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Exciting News!!

I have kind of fallen off the face of Blog Land lately and there is good reason! I have been working my little butt off making hair bows and pillow case dresses for a store in Irwin, Pa. Thats right! MY STUFF IS IN A STORE!!
I'm so excited to have this oppertunity to work with the owner, Jodi from New 2 You. The store is at 231 Main Street, Irwin Pa    (ph # 724-864-2650)

Here are some of the items that I have been working on lately. The dresses will be at New 2 You as of Friday morning. I also do custom orders via email!

This was my set up for the Avonworth Highschool Craft Show! It was an awesome show and i'm excited to attend again next year!

Steelers, Pitt and Penn State Pillowcase Dresses- $18 each

Christmas Pillowcase Dresses- $15 each

Sorry the lighting isn't fantastic. I took these at 10pm in my hall way because I wanted to get pictures up ASAP!

I can do these dresses in sizes 3months all the way up to a girls size 10! Any fabric patterns! (Including Disney Prints! -Upcharge may apply). Also you can do a fabric tie or a ribbon tie, the choice is yours. As as standard I include a fabric tie.

Matching Hair Bows are available too- $5 each!!

Stationery card

Getting Hitched Save The Date

Shutterfly has personalized save the date cards"

View the entire collection of cards.

Update! Shutterfly Winners!

There were 2 blog winners from my shutterfly giveaway!
Suzie B. and Erica75!!

I have contacted you both hope you enjoy your cards!!

A Round of Thank Yous!

Wow, craft show season seems to be flying by! Its already November 7th. 10 months til the wedding exactly!

I wanted to say hello and a big THANK YOU to everyone that i met at the Syria Shrine and St. Teresa's Church the past few weekends! You all have been inspiring some great creations coming up this week! I'll try to post my new items here before i head off to Linton Middle School in Penn Hills on the 19th, but feel free to visit my booth that day!
An etsy store will be opening after December 5th!
Have a creative day!

November Update!

November is fast approaching so I wanted to get some updpates out about what i'm doing!
First: CTMH stuff....
Our "sale" for November is this:

Spend $25 on MyAcrylix stamps and recieve the Holiday Wishes stamp set for $5.  You can purchase all your stamping and scrapbooking goodies HERE

Craft Show Stuff:
There are still 3 craft shows left this year!! I will have the following items for sale:
Tutus, Cute Onesies, Baby and Toddler PJ pants, Hair Accessories, Baby Blankets, Cupcake onesie shower favors, and Flower Pins. Come Check Me Out!!

November 5th @ St. Teresa of Avila in Pittsburgh. Its 9a-3p  and its in TWO buildings, the school and the church. I am in the church

November 19th @ Linton Middle School in Penn Hills. Its 8a-3p and i'm usually in the hallway named Sleigh Ride by the cafeteria. If that changes i'll post on Twitter and Facebook that morning.

December 5th @ Avonworth High School. Its 9a-3p (I think) and i believe its in the gym!


Some Personal Stuff:
Follow me on twitter @katrovato
and i'm on facebook too! (in the message say you came from my blog so I add you!)

Today begins my Couch to 5K workout. You can follow my progress on Twitter or Facebook and i'll try to post here each time I run with how i'm doing! Keep me motivated and accountable!

November 1st begins my "Weight Watchers Challenge". I'm trying to lose at least 20 pounds before the wedding.  I've totally made up this challenge myself in order to motivate me to lose weight and stick to it. I CAN DO IT!!!

Also i've been so busy with craft shows and prepping for them that I haven't gotten my fingers all inky or done any scrapbooking. I need to get on that this winter so expect more stuff!

Shutterfly Photo Cards: I'm in Heaven!

If you read my blog alot, or if you know me personally you know I take a TON of pictures. I've gone to a wedding and taken over 950 photos in one evening. I scrapbook like crazy and I happen to think there is no better type of Christmas card to get is one with photos especially if I haven't been able to set my eyes on those people in a long time. One of my favorite websites for photo cards is Shutterfly! I have been a member there for as long as I can remember and have even given their gift certificates as gifts to my mom who is as much as a photo bug as i am.
I'm really excited to be chosen to review Shutterfly's photo cards because its a product I LOVE! I'm especially excited about the 2011 holiday designs. They feature fresh designs that right on target with whats popular in fashion and design as well as TONS of conventional and non conventional color schemes.
My favorite this year is:


Chevron is SO in right now. You see it everywhere! Clothes, home designs, its all over Target! This is certain to be my Christmas card choice this year once we recieve our engagement pictures!

If you don't celebrate "Christmas" per se thats ok too because they offer many different Holiday Cards.
Cards aren't your thing? You need GIFTS? They have those too!! I see some really cute things that my family members will be getting this year like these:


You can also make calendars, stationary, and home decor items!

Now for the giveaway, Shutterfly is giving me the chance to give out 25 free cards to 3 of my readers! To enter, just leave a comment below telling me what design you'd pick and a winner will be chosen at random on November 5th!

Memories....

I've been in a sappy lovey reminiscing type of mood. So I thought i'd post some  Hilton Head pictures. This ugly weather makes me miss the beach.

10 Months, 2 Weeks and 5 Days

Those words are scary. 10 months, 2 weeks and 5 days until my wedding. I'm excited for tomorrow because we will meet with our photographer for our engagement session. I hate getting my picture taken, but i feel this has a whole new spin on it. Someone who actually KNOWS how to take pictures will be taking pictures of ME and D!! I hope they look great despite the calls for rain and wind. Wish us luck!

On other fronts there has been a lull in the wedding planning happenings and that will probably continue until Christmas is over. We have the major parts:
A place to get married and have the reception
My dress is bought and over half way paid for
Our photographer is booked
We have someone to marry us
We have a color scheme
We know what bridesmaid dresses we'll choose
A date for the bachelorette party and bridal shower are picked out
We begun a wedding registry
DIY mothers corsages are 3/4 of the way done
And the bridesmaid/flower girl bouquets are 3/4 of the way assembled.

This makes me feel productive.

Then i get to my list of crap that i still need to do and i panic.
We've been breaking it into months.
Purchasing save the dates
Engagement Pics
Finalizing a guest list with the parents
and getting through craft show season.

Those are my goals. For now.

Fall Craft Show Season

Well its two weeks into fall craft show season and im busy busy busy! The past two evenings I've spent 4+ hours after my full time job creating new items for a show this weekend to replenish my store. Im exhausted! I've got some cute new items and can't wait to sell them to make room for the other hundred ideas in my head!!




Sunday. Oct 2: St.Michaels Church Elizabeth, Pa. 9a-3p

Saturday. Oct 22: Syria Shrine. Cheswick, Pa. 9a-4p

Saturday. Nov 5. St. Teresa of Avilla

Saturday Nov 19. Linton elementary. Penn Hills, Pa 9a-4p

Saturday Dec 5. Avonworth HS.