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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Wild About YOU, too!

Valentine's Day is soon approaching!  ROMANCE is in the air!!  I LOVE monograms!!!  I LOVE personalized monogramed gifts!!!  Are these initial towels not BEAUTIFUL????  I LOVED digitizing for my friend that is a decorator.  AWESOME!!!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Why "Wild About You, Too!"?

A name defines who your are in the world and it is everything when it is that first impression.  When I tell people what the name of my business/blog I always hear that I need a name shorter.    I always wonder how people come up with names, slogans, or business titles.  Most are extremely creative, whimsical, and self defining.  For example:  I know a lady at my kiddoes school who is opening a booth at Canton Trades Days and it is called, "No Girls Allowed!"  Everywhere we shop there are TONS of cute things for girls.  BUT, you never see things for boys!  Thus, "No Girls Allowed"...it's all boy stuff.  Is that not the cutest name for her business?

When I began thinking about monogramming one of the first things that I tried to do was come up with a cute, catchy, creative name.  Don't you just love when the creativity DOESN'T flow fluidly?  I would sit in front of the computer for hours just typing in names and nothing seemed to fit.  I knew I wanted "wild" somewhere in the name because that is what catagorizes my creativity.  The puzzle pieces SLOWLY came together to make the name, Wild About You, Too!.  It just popped into my head, but there was really no rhyme or reason for the name. 
Don't you just love how God works?  Months after I began my VERY SMALL hobby/business my mom sent a small devotional to my daughter who had just been rejected by a club soccer team.  Devastated, she read the article and balled as she held the article in her sweet hands while she was in my arms.  TALK about heart broken!!!  My heart hurt just as much or more!!!  After she left the room I found the article that my mom sent her.  I read it.  Do you know how sometimes when YOU try to put the puzzle together yourself, but there a few puzzle pieces that are missing?  Out of no where I felt God handing me the puzzle pieces that I had been looking for. 

Here is what my puzzle looked like.  Attending a mega-church my pastor's sermons were wonderful.  When he came to chapters of people of whom their names were difficult to read, he would just say "hard name, hard name" and skipped over them.  In many of the books of the bible Ezra 2, Nehemiah, God listed the specific names of generations of people.  Their names were not too hard for Him!  He named them and he knew them!  Jeremiah 1:5 says, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you."    So, really who am I?  What does it really matter what I do or how I live?  Who really cares?  GOD does!  He is fascinated with every little thing about us!  God knows the number of hairs on our head and is fascinated by every little thing about us.  Even our name!  He is WILD ABOUT YOU, TOO!

Monday, January 4, 2010



Sunday, January 3, 2010

Website Under Construction!



Check back in a few days for a "NEW" updated website.  Happy New Year!

Monday, December 14, 2009

I never thought this was possible.......


I never thought that this was possible....I SEWED through my finger!!!! Yes, I nearly fainted as blood gushed out of my finger and all my sweet husband could do was laugh! You would think with all of the safety precautions that these machines have that it could prevent something like this happening. Well, I'm sure it wasn't the machine's fault....it was the operator's fault! :) I guess that's what I get for feeling the crunch of trying to get orders complete and ready to go. I think it's time to go to bed!!!!

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Christmas Gift Bags


I love these Christmas gift bags. They are sturdy and I have green polka-dot and red snowflakes. The green is cute when you use pink lettering or even brown. The red bag is FABULOUS with black lettering! Of course they come with BLING!

Christmas Gift ideas




My friend, Kathy, ordered several items to be monogrammed for Christmas gifts. LOVE the red snowflake bag with her name on it and some BLING. The bag is $12 and you can add ANYTHING to it or carry it from place to place during the Christmas season! I also monogrammed a yellow polka-dotted lap top bag and a gold/black Christmas tea towel. Christmas tea towels are great gifts to get the season started!!!

Tea Towels Make Great Gifts!

Tea Towels Make Great Gifts!
I always have tea towels on hand for those needing a quick gift. Here are the latest creations.

Baby Burp Cloths

Baby Burp Cloths
I have been wanting to make some burp cloths and didn't know anyone having a baby. I am so glad that Wendy asked me to make her some for her sister-in-law! Great excuse to go fabric shopping!

Baby Burp Cloths

Baby Burp Cloths

More burp cloths

More burp cloths
Classic Pooh

Rocket Ship Burp Cloth

Rocket Ship Burp Cloth
This is one of my favorites!

Soccer Burp Cloth

Soccer Burp Cloth

Vintage Cowboy Burp Cloth

Vintage Cowboy Burp Cloth
This one is my TOTAL Fav!

Sock Monkey Burp Cloth

Sock Monkey Burp Cloth
Can you remember when sock monkeys were popular? They're back!

Quilting at 40?

Quilting at 40?
YES! I love it! If you would have told me a year ago that I would've been quilting...I would have never guessed it. This is only 1 square of the Crazy Compass Quilt that I am participating in at Nimble Thimble. You can find the Crazy Compass pattern on the right hand side of my blog.

Christmas in July?

Christmas in July?
I participated in an "Art to Heart" class and we made these tea towels for gifts at Christmas. This was sooo much fun!

Bayli's 13th Birthday!

Bayli's 13th Birthday!
Bayli picked this bag out at Karen Horton's for her birthday. I added her name for a personalized touch.

Happy Birthday, Blake!

Happy Birthday, Blake!
He LOVES Elvis and wanted me to make him a pillowcase out of this fabric. Cute!

Monogrammed beach towels make fabulous gifts!

Monogrammed beach towels make fabulous gifts!
Thank-you, Michelle, for allowing me to monogram your kiddos beach towels! Aren't they cute!

Claire's Beach Towel

Claire's Beach Towel

Tea Towel GALORE!

Tea Towel GALORE!
There are so many possiblities with tea towels! They make great gifts! Any of the tea towels can be monogrammed!

Blankets, etc.

Blankets, etc.
Everyone needs a cozy blanket to curl up with! Coming SOON...Grace Cougar Blankets!

Happy 13th Birthday, Audrie!

Happy 13th Birthday, Audrie!
This is a funky new pillowcase that makes great birthday gifts!

Rylie's Book Bag

Rylie's Book Bag
This was one of my first monogramming projects. It is monogrammed in a metallic purple thread. Sooo cute! This would be a great birthday gift. I believe you can pick this up at Wal-Mart for around $12.00.

Laura

Laura
This was a project from one of my first Art to Heart classes at Nimble Thimble. I ended up making 3 of these towels because they make great gifts!

Anna's Music Bag

Anna's Music Bag
This is Anna's music bag for piano in the fall. She was so excited to see it! (Font: Curlz)

Tea Towels Make Great Gifts!

Tea Towels Make Great Gifts!
This tea towel came all the way from Canton. Laura bought it for a friend for her birthday. The monogram makes it personal!

Sewing With Christie

Sewing With Christie
I knew who Christie was because she is a Stampin Up! consultant and because her kids/my kids attend Grace Community. So, when I saw her at Nimble Thimble we became fast friends. Christie made this tea towel "Give A Hoot!" as one of her first creations at Art to Heart. I was extremely jealous because she did an awesome job! I've completed several little projects and hers still looked better than mine! :) Because Christie has helped me on so many projects, I monogrammed her towel for her. Loved it!

Emma's Pillowcase

Emma's Pillowcase
I wanted Emma to have something monogrammed since I monogrammed Anna's bag. Bayli and Blake picked out the fabric for her pillowcase. They wanted to capture the theme of soccer along with a fun and whimsical pattern.