Wiggin's Cabin and Such :)

Hello everyone! Hope you like the new look around the blog. I love purple :) But it may be a little too dark? May go for a soft pink and blue later. So I may change it again soon haha :) Anyway, I'm quite proud of myself! I made my first Pocket Pixie using Ginger Melon's pattern :) I purchased several patterns from her a while back and I just recently got the chance to try one out. And she turned out so cute!! I will definitely make more, but I won't be selling them in my Etsy because I feel it would be wrong to sell someone else's ideas who has a shop on etsy, even though I sewed it myself from her pattern. I probably will be making some to sell locally though at craft shows, plus other things I make :) Below is a pic of her :) Ginger Melon's etsy is http://gingermelon.etsy.com if ya'll wanna go visit her shop :)

Speaking of craft shows, in October my hometown will be having an annual "Craft and Vendor" thing called "Wiggin's Cabin," and I'm really looking forward to it! I'm hoping I can sell my homemade crafts there :) And it will be my first time selling my crafts like that! So I am excited. Got to get to work though, lots to do! I will keep ya'll updated. For now, I've gotta get some more stuff up in my shop :) I will update ya'll again when I do :) Ttyl!! Have a good day! ~Leisha~

There and Back Again :)

Good Morning everyone! Just wanted to do an update. It's been busy lately, it seems haha. Anyway, I am going to update the look of the blog today and I also wanted to post what is new at my Etsy shop and some other things that I have been working on at home. Introducing, the LeeLee Dolls! They are tiny, cute and organic dolls that are fun to make and bring a smile to everyone's face :) (Hopefully, anyway haha). I have made a couple so far. One has sold already (the Native American one), but the blossom fairy is still for sale!! :) I am planning on doing many more! Hope you like them as much as I do! Here are some photos!

So, I have been recently learning some new things. I made a tote bag out of two different fat quarters of fabric last night!! I was so proud of myself! haha! So, I plan on making some more of those and practicing some embroidery on them. Here are a couple of pictures of it. Purple zebra with a peekaboo cheetah on the inside!! I love it!! :) Perfect for a lunch tote, an artist tote, a book tote, or a craft/knitting tote! Whatever you want it to be! :)

And two new faces have appeared at the shop as well :) A Tiny Safari Elephant and a Skunk named Precious :) Here are some photos.

Been working on some tiny kittens! Will post pictures soon and hopefully I will be selling them in the shop as well. Also, going to add more tiny safari animals so Tiny Elephant can have some friends! :) Hope everyone had a good Easter!! ~Leisha~

New Happenings :)

Hello to everyone and a belated Happy New Year and Valentine's Day! Haha. It's been a while, and I have kind of been on a slight hiatus, but now I'm back :) I just wanted to post some pics of what's new at You Are Made With Love, my Etsy shop :)

This past week, my husband hurt his knee and has been home from work since Wednesday. So, over the weekend, there was a lot of nice free time on my hands spent watching movies with my husband and sitting out on the front porch drinking tea and feeling the nice spring breeze :) Since we really couldn't go anywhere or do anything other than stay at the house and let him recuperate, I realized how NICE it was to relax!! I had forgotten how to do that over the past couple of years. Usually my days are spent going and doing with other people and for other people, so it was especially nice to just breathe :)

And with that came many tiny animal making!! :) So, I am pleased to announce the newest members to my shop. Hope you like! Love you all :)

Leisha

Zeeke the Misfit Lion Feltie :D

Hi everyone! It has been one long week, and I haven't been able to post a blog in a while, so I apologize for that. I have been trying to get over this cold, and I think I have it almost beaten :)!

Anyway, I created another adorable feltie for my shop :) Let me post a couple pics of him below :)

Isn't he adorable?? :D He is actually based on a story character I wrote about. I may make a mini children's book to sell along with him, but we will see :) Here is a little bit about him:

"Meet Zeeke, the Misfit Lion. Abandoned at a circus when he was a baby, he grew up feeling unwanted and unloved because of his wild red hair and colorful spots, which was completely different from all the little lions he met. But one day, things changed when he met Santa in the North Pole. Showing Zeeke that he was special because he was different, Zeeke the Misfit Lion felt loved and had a good family with all the other toys at Santa's workshop.

Getting near Christmas, Santa has promised to find Zeeke a good home under someone's tree or in someone's stocking. Zeeke is a very loving lion and will never leave your side :) If you feel he is the one felted animal for you, take him home with you today! Santa and Zeeke would be much obliged since the little lion has been looking for a good home :)"

Anyway, if you want to have him, be sure to click on my Etsy shop that is located on the right of my blog :)

As for what's been going on lately, I have been working alot. I finally did get to finish those angel costumes for the church drama, and boy am I glad that's over. They didn't even use the sashes I spent forever making with them, ugh. Oh well, they turned out looking good.

Oh, and my hubby got me an adjustable seamstress dummy for Christmas! I am so very excited about it!! I will name her Lisa the Dummy haha. I will have to post pictures of her. Oh, and I have been working hard at making my new sewing/workshop room!! It is almost complete!! Pictures will be posted soon of it :) I love remodeling rooms in the house and I am so glad I finally have a place to put all my wonderful craft stuff :D

Anyway, I better get back to work. Got a lot to do before this day ends! Love you guys and I hope ya'll have a good weekend. And I hope ya'll have a safe Thanksgiving and Black Friday Holiday if I don't post before then :D!!

