Go Dawgs! Go Trojans! Go Nachman!

Last week kicked off a long list of t-shirt orders for various schools! I'm so excited to get started on this week's orders for Buckeye, and I'll be making some sample shirts for ASH and Brame. I also have a few gift orders to work on ... things are getting busy and I'm so thankful!!

Three generations of bulldog fans!


Shirt for a Nachman teacher.


Go Trojans!!

Birthday Keepsake

Clint's cousin, Amie, has a daughter that she is creating a birthday keepsake for. She brought me tablecloth that she started last year. The tablecloth will record all of Maddie's birthday themes for each year! We had to work backwards and do her theme from last year, and then add her Minnie Mouse theme for this year.

Sorry for the awful picture! I was not about to iron this whole thing and put it on my table, but you get the idea.

School Shirts!!

One product I wanted to offer to set me apart from other companies was custom school shirts. I finally got a kick-start this week and designed a shirt for the greatest high school in the parish - Alexandria Senior High, of course!

I have another order for a different design that I'm getting started on tomorrow. Very fun projects and I can't wait to see them worn around town!

After that: East Beauregard Elementary School shirt for the fabulous DeDe Iles!

This Week's Projects

Whew! It was a t-shirt week! Some of these were orders, some of these are gifts for friends of mine. I think all of these shirts came from Target. I'll be keeping them in business! It's funny how I look at clothes now....I always think "Could I put name/initials on that??"

Here's the t-shirt lineup! Carly, Courtney, Leanne, you might notice some familiar names on few of these shirts :)



By far the most difficult shirt so far. Such tiny appliques!! Then, I had to hand-stitch the hay bales because my machine ripped gaping hole in the practice run. I like the hand-stitched hay bales, anyway.

And, yet another birthday shirt!

Great Deal!

I was browsing at Target for some shirts for an order, and I came across a major clearance rack and found these great little shirts. Because they were on such a major clearance, I went ahead and bought several! So, when I find an awesome deal like that, I'll pass that deal on to you!

Shirts (with monogram, of course) are $10 + $3 shipping if you're not in the Alexandria/Pineville area. Great gift or just a cute shirt for your little girl!

Brown/pink sizes: 12m, 3T





Pink/pink sizes: 12m, 18m





Green sizes: 12m, 24m, 3T, 5T

Email me at stitchedbyamanda@hotmail.com if you would like to buy one. Thanks!

Custom Pillow

A wonderful lady asked me to create a pillow out of a cross-stitch she made in 1989! Her daughter (who is equally wonderful - I taught her two years ago) is going to Louisiana Tech in the fall and she wanted her to have this keepsake from her mom.

So, I was pretty nervous. I mean, most projects can be redone if I screw something up. Not this one!!

I was so thankful that she bought the fabric because I was so worried that I would pick out something she wouldn't like. Her daughter loves Vera Bradley stuff, and her bedding is black and white, so the pillow will be a great accent.

On the front is the cross-stitch, and on the back I used the two fabrics to create an envelope-style pillow with a chunky black button. So, the pillow is cute either way she puts it on her bed.

Thanks for the order, Kim! I had a great time!

Purses just ain't my thang

I have to admit.

I don't get the whole "Oh my gosh I got this new Coach purse and it cost $300 and oh my gosh oh my gosh." Don't get me wrong. I can spend $300 in a hot second on any number of frivolous things. Purses just aren't one of them.

Sorry. I know I'm way out of fashion when it comes to my purses. My students (and coworkers) have let me know that my purse situation is completely unacceptable.

For example: Christmas 2009 I grudgingly spent $10 on a new purse at Target. And I carried that nasty thing until today. Oops. A few weeks ago I added some leftover fabric flowers that didn't sell at school as a hail mary. Didn't work. The blood stain left on the purse from a beef liver that we used in lab (yes, I did wash it several times - it was clean, just stained) sort of took away from the funky fabric flowers. Again....oops.

So, I found an even better deal at good ol' Hobby Lobby. They have this great new aisle that has all sorts of ready-to-embroider items, such as this purse. I bit the bullet (all $7.99 of it) and bought the purse and put my monogram on it tonight.

I think I look a little more sophisticated...what do you think?