A New Look, Part II

By now you've probably noticed the changes I have been making to my blog.  I've lost count on how many times I've changed the header in the past week!  I've been playing around in Photoshop and I came up with the character in the header as well as along the sidebars.  Please grab my new blog button!  I'm thinking of naming my new little characters.  Any suggestions? 

So why all the changes to my blog?  It's time, I guess.  I really love the vintage images I have used since I started blogging, but I want to try something new, fresh, and a little funky!  I hope you stick with me through these changes.  I am really excited about the new look and new ideas I have regarding posts about sewing, knitting, art, food, books, and more!  Speaking of knitting, I've almost finished the scarf I started a few days ago.  Look for it in my Etsy Shop in a few days!  Unfortunately I haven't been able to get into my sewing studio yet, but I think I'll be able to get to it by the weekend.  Thanks so much for your comments and emails wishing me a speedy recovery!  

Oh, if anyone knows an easy way to add post dividers in Blogger, please let me know!

Tootles!

Sew Easy A Caveman (woman) Can Do It?

You know what's weird?  It is supposedly a "short" week due to the holiday Monday, but it sure hasn't seemed like a short week for me!  Of course, I worked on Monday, so it technically hasn't been a short work week, but still...I'm rambling aren't I?  Okay, did you notice my header?  I've been messing about with my Photoshop in my spare time and have come up with a few new header designs.  I'll be showing my different designs and asking for input and feedback from you all as to which you like the most.  For a few of my new headers, including tonight's example,  I have used "clusters" I downloaded from Raspberry Road Designs.  They design digital scrapbooking "stuff."  And, even though I really have no idea what is what in the digital scrapbooking world, I think their designs are awesome.  This particular cluster was a "freebie."  What do you think?  Oh, and check out my new Button!  You like??  Go ahead...GRAB IT!

Besides pulling my hair out trying to figure out Photoshop, I have finished a few sewing projects, including this rice bag:

This is actually two square pouches.  The inner pouch is filled with long grain rice, which I sprinkled with a touch of clove oil.  I sewed this inner pouch closed.  The outer pouch covers the inner one and it has a zipper closure.  The zipper is actually hidden under the fold of the pouch.  I've asked a few of the ladies who work in my office to be my guinea pigs, or rather market testers with these pouches.  These ladies type like nobody's business.  Some  are just a few keystrokes away from wearing those white  wrist support thingies for "carpal tunnel syndrome."  I'm thinking (hoping) my sewn little pouches may make their wrists feel better after a long day.  Fingers crossed!  (Can you still cross with carpal??)

I've also been looking at different fabrics online.  I'm trying to decide what I will use for my first Hepburn Hepburn Project.  I think I'm going to start with the coat.  I've decided on Simplicity 5301, the "easy" one.  I'm actually stumped on a picking a fabric.  Usually that's the easy part for me!

 Yes, I've also been working on my September Blissfull ATC Swap card and my ATC container for the contest.  The card is due on the 15th and the container on the 20th.  I'm super excited to get to see everyone's projects!

Oh, I managed to slip into the beauty shop on Sunday...I can't tell you how desparate I had become.  I'll just say this:  the Cro-magnen look is not a good one for me!  (I'm talking eyebrows here!)

Toodles for now!

Shaun Cassidy...Again I say, "No, you are not Vintage!"

A few weeks ago I snapped this photo during a Flea Market Friday outing.  This album was marked as "vintage hearthrob."  Vintage?  At the time I laughed, but later, thought, if Shaun is vintage...am I vintage, too?  I did have this album and poster and I watched The Hardy Boys (circa 1977)!  I say, "NO!"  No to both!  We are not vintage...just wiser.  Yeah, that's it.  Oh, and by the way, I also had a huge Andy Gibb poster.  I can still see it...his feathered blonde hair appeared to be moving in imaginary wind and his black, gigantic collared, shirt, unbuttoned a little too far...He had the whitest teeth didn't he?  I guess in thirty years Justin Timberlake and Miley Cyrus will be vintage, too...right?