~Leisha~

Tired But Here :)

Hi Everyone :) Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. Been busy all week! lol. How about ya'll?

Anyway, figured I would post something before I got out of the habit of posting lol. Today, I'm running on low energy lol. I couldn't sleep last night and at 2 am I woke up with heartburn. :( So I went ahead and got up and caught up with my show I recorded on DVR. (America's Next Top Model All Stars-All new season!! :D ).

Anyway, I also worked on angel costumes for the drama we are having tomorrow night. I'm a little frustrated about it because I wasn't given much notice. Oh well, what can you do? I even brought the costumes to work with me today so I could finish up some sashes for them and iron them lol. On my lunchbreak I'm going to have to go and buy some more material for the sashes.

So, after doing all that this morning, I finally went back to bed at about 4:30 am and woke up at 7:30 to get ready for work. haha and that's why I'm exhausted. But, I brought my mini coffee maker I bought to work with me so I could have hot chocolate :) I'm sipping some now :D Ahhh, how I love my mini coffee maker.

So, my to do list for today is to catch up on paperwork, knit some, and work on those costumes lol

I'm excited about two things though and I just realized I haven't blogged about them yet! Crazy me! lol. The first thing is a miniature dachshund named Cookie :) My hubby went to see her last night and to make a deposit on her :) She is two weeks old right not and she is just as small as the palm of my hand and her eyes are open :D She is so precious!! And I'm excited about getting her :) It will be the second week of December when I pick her up!! :)

The second bit of news is after Christmas, and after me and my hubby pay off our vehicle, we will begin working on adding on to our house! So my mind is a flurry with all kinds of ideas and decorating themes! Very excited for next summer when we begin the project! I will have to include some before and after pictures after it's all done :)!!

Well, I have to go now. Just realized I have a safety meeting today that I have to attend so I need to hurry and finish up that paperwork!!

Love you guys and hope ya'll are having a good Thursday!!

~Leisha~

Hello Lovelies :)

I just wrote an entire post and then somehow I deleted it :( *sad face* So now I will start all over lol!

So, I'm back at work today :) Although I feel like I should be back at home cleaning, but I don't think I would get anything done if I did stay at home! haha so me and my hubby have dedicated this Saturday to cleaning. yay :D I smile now but I bet I will be on here grumbling about it when Saturday gets here haha.

Anyway, just catching up on busy work when I decided I would take a break and check up on Etsy and my blog and other blogs and Facebook :) lol. Nothing much going on.

Last night I watched the latest episode of Walking Dead on the AMC channel with my hubby before we went to bed. I will not do that again! I had horrible dreams and at one point during the night I woke up thinking that an intruder was in the house! How scary! And then I dreamed about a zombie apocolypse and me and my family surviving!! Lol. I'm glad that was all a dream. I usually watch the show when I download it on Itunes at work and it's DAYTIME. I think I will do that next time instead haha.

Anyway, hope everyone's Monday is going well :) It still feels like Saturday to me but that's probably because food poisoning stole my weekend from me haha. Blog at ya later! :)

~Leisha~

IHop and Shopping :)

Hi everyone :) I'm sitting at IHOP with my husband sipping on a cup of MEGA awesome caramel hot chocolate :) words can't even describe how good it is haha.

You may be wondering why I'm blogging while spending time with my husband. Well me and him are both very good at multi-tasking. We can talk and play on our phones lol. He is showing me an awesome guitar that I am trying to convince him to buy. :) he is so cute. He will buy all kinds of stuff for me, but will squabble about buying something for himself. I wish I was more like him though. I have a dresser full of unused makeup :( but I still love to look at it haha!!

Anyway, we just got thru doing some Christmas shopping in the mall. I'm going to have to make a detailed list out for some people that way it will be easier to shop for them on the go like that lol. We also watched the new movie called In Time with Justin Timberlake. It is a retro futuristic movie, but I can see a lot of truths in it. I don't wanna go into too much detail, but the buying of things with time/time equals money rings true along with a little view into our future through Revelations-buying things with the scanning of one's wrist or hand and what-not/Mark of the Beast kind of thinking. Also, there are literally no old people in the entire movie and everyone looks like they are around 25 or 30ish and everyone is wanting to live forever but only the rich have the most time. It kind of reminds me of how alot of people in hire politics think-no old people. By making it harder and more expensive for older people to get medical insurance, it makes it easier to get rid of the old. How scary is that? That's where our world is headed. But I don't want to get into any political arguments with people.

Anyway, the movie was okay. Kind of reminded me of the modern day version of Bonnie and Clyde.

I just ordered a single pancake. Just now getting over that food poisoning, I'm trying to take it easy. IHOP is dumb though when it comes to ordering off the kid's menu. They simply won't allow it if you are not 12 or younger. I don't want to eat very much but I had to order a regular sized pancake anyway because I couldn't order the jr. Aye. Policies, Polices. Lol

Anyway, I hope everyone's Sunday went well :) Tomorrow is Monday which means back to work for me lol. Maybe I can get some knitting done!

Love you guys!

~Leisha~