Heat-n-Bond

 

Ok, just finished some Christmas gifts and wrapped up a Birthday present for my mom.  So, this was the first time using the Heat n Bond, and I LOVE IT!!!  This stuff is awesome, and if you use the red package you don't have to sew it.  This is really kewl because it sticks on fabric like superglue.   Another surprise was not only how easy it is to use, but it doesn't turn hard like old bonding material used to. 

 

Also, you can cut it out on a Cricut machine after you've attached it to fabric.......cuts like paper.  Very kewl stuff, used it on pot holders and kitchen towels.  Granted that's risky with the abuse they will take, but it'll be a good test for sure.

 

Now onto on to other projects.  This may conclude my sewing for Christmas, not sure.  



 

"NFL Doo Rags"

Are these Doo Rags or Dew Rags?  I have no clue........  Anyway....

So far so good for Christmas preparations.  These are two NFL doo rags I made as Christmas gifts.  I hate venturing out the malls, and hate the price retailers charge for NFL items so I made these myself.  They consisted of only 4 pieces of fabric.  Having a serger made the process much easier.  I think now that I've done these two, making more in the future will be much faster.  I also plan on making a couple tree ornaments, NFL of course.  These should last a good while having double stitching on them.  I am not a sports fan so these will probably be it.

This is where I got my pattern from:  http://www.christianityoasis.com/Crafts/DewRag.htm

So this is my most recent craze.......BLING.  I know, I know...........how gawdy.  But, it was such fun to make and spruce up a boring mirror compact.  I used cheapy acrylic stones first just to see if it is something I'd like to do more of.  I can see how some can get hooked on this fun hobby.  You can add bling to ANYTHING!  I will be stepping up to Swarovski crystals for all future projects.  I have some beautiful ideas for Christmas gifts and to put some for sale on my Luulla shop. 

I also added a little bling to my recycled Smith & Wesson T-shirt, it looks awesome!

With Halloween being next Thursday I have been inspired to make some bead spiders.  This one here is my first one, and my husband wants to keep it for his own.  So I will be making a few more to play with color and sizes.  I also finished two of my fun Halloween plaques using my cricut and the cricut craft room free software they offer weekly.  I have some other project planned for Christmas gifts that I really need to get a jump start on.  I am excited to feel the motivation, though this is backwards meaning that "action creates motivation." 

Has anyone played with the Cricut Craft Room lately?  Every since lucking out and getting the kewl Halloween freebie of the week last month, I've not seen anything as fun.  I check it every week hoping there will be something I can use, but so far nothing.  It was fun for vinyl cutting, the cricut works as well if not better than some commercial plotters I've worked with.

I view Pinterest.com a time or two each week.  It seems that only once in a while you see something fresh and new.  Though I do think I'll try making some beaded spiders to see how cute they turn out.  Would love to sell some, but this close to Halloween I may be to late, we'll see.

With Christmas around the corner I need to get at least one quilt top finished and sent off to my mom so she can quilt it on her big machine.  Would like to do a second one......and may, but we will see.

We are still working on our Hotdog wagon, but may not be in action until after Christmas.

It is now October and well.........  the summer was one of surprises...  has some real curve balls.  But in the end I try to wear a happy face and look at the positives and keep faith by believing all will work for the common good and have a wonderful outcome in the end. 

Our "Zombie Gore'me" is still a work in process having to deal with local county health department on just passing our construction inspection.  This means that we have to get our trailer to their specifications before we can open for business.  So though our trailer is new with all new equipment and was approved in the next county, our county wants different things.  Of course none of this is cheap.  But we have to install a secure screen to keep flys out....... which is fine though no taco truck around follows this.  We however will abide by the rules and just install a window.  Then we have water tanks that are in need of replacement, though ours are new, they have to be ONE tank, cannot be two separate tanks.  Then of course sealing cracks inside with caulking and buying a culinary hose. 

I say REALLY!  Then will you leave us alone and get this business going?  Probably not......  but though money is pretty much non existent right now, we're doing what we can to get quotes and time frames of getting finished.  So an official open date is now up in the air.  If our winter is not to horrible we may be able to open sooner than March, but you never can tell.

Also, now started my last psychology class, which will leave me with only two classes left to have my BS-psychology degree.  I am ready for  this journey to be over, but am so glad I stuck with it to achieve a goal on my bucket list. 

I have been having fun recently with my Cricut Expression.  I recently logged onto my cricut.com website where you get to cut free items for a week, and it changes every Wednesday.  I ended up being able to cut a lot of Halloween items and did not have to buy a cartridge.  I look forward to trying it with fabric next.  As soon as I get a project finished I'll post pictures.

This is pretty much what I've been up to since August.......  It's been up and down, but we'll keep moving forward.

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So, this has turned into the summer project 2013.  What a process with finding a suitable concession unit, finding a commissary (which was easy), and then waiting ........  Yes, waiting for the health dept. to provide us with our inspection date, then there is the business license we wait for after we find a permanent location.  Then sorting through all the local city requirements.  Now in Northern Utah each city requires a separate license, which is crazy, frustrating, and expensive.  But..........  that's a part of the business!  By now many would have surely gone broke or given up, such as the people we bought this unit from.  I think they found the expense and time was to much just to get started.    We are starting later than we had hoped, but look forward to having as much fun as we can and still make a decent profit.  We are NOT a taco concession, just providing good old fashioned all beef hot dogs.......

We are still working normal jobs while getting this started, which helps, but again maybe it also hinders...........  don't know.  I plan on updating regularly, maybe even on a new blog that just talks about this lil' business venture.