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Welcome to my blog! I'm a stay at home of 3 beautiful children and I love to sew! I have been sewing ever since I was a little girl and my gran taught me everything from machine-sewing to cross-stitch. I started making Barbie clothes this past Christmas for my daughter and I loved it! It's so much fun to design and create fashions for the ultimate model - Barbie! I opened a shop on Etsy in May of this year and I have met a lot of talented artists that I enjoy networking with. So, take some time to look around, read my posts, and enjoy!

Crystal

Etsy: www.BarbieBoutiqueBasics.etsy.com
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Showing posts with label Indpendence Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indpendence Day. Show all posts

Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy 4th of July!!

What a great day to be an American! (I know, totally cheesy, right?) But it was a great day - I got to be with my wonderful husband and three monstrous but beautiful children. What could be better than that? And I think Kari may have liked her outfit, don't you?
 We celebrated in the true American way... Capitalism, Burgers, Fireworks. I found some AMAZING deals at Gymboree - I spent less than $25 on a knit jumper, suede boots, a tank, & shorts. Woo!! I made some burgers (hot dogs for the kiddos, they are so picky!) and corn-on-the-cob. Yum!! Then we trooped outside for some fireworks. The kids were so good at sitting still!
Aren't they cute?? And after that, Daddy tried to catch a firefly for them. No luck, but it was fun watching them try...

I hope everyone else had as much fun as my family did! Happy 4th everyone!!




Saturday, July 2, 2011

It's Saturday Night


And as usual, I'm hanging out in the SNS forum. I've been featured in a couple treasuries so far, too!

And I've been working on my daughter's 4th of July outfit...
What do you think? She apparently loves it, as she kept trying to run off with it when I was making the bows for the shoulders!

I have lots to do tonight - I have loads of photos to take and listings to draft. I'm trying to get to 100 listings in my shop on Etsy. "They", whoever they are, say that 100 is the magical number of listings a seller needs to hit before the sales start pouring in. I'm at 83. So we'll see how true this Etsy myth is. I also have a craft sale to  get ready for. It's next weekend in Jackson and I'm very excited! I found some cute wooden pieces at my fave store - Hobby Lobby - and I'm going to make a Barbie size clothing rack to shop from. How fun!!

Well, everyone have a safe and happy Independence Day!!