{Goals for 2012}

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Jess

Well 2011 is almost in the history books. This has been a pretty amazing year, filled with ups and downs. But it was a good year overall. My husband and I become home owners, work for both of us has been great {thankful for my hubby’s new job} and I started my own crafty business.

As always at the end of the year, I like to think about the coming year and create some goals. Since my hubby and I are currently in the middle of combining our office/craft room to create a guest bedroom, I will not be doing much crafting. So I have started a Pinterest board for my 2012 projects. My goal is to complete 2 projects from the board a month.

As for Sew Simple Sew Jess {the shop} I’m taking a break for the holidays. And I will be back after the new year with new necklaces, work totes, and library book bags. My goal for the shop in 2012 is to have all of my items be ready to ship. This should allow me to have more time to do a little quilting and other crafts around the house. I’m sure I will be adding other goals as I work on my shop during my little break. But for now it is back to cleaning and organizing.

{Thanksgiving}

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Jess

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating. I love Thanksgiving, the food and family getting together. This year has been a year of ups and downs and I have been tested in my faith numerous times and as a result of this year, my faith is stronger than ever.

I am thankful for an amazing hubby. He is my best friend and the love of my life. I still can’t believe that it is soon coming upon our 4th wedding anniversary.

I am thankful for the roof over my head. Becoming homeowners has come with it’s own set of challenges, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. Yes, I will admit some months I was stressing if we were going to have enough to make it through the month. But God always provided us with a way through.

I am thankful for my wonderful job. I mean I get to be surrounded by books all day, a dream come true. Plus I share my love of books with everyone, especially my storytime kiddos.

Even the lows of the year, I am still thankful for them. I would not be the person I am without them.

So this Thanksgiving, I am just making sure I thank God for all that he has done for my family this past year. Because without him I don’t think we would have had the strength to make it through.

Happy Thanksgiving.

{Shop Update}

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Jess

I’ve been adding new items to the shop this week and will be adding more over the weekend. Just as long as I continue to beat this sinus like infection, I’m sick of being sick.

New Rosette Necklaces {click on the image for more information}

Blue and Gray/Silver Team Colors Rosette Necklace. Perfect for those Detroit Lions fans!

Green and White Team Colors Rosette Necklace. GO GREEN GO WHITE!!!! GO STATE!

Purple and Yellow/Gold Team Colors Rosette Necklace. Great for LSU fans!

Shades of Pink Rosette Necklace. A great way to add a little punch of color to your winter wardrobe.

All of my rosette necklaces are made with Kona cottons, silver chain, and close with a lobster clasp. And as always I love custom orders as well. Be sure to stop by my shop Sew Simple Sew Jess.

{Reading Life}

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Jess

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In the last few months there have been a plethora of articles from various sources bashing and looking down at young adult/teen literature. Well all I want to add is, just give it a try. Teen books in my experience as a youth librarian are written much better and keep me engaged in the story, very few adult books can do that these days. {With the exception of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline} As a librarian I don’t care what people are reading just as long as they are reading something that they enjoy, that’s what is really all about.

{Pinterest Adventure} I’ve finished some!

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Jess

Looking through my pin boards this weekend, I discovered that I have actually done some of my pins, YAY!

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I LOVE my unpaper towels. In an effort to go green in the kitchen, we no longer using paper towels in the kitchen. But I still need something other than regular kitchen towels for little spills/napkins and this fit the bill perfectly. I created my with my MSU flannel fabric I had and picked up some birdseye fabric, they are sew simple to create!

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My crockpot and I have a wonderful relationship. It allows me and my hubby to make dinner with ever little effort on our part, which is good since I generally don’t enjoy cooking after work. This crockpot chicken taco soup is just yummy and perfect for quick meal to get started before leaving for the day. I don’t really consider it a soup, more like a chicken chili, has plenty of spice and other yummy additions. A new favorite crockpot recipe for this house.

I’m working on a few new ones and will share them once I finally have them finished. I still can’t believe that it is November, were did the time go. Soon Christmas will be here, yikes, time to start crafting Christmas gifts.

{Art Prize} Gifts 12-20

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jess

Another week has come and gone. It simply amazes me how time flies by, especially when all it going so well. I have been loving the fall weather, and some fall rain is always refreshing to the soul.

So this few weekends ago, my mom, brother, hubby and I headed over to Grand Rapids, MI to Art Prize. Wow, if you are in the Grand Rapids area now through October 9 make sure you checkout the various art work. Simple Amazing!