Shweet Gothic

As many of you know I am so in love with the graphic style of Carm with Shweet Potato Designs.

http://www.shweetpotatodesigns.com/

This weekend I decided to take her graphic style to heart and designed a new doll that I hope she will create into a graphic soon. This is based on one of my favorite tv shows from my teens..."THE ADAM'S FAMILY".

On Wednesday's for the past 2 years my daughers and I have done something little in our community to bring a smile to someone's face. We called it out Pay It Forward Wednesdays. So this is out little mascot for our PIF Wednesdays. You will be able to see ideas on how you can PIF in your community every Wednesday at our Shweet Potato Dolls Blog. Just look for the Wednesday Doll where we will offer some ideas. http://www.shweetpotatodolls.com/
Wednesday will be up for adoption on our Shweet Potato Dolls blog soon as well as an e-pattern for you to create your own little Shweet Gothic Raggedy.

Everyone have a great Memorial Day and please take a moment out of your day to say "Thanks" to those who gave their lives so we CAN live free!

Shweet Potato Dolls Blog

I am so excited and so proud to announce we have a brand new blog where you will be able to find all things Shweet! Our Shweet Potato Dolls Blog will be were we will showcase our newest ©shweet potato dolls and patterns. You will be able to go directly from our blog to our pattern pages and also adopt your very own ©Shweet Potato Doll from our blog.

We also want everyone to get to know our Muse Carm with Shweet Potato Designs so you will have a direct link to her little bit of Shweet Heaven too.

We'd love to have you come by and follow us. Very soon we will be holding a Grand Opening Drawing for an Original ©Shweet Potato Doll.

Each Wednesday you will get special tips on how to PIF.... or as Oprah says Pay IT Forward. This is something our family has been doing every Wednesday for over a year and we are now taking it national and international.

We hope you will come by and visit all our blogs and shoppes and just have fun.
You can find our Shweet Potato Dolls Blog at http://www.shweetpotatodolls.com/

Now I am off to take Sassy Kassy to graduation practice........ oh my youngest is out of high school....

NEW AWARENESS ORNIE E-PATTERN

Wow not sure where the energy came from but I wrote up two new patterns today.

The Awareness Ornie/Bowl Filler e-Pattern is now ready to download in our shoppe Always Crafty 2 http://www.alwayscrafty2.com/patterns.html.
This pattern is packed with all kinds of tips and methods to make your ornies unique to you.

Two Sizes of Ribbons and many different ideas on how to use them.

TWO different methods of staining to make them nice and prim or you can just leave them as is for a country feel.

Say a special thank you to that doctor or nurse who treats you. Give them an Awareness Ribbon Sachets.


These are easy to create and make great products for your next craft show.

If you want some already made up check out the Americana Awareness Ribbons in our Country Fried Primitves Shoppe http://www.countryfriedprimitives.com/shoppes/cfpalwayscrafty2/

Remember we LOVE Custom orders! Just email us if you would like us to make some up for you.
alwayscrafty2@yahoo.com

Check in tomorrow for our newest Shweet Potato American Dolls Pattern.
TWO Raggedy Dolls in One pattern and a Sailor Hat Tutorial all for one low price!

Wonderful Wednesday

It's a wonderful Wednesday...Only 4 days left til I hit 50!

Yesterday I created a couple Shweet Potato Dolls that I am making into a double pattern today.
They will be for sale as a set in my Country Fried Primitives shoppe soon.
http://www.countryfriedprimitives.com/shoppes/cfpalwayscrafty2/






I just have to share with you the most awesome Room Spray I received from Hunny Bunny Primitives. The room spray is wonderfully full scented and stays in the room for hours! It is a dry spray so it goes on dry feeling and does NOT leave a wet mark on dolls or clothing.
You can find Ro's Spray on eBay at http://tiny.cc/HunnyBunnyPrimitives
Check out her ABOUT ME page for her scent list. I have Grandma's Pie Crust and Madagascar Spice and they are both wonderful!

Well off to work on the patterns... See ya soon!

She has a NAME!

