Made by Quibby!

Update time!

2010-10-25T10:19:00.000-07:00

With our home-show coming up I figured I had better update my website. I have been very busy sewing although my blog doesnt reflect that (well until now). Above is a purse I "designed", its has an over the shoulder strap, I cant really figure out how to make the clips hold on to the fabric, but tying it works just fine.
Below is a custom bag made for a new baby girl. It has four pockets inside.

This is another custom bag made for a younger customer, mom was trying to get daughter to stop stealing her purse!
I LOVE this bag (wish I had kept it for myself..). This is the standard "small" bag.
This is a very small bag, it was requested. It will hold a diaper and a onsie...thats about it!
This was a custom bag but now that they are being requested more it falls into the "small" category. The only bad thing about this tan fabric is that it HAS to be hand-washed. So buyer beware!
It has an inside zipper (this is an add-on)
back, pockets now are higher with no elastic, I find its easier to keep stuff organized if pockets are tight fitting.
MY bag! I love it!
Inside of my bag.
This bag's picture was taken on my cell phone so its not the best of quality (better one to come later)

She wanted a cute little fish! Aww!Above are babylegs, good for keeping legs warm and still have access to a dirty diaper.

So folks, that is all for now!

Lots and LOTS of bags (and other stuff)

2010-09-01T09:33:00.001-07:00

So although my blog has been dead I have been super busy. I have joined forces with a cloth diaper company called ElemenoPee. My biggest seller for her is my diaper bags. I designed them myself! Cool huh? I have had four bag orders in the last two weeks. Of those four, two still need to be made! Yikes! I need get busy I think. But this weekend is vacation so unless I can get it all done on friday before we leave it may have to wait until Monday.
So this is the inside of a recent bag:
The front (not sure why it is blurry). These bags have a waterproof pocket on the front and 9 big pockets total. Also lots of extra space. The straps are padded for comfort as is the bag.

This was another special order, this thing is HUGE. This is the back. It is double the size of the one above (the one above is the normal one).
Lots and LOTS of pockets.
The front.
Custom Order LSU bibs.
This bag is still up for grabs!
Front.
Boppy covers made a while back, they are up for grabs as well. Although I made them with 100% cotton and they dont stretch well (next time I will use knit), so these are discounted.
I love this pattern,
Bag made for Johanna/our exchange student from Germany.
My first diaper bag for ElemenoPee, she uses this one to show off the bag. Its the first so its not as 'perfected' as the others.

Custom Order Bib/Chew-lynn
Custom Order Bib
USA bag (this is much smaller and is the older style bag)
Just a bag I made for fun.
Bag for my sister.
Bag made for a friend.
Bag for my cousin.
Shew! Thats a lot of bags, and I didnt even include a picture of the one I made for myself. Oh, well, maybe another time. Enjoy! Comment if you are interested!

I feel so special!

2010-05-05T09:56:00.001-07:00

I have been chosen by Stitches in Cotton (http://stitchesincotton.blogspot.com) as a Kreative Blogger. So sweet right?!
I have no idea how to steal the button or how to link stuff to my page BUT I will give 7 things people MIGHT not know about me and will list 7 of my favorite krafty bloggers.

First off the Krafty Bloggers!
1. Stitches in Cotton (I know she is the one who chose me but she is one of my favs!)
2. Darling Diapers and Decor (friend from high school)
3. See Amanda Sew (she was my main inspiration, but now she doesnt post much..sad)
4. Inspired by Evelyn (good ol' Hannah)
5. Scrievener's Retreat (I just like this site)
6. Supply-a-holics (although this site drives my craft OCD crazy! but it has great links)
7. Mama's Little Monkeys (love!)

(if you were listed here do the same on your blog!)

Now for 7 things you may or may not know about me!

1. I taught English in Japan for two years (so maybe most of you know this).

2. I planned a trip alone at age 16 to Guatemala to help an orphanage (went with my aunt). To bad I spent a few of my days there sick and in bed from food poisoning..ugh. But it was fun to rock babies all day (you can do that sick)! The orphanage was ran by a man who had a radio show, I listened to his show one day and said to myself "I want to go!"...so then I raised money and went! My church helped alot and I even went with extra money to give the owners.

