For Charity!

I woke up this morning with a fabulous idea... I'm going to donate a portion of all book proceeds to charity! 

Not only is it a good thing to do humanitarily speaking, but hopefully it will generate more interest and give my home business the little bump it needs.

So I did a little research this morning to find a non profit to focus on, and after a while I narrowed it down to...

"Nestled alongside the shores of beautiful Sebago Lake, Camp Sunshine provides respite, support, joy and hope to children with life-threatening illnesses and their immediate families through various stages of a child’s illness. The year-round program is free of charge to all families, and includes 24-hour onsite medical and psychosocial support. Bereavement groups are also offered for families who have lost a child to an illness."

Now 20% ($5) of all future book sales will be donated to Camp Sunshine, so they can continue to provide their programs free of charge!

An Update

So I figured it was about time for an update, even though not a whole lot has changed.
I have completed another book:

I smoothed out the kinks that I had in the last book, So all of the pages are where they should be.

I have also started my work with LiveOps. While I'm sewing I am logged onto the call center, and when a call comes in I put the sewing on hold for a few minutes and take the call. The pay averages 25 cents/minute of talk time, but every quarter helps!

I have been waking up at 3:30 with my husband (he works 1st shift) so I can get more work in, but it is pretty much killing me! Luckily, he just accepted a new job and will start next month, working second shift, Which works out beautifully because I will be able sleep in and take calls in the evening, when there is high call volume!

And thats all I have for you right now.

What's in a Name?

While I love the name Attempted Domesticity for my blog, I am regretting the name continuity in my Etsy shop. It's the word attempted that isn't sitting well with me. The more I think about it the more I think that it can't possibly instill confidence in a potential buyer. A seller shouldn't be attempting, they should be succeeding!


It is for this reason that I have decided to open a new shop entitled Seemly Stitchery.
 

I will be switching the contents of my old shop and posting some new items as well. Check it out!

I Finished a Book!

The lineup. (Sans one)

Having survived a few setbacks and learned from a few mistakes, I have finally finished a book!

Voila!

The elephant that Erin had chosen wasn't my favorite, but now that its done, I love it!

Question: 

Do you think it would look better with a line stitched near the binding? 

Sort of like this...

I love Gimp!

Das closeup.

 

Uber detail. Just in case you really wanted to see the weave of the fabric.

Dots. Bumpy, bumpy dots!

For some reason I think old lady.

 

 

A Halloween Disco!

 

The next picture shows the two things that went wrong with this book and it all revolves around the lavander silk. 

I. HATE. SILK.

ugh

The first problem was that the silk was so slippery that when I sewed it it shifted and bunched.

The second problem was that the silk was so slippery that when I put the book together it shifted and ended up lower than the rest of the pages.

Gr. I will have to find a way to fix this with the next book.

On to the next page.

shaggy fur=fun!

I love the combination of yellow and blue, don't you?

Aaand the back.

With the above mentioned little blips aside, I'm pretty happy with it. What do you think?

Eyecandy and a Rant

I finally finished cutting all of the fabric I bought for the books. 

16 pages of "cheetah fur" and all of the scraps

So I decided I would work on the fiber content tags. I had enough fabric for 3 sheets, or 30 of each tag. Sadly, the printer jammed the first two times. The third time I taped not only the leading edge but all of the edges. Success!

The writing got all messed up on the first two but the last one is beautiful!

I figured 10 tags was enough for now so I wasn't too upset about the other 20 that didn't work out.

The ink has to sit overnight before I rinse and cut the tags, so I decided to start putting the books together and sewing. So I took one of each page...

Hmm... need more pastels, methinks.

...and realized I didn't have enough pages! So, not only do I have to buy and cut more fabric, but the tags I just made are useless because when I add more pages the fabric content ratios are going to change.

These are totally going to change, which is lame.

End.