Storewide sale- Free Shipping

I am having a Back to School sale.  I am offering free shipping on everything in my Etsy store. http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ziggydo#

Enjoy shopping. This sale lasts only for 1 week ending on August 23.

Use coupon code- Backtoschool. With no spaces.

                                       Happy Shopping!

Going Back To My Roots-Gardening

After giving some long and hard thoughts, well really not that hard, I have decided to go back to my roots.  And that is gardening.  I have a degree in Horticulture and really have never used it, except personally.  So I am going to be using my true love and passion for plants and taking it to the 2 farmers markets that I attend.  I am growing vegetables and flowering plants to sell.  Actually it has really been great to get back outside every day and work in my garden.  Working outside has been the only real stress reliever for me.  I love it.  Right now I have some peppers and tomatoes in the ground and I am about to plant some winter squash.  Sounds funny to plant winter squash right now since in Houston our winter doesn't start until January and only lasts about 2-3 months. In September I will be planting a lot more veges that will do better when our heat isn't at 100 degrees every day.
With this said, I will also be changing up my blog.  I am going to write more about my gardening work and my love to be more eco conscience than about my other businesses.  I will still post when things happen in my soap business since I still love making soap.  But I do plan to update quiet often about how plants are going and planting schedules, bug problems, or anything else that may arise.  I hope you enjoy it.  I do.

New Hooded Bath Towels

 I absolutely love making these hooded bath towels.  These soft towels are some of my favorites and these fluffy towels are really popular at the farmers markets where I sell them.  These towels can be used for children from toddlers all the way up to college kids.  It was funny when I had one boy about to go to A & M University talking his mom into buying my A & M towel.  He loved it.  I really do enjoy watching the kids get something that they can truly call their own.

My latest towels are here.  One is a white towel with Disney Cars themed fabric across the hood and down the sides.  I originally bought this fabric to make a chair cover so my littlest boy could put his coloring book and crayons behind his chair. (My attempt to keep his work area clean.) But it ended up on this towel instead.  It looks great.  And the kids like to pick out their favorite characters on the towel.  Nothing but fun and it reminds them of the movie every time they use their towel.  Honestly I can't tell you how many times we have watched Cars 1.http://www.etsy.com/listing/79135397/cars-hooded-bath-towel-for-toddlers

My other towel is for girls.  It is a hot pink fluffy towel with a zebra stripe ribbon across the hood and going down the sides of the towel.  What can I say?  It is very girly and so soft.  Perfect for cuddling with after a bath. I am stuck with a house full of boys.  So I get to, every once in a while, make stuff for other peoples little girls.  My mom keeps trying to put an order in for a little granddaughter but she is not getting it here.  It will have to come from my brother or sister.  My boys keep me so busy that I am exhausted by the end of the night.  They are wonderful to have in my life but they are energy sucker uppers. http://www.etsy.com/listing/79136247/pink-with-zebra-stripe-hooded-bath-towel

I do have another towel that is green with giraffe print ribbon on the hood and sides but I don't have it listed on etsy yet. Above is the picture for that one. 

Stripe and Floral Half Apron

My newest passion is making aprons.  I love to look at them for some strange reason.  So, since I have been sewing for so long, I have decided to start designing and making some great aprons.  My first apron is a half apron with a chocolate brown background with stripes and floral designs in green, pink, blue, and orange.http://www.etsy.com/listing/78830150/half-apron-in-stripes-floral-blue I have lined the apron in a solid brown fabric.  I have loved this fabric for a while.  The stripes and the floral design goes together so well.  I loved the fabric so much that I even made a purse out of it. 
I am a vendor at 2 farmers markets a week- The LaCenterra Farmers Market in Katy, Texas and The Spring Branch Farmers Market in the Spring Branch area in Texas.  Last week I put the apron on the table and had several people look at it with some interest.  Most everyone enjoyed it, however, almost everyone said that they prefer full length aprons compared to the half aprons. With this said I am going to make lots of aprons that are full length.  Personally I would like a full length apron also.  When I am making my soaps and other bath products I wear a thick canvas one.  It is really for cooking outdoors but I like that it protects my clothes
 from oils spills and splashes.  So here I go diving into a new and exciting product that I have been wanting to try for some time.