3. When I see something gross I imagine myself eating it...this is why I can sometimes have a weak stomach...gross right?

4. I love schedules and daily plans, without them I would be the biggest laziest bum around, with them my house and life stays relatively organized.

5. I hate when babies haves snotty noses. This is probably why Ness cringes/cries when he sees me coming towards him with the snot sucker.

6. I am OCD about two things, my crafting and the food I eat. I CANT STAND extra fabric and will make tiny things (like the dolls) to use it up. I hate buying stuff that I dont have a place for or I cant think of something to make out of it. This is why I usually get to little fabric for a certain project. I also cant stand extra ribbon, but sometimes it piles up...but as long as its "contained" Im fine. As far as the food, I read EVERY label on EVERY piece of food I buy, unless I have already memorized it. So food I cook and buy are all free of high fructose corn syrup, MSG, and partially hydrogenated anything. Now, if someone ELSE gives me food I am less picky...but this is rare so i guess its ok...

7. Save the best for last: I am a christian but could be called a "church wanderer" (actually you could call me a wanderer about just about everything I think...ugh). My husband and I have trouble with churches, Im sure it has a lot to do with our raising (maybe?) but we have tried it all! And we are STILL trying new churches. Of course church is really not as important as being a christian but yet still important.

New Slideshow!

2010-05-05T07:34:00.000-07:00

Sheesh! That took a lot of work! I still have a slide show left to make for the bows but the bibs and sewing is done! So enjoy!

Plaquemine Car Show

2010-04-26T09:06:00.000-07:00

So I know that this was several weeks ago...but (as my motto goes) better late than never!
The craft fair was actually a success. I spent no money to enter, hardly any money on things made, but walked away with about $65, which isnt bad at all! Especially considering my stuff is rather on the cheap side (most expensive thing is $10). Also it didnt seem to make a dent on my stock (this happens every time I enter, nothing really seems to be gone!).
(paused just then to video Ness standing at the gate with pokey watching the chickens..shew!)
So now I have lots my train of thought..lets see....oh yeah, craft fair! We have a "handmade" garage sale on May 8th (its also the same date as my sisters baby shower but hopefully she forgives me when she sees her gift). We have 4 "vendors" so far. Not bad! We hope for a decent turn out. We had wanted more vendors but people arent into that. Oh well! 4 is good enough!
I have changed my set up and I think that it looks much better now. I will do some tweaks but the main change is the bow set up. I like the new way much better. I have some pictures for you at home.
Our pictures wouldnt be complete without a few chubby naked babies! Thats the way Hannah and I roll!
Anyways, come out for out 'garage' sale! Off of Drusilla on Wesson St.
:)

Expanding...

2010-04-13T11:11:00.000-07:00

I had my second craft fair this weekend...it was fun. Ness did a really good job with his naps and stuff. My dear husband Michael made sure of that by setting his bed up in a dark bathroom...but whatever works right?! I made around $70, but when you subtract the money spent to get there and the entry fee I made all of about $20..but not bad right? I have another fair this weekend (one with no entry fee and no far drive!) and I hope to rid myself of more bows. I have way to many. I must have at least 100. And then I have the headbands and bow holders and all that jazz. I am thinking up some nice "deals" to get rid of them. Like, buy three bows get one free, buy a bow holder get a bow free, buy a headband get any bow for $3, that sort of thing. People like deals! (I know I do).

But I am branching/getting away from the bow idea. I dont think I will make any more bows for a while. I have supplies if I get an order or something but I went through my ribbon and cut it and heat sealed it so that it can be tied on a ponytail (we had some requests for some last weekend) and I will sell it like that. So we will go with that for a while. I also have a new job that I am SOOO excited about! The lady that I iron for is also going to let me make some pillows (9) for her! And she said they go for like $20 to $40 a piece! Amazing right? I made one and I have a picture I will put up on here.
My child is crying...I had better tend to him. Enjoy my new stuff. I am still crazy about the bibs and shoes, I am so in love with sewing now! And I still need to make a few more for gifts...so hobby lobby today for me and my boy!
Enjoy the pictures!

