The Nifty Foodie's Life

I’ve been so excited to introduce these in the shop! I’ve been having some hiccups with the machine, but I was finally able to finish these for the big holiday shopping weekend!!

Check out the new prints! Aren’t they super cute?

The shop has three different types featuring these fabrics in all three sizes!

If you want two fun Christmas prints or a Christmas print with a wintry snowman print, the combinations are all available in the shop!

I hope y’all like them! They would make an excellent accessory for your pooch this holiday season, especially if you are taking family Christmas photos this year!

Oh and ::hint hint::…today is Small Biz Saturday. Just sayin’.

I hope everyone had a wonderful day with family and friends.

I just wanted to leave you with this awesome Thanksgiving song, since we don’t have many of those on the radio.

By the way, don’t forget to check this blog tomorrow for a HUGE Black Friday sale in the Etsy shop.

I was once an education major. I remember observing classrooms, watching teachers ultimately take a huge responsibility of about 20-30 kids on their shoulders, and getting little to no recognition for it.

I’m not a teacher nowadays, but I know teachers work very hard to provide great educational opportunities to our youth. I used to volunteer teach CCD to 1st graders. I can’t begin to explain how hard that was on me, but whenever a parent or coordinator said or showed their thanks, it meant the world to me.

If you’re a parent, I hope that you are telling your child/children’s teacher thank you. It goes a long way.

Of course, this doesn’t exclude a small gift of appreciation. I looked around Etsy to find some great finds for the teacher in your child’s life. Hope you like them!

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Charmie’s Online shop - This is a really cute shop featuring hand stamped personalized jewelry. Perfect for the teacher, mom or really, any lady in your life.

Heather Kent’s shop - Heather’s shop features intricate hand painted necklaces with all sorts of nature pictures and hobby necklaces.

Camille Bellet’s shop - Camille’s shop offers cute and simple stationary items.

Eli N Opus’s shop -Eli’s shop offers custom made name signs for kids and teachers. they are so cute and creative!

Do you have any teachers to buy gifts for this year? Have you thought of getting them something handmade?

I can’t believe it’s almost Thanksgiving! I mean, it feels like it’s still August out here, weather wise!!

Thanksgiving also makes me think of Black Friday, which is my FAVORITE shopping day! Now, before you shake your head and call me crazy-pants, there is a method to the madness. I really do find amazing deals that way, and something about it gets me in the holiday spirit!

Here’s some pointers I have for Black Friday.

• Get coffee before you go. Preferably a holiday flavored coffee drink. Gets you in the spirit, I promise.
• Hit up 2-3 stores that feature your favorite sales. You will seriously burn out otherwise, unless you’re super shopper. I’m honestly not that much of a shopper.
• I like to prepare myself with a little list of what I’m going for. There are quite a few Black Friday sites out there with scanned ads in there for the sales. This is one of them.
• Big ticket items are a no-no. Most of the time, stores have 4 or less of the item, and you’ll only really get one if you’re lucky and get there after polishing off the turkey. Worth it? I don’t think so…plus, there are big ticket deals like those on Black Friday throughout the year!
• Do not get your heart set on finding the item. You’ll get majorly let down that way. Go there with a “this will be nice if I find it” mentality. Scrooge-y attitudes SUCK on Black Friday!
• Most of all, play Christmas music on your car radio on the drive there. Nothing like a little holiday tune-age to get you in happy spirits. Again, Scrooge-y attitudes SUCK.

How many of y’all hit up Black Friday? I know I’m not the only one out there!!

Once upon a time, I helped to host a quilt block swap.

Soon after…way too soon after, since time flies and all, I had a bunch of ::awesome:: squares in my hands. I knew/hoped all of the participants would be happy, because I sure was!

Then, a little idea popped into my head.

I printed grid paper, used most of my mechanical pencil’s eraser, but my little idea ended up on paper.

I started sewing up part of a charm pack that I bought months ago to start making my little idea a reality.

My little idea is starting to look good.

My little idea isn’t a quilt, though.

As you can see in the bottom left corner, I did the math wrong, but I fixed it in Picnik.

Surprised?

I hope you don’t mind.