Really, this time I meant it....

anybody want a peanut?? Sorry, I digress from the point of this post.
This is it, I am really going on sabbatical this time. Tomorrow--i.e. Friday, Nov. 20th--is the last day you can order a Gingerbread Dress or Chinese Kids v. 3.0 pagoda dress and then I am cleaning up the scraps, the pins, and putting the covers on the machines to get ready to head to China on the 30th to bring Natalie home.

China Kids v. 3.0

I was working on a special order this week and decided to do a new version of the China Kids dress, with an embroidered pagoda on the tee.

Sorry these photos are not the greatest...this dress is a 2T so Olivia doesn't fit into it. I'll have to make her a 4 this weekend.

The pagoda is embroidered in aqua and coral pink, picking up those colors in the Chinese Kids fabric by Michael Miller

I will take orders for this dress if you order in the next week. This dress is available for $30. The clock is ticking and I leave for China in 16 days! Email me for ordering information.

gingerbread dress

there has been a great response to the Sweet Gingerbread Dress--thanks everyone! I can make maybe 2 or 3 more dresses with the fabric I currently have. The clock is ticking--we leave on the 30th and I want to have all my orders shipped before Thanksgiving.

Etsy finds

Check out this new necklace by Junk Posse Jewelry...it's an adorable handmade ladybug, and Tracy can customize text for the back. I just saw this on her Etsy store and think it is very cute and a must for all you ladybug lovers.

Tracy has donated the adoption pendant to our fundraiser. So far I only  have 7 entries for the necklace and would sure like to get more before we travel!

Tracy will customize two tags with your child's name or other text to add to your pendant.  You can donate to the ChipIn and let me know to enter you for the pendant

I found another seller on Etsy who makes custom board books: ToddlerToppers . I wanted to create a board book to send Natalie in a care package, and wanted to include the Chinese words for our family members. Laura was able to make this in a matter of days. I liked it so much I decided to have her make a second book, in case we don't get the first one back, and we can show her the photos of Jeremy and Susannah while we are in China. I hope the orphanage gave her the book, but you never know. I put Natalie's photo and her Chinese name on the cover. Here are some photos of a couple of pages in my finished book

WE ARE GOING TO CHINA!

We just got the call--we are going to China! We need to be in Beijing on December 3rd and our visa appointment at the consulate is December 14th, heading home on the 17th. The travel agency is working on the flight details now and we'll go two days early to see Shanghai--our agency offers this option to families who have already toured Beijing. And since we will be in Beijing for 8 days, we will still be able to show Olivia some of the sights there. We were able to get a flight much cheaper than we thought, flying from Harrisburg to Newark to Shanghai--I thought flights were going to be around $1500 each (ouch!) but we are getting them for $853.


Three weeks and counting!

So, if you want that Christmas dress, better order it ASAP!

Yes, a new Christmas dress!

Since I am still here, I decided to make a limited Christmas dress. I have inventory of tees I need to move and I need to raise more funds for our adoption. So....here is the Sweet Dress:

This dress features gingerbread people on the skirt and a red knit tee top, which i have embroidered with a cute little gingerbread man and "Sweet"

This dress is available in sizes 5,6 and 7/8 as pictured with the red top

I can make it in smaller sizes with an ivory top--email me to order

$28.00, includes shipping. Limited so order now!

 

calling all cooks

OK all you cooks--here is an easy way to help an organization with a heart for children with special needs:
http://www.theelisonproject.info/
Click the link for info on submitting recipes and stories for the Elison Project Cookbook, and send a recipe--and be entered in a drawing for a handmade quilt! I submitted my secret recipe for my famous Wicked Good Cookies and you will have to buy a cookbook to find out how to make them :)