Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Thomas Paul

Thomas Paul was first introduced to me through a good friend of mine Jen! I have fallen in love with their casual yet captivating style of fabric! And the best thing about it is that you can now purchase Thomas Paul Fabric through a retailer! Here are some of my favorites and a short biography of Thomas Paul.



Thomas Paul was born and raised in New York City. He got his start in the fashion business working as an intern at DKNY in the mid-nineties after graduating from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology with a degree in textile design. While working as a colorist and designer for a silk mill specializing in neckwear and scarves, he worked on neckwear collections for such designers as Bill Blass, Calvin Klein, and DKNY. This eventually led to the creation of his own neckwear collection, the short-lived digities in the late 90's. From this was born the start of the thomaspaul pillow collection, launched in 2001, which was originally conceived of as an idea of utilizing the silk printing mill's capabilities for home accessories instead of personal accessories. Since then the line has steadily expanded into other categories apart from silk pillows to include tabletop, stationery, and lamp shades. The ultimate goal being to have products covering every aspect of the home, all with thomaspaul patterns gracing them.



Coming soon to http://www.elisabethmichael.com





Monday, May 24, 2010

Fabric, Fabric, Fabric!

Hello everyone,

Today was pretty slow although I really am enjoying my weeks off of school! I have been on a binge for new fabric that's eye catching and just overall irresistable and thought I'd post a few of my favs!

Friday, May 21, 2010

Monarch

Well, today I had one of those moments when you just want to sigh "Ahh"- at a shop called Monarch. It opened a couple of years ago near my apartment and I have always been curious to go inside to see what it was all about. It had that chic look about it, but it's kind of out of the way so I just never went in. I have since gotten married and moved farther away but it is still on my way home from school. I was looking for eclectic stationery and since I didn't find any at T.J. Maxx or Marshall's I decided to finally stop in Monarch and take a look around. Oh my goodness! I could live in this place! It just has that certain appeal about it. Every item in the shop is eclectic, unique and just all around adorable and irresistable. They have a "round" canopy crib that I just love! I am thinking about taking pics and posting here on my blog because YOU would love it! From purses, to furniture, to candles, and bedding and anything else you can think of, it is like a small fairy land. When I walked in I just soaked up the smell, the slate tile floor, the quiet and serenity of the shop and wondered if there was anyone even there. Secondly, "How do these people make money?" I discovered the answer when I rounded the corner of the back of the shop. They do floral arrangements and beautiful arrangements at that! I guess the shop is just filler and back-drop for all of the floral arranging. Anyway, needless to say, I will definitely be going back and telling all my friends about Monarch.

Summer SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sale! Going on now 'til Midnight Sunday night! Click on the link to your right that says "My Shop" or go to purplepajamas.etsy.com !!!!

Monday, May 10, 2010

Giveaway!!!!

I'm doing a giveaway this month here: http://designsbyvanessa.blogspot.com/2010/05/purple-pajamas-pillow-cover-review.html Win the adorable pillows on the right for free. See details on Vanessa's blog!

Also, a little change of plans..I changed the name of my website to Elisabethmichael.webs.com. Hoping to get my own domain name sometime this week.

Happy Monday!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Adorable wood bead garland...

At all those garage sales last week, I found this oh so cute wood garland! Not sure what I am going to do with it yet, but I'm sure I can find a place for something so chic. Along with that I found a really nice lamp for $5 and some other things as well.

I put my shop on vacation mode last night because I told my husband I just cannot keep up with working full time and all the orders that I have been getting. Well, that lasted until about 12:00PM today when I found a girl I work with that knows how to sew and is interested in working for me. Yea! My husband said he's not surprised my resolution only lasted that long and that that sounds just like me. He said, "I knew you wouldn't stick to that." :) What can I say? After one year of marriage, he knows me well. Anyway, I have to admit, I haven't actually MADE money yet on ETSY due to all the expenses etc. but I'm making my way up there. Don't get me wrong, I make tons of money, I just always end up using it for overhead or to buy more fabric. I'm a fabric junky! lol I really should lay off buying fabric and just finish all the pillows I already have cut out but not pieced together. Only one small sale today, but you never know what is ahead once I go to sleep. I just might wake up to a sale. :)
Goodnight

Saturday, May 1, 2010

My garage sale FINDS!

I had two days off of school this week and decided to take advantage of all the 250 city-wide garage sales of St. John! I got some amazing finds! I also found a chair that I painted and re-upholstered today for my sewing room and it looks fantastic and adds so much to my little work room. Take a look!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Winner!

