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Design and Print Custom Fabric on Demand

[caption id="attachment_413" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="My Final design"][/caption] I have been working on a few new textile designs. I create my designs with an end product in mind. Recently, I have been creating decorative throw pillows suitable for kids rooms. Once I am satisfied with a design, I make a sample print on my home printer and I use that print to create a 'mock up' of the throw pillow. If I am satisfied with the product, I will get the the fabric professionally printed at www.spoonflower.com. Last week I came across a site that allowed me to skip a few...

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DIY Bocce Ball @ BocceNation.com

It has been a while since my last blog post - I have been eating, breathing and sleeping bocce. When I am not creating pillows, quilts, embroidery etc, I am creating search engine traffic for various companies. For the past month, I have been working my SEO magic on www.BocceNation.com. [caption id="attachment_393" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="BocceNation.com Bocce"][/caption] The folks at BocceNation.com has made the game of bocce ball portable. With their trade marked Bocce-in-a-Bag, they have created a way for you to play bocce in your backyard. [caption id="attachment_395" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Bocce-in-a-Bag"][/caption] The entire kit is under 30 pounds and it...

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New Addition

Or should I say new Edition? In early August  one of my nieces' will be welcoming a new baby boy to the family. It has been a busy couple of months, so I have fallen behind on making the usual handmade welcome package. But all is not lost, last weekend I came across a few items I made 'back in the day' - about 16 years ago - I made them for my son's room. [caption id="attachment_380" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Yepee"][/caption] I remember working on them on the train ride in to NY city where I was taking PASCAL classes @...

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It's been a long time coming

Last time we spoke, I told you about the blanket I designed that was inspired by a 'pet' goat - it took me a while, but I finally finished it. I backed it with a soft baby blue minky fabric. I will be making another this week for another family member  - she is due in 3 weeks. Thank God for digital design. Have a great day xoxo Al

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Don't Play With Your Food

My brother is a farmer, he has goats, cows, sheep, rabbits, chickens, pigs...all is meals are fresh and organic, 85% of the food he eats comes from his farm. A few weeks ago his daughter call to complain about an issue she was having with her dad. Apparently, she had 'adopted' one of the goats on the farm, it was her favorite pet (don't know why she needed another pet - they have several dogs, birds, cats, fish, turtles and the list goes on).  Anywho, her pet goat went missing and turned up as the entrée at a party that...

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