etsy finds

Vintage Poppy Dress

Tree house Pillow in Yellow

 Summer Grass Necklace

Color blocked in Gold Nature

after uploading the pics of what i picked + looking at the colors of my blog, i realized that i really dig the colors yellow & blue.

words with pictures

I love this mini quilt and I love these colors together. I also like that's it's more of a neutral... not boy or girl. You can't see the quilting very well on either side. But it is quilted in lines. The red striped side is flannel and the brown dots side is quilting cotton with a solid mustard yellow binding. I'll be listing it in the shop today.

Another one of my receiving blankets. I love this deep teal flannel. The color was hard to capture on my camera. But it is a gorgeous deep teal. I'll also be listing this in the shop today.

I'm participating in a vintage sheet swap. I've been collecting these for a while, so it was hard to part with some. Here is my stack I sent off and hopefully I'll get an even better stack back in a couple weeks.

Here's that fabric I was talking about. It is a deep plum background with pomegranate triangles. I got 2 yards of it for 1.99. I am going to make a skirt out of it. I love the colors. The picture does not do it justice. 

Remember how I mentioned a couple weeks ago that we bought a tree. Here it is. Isn't it cute?

a basket full of blankets

I've been working on a million {or so it seems} receiving blankets. But so far have completed 13. Then I spent yesterday afternoon taking pictures of them. I am listing them in my etsy shop tonight {it takes forever to compress and load all the pictures}.

It was so gorgeous here in AZ yesterday. Extremely nice and enjoyable outside. I even got a little sun on my cheeks. And while I worked the camera, this is what E did.

And on Saturday I was successful in my search for more vintage sheets & pillowcases. Now I have enough to make the top of this Beach Blanket To Go from Handmade Home {checked it out from the library, it's awesome}. I still need to find another vintage sheet for the back, but that wont be too hard. The best thing about a sheet is its size; there is always enough fabric for several projects. I already made a skirt out of the light pink floral.

p.s. i only have to work 2 days this week. wahoo!

LOVE

This is my latest project and I love it. Sometimes I love what I create and sometimes I just like it. This one I love and haven't been able to keep my hands off it. I patch-worked the all the front fabric together and then machine quilted it to the backing fabric. Then I hand bound the entire thing. Oh, I LOVE it. I finished it last night and I can't stop staring at it. I have to laugh at myself because sometimes I just get so obsessed about a project I am working on. And then when I finish it I go through a little withdrawal until I start a new project.
Anyway, the debate in my mind right is if I should sell it or not. I like it so much that I want to keep it. If I keep it though, it will just sit on my shelf and gather dust. It brings me so much more joy when I know it is getting used. So we'll see but I think I am going to end up trying to sell it. What do you think I should I do?

my etsy

Etsy is an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade.

I have a little shop on Etsy. It's called tif*kim creations
Check it out tifkim.etsy.com

I started this because I love making things. I thought it would be fun. I didn't really go into it thinking I would sell anything. I just thought it would be a good experiment and experience. And it has been just that.

I finally decided to post on the blog about it because I made my first sale yesterday! This is very exciting. But by posting about this here, I don't expect anyone to purchase any of my stuff. Because if you are reading my blog, I probably like you, and if I like you I would make you anything for free. You just have to ask.

Blankets Galore

Ok, Someone needs to have some babies so I can give some of these blankets away. I keep making them cause I love to, but they are just piling up! Here are some of my latest.

Navy blue flannel with yellow trim
Chocolate brown flannel with blue trim

soft simple blankets

This is my first project from the book. I haven’t done a hand binding before and it was a great experience. And thanks to Jen for starting me off and helping me figure it out! It takes more time doing it this way, but I love it. For something this simple, it was nice to spend the time finishing it by hand. I'm glad I have mastered this skill and can't wait to use it again.

Solid off white flannel with yellow polk a dot binding











Solid white flannel with green polk a dot binding












Very simple, but sometimes that is the best!