Jo {Shaffer Sisters}

hI, cRAZY mOM OF sIX HERE. yEP SOMEONE HIT THE CAPS KEY…There ya go. Most days I spend chasing cleaning hugging breaking up fights kissing cooking reading changing diapers running sleeping. However some days I give into the guilty pleasure of a blog, writing to have some one hear my adult thoughts and understand.

Over the last year, my sisters and I have put a lot of time and attention into sharing our lives on the Shaffer Sisters blog.  Our main goals with the blog are to uplift and inspire others. We love to create and we love to give our readers the encouragement to make it until bedtime!  When you visit our site, we hope that it will be like walking in our front door.  No filter, just crazy old us, with 10 kids between us, believe me we know crazy!

I am the big sister over at Shaffer Sisters.  That means, I am a little slower with the technology, and a little busier with older kids.  I am super excited to be part of this series, and I am happy that it is December!  I can’t wait to see everyone’s projects.

Sally here from Daisy Chain Creations,  a gathering of my creations, which include not only sewing, but other crafts, gardening and my kids (2 boys ages 15 and 12 and 2 girls, ages 10 and 5). I also just started a new adventure over at Sew Cool for the Tween Scene…a site geared for those sewing for a special tween in their life. This blog was developed for inspiration, ideas, and helpful hints as sewists enter a new stage in sewing for growing children. Sewing (and many other crafts) I learned as a young girl for 4-H.  As for blogging, I started many years ago as a way to keep in touch with my other crafty friends with whom I used to get together to craft/sew/inspire/talk/eat…you get the picture?  We all scattered across the country and saw blogging as a continuation of those craft nights. Fast forward a couple of years to when I discover the whole new world of sewing blogs and the wonderful people behind them. I still find it amazing that there is this whole community out there that “gets” what I like to do and feel honored to have a little part of it with this series. Thanks for having me, Ashley and Emily!

Hi All, I am Suzanne and I blog over at Winter Wonderings… where I started sharing my sewing and crafting projects after baby girl was born.  Honestly, it started as a way to fill those middle of the night feeding hours, and then I was hooked.  I also have twin boys who just turned two in February – three children, two and under, is quite a handful and an adventure all rolled into one.  If it weren’t for my amazingly supportive husband, Julian, I wouldn’t be here at all.

Fabricworm is no stranger to many of you. This company prides itself in carrying modern fabric for modern sewists. They feature a wonderful collection of children’s fabrics, featuring themes like animals, travel, flowers, transportation, and many many more. Many beautiful Japanese import fabrics from Kokka Japan, Naomi Ito for Nani Iro, and Echino by Etsuko Furuya can also be found and purchased at their online store. And, they have one of the largest selections of organic fabrics on the web. Fabricworm features an impressive selection of designers like Alexander Henry, Heather Ross, Denyse Schmidt, Etsuko Furuya, Joel Dewberry, Michael Miller, Jay-Cyn Designs, and Amy Butler…..just to name a few. It is a user-friendly site that is easy to navigate between pages. 

Fabricworm is graciously giving the winner a $20 gift certificate to use at their online store.

SPONSOR #2:

 

Shauna, of Shwin Designs, has graciously contributed a three-pattern pack to the viewers’ choice winner for the month!! Excited to let the games begin!!

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And for the rest of you??? Well….the December Sew-Along Linky Party opens tomorrow….and an awesome prize package for the winner will be announced at that time! You don’t want to miss the scoop….

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