I love this cute purse pattern and it makes up quick.  Those are actually pleats.  I used the same black fabric that I did on the handle of the purse for the inside of the pleats.  It has a snap closure and two pockets inside.

I have been busy sewing some American Girl doll clothes.  Here is a peak at what I have finished.  I am going to be taking these over to A UNIQUE HOUSE to sell, where I have a booth.  It is in King George, Virginia.

I really enjoy making this size doll clothes and there are so many different patterns for the American Girl Doll.  The doll in the photo is not an authentic American Girl Doll but rather one I purchased from A.C. Moore's Art and Craft store.  She has a vinyl head and cloth body.

New Polar Pals stamps from Art Impressions

A4082 um on cling 3.25

G4085 um on cling 4.95

H4078 um on cling  5.35

H4084 um on cling  5.35

I4077 um on cling  5.75

M4079 um on cling  7.65

P4081 um on cling  8.79

Q4083 um on cling  9.10 

U4080 um on cling   10.30  

New stamps that are just the cutest! Art Impressions "AI People"

C4091  unmounted on cling 4.00

K4088 um on cling  6.65

F4093  um on cling 4.59

L4087  um on cling   7.25

F4089  um on cling 4.59

C4091  um on cling  4.00

G4096  um on cling    4.95

T4095 um on cling  9.40

U4092 um on cling 10.30

My order came in today from

Art Impressions (AI). I was doing the happy dance.  For about an hour I was busy doing the behind the scenes things.  I checked to see if anything was missing from the order.  I separated the items I have orders for.  Then I put price labels on everything, double checking to make sure the prices are right.  The packaging on the stamps are bright and clear as to what is inside each package.  Oh, and I pulled my own items out of course.  I am planning on taking everything over to A UNIQUE HOUSE tomorrow to set up a display.  AI also included some advertising posters showing some of the new items.  I did get a chance to go thru the catalog that was in my order.  WOW, what a lot of neat stamps.  Of course that made me start an other order to AI. 

Getting things ready for a sale tomorrow at A UNIQUE HOUSE, King George, VA

I finished the dollhouse I have been working on.  It is a small 4 room house that I did up thinking a little girl would love it.  Of course it is PINK.  I stained all the floors and scored them to look like hard wood floors.  I wallpapered all the walls in various patterns of doll house wallpapers.  The outside is pink with white trim.  It looks so pretty.  I priced and put into clear sleeves a lot of cards that I have been making.  I wish I had a Christmasy box for them to sit in but for now a clear shoe box will have to do.  The most amazing thing I have been working on and finished is a Christmas living room scene.  It is on a board with no walls.  I put a spiral staircase as the focal point.  I stained the staircase and cut white card stock for the risers.  Very striking with a white Christmas tree under the staircase.  Next to it is a fireplace with a Christmas mantel swag on the front.  There are boxes of toys and wrapped presents under the tree, too.  A rocking chair sits off to the side with a teddy bear on the seat and cloth folded across the back that looks like a quilt.  If you peek behind the tree and stairs you see a rocking horse waiting for a child to come down on Christmas morning.  I had too much fun putting the scene all together. 

I loss a very dear friend today.

 from pancreatic cancer.  My heart goes out to her family.  We will all miss her very much. She and I would craft when we got together.  She loved creating as much as I do.  I have been working on a doll house today to sell.  It looks great.  Now I am starting a Christmas scene in miniature.  I glued a circular staircase to a base and am decorating a fireplace with a mantle swag and center piece.  There is a Christmas tree and presents around it.  I made a Christmas shopping bag and filled it with shopping items.  Both of these things will go on sale at A UNIQUE HOUSE, King George, VA next week.