I had my second craft fair this weekend...it was fun. Ness did a really good job with his naps and stuff. My dear husband Michael made sure of that by setting his bed up in a dark bathroom...but whatever works right?! I made around $70, but when you subtract the money spent to get there and the entry fee I made all of about $20..but not bad right? I have another fair this weekend (one with no entry fee!) and I hope to rid myself of more bows. I have way to many. I must have at least 100. And then I have the headbands and bow holders and all that jazz. I am thinking up some nice "deals" to get rid of them. Like, buy three bows get one free, buy a bow holder get a bow free, buy a headband get any bow for $3, that sort of thing. People like deals! (I know I do).

But I am branching/getting away from the bow idea. I dont think I will make any more bows, for a while. I have supplies if I get an order or something but I went through my ribbon and cut it and heat sealed it so that it can be tied on a ponytail (we had some requests for some last weekend). So we will go with that for a while. I also have a new job that I am SOOO excited about! The lady that I iron for is also going to let me make some pillows for her! And she said they go for like $20 to $40 a piece! Amazing right? I made one and I have a picture I will put up on here.
My child is crying...I had better tend to him. Enjoy my new stuff. I am still crazy about the bibs and shoes, I am so in love with sewing now! And I still need to make a few more for gifts...so hobby lobby today for me and my boy!

New Stuff!

2010-03-30T10:49:00.000-07:00

I ordered a batch of random ribbon, I may never be able to duplicate this one bc I used all of the ribbon..but its cute right?
I bought this to pair with some headbands. I just got one, for fun.
Saints Big Bow
Kitty Bow
Crab shirts for boys!
Whale Shirts for boys!
Turtle bow
This is Ness's easter basket, a lot of work! He had better appreciate it FOREVER!
Little easter eggs on the letters...aww..lol.
Side view

Sorry its been so long since I posted! We have been soooo busy! And this weekend is easter and next weekend is a huge craft fair...so still busy! I am trying to get all my stuff done though..so far the only things I HAVE to do is make 4th of July Bows...shew.
:)

Work-filled Wednesday

2010-03-17T18:11:00.001-07:00

So here are my newest creations. Lately I have been just trying to use up my ribbon. I have this weird OCD thing going on where I dont like to buy more until I have used what i have. I am the same way about food. I like the cabinets to be completely empty before I restock..it feels "clean" to me. So I spend a decent amount of time sitting on the couch with ribbon thinking of ways to best use it. I also try to use it up. I finished all that is REQUIRED at the craft show/what I planned on making so now its all just lagniappe. I really like these new flowers and I am still crazy about the headbands..and they are fun to make. So craft fair this weekend! I cant believe its so soon! I am excited, I am glad that I didnt spend to much money so I dont have a lot relying on this craft fair...all I need to make is like $100 and I will be over broken even (gas and entry fee included).

(above) this one is called "He loves me, He loves me not"...its just a weird concoction...not sure if I even like it.

Like them?

This is the bib I made...I have more ideas on how to make this better..but I need to see how this craft fair goes first...I may make about 5 for the next craft fair..but we will see....
Anyways, enjoy the pictures!
:)

FINALLY some progress!

2010-03-10T13:01:00.000-08:00

So these are the famous bow holders that have taken an ETERNITY to make. I have about 11 made (the ribbon may differ but these are the three colors). This was such a LONG process from the wood shop to the finished product...and I cant think of a way to make it faster. I MAY make more if they sell very good (mainly because its the most expensive thing I have) but if not..this is it..done..no more!

I made these last night...while the husband was playing games. I LOVE weaving these headbands! So fun! And pretty!
This one has a traditional style bow.
There you have it...the new stuff. From now until next weekend it will be more of the same. I have a craft fair next weekend! I am very excited about it! I think it has the opportunity to be more successful than the one in April..but only time will tell!

Success!

2010-03-02T07:13:00.000-08:00

So I washed the "Q is for Quail" shirt and it came out looking the same as it did when it went in! Yippee! I will still caution to wash them with a gentle cycle but at least it didnt fall apart!

My bows have been falling at the wayside a little because Ness has had his first sickness. It started on Sunday and I think it is ending today. He is 7 months old, so 7 months without getting sick is a success as well. He is just coughing and generally not feeling well. But he is sleeping right now, and I dont hear coughing so thats good news..yesterday was a WHOLE other story..ugh...dont want to do that again anytime soon.

