It's My Birthday!

It's my birthday and to celebrate I am offering free domestic shipping in my shop. Just enter the coupon code HAPPYBIRTHDAY at checkout and get free domestic shipping all weekend long. YAY!!!

Holiday Season 2013

Apparently it is the holiday season once again. How did that happen so fast? The past few week I have been sewing non stop while finally catching up on Dexter. Only 3 more seasons left! 

This year I am excited to be participating in 2 great craft fairs but also a little stressed out getting everything ready. 

My collection of finished goodies is steadily growing.

 but there is always more to do. This is a little bit of what I am working on today. 

I have been working so hard that I killed my poor iron. 

I had to run out yesterday and buy this guy. Hopefully he can handle the abuse. 

If you are in the SF Bay area and you would like to see Petals live and in person I will be at the San Francisco Bazaar Holiday Show  on December 7th - 8th  and NightLife At The Academy on December 12th. Come out and say hi and get your holiday shopping done. 

US Half Marathon

I started running just under 2 years ago. I ran my first and only full marathon in June 2012 and since then I have run 5 half marathons. I love running. I love hitting the pavement for an hour and clearing my head while keeping my body fit and healthy.
Last Sunday I participated in the US Half Marathon. this is my second time running it and it is my favorite of all the races I have run. The course is beautiful. You get to run across the Golden Gate Bridge!

Stopping twice to take pictures probably effected my time a little bit but it was worth it.

My husband thought it would be cool to do a mini photo shoot while I devoured my victory meal. 

And here is a picture of my newest medal. 

Aren't racing medals beautiful?

A productive week

I have been sewing up a store this week. 

I started a week ago with this fantastic stack of cut out wallets

And now I have this fun collection of new wallets. 

I addition to all this sewing I also ran a half marathon this weekend. I will post some more on that along with some pictures tomorrow. 

All the pretty buttons

This weekend while I had a few hours alone I couldn't motivate myself to sew. Instead,  I decided to do some organizing. I spent 3 hours sorting and organizing my buttons.

Now they are all organized by color. And instead of dumping out 3 jars of buttons to find to color I need I just have to dump out one jar. YES!

Back to Work

I have been away from sewing for a long time. Too long. Being a mommy to a wild preschooler left me with little time to focus on sewing so I decided to put sewing and etsy on the back burner for a few months. My little boy is growing up fast and started kindergarten this school year so I have a few extra hours in my day now. So, I am back!

I have had a few very productive days of sewing the past couple of weeks and I am loving it.

Here are some of the things I have been working on.

Well, that is all for today hope you all have a great weekend!