We’ve been discussing what to title this week’s stocking on our facebook.
One day last week, while most of you were probably sleeping, I had a ‘secret’ dyeing session.
I had my younger three girls dye with me this time.
I wanted a chance to just play with some color, without any pressure to produce any one thing in particular, and so the girls could have some fun with me. So we had a late night dyeing session.
It was fun!
Shaylah has been wanting to dye some fabric in the colors of her bird “Stevie” for quite some time now.
So this is what she came up with! She’s making herself some cloths, and she let me use some for the shop as well. Our mini luxury cloths.
Julia loves rich colors, here’s her piece. She used some of it for her own pad stash, which is growing by the WEEK. Ha! This girl is going to have the largest pad stash you’ve ever seen, and she’s only 11. She can’t help it, she loves color. We even cut me out a new pad with some of her fabric. We’ll show them here once they are done. She wants to show off her entire stash at that time.
Elsa picked out a lot of pinks and purples and here’s what she ended up with.
She cut out some cotton balls for this week’s stocking from her fabric, and gave some to Julia to cut out as well.
Pretties that have been all cut, and now waiting to be sewn up by me.
It’s very important to me that this business of mine, not only bless my children through the financial aspect of putting food on the table and a roof over their heads, but also in more personal ways.
My time working, is time away from them. I may be “here” all the time, but I’m not here at “their” disposal all the time. I’m constantly having to say, “Sorry, but I can’t right now. I have a lot of work to do.”
I don’t want them to hate this business because of all the time it pulls their mama away, so I include them in the business in any way that THEY want to be included.
This is what makes this business a true ‘family’ business. It’s a part of our lives, we come together to create things for the shop, and find joy, and blessing, in it all.
At one time Elsa and I offered scented sachets in the shop. My time became too limited to be cutting them out and helping her to sew them up, so we stopped.
This past week however, I realized her sewing and cutting skills have now become such that she could possibly make the sachets all by herself!
She was so excited! Here’s some of the ones she made for this week’s stocking.
As for what I’ve been up to…
Here’s a sneak peek at just a few of this week’s,
“While you were sleeping…” stocking!
I don’t want to show too much, or it will ruin the surprise!
Everything will be previewing in the shop tonight in preparation for our stocking tomorrow at 11am pst/2pm est.
So great that you are able to offer such valuable life skills for your girls at such a young age! They too will become amazing, talented business women, like their Teacher, you. So nice that you try and make it fun for them also! So good that their progress is monitored, providing more opportunities for them to advance and be more fulfilled.
Proud to be their aunt!
Wow!! Beautiful!!!!!!!! I’m jealous of the creativity you lovely ladies have!!!!
O.K. I love the “Stevie” color. I want some reusable cotton pads in that color!
Thanks Kathleen. It’s fun to play and work with them~!
Thanks Kyla, no need to be jealous. We honestly just try things out a lot and have fun with it!
Thanks Audrey, I’ll let Shaylah know, she’ll be happy to hear you like it!
I believe she may have some left if you’re serious about the cotton balls, just shoot me an email and she’ll cut some up for you.