Anyways, no new projects now (im actually glad about this) so now I just need to step it up on the bow making...I have the supplies, just gotta work!
Ok, my fingers are getting cold..gotta go!

New additions to Quibby's Bows

2010-02-26T07:20:00.001-08:00

So FINALLY I was able to take pictures. This (above) is my sign that I HAND painted (thats why it isnt so perfect)...its a cabinet door gone wrong that I stole from my brothers pile of "trash" (he makes cabinets). I am going to use it as a sign..make my "space" more professional. I have another one to do too, but this one took so long I may wait in between..ya know? I modeled it off of my logo.
(below) this are the bow holders work in progress. I stole more wood from my brothers "trash" this is VERY expensive wood, but since I didnt buy it...its great! I am in the process of painting the trim now. Then I will attach a real bow to the top and write "bows" on it. Then of course there will be ribbons hanging to put bows on. I was going to personalize them at the craft fair but I think that might be a bit extreme, but they can be ordered to be personalized. These will all say "bows" though. So, all of this is recycled! Can I add that in my description?? hehe.
(below) is a gift for a sweetie whose name starts with a Q. This was trial run, and after it was a semi-sucess I tried two other "BOY" things. I needed SOMETHING for boys, and this seems to be the answer. I will search the clearance rack every time I go to target to look for t-shirts now. I know that this would have looked better centered BUT there was a pocket and when I took the pocket off you could see where it was...so the Q hides that. Q for quail in case you are wondering.
Below are turtles with scarfs or snorkels (michaels idea). They turned out ok. At first they were to plain, and I tried to put a "pond" but it didnt look good. So I tried to put the next best thing to bows..which is scarfts! (I guess).
And I am in love with this (below). This is a shirt for a little girl with a matching bow...if I were a little girl I would have cried for this...hope some other girls do the same..hehe.
This one (below) is ok...the only problem is that the shirt is Girls XL, I am not sure the size of girls these days but hopefully this shirt can find a home somewhere...and it comes with a matching bow as well.
First etsy order! (Thanks Lauren!) The colors were her choice.
This is the etsy order as well, but I changed out the top bow for a brown/pink bow on a pink clippie...bc its for a baby and she cant wear two...
Last weeks order! (Thanks Shannon!). These are new, they are tiny flowers...

And the normal blue one.
Small Felt flowers!

The purple is my favorite (I now have blue, and am in the process of making black/red)
All the pieces cut out...took FOREVER.
So there you have it! Its so long bc I havent had my camera...gives me a headache just reading it..hope you enjoy! Craft fair in just a few shorts weeks.. EEK!
TGIF, Thank God its Friday! Hope we can get some good weather so we can play outside!
Happy weekend!

Is it already Thursday??

2010-02-25T09:40:00.000-08:00

Wow, I cant believe how long I neglected my blog! So sorry!
Michael/husband has my camera and I cant take pictures and put them on my blog. And that's a sad thing because I have SO much new stuff. Entirely new, like never made before new, like not even a bow new! I even made a few things for boys (not bows but cute t-shirts with little turtles). I am going to be doing a craft fair in March, and I am trying to get ready. I want to make a few things that make more than $3 so that my sales may add up. Thats why I have made little girl t-shirts with an adorable felt flower and beautiful green ribbon WITH a matching hair bow! I know you are imagining it now...hehe.

I made a $28 sale last week. I was SOO excited. And along with that sale came another ribbon order which means I have ribbon that needs to be made into bows. But I have gotten a little carried away with the felt so that has been put on the back burner for now. Although I HAVE to get to it before the craft fair. I am trying to keep my supplies at a minimum so that I dont get overrwhelmed. So now I need to finish making the turtle bows, finish the bow holders (paint them), finish my Quibby's Bow sign, make Ribbon bows (bitty buds and blossoming buds) THEN make bow cards. That may take me a while. But I have been putting out products like no bodies business so maybe I can finish all that before March 20th. I should have the turtles done by tonight. Then the painting tomorrow. Yikes, stressing myself just talking about it.

