Etsy Shop is back up and running!

I worked on some new things today and I decided to go ahead and get them in my Etsy shop now so that I don't have to spend time listing a lot of stuff at one time! 

I spent some time sewing today and I whipped up these journal covers.  I just love these things, they are so fun to make and I love how each one is different.  It's fun to come up with new color/fabric combinations for each one.  My favorite of these from today, though, is the Neptune one.  I found this section of strips already sewn together so I had to use it.  It was left over from the pillow I made that's featured on the front cover of Heather's Pillow Pop book.  How fun is that?!!

So, here they are...

I really do love them all though...I have made 8 of these in the past 4 days or so and that was just in 2 days of actual sewing!  This is the one I made for myself...

And these are the ones I made for this kids.  Bailey designed the heart for hers and she helped with the piecing also.

I am working on some other things for the store.  I want to make some big picnic type blankets that you can roll up and put in your car for those outings when you need a blanket to sit on.  I will probably be doing some pot holders and coasters, maybe some place mat sets for the kitchen.  I want to do some little zip bags and possibly things like sunglasses cases.  I have lots of ideas!!

If you are interested in any of the 4 journal covers posted there at the top, go check them out in my Etsy Shop, Pink Punk Threads.  I think you will find that they are very reasonably priced!

If you have any ideas for things you would like to see in my shop leave me a comment, I am always open for suggestions!

xoxo, Shelly

New Sewing Space

Ok....so I know I have been absent for a long time!

 I have been working and focusing on my blog with Heather. I have recently started sewing again after a pretty long break and I have decided that I want to re-open my Etsy store and start selling some pre-made stuff in there again.

The first thing I wanted to do was to get rid of the Boutique part of my name. As you can see I am now Pink Punk Threads.  I wanted something that was a little different, but I wanted to keep the Pink Punk since I have used that for so long.  I am working on some new things to stock up my store right now.  It will all be ready to ship items.  I will no longer do any custom work.  I just don't have the time and frankly, after a pretty bad experience where I was taken advantage of by a customer I just don't want to do custom work.  I will also only be shipping in the US.

So, my sewing stuff has been packed away for almost a year now and I wanted to have a space where I can get to it whenever the urge to sew hits me.  I have spent the last week setting up my new sewing space and I just love it so far!

I love having my own desk!  I have my Janome set up and I keep my laptop there so I can listen to music or check pinterest, etc...  I also love that I have drawers to put all my thread and stuff  in.  I will have to take pictures of those soon.  The shelves came from my sister in exchange for a quilt that I made her.  It was a kit from Moda and it turned out really nice. As soon as she takes  a picture of the finished quilt I will post it.  I decided to go with plastic shoe boxes from Home Depot for all my smaller cuts of fabric. I organized according to color and I like that they won't get dusty and I don't have to worry about the stacks falling over!  On the top shelf I have my bigger cuts wrapped on comic book boards, then I have even bigger cuts just folded and stacked. The little basket on the 3rd shelf has a couple of quilt kits and a table runner kit.  The big apothecary jars on top are from Walmart and they are full of zippers and ribbon spools.

This smaller shelf is just next to my back door.  On it I have some jelly rolls and FQ sets in the shelf on top.  The top shelves have more FG sets, my home made magazine holders and a cute zipper bag that Heather made for me.  It's filled with all my hexie making supplies and finished hexies from swaps.  The 2nd shelf hold my WIP's and a couple of kraft bags with bit's of interfacing and odds and ends.  The bottom shelf hold my box for scraps, boxes of ribbon (left from my scrapbooking days) and big cuts of flannel for backings.

The box on the bottom and the magazine holder boxes I made with USPS priority boxes.I covered them with kraft wrapping paper that I picked up at Dollar Tree for $1 a roll.  I also made a big "magazine holder" style box to set at the end of my desk to hold my big ruler, peltex and  rolls of interfacing.  I did make quite a mess with the spray glue though!  It's lovely to make things that are useful out of things I have around the house and I have an overabundance of USPS boxes to use for things like this. Pinterest is a wonderful tool for these types of projects.

Now that I have my space all set up I am going to start working on things to fill up my store.  I am open for suggestions as to the types of items you would like to see me list.  I am also going to be venturing wider than just bags and little accessories.  I am thinking quilted wall hangings, Pillow covers, kitchen accessories, etc... Maybe even some patterns for some of my smaller Pink Punk Bags. 

Let me know what you would like to see in my store!

xoxo, Shelly