Congratulations to Natalie who won my giveaway! Come back soon for my next giveaway. I will be doing another one sometime next week.
Goodnight!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

You can still WIN!!!

You can still enter to win the green and yellow pillow on the right! The giveaway will end on Monday, April 26th. Go to http://emilyaclark.blogspot.com/ to enter and check out Emily's nice blog.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Today is the day for FREE!

FREE pillow cover!!!! Just enter at http://emilyaclark.blogspot.com/ today for a chance to win!!!!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Tuesday Giveaway!

I am doing a giveaway of the green, yellow, and white pillow cover (handmade, 11x17) this Tuesday hosted by Emily Clark! To enter to win, please visit http://emilyaclark.blogspot.com/ and follow the directions. The post will not be up until Tuesday, but if you go now, you will enjoy her blog.

Have a good weekend! :)

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

CRAZY Good Weekend!

Well, Saturday was normal but then Sunday was CRAZY good! A set of my pillows was featured on this blog:

http://www.brightboldbeautiful.blogspot.com/

By the time I got home from church I had 10 questions about these pillows! All in all I sold 7 sets of pillows on Sunday and 1 set of 3 yesterday! My GA tell me I normally have about 200 views a day to my shop and on Sunday I had over 1,000!!!! Yea!!! Anyway, I now am adverstising on this blog and you should too if you have anything to sell having to do with home decor! It's a great price for a long time.

Finally got my license plate for my new car yesterday! What a run-around they gave me! Gosh!

Planted a garden this weekend and some tulips. My hostas are coming up good and pretty soon will be full and green as ever.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Saturday, April 3, 2010

New car and 2 sales!

I got a new car today! Yea! Finally. I also have made two sales today! Things are going great!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Spring Break

I'm in the middle of spring break right now and loving it! I made lots of pillows today and am listing them throughout the week. Cleaned my whole house today! That feels amazing!
Waiting now for a showing that was supposed to be here at 3:30PM. I'm also supposed to be getting an offer on my house today so waiting for that too.

My sister totaled my car this past week so looking for a car now. I think my dad found me a good deal in Louisiana.

The days are longer of which I am very thankful and the weather getting better gradually. Planting new seeds this week and next. Yea! I love gardening!

Monday, March 8, 2010

Good morning!

Good morning everyone! Had a great weekend in Indy and went to two basketball games while we were there. Butler University and U of Milwaukee. Great game! Terrible reffing! Back home now and looking forward to planting my onions and peas today when I get home from school.
No sales for the last few days, but I think that's just the rhythm of it all.

My parents are coming up this weekend for a big conference held by my church here in Iniana, so I'm excited about that.

Check out my new pillow covers in my shop. I love the covers to the left~ I think they are my favorite so far.

Must go shower and dress for school today.

Happy Monday!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Monday!

Happy Monday! I was too tuckered out last night to post anything but I'm making it today. Such a dreary day here in Indiana. I wish the sun would come out. I'm ready for the snow to melt so I can plant the first seeds of my garden this year. :) I'm excited about that. I love having a garden! It's so much fun.

This month I am planting onions. There are other things you can plant, but things I'm not necessarily interested in.

Made a sale Sat. Sun. and another today! Yea! Going great as far I can tell! :) Well, I must go and tend to my shop! :)

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Ann Taylor

Well, I went shopping today and I didn't find the sweater I wanted at Ann Taylor but I did find the most beautiful turquoise top for $20.00!!! A white collared shirt for school fro $12.50 and a black tank top. Great stuff from Old Navy too!

When I got back from shopping, I logged in to my email and I had made a sale!!!! Woo HOO!! My brother and his fiance came over later along with my sister so we all had a great time together.

Have a showing on my house tomorrow. Yea! I hope that goes well.

Must go to bed. Goodnight all!

Special Promo! Get $3.00 off!!!

Hello everyone! Just listed a new set of pillows that are tonal colors. So cute! See photo to the left.

Also, today and tomorrow only, if you visit my shop and make a purchase, enter the code TONAL7 and I will take
$3.00 off your purchase!!!!!!

Happy shopping and Happy Saturday!!!
:)

Thursday, February 25, 2010

BTW

By the way, all of you etsians who are featured right now, I also tweeted your items on my twitter account!!!!! :)

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Good morning everyone!

Good morning everyone! Off to school and then the post office later today. I'm sticking with pink for the next couple of days or until I have time to change it. ;)