This week has been busy with 'friend activites' it has been nice. I had a knitting potluck at my house on Monday night and on Monday (during the day) I had a new friend come over and we went for walk. Then Tuesday was my bible study and a nice lady took me out to lunch at Jason's Deli! It has been SOO long! And I introduced her (there were other ladies too) to the ice cream/strawberries/almond concoction from my Haghighi babysitting days. It was still delicious.

This weekend should be nice, I hope, not to much planned and thats very nice.

Anyways, pictures soon I promise. Ness is fussing..better tend to him!
:)

Wordy Wednesday

2010-02-17T14:05:00.001-08:00

(above=most beautiful baby, look at those lashes!
Its a quiet Wednesday and at this point we are all waiting for "daddy" to come home. Ness is in his favorite spot/jumper,

(So his hair is getting a little out of control..but isnt it cute!?)

So are the Chickens,

And so is Pokey.

We finally got our heater fixed so we are a much happier family. No more mittens to bed!

Newest Creation!

2010-02-16T10:47:00.000-08:00

I am so proud of what I just made...it took a while but eventually I got the hang of it. I love the way it turned out. I bought one empty headband with the last ribbon order to see what I could do with it, and here it is! I cant wait until I have more money to buy more ribbon! And this is a good use for that thin ribbon, it doesnt look that good as a flower bow..or even a normal bow, its only good for covering alligator clips..anyways..enjoy!

In other news our heater no longer works...I have tried many times to get in contact with the landlord and no success...its REALLY cold. If it werent for space heaters we would be dead. And of course this is the coldest week (well maybe not coldest but def. cold).

And I finally got my chickens! They came as a perfect valentines day gift! So far only one egg but hopefully they will start laying soon. We have one duck and two chickens. Fun!
Ok, going to warm my nimble hands...haha.

Wordless Wednesday *New Creations!

2010-02-10T13:52:00.001-08:00

NoseFrida Review (Gross Warning) + Bow Update

2010-02-09T08:08:00.000-08:00

So I know that this blog is for bows, but its also my only blog so I have to include "motherly" things as well.
Ness has had some serious boogers since he was born. It may have to do with his "leaky eye" thing but he also may get it from me. Well, as you can imagine, he HATES anything dealing with his face ESPECIALLY his nose. I always used the bulb syringe, it hardly ever worked but it got some out so that's why I continued to use it. Well lately his nose had gotten really bad. To the point that I had to put a pillow under his mattress and two pillows on either side of him (that stopped him from rolling over as well and keeps him "snug" which he likes). I tried using the bulb syringe, like always it just got a tiny bit out, and the more I used it the more I realized that it was causing the inside of his nose to bleed. And of course that was making him scream even more. I started to research other options...they HAD to be out there! That's when I came across the NoseFrida. I saw that they were sold at Whole Foods (of course not ours, when I asked them why he said that it was hard to convince people to use it...bc of the "gross" factor...dang southerners...) and Target (not ours either). So we ordered if off of Amazon, the reviews for it were awesome (I think they were ALL 4 or 5 stars (out of five stars)). It was about $18 plus tax (we get free shipping at Amazon, you can also get it from nosefrida.com I do believe). It comes in a handy carrying case.

So it came in, I was excited yet a little grossed out to use it. For those of you who know me well know that this is the sort of thing that gets me excited....I love being able to "see progress" (the booger tube is clear..lol).

So Michael and I got Ness in his "booger sucking" position and started to suck away. You put the red piece in your mouth and the blue part in his nose. If you go to their website you will see that they have done several studies on this product. They have found that 0% of bacteria gets to the mouth piece if the filter is in. I am not sure how because the filter is basically a sponge cut in the shape of a circle...but I will believe the study.
His boogers were so hard bc he had had them for quite some time, so they wouldn't budge. We put some salt water in with the bulb syringe, still not budging. I was sucking with one solid suck...one solid suck doesnt work (make note). We got a decent amount out but not enough to satisfy me. The next day I decided to do it after we took a bath. I used a wash cloth to dampen the inside of his nose (yeah.hes not a big fan of this) while in the bath. His boogers were much looser. But this time I tried sucking it a different way, instead of one big suck I did a bunch of tiny little sucks. This cleaned his nose right out. So the boogers have to be soft and you have to suck in short bursts.