Please come over to eBay and check out my NEW NAME and see if you are the winner of a prize from my Momma. If my new name was suggested by you please email my momma at sandi_0510@msn.com with your mailing address. Make sure to put Winner in the subject line so she knows it is not spam.

You can find me here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270383729348

If you like Flower items please check all my momma's listings. She has also up for adoption several of my sisters. Also, her eBay group Age*Before*Beauty is holding their Monthly Launch and May Flowers is the theme. To find all the Age*Before*Beauty Listings type in AB4B MF in the eBay search box or look here http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38.l1313&_nkw=ab4b+mf&_sacat=See-All-Categories

More creations will be listed on May 2 too.

Til tomorrow....

Cinco De Mayo is right around the corner BUT there is still time to get your very own Carmen Shweet Potato Doll...
She is listed on eBay right now and with a Buy it Now she can be in the mail, on her way to your house in the morning.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=270382712200


Well time for bed for this ole lady... See ya tomorrow with some new Poppy dolls.

I need a NAME

I need a name...... My momma grew me this weekend but she just can't think of a name for me. Inspiration for me came from Carm with Shweet Potato Designs. You can what inspired my Momma to grow me at http://www.shweetpotatodesigns.com/.

If you can think of a name for me please post it here...... IF my Momma picks the name you suggested she will send you a prize.

Sleepy Sunday and Wet Monday

I think I must have walked way to much for these olde bones on Saturday. Sunday I woke up barely able to stand but did make it to the recliner to sew on one doll. *I have 7 more to finish but one was all I managed.
Spent most of the day on pain meds and in deep sleep but Marty did bring in the laptop to show me the place we are going to go HOG HUNTING in the Fall. IT looks like it will be fun and a wonderful place just to sit and enjoy the creatures God created. It's in Mt Pleasant Texas which will be far enough away from a big city that one can see the stars.

Something to dream about and squirrel away money for.
Kassy is still studying hard for the SAT on May 2 and she hopes to get her scores up. BUT In the meantime she has such a natural ability towards hair designs and makeup so she is also looking into some of the local Cosmetology Schools. This week while the 10 and 11th graders take TAKS
we will be visiting 2 of the schools to check them out. Toni N GUY and CCC Paul Mitchell School.
Never hurts to have a couple schools on your list. She is thinking a head. Cosmetology school is 12-18 months and she can get her liscence and also work in that field while she attends college.
Smart thinking my kid is.

Well Monday is here and it is a wet one indeed. The apartments finally were ready to start re-modeling our section, a week late, and Now it rains. So guess that will be on hold again. Last week was beautiful all week long and no construction. OH well so it goes. Only been 2 years of waiting what is a couple more weeks. We need all the rain we can get to keep those wild fires away.
Well time for me to get that kid out of bed to head off to her day at school. Me? Well today is yet another Doctor visit. Seems like I see more doctors than friends in the past year. Hope this time we get some answers but if we don't we will just keep on searching. While I am waiting guess I could dress one of these nekkkkkkked dolls. They need to get some clothes on so they can get on eBay soon.
Wanna see the baby who I dressed on Sunday?
Meet Susan (YES she is a Black Eyed Susan Shweet Potato Flower Doll.)
Based on graphic by a wonderful artist Carm with Shweet Potato Designs
http://www.shweetpotatodesigns.com/


I think I will make her up into a e-pattern. She would be fun to create in all styles all year long.
Well off to go to roll my baby out of bed. Wonder who will do it next year if she is at TWU????

Til later

Good Monday Morning...Flowers are Bloomin'

Wow! It's a beautiful Monday morning here in Dallas, Texas. The sun is shinning bright and the air is slightly cool. Not to worry we should be close to 90 by Wednesday.

I took Chico out for a walk this morning and noticed all the beautiful landscaping our complex did last week. Funny thing is they are starting to remodel the outside of all our buildings today and I wonder what will happen to all the lovely landscaping they just completed??? Not to worry if all the flowers dissapear for a while I have created my own flowers to brighten my apartment.
I'd love to introduce you to Daisy and Marigold. Two of my newest Shweet Potato Dolls and soon to be an e-pattern so you can create your own little flower garden.


