Pictures of the Open House- Finally

A few weekends ago I had my official first OPEN HOUSE introducing lil chicks.  Bonnie came into town to help me get my stuff all set up and support me.  We had a great time together.  She even made two more dresses while she was here.  
I also had a GREAT support of friends that both helped and shopped out the sale.  This is a picture of my friends Diane and Sandy.  We have been friends for years, sewing and crafting together.  Diane is a big crafter brought some of her goodies over to the house to sell too. 

Friday morning we both wanted to sleep in but neither of us could. I guess we were both to excited. We spent the morning setting up the house for the sale.  Everything looked really good together and filled up the house. the set up
I had little gift baskets made up with a childs apron and either kitchen, gardening, or artist goodies. My husband made the dress stands. they showed off the dresses so nicely.
We had hair bows, dresses, gift baskets, aprons, burp cloths, diaper bag tags and few other things. It was a ton of fun. I didnt sell to many of the little girl things, just because not many of the people that came had little girls to buy for.  So after the open house we packed everything up into a suit case for Bonnie to bring up to tennessee with her. She has lots of girl friends will young girls. She will have a little show there and try to sell some more dresses. I also have fall and christmas sales lined up at big crafts shows so I am looking forward to that.

new for the open house

handmade handbags, very cute-check out the detail on this one

baby burp clothes, one side flannel-other side terrycloth

adjustable belts, most match the handbags.

decrotive rubber gloves to preserve you hands and manicure.

my girlfriend that i have been sewing with every wednesday (for the last 100 years) is joining me at the open house for "lil chicks" these are some of her handmade items.

new additions, BOYS!

i was invited to a baby shower, thought about what to make for a little boy. i found this fabric in my closet and now that i think of it, made brenna a chritsmas dress out of it for her 1st christmas. let me know, should i add this to lil chicks?

my sewing room?

for now this is where it all takes place. ken and the rest of my family are so patient, allowing me to take over in our eat in kitchen area. (it's better than the dining room which is where i used to be) soon we will be making a big switch-a-roo, and mackenzie will be moving into what is now the guest room and i will be making her room into my sewing room!! that will be so exciting for me. i'm sure all family members will be rejoicing with me.

new way to display

bonnie designed and ken cut the wood and assembled this new dress stand for display!!

some of the incredibly cute hair accessories bonnie put together for me

OPEN HOUSE

i am getting ready to launch my little business. i am praying for lots of people to come by and see what i have and so make some money doing what i love. i feel to blessed to have been able to be a stay at home mom for all these years and would really love to be able to contribute some money doing what i love to do. bonnie will be coming into town for the sale. i am so excited to have her here with me as i take this big step. while in tennessee we talked a lot about how to set up the dresses and display them, pricing and all the technical stuff. please join me in prayer as this is a big exciting step for me. if you live in south florida i hope that you come by for a visit. we will have yummy food there too. bring a friend :)

lil chicks model

my sweet grand daughter is the BEST little model if i do say so myself. these are some of the aprons i made while i was in tennessee with bonnie and the kids. bonnie grabbed her camera and took a few pics for me. i think they are precious.