Just so you know, the boogers barely get past the tip, much less into the mouth pieces...and even if it did get to the filter I cant see it making its way ALL the way up to the mouthpiece. And even if it did you would be able to see it and stop before you inhaled boogers (but that wont happen).

So a summary is that he still REALLY hates it but he doesnt cry as long and since it just sets at the opening of his nose (and doesnt go in) it doesnt cause him much actual pain, he just doesnt like the feeling of having his nose cleaned out. Another con is that the main tube is not firmly attached to the rest of the device so you have to make sure you hold it one while you are sucking (it just sits on top, doesnt latch..Im sure there is a reason..but I dont know what it is).
The good things are that it really works, and you can SEE what you get out. You can also hear it. If the boogers are nice and loose all you do is move the nose piece around the edge of the nose to get all of it, you can hear it getting it...I really like that aspect of it.
Its very affordable. I think that it can also be used for adults...but we haven't had to use it yet so I cant vouch for that.
Overall I think its worth the $18.
Let me know if you have more questions!

Bow business is going well, well decently. My grandmother sold 5 big ones (Saints and LSU colors). I had to order the ribbon online (which I will probably do from here on out) because the stores didnt have it. I havent gotten the ribbon yet but I hope to have them done by this weekend. That website (Ribbon Retreat) has the CUTEST ribbon ever. I cant wait to buy some, but I am waiting until I have paid myself back for money spent (will be done after I sell two this weekend, already have someone that wants them). I sold 2 baby buds (tiny flower bows) to a friend of mine. I have been making more flowers, but I am going to order more ribbons and make more big bows and maybe a few more small ones. I have the felt to make cats and turtles. I made "Pigs with Pigtails" this weekend, very cute; and I have already made elephants, monkeys, and snails. I am also going to make some wooden bow holders. I am going to get the wood this weekend (leftovers from my brothers cabinet business) and I will attach ribbons to it. I plan to personalize them at the craft fair. I will make one with "Quibby's Bows" or something and then the rest will be fully painted but left blank where the name goes, then at the craft fair I will paint them (hopefully they wont take to long to dry!). I think I will make 15 of those, or more if my brother has more wood. I plan to make 200 bows and a few headbands (I ordered one and I am going to see if I can braid a ribbon on it..it was cheap so if I mess it up, not such a big loss). I know its a lot but I am going really fast through the 100 clips I ordered. I will sell them at the craft fair in MS and then the following weekend is another one. If I am successful I may try and join the arts association in Baton Rouge because they have "shows" once a month..tuition is very cheap.
Anyways, that is all! I will post pics soon.

Oh, Michael found a greyhound dog this morning roaming around lost and shivering. He has a collar and we are trying to get in touch with the owner but so far no luck. He is laying on the couch right now...lol.

Giveaway!

2010-02-05T09:32:00.000-08:00

Today my bows are in a giveaway! I am so excited about getting my name out there! Check it out:
http://embellishedbayou.blogspot.com/
I found a group called Handmade Louisiana, it is awesome! They have these sorts of things all the time. Its fun to get to know other women who are trying to do the same thing that you are trying to do. And they make some AWESOME stuff. Its fun (and good for the economy) to support buying local.

Today we have a babysitter! Grandma "CC" is going to take Ness for the afternoon, this will be the longest time yet (from 5ish to 10ish). I am not nervous, I know he will be fine (if hes not grouchy like he has been the last few days, but he was better this morning); I just get a little sad. As much as I would like a break sometimes (especially lately), its still sad to see him go for a little while. But I dont want to be one of those moms that cant part from their kid, he needs to learn to be around other people...its good for him! And I think that hes stable enough to not get seperation anxiety..and its not in his personality...so thats good.
Ness is 6 months now, here are two pics to jog your memory of 6 months ago...
And this was this Saturday when he made 6 months...
:sighs: Time goes by to fast.
:)

Wordless Wednesday

2010-02-03T14:47:00.000-08:00

The Saints Football died...

2010-02-02T13:09:00.001-08:00

I took it apart..I couldnt get it to look right. So I decided to just make footballs and sell them in a set of two...

All for the Saints

2010-02-02T07:58:00.001-08:00

Let it be known that I have tried to honor the Saints with my craft. It turned out ok, if this were to sell it would be under the Felt Animal Bow category, but you would get a set of 2 for $5.
Enjoy!