These little flowers will be up for adoption on May 1 and 2 on eBay so check back then if you are interested in some flowers for your home.

Speaking of eBay..... One of my friends has created the most awesome looking muslin. Muslin like I have never seen before. Chocolate Muslin! YES it would be perfect for your ethnic dolls and for faux choclate foods. I would love to get me some and create some gingers using it.
You can find Becky's Chocolate Muslin under mulberrymemories on eBay or http://tiny.cc/ClickHere897

While you are on eBay make sure to check out her eBay store Mulberry Memories Primitives
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/MulberryMemoriesPrimitives__W0QQ_armrsZ1

AND if you like to sew your own creations Becky creates a wonderful line of patterns that you can download instantly on Pattern Mart http://www.patternmart.com/patterns/search/section/All/Mulberry+Memories/All
Make sure you visit her little shoppe ....on the web..... Mulberry Memories http://www.mulberrymemories.com/
Perfectly Prim Pin Keep Mammy

http://tiny.cc/jVdvu

We want to wish to you a Happy and Wonderful Spring Day!

Come VOTE please

HEY ALL!

Last month a community I am a member of called Ol Country Home decided to do a challenge where we each created a doll (OR MORE) using Carm with Shweet Potato Designs graphics for inspiration.
NOW the voting has started for best Carm Doll. I'd love to have you pop over and cast your vote. The poll is on Down Hidden Farm Lane's Blog http://downhiddenfarmlane.blogspot.com/


You can check out Carm's Graphic Shoppe to see our inspiration!
http://www.shweetpotatodesigns.com/

I'll see if i can get the poll to list on here but until then hop over to Diana's blog and check out the poll. While you are there read her fun blog too!

New Shweet Potato Dolls are in the House

WOW this has been a wild week. First I fracture my right wrist last Thursday ( week before) then this week I get to drink this wonderful vanilla "shake" and get an IV of idoine while I get my "inards" catscaned. Let's pray that the catscan shows why the pain is still there.

Meanwhile here at the Ramirez place we learned Kassy has to re-take the SAT and get a MUCH better score so she can get into her college of choice. Now I took the ACT MANY, MANY years ago and would just have her take the ACT but the next test is mid June and to late for FALL admissions. So mom heads off to Borders and gets books to study for the SAT. So dyslexic mom with headaches is studing the SAT books with my beautiful but dyslexic 18 year old. It does get the mind moving that is for sure. It also shows me how little I know or retained from WAY back in my high school and UU days.

In between me reading and working with Kassy I have been finishing up a couple new Shweet Potato Dolls ...yes one handed. Got some help stuffing the dolls and just gently used the "right"
hand to sew. I would go nuttz if i could not sew. Wanna see them???
They are based on Carm's graphics with her permission of course.
I'll show you a link to the graphic in case you want one or two of her graphics for yourself.
It's number 203 at the bottom of the page http://tiny.cc/SQeIT


I still need to work up the snowgal but it is so hard to do when it is in the 90s outside.

I feel in love with this graphic set the first time I saw it. What is spring and summer without butterflies. I remember when the girls were little they worked in the garden with their grandpa, (the one who went to heaven in July) and they loved the "Flutterbyes".
So Here are my Flutterbyes
Carm's Flutters number 124 http://tiny.cc/6gViq



Now as soon as Marty gets home I am off to deliver some Bunnies to some very special kids.
Ya'll have a wonderful and Happy Easter Sunday. Thanks for all your prayers. We need them so keep them coming!
Sandi

Bunnies Bunnies and More Shweet Bunnies

I am so in love with Carm with Shweet Potato Designs's graphics. I just look at one of her creations and hit the sewing machine. Carm you are just so inspiring. http://tiny.cc/nARc3
I wanted to share with you these cute Raggedy Annie Bunnies. Each one is created using the same pattern that I am working on writting up right now. They look different because of the fabrics I used and one I sewed the legs on differently.
One of the dolls is on eBay right now and I just listed this little jewel on etsy
http://tiny.cc/MlMzW

Here she is in a Shabby Chic Look (on ebay) http://tiny.cc/XL1Qr

And she even stains up nice for that extreme primitive look too. She is listed in my Lemon Poppy Seeds Shoppe. http://tiny.cc/19XFf


I have one more I am working on right now and can't wait to show her off...AN Easter Homespun Annie.

