It has been quite some time that I have not blogged! I have been extremely busy preparing for our little guy who will be here in about 5 weeks. His name is Erek Luciano Abate. We are happy and nervous (especially me!).

On January 31st, my friends and family threw me a baby shower and it was a blast! Everyone decorated a onsie or a fabric panel for a quilt (that was fun) Melissa is going to sew up the quilt and I can’t wait to see it. We played the traditional games and handed out prizes, we had finger foods (really good spring rolls my aunt Sylvia made!) and the cake and cupcakes were made by Belinda, it was awesome!

Melissa also sewed some cool streamer flags that we hung all the onsies on (I hope my sister got a picture of that!) I thought I took several pictures but it was only 5! But luckily Krista took some and my sister did but she is still uploading. Here are a few! (See below)

I would like to thank my mom, my sister crystal, and Melissa! They are the best and really made the day awesome! And I can’t leave out Krista she helped out a lot! Thank you!

Sew Deluxe

Hey all out there! I havent blogged in a while well I havent done much of anything! ha! but I wanted to pass this along becuase it is one of the first in SA and it is going to be a very cool place. So if you have time go and check out the open house tonight or you can check out thier site for classes!

Hey there Friends (real and virtual!),

You are invited to attend the Sew-Deluxe Open House tonight from 6 to 9pm at 1132 S Hackberry Street.


"WTF is Sew-Deluxe?" you ask.


Well, if you know me (in real life), you probably know I like to sew, design and just make stuff in general. In addition, you might also know how entrepreneurial I am and how I like to keep myself active in the community. Combine those things and add 3 friends that are motivated, enthusiastic and even more crafty than I am...and well, you get: SEW -DELUXE, a classroom, open studio space, inspiration lounge, boutique and social hot-spot!

Still confuesd? Check out our website (yes it is still being updated and formatted, but the basic info is there)....or just stop on by the shop tonight and find out for yourself!

I hope to see ya' there!

MISSY

P.S.
Be sure to add Sew-Deluxe as a friend to receive bulletins on new classes, events, parties, and discounts!

~HOLIDAYS~

Hello all! I just want to spread some holiday cheer to everyone! I hope you all have a great and safe Christmas. I will be on vacation all next week, so I will be MIA on etsy. I will be putting my shop on vacation mode. I really like that feature, glad they added it! This New Year is going to be full of changes but I am ready for it and anticipating it. I and Darrell will be expecting our baby boy (still working on the name! it is harder than we thought) in the next 13 weeks!! Man how time flies but we are ready!! We have it all planned and we have tons of family and friends support.

Merry Christmas and see you all in 2009! Hopefully I can get some spare time and post some more damn items on etsy or just clean house and take all new pics with my new camera!

So I took some photos last night and I just posted lots of new items at my Etsy Shop, so go check it out. I will be posting more next week and I will also be having a holiday sale so be on the lookout. Here are some pics of stuff I uploaded today! Hope everyone has a safe holiday I know I cant wait to eat some mashed potatoes!!

The 2nd Annual DIY Factory!

Hi there! So I am fully recovered from this year DIY Factory! I didn’t have any time to take pictures! The free time I did have was either shopping or relaxing! I sure was tired that night but it as all worth it!

I will be posting all the new items I made for the DIY Factory on my ETSY shop this week (hopefully I will get all the pictures up! it is my goal!) We will have more pictures coming soon maybe this weekend I will post those as well; the following pictures are from Troy Wise.

Swap-A-Rama-Rama


























Lucy Blue Studios













Tara to the T


























Kailo Chic













*annemarie*


























Craft Chi













Molly's Metals

THANK YOU!!!

Thank you to all the guests that attended the DIY Factory and supported our crafty vendors, fabulous designers and awesome musicians.

Thank you to all our vendors, who came out early and worked all day.

Thank you to all our bands, dance troupe, sound and lighting teams that provided us with great entertainment for the evening.

Thank you to all the models and fashion designers that rocked the runway.

Thank you to all our sponsors, volunteers and planning crew members that made the evening possible.

Thank you to the GAGA crew that helped make the Swap-O-Rama happen.

Thank you to all those that helped spread the word, especially Candace with Electric Promotions that did a beautiful job with the website.

We had a successful night and I hope that everyone had fun. We learned some good lessons and expect for next year to be even better!

Look for pics on our webpage soon!

Vendors at this Years DIY Factory!!

Here are some of vendors this year. Unfortunately, I'm too busy to link each individual one...but, you can find all there links on our website!

















































See ya' this Saturday!