I personally think it looks better in real life but that's just me.
:)

My attempt in joining the Saints Bandwagon

2010-02-01T19:07:00.000-08:00

So I am in the process of making a felt Saints bow. I wanted to make the mascot but I CAN NOT find gold felt! Crazy! So I am now trying to make a football with something "saintish" inscribed on the ball. Tonight I am running short on time...Ness is fussing ready to eat and its already 9 min. past his mealtime (the boy is like a clock!). Today was "house cleaning" day and and I was busy busy, plus Ness is having nose issues and needs more attention. ALSO we got all our vegetables from the Farmers Market so I had to clean and put those away..anywayssss...Here is what I have so far. This is all I had time for tonight.

Its VERY rough because I had sewn some stuff in and then realized I didnt like the way it looked so I tried to pull the thread out WITHOUT breaking it. I wanted to reuse the thread..well that didnt work..not only did it not come out in one piece it left the football a little shabby. But I will make it better tomorrow...hopefully its not such a busy day on the homestead. Anyways, Night!

Getting orders ready to go!

2010-01-31T15:12:00.000-08:00

So these are the bows that are ready to be given out, only three are actually for money but hey, its all good! I am happy just to sell any.

This is for the giveaway on another blog (link to come later)

This is my new label! I made them from erasers and a stamp pad. I like the way it looks homemade...

This is all of them getting ready to go. The pictures are backwards...sorry!
:)

Wordless Wednesday

2010-01-27T12:02:00.001-08:00

*whispers* (these are my newest bows...)

When ribbons give you a bad bow, make a bow holder!

2010-01-25T13:34:00.001-08:00

This was a very exciting and productive weekend. And I am on my second entry related to bows on my blog so look at me go! My birthday was this weekend so my bow making time was limited but I couldnt sleep (I get too excited) so I dreamed up a new bow. Here she is! Actually this is showing the type of clips I am using. They are called Alligator Clips, they work well in baby hair and also work in adult hair. I will probably continue to use this type.

Here it is! Its a flower (hopefully you can see that yourself). I think that I need to tweak this one a little but the main concept is there. What do you think? Is it worth it to make more? I have some more ideas for bows floating in my head now...but I am waiting until my husband has a job before I buy anything else.
I had to throw a picture of my saints bow out there since they won and are going to the Superbowl! I am normally not very excited about that sort of thing but I clearly remembering people joking when I was a kid about them going to the Superbowl...and now they are going. The game was actually on at our house last night. Michael (the man I THOUGHT would never be a sucker for football when I married him) wanted to watch it. So we had it on while I cut his hair with a Flowbi/vacuum hair cutter (it came out nicely). Then we had "cookie time" (a nightly tradition since Ness was born) and watched Born in the Brothels. Since we got rid of cable and got NetFlix for our TV (not the DVD but the box you get for your TV) I have been watching A LOT of documentaries...but I am not complaining...I love them.
This is just a new bow, I have no idea how this would ever match an outfit...but its cute!
This is everyone's favorite...I like it too.
Something green for St. Patrick's Day! I want to make a ton of these but I know that St. Patrick's day is BEFORE the Craft Fair (that I am going to take part in)..so I doubt they would sell...sadly I have a whole roll of this ribbon...I might make them anyway, they are so darn cute!

15ish bows so far!

So remember that ugly bow? Well I decided to make it into a bow holder! I may make some of these for the craft fair but I am not sure. They are easy to make; they just use a lot of ribbon, and I dont want to waste ribbon if they wont sell. What do you think?

With bows.
If you are curious about what this is head this way:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2627686&id=23442110&l=20faf2866d
And here are some pictures from my birthday, I also took pictures of all my birthday gifts!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2627677&id=23442110&l=f0b0e4f1bd

So there you have it!

FIRST BLOG, Cuteness, Bow Flop, and New Bows

2010-01-21T07:11:00.000-08:00

I first off want to welcome myselfto the blogging world, again. I have done the blogging thing before (while we were in Japan) but once we got back to the states my mind turned to mush from being pregnant and I was wordless. My mind is FINALLY coming back. Ness is 6 months old and now he finally has a mommy with an almost full brain.

