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Archives: April 2008

Holy Velour Batman!

  • April 20, 2008

What a crazy day! I had a simple stocking, one of every size in natural velour with all colors of serging. I thought there would be mild interest, but I didn’t expect to get 15 orders today! I was all settled in for a relaxing Sunday, lol. I’m NOT complaining though, in fact I’m thrilled that everyone is liking the diapers. I got a lot of fun dying done this weekend and that has been great. Lot’s of 6-packs and 12-packs to work on this week as well as some Singing the Blues velour diapers, dyed low immersion style in shades of slate, blueberry and black plum. They are yummy. I’m trying to decide if I want to start a regular stocking date and time so people know what to expect. We’ll see how it goes till the end of the month and then decide. Off to sleep now, whew! I’m beat!

It’s here…….

  • April 16, 2008

The velour is finally here, woot! I have already washed up 10 yards and have started cutting. It’s so luxurious, I’d almost forgotten just how much. I’m looking forward to doing some dying on it, but probably won’t get to it till next week or weekend. I just finished another custom order and am about to start two more, so I’d like to get those done and out before I do any more dying.

I’ve got tons of ideas for sets–t’s, diapers and blanket combos, dyed and appliqued, so I’m very excited about that. Too many ideas!

April Fools on Me

  • April 8, 2008

I had my Grand Opening on April 1st, which turned out to be the beginning of a wild and wacky week. The launch of the site and business went really well. Several mamas from DS started some buzz for me and I’ve gotten at least one order a day, including several customs and a lot of 6 packs. I’m swamped!

But, then there is the rest of the week….Magnus got sick with the croup and was sick for 5 days. He’s the kind of kid that clings to me non-stop when he isn’t well. Needless to say, every day was all about him. Then, my hard drive failed. I back up regularly, but hadn’t backed up in about a month so I lost all of our Disney pictures, pictures of Magnus’ first steps, not to mention ALL of my business files. I can’t imagine the hours and days of work it is going to take me to replace it all. And of course I can’t replace the pictures. I’d happily redo all of it to get those back. Heavy, heavy sigh.

So, I’m focusing on the positive. I have been dying tons of fabric and will be sewing up several dozen dipes this week for a Friday stocking. I’m hoping to get my dyed 6-packs stocked by the end of the weekend at the latest. And, I’m anxiously awaiting the delivery of a ton of fabric. Woo-hoo! I can’t wait to get sewing on some fleece and velour. I’ve been out of velour for too long.