Remember all comments on my blog go into the hat for a drawing for one of my Faux Chocolate Bunnies!

Always Crafty 2 Dolls

Well I have been making but not listing much online ... so today I decided to list some dolls and one Autism Bunny where 1/2 of the proceeds are going to Autism.These dolls were inspired by Shweet Potato Designs Graphics with carm's permission to create dolls and patterns to sell.Foo Foo Bunny http://tiny.cc/iyH6g
Spring Raggedy http://tiny.cc/S1M6J
Lady Bird Raggedy http://tiny.cc/wt5gn
Autism Awareness Bunny - Original Always Crafty 2 Dollhttp://tiny.cc/d5e8X

I went to Etsy and listed one of the Autism Bunnies there too http://tiny.cc/YqBvW



Now I am trying to decide if I should write up the dolls into patterns...
Love your thoughts.
Til Later ........

New Soaps in my Etsy Shoppe and Country Craft Show

This has been a strange week here in the Ramirez household. Been "patiently" waiting to hear from Texas Women's University if Kassy got in for Fall 09 and we keep getting letters but they just need more info. Of course it doesn't help that mom filled out all the forms and being dyslexic I messed up my own social in the FSFA form. Got that corrected on Monday so praying she hears something soon.

While I am sitting around recovering I decided to whip up some Easter Egg Soaps. These are the perfect size for guest soaps in your bath and would make awesome additions to anyone's Easter Basket or hunt. They can be shrink wrapped so you can hide them when you hid your other eggs Easter morning. You can find them in both my etsy shoppe http://tiny.cc/8W2Zs
and also at the Country Craft Show Online in My Sassy Soaps N Such Booth http://tiny.cc/H0vSO.

NOW if you like the soaps they can come in almost any color and scent NOT just the ones listed. Just ask and if I have the scent I can make them up for you. Mention my blog and get an extra Egg Soap FREE!


I just finished a couple Dolls that I will be listing on eBay this weekend inspired by Carm's graphics. Shweet Potato Designs is an awesome graphic shoppe created by a dear friend of mine named Carm. She has given me permission to use her graphics as inspriration for dolls and patterns. This weekend one of our online communities will be showing off each of our dolls we created from one of her graphics. My little bunny pictured with his basket and eggs is based on one of her graphics and is up for adoption. If you are interested in him just drop me a note sandi_0510@msn.com.

Til tomorrow

Bunny Hugs Door Display

I am so blessed to have the blessings from a wonderful graphics artist to take her graphics and create them into dolls, ornies and other fabric art. This is one of my favorite of her Spring graphics ...

Here it is created in a Door Display


Shweet Potato Designs is Carm's graphic shoppe you can find this graphic and many more in her wonderful shoppe. She also designs websets for your websites and I must say not only are they wonderful the prices are perfect too. http://tiny.cc/qNaG6

Hope you will come take a peek at her shoppe!

Check out our NEW Doll Pattern!

I am so excited to announce that Always Crafty 2 has started creating Patterns!
I love Carm with Shweet Potato Designs graphics and she has allowed me to create dolls and now patterns using her graphics as inspiration. Check out her graphics:
http://www.shweetpotatodesigns.com/

I just added both an E-pattern and paper pattern for Pudgy and Pumpkin a Shweet Potato Doll by Always Crafty 2. This 13" tall is just the cutest thing.

I am a self taught sewer so I write patterns the way I think and talk. I like to add tips and hints that I have learned from friends here on the web.

Come by and check her out!
http://www.alwayscrafty2.com/patterns.html



More patterns to come...
Til tomorrow