving, we left town about five hours behind schedule. We missed our ship, but we were able to book an alternative cruise later in the week. It was all good though. The little girls WON their championship game, a first place win that was about two years in the making, we stayed in this fantastic resort literally on the beach thanks to my husband's company and still got to take our cruise. Whew! What a week that was! We had a great time and seeing the accomplishment these girls made, there is nothing I would have done differently. There will be plenty of vacations, but this was one of those defining moments for my daughter and her teammates. We chose the better thing and we were still blessed with a wonderful trip.
When we arrived back home, we hit the ground running on my studio. If you can remember a couple of posts back when there was a hole in the floor, before we left for vacation we got to this point:
Windows were in and hole was gone. What you can't see in this pic are the 16 boxes of flooring that would need to go down, the four light fixtures and all the electrical paraphenalia. Our electrician friend came over again this past Saturday and got almost all of the electrical completed minus the baseboard heaters. My husband went head on that evening and FINISHED the flooring in about EIGHT hours! It is gorgeous! So, with electricity, lights and floors---I began moving in!
Things are still pretty rough, I am missing....well, let's see...WALLS! LOL! My husband has been such a huge help with this whole process and continues to be as he bought the insulation tonight and priced out the wall materials. With the new windows, it's all just as adorable outside as well.
So, next weekend, I get insulation and heaters and my husband begins on the walls. I still need a regular exterior door and I'm set. It's surreal to see it all come to fruition.
Meanwhile, I'm still working like a mad scientist, dyeing towels for Christmas soap gift sets and pouring soap.
I LOVE these and already the response has been great. These, as well as many other items can be found on my website at
I am finishing up the last of my lunch tote orders. I have three more and a purse to finish this week and send off to Alaska and then begins the Christmas craziness....and I am READY! Well, sort of...I'll be ready....or I'll just not be sleeping a lot over the next couple of months!
This past week, I also ordered the third of my signature fabric lines. This line I ordered with my friend in Virginia in mind. Her mother is purchasing a table runner for her for Christmas and it needed to be Americana in style. Pics will follow over the coming weeks.
As usual, it's 1:00 am and I'm writing to you. I ran across this quote on Pinterest the other day, and thought it was so fitting.
Good night and have a wonderful week. As always, thank you for playing along. :-)
