Watching the Sunset with Carlotta

I made this new Carlotta to post in the shop prior to my showcase on Thursday, tomorrow. I'm having problems letting her go though. As I was photographing her this evening in the last few moments of daylight, I started realizing just how ME this bag is. Oh my pretty, I'll hang her up right here so I can see her and ponder posting her in ye' old shop. Whoever you are out there who may end up purchasing my sweet Carlotta from the shop...take care of her -k-! ;)

Extra! Extra!

Gretel made the homepage today! Yeah! Love the apple theme!
BTW, I have some earrings in the shop, more coming soon!
Cheers!

Goofy Fun!

Oh man, this is so much fun I want to make one for every person I know! I saw it here first and had to try it.
If you want to make your own Southpark version of yourself HERE, go do it, I dare you not to have a blast!!

It's 7pm..Still Light Out..And I'm playing with my Widget

I am SO in love with daylight savings time! It means Spring is just around the corner, there is what feels like a little more time in every day now, especially more time to squeeze in product pictures for new items in the shop.

Another one of my favorite things is the new supa cool Etsy widget, Etsy Mini.

It's customizable and allows you to post a neat little block of Etsy item images onto your own Web pages. I have my featured items from the shop over there to the left. It's oh so fun to play with, you can show off your goods, your friends goods or just your recent hearted items. So if you have a blog or your own web site I'd highly recommend playing with your Widget, lol (that joke is not getting old yet).
The above widget I made with the items I most recently heart.

Laila is now, um Larger... Ok, Voluptuous.

Laila has packed on a few, but in the nicest way possible. Marymo's original design has grown. Laila is still the same cute gal we've come to love but she is now 2.5" deep from front to back. I'll be posting her along with a pink & green (my new fav color combo lately) friend later this afternoon. When I thought up Laila's design one night while trying to fall asleep I wasn't sure if the round design would be a hit or not but so far I've had good feedback on her. I wish I had more time in the day to create, I can't sleep sometimes because I get all these thoughts about bag colors and designs and combinations...need more time. Cheers.

New Stuff

There's a new Zoe bag in the shop and a new Tutorial for anyone who wants to learn how to make ponies and clips the Marymo way!

I hope everyone had a super week and I hope everyone has an even more super weekend! I think we're suppossed to get snow on Saturday, oh well it may have to be a stay in, do laundry and sew kind of day! I'm SO ok with that! cheers blog friends!

Say Hello to my Little Friend

I'm loving my new friend I got from projectgrabbag, Shannon's shop is so much fun. Her and I recently did a trade and I got myslef some delicious vintage buttons. Which then meant I had to buy some cute glass jars with perfect little red lids to put the buttons in. I'll post pics of those later. ;)
I see a wee collection starting, this is gnome #3 in my office/sewing room now, #2 was a generous gift. Well back to sewing with my sleepy friend.

Onion volcano

Griswold's New Trick

He can even get the Heavy Sunday Paper for us!!

If I were Queen

This would be my throne! Ahhh, swoon.

Leisl Bag in Damsels & Doilies

Laila Bag in Damsels & Doilies
Originally uploaded by MaryMo.biz & LuLuSparkles.com.

Making poms is a lot of fun, I'll be adding some more bags soon to the shop with poms, I raided moms yarn this weekend!
I'm just wrapping up a new Laila too, should be in the shop by tomorrow!
Have a good week everyone!
~m

Laila wants to be wined and dined!

Here's a new bag that's in the shop. I was laying in bed not sleeping as I should have been the other night and I had the feeling I had to make a round-ish inspired bag. And what better color for a round-ish bag...red...cherry red.

Tagged!

Well, it seems that Six Weird Things has caught on like wildfire. I was actually tagged a while back, but I forgot to tag others - duh, that's the fun part!!I was recently tagged again by Becki and Jessica.
So to be a good sport and tag my own bloggers here it is, 6 MORE weird/odd things about Mrs. Mary.

These I might not have originally shared with you all however my husband helped compile this list. ;)
1. I vacuum a LOT, see list #1 but deserved 2 spots for it's obvious husband annoyance.
2. "If I want to I can burp louder than most construction workers" - per my Husband.
3. I obsessively clean my glasses about 5 times a day.
4. I crack my knuckles, not constantly but a couple times a day.
5. I can't keep a hairstyle, I perpetually change color and cuts.
6. I let my dogs sleep in the bed every morning. Yes the obsessive vacuumer let's her dogs in her bed. Go figure.

OK, phew, glad that's over!! Now I tag, Jennifer, Amanda, Megan, Yvonne, Sara, and Carole so she has to start a blog!

xo ~m

Zzzzzzz

That's what a nap should look like!!

Hello friends, didnt' mean to leave you all with a that glass of frosty brew for so long. Hubby and I went to Elephant Bar and ejoyed some beer and calamari late Monday afternoon. Their calamari is really delicious, a little ginger flavor and the dipping sauce, oh so good. I'm anticipating a delicious new batch of fabrics this hopefully Friday, anyone thinking Spring yet? Yea, me either but I promise some pretty new fabrics in the shop very soon.
Ciao! ~m

Nice frosty glass of brew

A Lil' Bit of Cute

On my monitor I have this little Ballerina girl from Carole. Isn't she great?

Oh look what I got today at Michaels, not only were the ribbons cute but look at the cute wooden spools they come one, I'm a sucker!

I took off the icky cellophane, and added these cute white pearl pins instead - shelf ready I'd say!

xo,

~m

Pouches and Potables

A belated (because of delivery not procrastination) Christmas gift from my hubby came today. The CD is Tea and Revenge by a group that's new to me called Dirty Martini. The band is local to Oregon and made up 3 women who used to all do the solo gig. I'm listening to them for the first time right now and so far #7 Enough of Empty is my fav, I'm really liking their style.

I added a new Leisl Pouch to the shop this evening, I added a couple Paige Pockets too but they sold already. ;) I'll be making more to add very soon.

xo

Thanks from Little ol' Me!

Well, well all my lovely blog friends, Happy New Year to you all. I hope you all had a Christmas or Hanukkah filled with sugar plums, loved ones and fun filled memories.
I really do cherish all of my blog readers and I feel I have some great new friendships because of all of you. We may have never met in person but I think some of you are my Blog and crafty soulmates! Wow, can you get nerdy-er than that?

I've been MIA for a while with an icky head cold, wonderful way to ring in the New year huh? Those New Year's resolutions to crank the workouts up a notch will just have to wait.

I took a few weeks off of sewing but I finally got a shipment off today to The Little Pink Dress in Hyannis Mass. (Cape Cod), so now I can start making some new things for the online shop!

Meanwhile we are in the January '07 Issue of Dance Teacher Magazine, I know you all read it right? Not an obscure publication at all, right? Well, they are fans of the Estelle bag in Carnival blossom:

Thank you all for reading my little ol' blog in 2006, I hope to have lots of fun new products for you all in 2007 in the shop, maybe I'll figure out how to make my own masthead for this little blog this year. Well I must start the New Year off on a nice note and go write some Thank You's. Hugs! xoxo ~m

2 Years

Today is our Anniversary, we were married 5 years after we started dating, 12.30.04. We were BFF's for about 2 years prior to dating. We have a solid 9 years under our belts together as best friends. He makes everyday wonderful in ways I never would have dreamed on my own.