Thanks again for the great response to the Rewind Week!  There is still time to sign up if you haven't done so.  Please remember, this event is open to everyone...even if you don't have a blog!  Just send me an email!To those who have signed up, I've posted your button and code on my sidebar, just below the participant link list.  I will also email you the code..just in case I messed something up in the scrollbox! 

As for the link list, please take the opportunity to click on the blogs.  All the blogs are terrific!  I've had a fantastic time checking out the blogs here as well as through the Bloggerette Sorority. 

Toodles for now!

It's Time!

Wow!  Thanks for all the interest!  Finally!   Let's do a Rewind Week!  Thanks again to Karen and fellow Sorority Sisters!  Here is the plan:

A little backstory first.  So you know I do the Flea Market thing most ever Friday right?  Well, last Friday I saw so many cool things that got me reminiscing about my childhood and teen years.   I decided to plan a project that might inspire others to pull out old photos, get in touch with friends and relatives, or just make something "new" that's "old."  So, I decided to host a Rewind Week (I'm tiring of the word: vintage).  Actually, I plan to host several Rewind Weeks where anyone can participate by crafting something..anything..from that week's chosen era.  Over the next several months, I will host Rewind Weeks that will cover the 1930s-1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s!  Here are the "rules" for the first Sew Loquacious Rewind Week:  1970s:

1. 
   
   Craft something actually from the 1970s or inspired by the 1970s.  Your project can be anything and any sort of craft is welcome...sewn, beaded, macrame, knit, crochet, paper, whatever!  (Please nothing obscene). 
2. 
   
   Along with your project, write a paragraph about the 1970s and you.  What do you remember about this time in your life...that is, if you are old enough to remember, or if not, what are your perceptions of this time period.  For example, that picture I posted last night was taken when I was 6 or 7.  Besides my sister and me, the others are my cousins who I have recently reconnected with after not seeing each other for many many years.  This is extra special to me.  Get the idea? 
3. 
   
   Leave me a comment at the bottom of this post telling me you will participate.  I will then email you with details on how to electronically send me your project.
4. 
   
   All entries must be submitted between now (July 9,2010) and August 6, 2010.
5. 
   
   Everyone who participates will have their project posted here during the Rewind Week, which will start on August 9, 2010.
6. 
   
   Every participant's project posted here on Sew Loquacious will be linked back to the participant's blog so other participants and viewers can and should visit the origin site and crafter.
7. 
   
   Every participant will be given this button to put on their blog.  Isn't it cute?

So that's it.  Oh wait, what about prizes?  Well, besides the great fun it will be to share in this project with everyone, one winner will recieve a great hardback Better Homes and Gardens book from 1970, plus a few other special items.  This winner will be chosen randomly and will be announced at the end of the week!

If anyone has questions, please email me.  If you want to participate, but don't have a blog, email me.  I really hope everyone participates.  I think it's going to be great fun and I can't wait to see the projects!  I can't wait to start on my project!  Fire up your sewing machine, sharpen your knitting needles, line up your crochet hooks and insert your Bee Gees 8 track and get busy!!

One last thing.  Which one am I in the photo?  I am actually the brunette sitting directly in front of the doll house.  Yeah, that's me with the Ringo Starr haircut (thanks Sissy) and my mouth hanging open!  Still, I'm pretty cute!

Toodles for now!

It's Almost Time!!!

Hello All!  I'm just SEW excited I almost can't stand it!  As I said in my last post that I have been planning a participant event.  Well, I believe I have worked out all the details and I WILL POST EVERYTHING ON JULY 9, 2010!  I've teamed up with Bloggerette Sorority sister Karen from Some Days Are Diamonds  for this event and I thank her so much for her advice and much more!

I will be hosting this party, so get ready!  There will be drinks, dancing, karaoke, celebrities, and fabulous prizes worth $1,000.00s!  Okay, not really all those things, but there will be prizes worth much less, but still fabulous!  Plus, there will be a fun button for all participants to post on their blogs!

The above picture is another hint to what's to come...this picture is circa 1977 and I am in it.  Which one am I?   COME BACK FRIDAY FOR THE ANSWER AND ALL THE PARTY DETAILS!!