Holiday 2011

“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow,
stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”

~ Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

How darling is this Christmas Kimono?! Just listed today on Etsy. I can also accommodate matching big/little brother items (please contact me for details).


On the first day of Christmas my momma gave to me an outfit of a partridge in a pear tree.....

Loving this hooded dress and leggings set made in knit jersey. Another newly listed holiday item on Etsy. Shop the etsy mini to your right :)

xoxo Michelle

Happy Friday

Finally...it's Friday! Hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween. It was raining here in NC so our little kiddo's didn't get to go on our annual trick-or-treating hayride :( When all was said and done they were able to visit a few houses in the cul-de-sac and have all the candy we purchased divided up between them. Their pop-pop felt bad and also gave each grandchild $10 a piece....score!

Today I shipped out 58 dresses to our State Rep for DAG.....wow! My neighbor and I each completed 29 amazing pillowcase dresses.

We really had a great time sharing this experience together and look forward to sewing more for this cause throughout the upcoming year. Next year we will focus some on our boys and neighbors have started slowly but surely bringing us some items to start sewing.
This coming week I will continue to get Holiday items ready for the store. I'm looking forward to getting those items completed and photographed soon.

Lastly, our giveaway winner Jamie Adkins shared some pictures with us....yeah! Check out her adorable little girl Charlotte in her very own, one of a kind peasant dress. Congrats Jamie and Charlotte!!!

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend.

xoxo Michelle

TGIF!!!

It doesn't matter who you are or what you are doing, everyone just seems to be in a great mood on Friday (well most everyone anyway). I'm so excited to announce that I finally completed the 29 dresses I've been working on for DAG. They are ready to be photographed and shipped out. This group is headed to Uganda I believe. Pictures coming soon.

Fall is in the air here in the Carolina's. The temps are cool and the leaves have been turning for a couple of weeks now. I will say I'm a tad disappointed we don't have more color this year. The last few years have been pretty drab on color. Fall happens to be my favorite time of year. I love everything about it from the weather to the food (Mmmm....I can smell the aroma of pumpkin coming from the oven and if I think hard enough I can almost taste it) and Halloween!!.

Halloween is fun for the young and the  *slightly* older ;) Each year my husband and I dress up with the kids, but this year I'm a little slack. I may need to repeat what I have saved from last year or several years ago. I haven't made it to the costume shop and NO....I'm not going to sew my own costume. I should for what they charge and how horribly constructed they are, but time.....who has it?! It's bad enough I had to repair my 4 yr olds costume when it came. Are you dressing up? What will you be this year?? How about your little goblins? I was thinking back (and now I'm going to age myself) to the costumes I had when I was a wee one. They all had those plastic masks that were secured with elastic around your head. Do they sell those anywhere anymore?? I'm looking forward to seeing all the little ones running around in their costumes. It's going to be a chilly one here this year. I need to remember to bring a blanket for our hayride.

As mentioned last week I will be adding the Kimono on Etsy today. I'm really excited about this style. It's so adorable/stylish/sassy/you name it and easy to get on and off the kids. Starting this weekend I'll be in the shop working on Christmas.

New Items in the Store

Happy Friday everyone!! I have two new items to share that are now available in the on-line stores.

Introducing the Kimono Dress new to SewShellz. I'm LOVING this style on the little girly girls. This particular Kimono was made with 100% cotton fabric from the Patty Young Playdate line and features gummy bears and lollipops. What girl is not going to go crazy for this yummy treats in this whimsy color combination.

I only have enough fabric left to make one additional kimono exactly like this one and right now I have it available to my current fans and followers to grab up before I post this for the rest of the World to see on Etsy. You can order your Kimono on the Facebook store. If you are not sure how to make the purchase, please contact me and I can walk you through. This dress will only be available in size 2T, 3T or 4T.

Gobble Gobble Gobble.....that's right, it's time to get ready for Thanksgiving! Custom orders take up to 2 weeks before they are ready for shipment. Keep that in mind when placing your order if needed by a certain date. The Turkey shirt and skirt set (pictured below) are available both on Etsy, as well as, facebook. Available in 24M, 2T and 4T, this set was created for the girl who refuses to wear anything but pink.

And the Winner is.......

you've waited 25 long days and now it's time to find out who the lucky winner is. I will not drag this out with a crazy long post. I just want to thank everyone who entered. Now that you are connected and following my blog/facebook, you'll receive notification on future giveaways. Hope to see you back.

Drum roll please.................................................

Congratulations Jamie Adkins you won the Peasant Dress. I will be reaching out to you shortly to find out the details on your dress.

xoxo Michelle