Customs Open!!

So, Shawn ended up not going into the military. God gave us a job here! Thank you, Lord!

Custom slots are open again! You can place an order by emailing me (threaded.goodness@gmail.com) or leaving a comment below. Want a particular yarn? Let me know. I have lots of yarns to choose from, and can help you pick the fiber best suited for your order and your tastes. Have an idea of a particular product you would like? Leave a comment or shoot me an email, and I'd be glad to answer your questions and begin the creating process with you!

After 5 months of adjusting to baby and praying through Shawn's job loss, I am excited to get back to my love of creating. Lord willing, my online store will have a few more items in the weeks to come, so keep your eye out for some new products!

Signing off for awhile...

I am sad to say, but I will be closing out my custom orders. My hubby is going into the Navy, and it is imperative that I have my undivided attention and full concentration on my household for the next year, as big changes are coming to our home!

So thanks to all of you who have ordered from me during the past several months. I've truly enjoyed all of the projects, but especially the looks on your faces when you receive them! It's blessed me way more than the extra money it's brought in - although that's nice too :)

The outstanding orders will be completed timely, so no worries there.

I'm keeping the Etsy shop open until I figure out what I will be doing. Perhaps a sale is in the future? :) We'll see. I'll post more news on that in the next few weeks, God willing. Thanks for the love, ya'll!

Emmie's Baby Blanket - FINALLY!!!

After a long (too long!) time, this blanket is finally complete! Out of all the items I've made, this is my favorite (next to the Charlotte dress). The yarn is amazingly soft (bamboo/wool), warm and just snuggly! And Emmie seems to like it, too. What a cherub she is!

Customs Welcome!

My baby hiatus is over, and although life is not quite back to normal yet, I just can't wait to get back to making things. So feel free to contact me if you are interested!

Christmas Gifts

While I am taking my six week hiatus, I am working on Christmas gifts for the fam. I will be posting them as I complete them - which is totally exciting for me, since I am glad to be back to crocheting. Right now I'm working on a baby blanket for little Emilia. I am normally a totally frugal person, but this go round (and being that she is our last little one), I really wanted to make her something nice. The yarn I'm using is Baby Bamboo by Sirdar - LOVE it! Almost as much as the Maizy yarn I bought recently (which is made of CORN fiber!). You can check out the yarn for Emilia's blanket here. So check back for some photos later on in the week.

Also, if you are following this blog from the Great Marketing Exchange, and haven't seen your website featured here yet, rest assured you will be on here soon. I removed myself from the GME due to the birth of our new baby, however, I will be doing my best to get up the rest of the sites as soon as possible.

Off to make a bottle and care for my sick little babies!

Baby Hiatus

I am so thankful that Emilia is here. She completes our family in so many ways. And after four straight years of pregnancies that were physically debilitating, it is such a wonderful thing for me to be up on my feet doing things again - things that I had to rely on others' help with for most of the past few years. So praise to God for His grace, and for mercy in giving me the physical strength that I have desired for what seemed like an eternity.

So we are all adjusting to a new life now. I have a renewed passion for keeping my home and serving my family. Not to mention trying to get the rest that I need in order to do these things. So that being said, I will not be taking on any more custom orders through Christmas. I may post a few items to my Etsy store, and will continue in the free gift wrap promotion, but I will leave it there. My family needs me right now - and I need them too! - so I will gladly turn my attention to them for the next 6 weeks or so.

And I'll leave this post tonight with one of my favorite quotes, from the book Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss:

Here is a sweet, fragrant mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my nursery. Here is a soul to train for God; and the body in which it dwells is worthy all it will cost, since it is the abode of a kingly tenant. I may see less of friends, but I have gained one dearer than them all, to whom, while I minister in Christ's name, I make a willing sacrifice of what little leisure for my own recreation my other darlings had left me. Yes, my precious baby, you are welcome to your mother's heart, welcome to her time, her strength, her health, her tenderest cares, to her lifelong prayers! Oh, how rich I am, how truly, how wondrously blest!

If words could attempt to capture what my heart is dwelling on right now, those would do them the most justice.

Neato!

Alright, the time has come. Today is the day. And Threaded Goodness is on the first page of Neat Stuff!! I'm stoked! Neato Stuff is a pretty rockin' website anyway, so it's worth checking out.

Back to newborn duty :)