If you give a mom some moscato........

If you give a mom some Moscato, she will probably ask for some chocolate to go with it. 
When you give her some chocolate, her children will probably ask for some too. 
When she gives her children a piece of chocolate, they will want a glass of milk to wash it down. 
When she gives the kids the milk , they will probably spill it on the floor. 
As she wipes up the spill , she will notice the floor really needs mopped. 
When she is ready to mop the floor, she will have to do the dishes in the sink.
When she is done with the dishes, she needs to sweep the floor.
When she is done sweeping, she will be ready to mop. 
While the floor is drying she will see a scrap of fabric under the table, which will remind her that she really needs to sort her fabric.
When she is done sorting, she will be in the mood to finish that unfinished project on her table.
When she is done with her project, she will be ready for a snack.
When she is done with her snack she will really want some Moscato, when you give it to her, she will probably want some chocolate to go with it. 

Secret Stockings for a Christmas time wedding

In mid October when I was gearing up for Halloween costumes for my family I received a message to my stitchery from Kayla, a young mom that I had gotten to know over the past months, from her love of local handmade items for her sweet baby, and my ability to make these things for her. Her message was about ordering some stockings for her upcoming wedding, she and her fiance would like to buy stockings for the bridesmaids, groomsmen, ring bearers and parents.  These kind of big orders are what I dream about, so I was excited at this prospect as a jump start to stocking season. I had wrote her a message back telling her some details and waited for the ball to be back in my court. I settled back into making our Goldilocks and the three bears costumes and and also my other orders that were waiting.  

I heard back from Kayla in early November, she said she would like to go ahead with the order and then we talked details, she said her colors for her wedding and what she wanted for the stockings were traditional red and white. I like to make my stockings out of Christmas colored material and not necessarily Christmas fabric. So I picked out some bright red brush strokes, gold and red chevron, white on white snowflakes and some polka dots. It spoke to me as young traditional Christmas that was perfect for a young family to gift to their loved ones, the friends and family that would stand up for them at their wedding and support them as they promise their lives to each other. I got started on this order right away, all the supplies were ready, time to piece all these stockings. 

Now this is where the story takes us in a new direction. It was only a few days later and I received a message from a girl named Kristy she and some friends were interested in ordering some stockings, for their friend Kayla, who was getting married in December. This sounded very familiar!

Kristy and the other bridesmaids wanted to purchase Kayla, her fiance and their young baby a set of customized stockings as a wedding gift. They were looking into buying some from a chain store but Kayla's mom directed her my way instead. This was supposed to be a surprise for Kayla at her bridal shower, which was at the end of November. Kristy was concerned about how we could figure out what kind of theme Kayla would want for her stockings. I had to tell a little white lie and say that Kayla and I had talked about what she might like if she ordered. I couldn't give everyone's secrets away! So Kristy, confidant that I knew what I was doing went ahead and ordered three stockings for the young family. They just happened to be the same ones that would match her own, that she and the other bridesmaids would receive as a gift! I went ahead and made these first three stockings for the bride, groom and baby, and shipped them off to one of the other bridesmaids in time for the bridal shower. Then I got back to work on the set for the bridal party! The time came for the bridal shower and Kayla and her family received their stockings as a gift. I wrote her shortly after to tell her I had to be on secret stocking duty, I tried to not to give a way any secrets! We thought it was so funny  but had to keep it a secret a little longer! Tonight at the rehearsal dinner , the rest of the bridal party will be in on this sweet story of how everyone gets a stocking from the family.  I had to smile when I was making all of these, since it was all a secret! I was happy to be able to make all these, to make a complete set for a young family and also for all their friends in thanks of their support and love. I love that I get to be a part of orders like this, pure love, appreciation and also the return of that from your good friends. 

 I wish Kayla, her fiance and sweet baby a very fun rehearsal, a beautiful blessed wedding day and a long full life of love, happiness and hopefully some more sweet babies (I saved the fabric for any new additions)! 
Sew special ~ Sew sweet~ Jess