As you probably read in my profile I am on a new kick; I started making bows. I think this one will last, I am in love with making them! And its great because it gives me something while watching my husband play video games (he loves for me to do this).
I decided to blog about it because I want to get this word out: "Get your bows from Quibby!". And I need a place to channel my many thoughts on the process of bow making (and other random life things).

I want to start my new blog off with a super cute picture taken yesterday afternoon:
Isnt it cute? I had to run and get my camera and now I'm glad I did. Michael tries to read to Ness every afternoon and this seems to be the best way to position themselves so that the pages don't get torn out of the book by Ness's sticky baby hands. Oh and notice how well he is holding up his head! He now rolls from back to front and from front to back with ease (as you all know we thought this would never happen). He did the back to front thing on Sunday at CC and Papa Thorntons (are those grandparent names right?).

Ok, so I had my first Bow Flop. I blame it on the ribbon but it could have just as easily been me. I tried to make a "big bow" out of flimsy ribbon..doesn't work. I tried it on my model's head (we will call him a "model" instead of a "son" so that there is no gender confusion later in life), and it looked like a floppy pile of ribbons..not nice. Here it is posed just perfectly:
And here it is on my "Model's" head:
Yeah, didnt work out...

But on a happier note I did make two super cute bows yesterday, the green one is now Michael's favorite, I like to too..its really cute. These are the small size.

Here are a few more I made yesterday, the red, blue, and black are all for my niece, they are all small size:

I did buy some headbands yesterday and they fit on a baby's head nicely (with some room to grow), and I was able to make them the way that the bows would be interchangeable. But I am now waiting on my clips so that I can try them out.

Oh, and just before you start to worry, the actual cost spent to make these bows is very small...they are more time consuming though, so time is spent on them...but hey, I've got time!
Anyways, thanks for reading! Let me know if you need some bows!
:)

New Site!

2009-07-16T06:31:00.001-07:00

So our CucumberCake domain ran up last week (I think). We got a bill in and we didnt pay it. Yesterday when I went to it it was GONE! So I decided why pay for a site when we can get one for free? Makes no sense right? We had bought the other site because you could design it yourself. But since that time Michael has lost interest in keeping it up; I figured I would just make a site to blog. So that ten years from now
we can look back and see how far we have come.

This post is dedicated to all of our friends and family that helped us finish off our nursery. We dont have a list yet of who these wonderful people are BUT I thought I would give an early Thank You! Michael and I were able to go to BabiesRUs and pick out all the stuff that we still needed for the baby. It was fun and I learned that Micheal REALLY doesnt like cheesy baby things. I got by with getting only ONE cheesy thing, its a mirror to watch the baby in the car, it plays music. He didnt like mobiles, and anything with small animals and crazy lights. So we ended up with a decent amount of "stylish" things...now if the baby will enjoy it...well thats left to be seen...

So who wants to see pictures?!

Basically the things gotten at ToyRUs are the (starting from the top): Bedding for the cradle (the cradle was a toy of Ashleys, not it will be for a real baby!), the mirror (the carseat came from my first shower), the swing (isnt it stylish!?), the mesh thing inside the duck (the duck came from my cousin), the pack and play, and the crib!
I think I have everything (even things like diapers and wipes and onsies)! So thats great!

Anyways, its two weeks from today that baby Ness Isaac makes his apperance! Today is my second to last appt...which is why I need to get off of her and get dressed! Enjoy the new blog!
:)

Made by Quibby!

Update time!

Lots and LOTS of bags (and other stuff)

I feel so special!

New Slideshow!

Plaquemine Car Show

Expanding...

New Stuff!

Work-filled Wednesday

FINALLY some progress!

Success!

New additions to Quibby's Bows

Is it already Thursday??

Wordy Wednesday

Newest Creation!

Wordless Wednesday *New Creations!

NoseFrida Review (*Gross Warning*) + Bow Update

Giveaway!

Wordless Wednesday

The Saints Football died...

All for the Saints

My attempt in joining the Saints Bandwagon

Getting orders ready to go!

Wordless Wednesday

When ribbons give you a bad bow, make a bow holder!

FIRST BLOG, Cuteness, Bow Flop, and New Bows

New Site!

NoseFrida Review (Gross Warning) + Bow Update