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**Update: just made sale #5! woot :) Our wedding photographer, Mandy {MG Tot Shots}, recently contacted me about making a pair of custom earrings for her daughter. OF COURSE, no problem! I put some beads together and took some pictures this morning before work. So… I made my 4th sale today! Aren’t they cute? :)… [Read More]
I hope I’m not beating a dead horse {that is such a gross illustration, BTW}, but I would yet again like to post some super adorable things found on my favorite handmade site: ETSY!!! But, before I do that, I can talk about something else. Give you all a little break. So my fun topic… [Read More]
OUR COUCH IS DONE, OUR COUCH IS DONE — HOORAY!!! Zack’s mom and grandma came down Saturday afternoon and stayed through this morning {Tuesday}. They were here from Petoskey {a lovely 4-hour drive} and graciously recovered our living room couch. You can read about my anticipated excitement from this recent post: {I’ll just take my… [Read More]
I’m going to be honest with you… The Sweat Shop was in full force Friday night. I just added three new things to my Etsy page, and I want you to go to my page RIGHT NOW and check them out! Click here :) Here is a sneak peak of my pretties… just to get… [Read More]
Here it is! MY SEWING ROOM :) The amazing green lamp came from Zack’s grandma W., the sewing machine came from Zack’s grandma P., and that over there in the far right is my beautiful little iMac :) An up-close shot of her. She’s lovely, isn’t she?? :) There ya go, friends. I better get… [Read More]
Is it really Friday??? This is really exciting, for many reasons, because: …it means today is pay day …it means the weekend is ALMOST here …it means tomorrow my mother-in-law and grandma{-in-law?} are coming to recover our couch with me Recover my couch? Yes, silly. If you remember, I posted a little bit of my… [Read More]
I just made my THIRD sale with my Etsy shop! This is really, really fab! :) This baby girl is outta here!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Take a look at this: Spring styles are here? Uhhhh, how about some Spring weather?!??! I woke up this morning to about a quarter inch of ice on my car, driveway, and lovely driveway gate. My morning required scraping. Also, my morning was a bit chilly to be wearing that super… [Read More]
::UPDATE::If you have an Etsy account (need one? click HERE) and add my shop to your Favorites, I will give you a 20% discount. I’m trying to up my sales AND get my shop out there. So spread the word: www.maggiewhitley.etsy.com {Original Post:}Some of you have asked what my new sewing machine looks like, and… [Read More]
Since I’m such a Suzy Homemaker, I would like to share another recipe. Cranberry ChickenIngredients: 4-6 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless 1 (16-oz.) can of whole-berry cranberry sauce 1 (1- oz.) envelope of dry onion soup mix 8 oz. catalina dressing Directions: Preheat oven to 400* F. Place chicken breasts in a lightly greased 9×13… [Read More]
