Sugar*Sugar

Sugar*Sugar Open for the Holidays!

Hello friends!

Thank you so much for you heartfelt responses from my "Giving Thanks" post... they mean so much to me! I think during the holidays we are especially thankful for all that we do have... family, friends and the things we take for granted... like a warm home, food to feed our families, our health and so much more.

After Thanksgiving, I came home and have been working away at getting goodies ready for the shop opening today. To be honest with you, things have not gone exactly as planned... I left my camera (yes, all my photos... and those NOT YET TAKEN!) at my mom's house. I also left all of my makeup. What is a girl to do with out her lipgloss and mascara? *sigh* sorry world... you'll have to see me in my natural glory this weekend! ha!

Anyway, ya, I had no camera, all my shop photos were on it for today's opening, soooo I had to retake all the photos for today's new items. I edited photos for hours and hours yesterday... and I'm a little behind...

BUT! I did get the bigger items listed and ready for you! Needless to say, I will be adding more and more items throughout the week, so as always, keep checking back for more goodies! I'll update my blog when new items are added.

Thank you for your patience and waiting!

Some items in the shop today are:

New Sugary Cottages... find them HERE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aren't they SO SUGARY SWEET!?!?! Love these little cottages!

You can also find the SWEET BANNER KITS HERE

Everything is included to make a banner of your own!

 

I've added a lot of new Sugar*Sugar Christmas Ornaments as well, find them HERE

 

 

 

There are much more goodies to share, but I better run,,, I think you are all jamming my server! ha ha!

I love you guys!

♥♥♥

Analise

Giving Thanks

I'm giving thanks to God this year for several things... too many to list here, but I would like to share a few. Looking back on this year I see how so many things have changed. My husband and I had an extremely difficult and hurtful parting with our church and he was immediately out of a job.  He is still unemployed, and we are part of the millions of others this Thanksgiving, who are jobless.

As much as it hurts and as difficult as it is, I am thankful. 

I am a much stronger person than I was just a few short years ago and I feel like I've come a really long way when it comes to dealing with such difficult situations and people.

I am thankful for my therapist, my mom, Aly and Josh, Cheryl, my amazing friends in Texas... Misty, Shelly and Martha, Mark MacGowan, my friends who gave me unending support at CBC, Karen Allington, Andrea Singarella, Stephanie Smith, Fred Olmstead, Miss Chase Keller...and my blog friends... you are always there when times are good and when they have been hard... ready to listen. Thank you.

Also, a shout out to my local donut shop, Judy's Donuts. They muuuuust know me by name. *sigh*

I am thankful for the 3 biggest blessings in my life, my children. My kids have been awesome and patient thru this struggle... hearing "yes, just not right now" is not easy when you are 9. They have waited patiently and not complained when they had to wait.

I am thankful for my husband, who has been strong when he needed to be... working hard for our family and doing everything possible to make things a little easier for us. He is the best dad on the face of the earth, loving us thru it all and still patiently listens to my rants. (by the way... today is our 14th Wedding Anniversary... I love you Jeff!)

I am thankful that I have this blog and my shop, and the opportunity to be home with my family. It means the world to me be able to continue doing this... really. I don't know how long it will last, but I'm enjoying it while I have it.

I am thankful today. I have so much to be thankful for in my life. I could go on and on... but I have sweet potato casserole to finish baking.... yum, by the way! :0)

I hope and pray that you all are enjoying your families and friends this holiday...

Give Thanks.

oh, also, thank you Golden Girls... you always make me laugh.

Sugar*Sugar for the Holidays

 

Get your hot cocoa and snuggle up to the computer screen!

Sugar*Sugar will reopen on Saturday, November 28th at 12PM Pacific.

Shop from home and stock up on your *sugary sweet* Holiday goodies!

First Come, First Served!!

housing crisis

Just popping in to let you know I'm working away to get these little houses sugared and listed in the shop!

I've received so many emails about them... I know many of you are waiting for them! They will be listed in my shop as soon as they are ready. I'll post here on my blog when the shop will reopen... but I'm thinking... Black FRIDAY??

I'll be back tomorrow to let you know for sure, the date and time to look for the shop to be open again... until then, you can see a few of the houses I'm working on (before the foof and sugar coating, of course).  ;0)

 

 

 

xo

Analise

cropped

So happy for Karin of Creative Chaos (one of my *VERY FAVORITE* bloggers)! She is this month's guest artist over at Cropped!!

Check out her HOW TO Video HERE

 

She is making this super sweet album!

Yeah Karin! You are a rockstar!

:0)

A.

home sweet home

Well my friends, I'm home at last! My time in Omaha was fun and restful, but I'm still taking my time getting back into the swing of things. 

 

photo by Shabby Scraps

(yes, that's me in the back... with my hands up... hardy har har)

I was so happy to have met a lot of you who came to visit my table! Thank you for introducing yourself and reminding me of your "online name"... most of us know each other in the blog world by our blog and/or shop names... "Hi, I'm Analise, Sugar*Sugar"... you get the idea.

I only took a couple of photos of my weekend, most of these are borrowed!! If you are looking for lots of pics (from other gals) from the weekend, you can find them here.

 

(photo courtesy of Sabrina Sane)

Here is my table... sorry photos aren't that great, the lighting was bad. :0(

 

Me and a few friends...

Me and Kathi! Thanks for saying Hi Kathi!! Great to meet you!!

Me and mom, shopping on Scrappy Jessi's Bus Tour

Dinner with some of the other vendors: (left to right) Ann-Denise, Me, Jan, Christine, Tricia, Beth, Beth and Lisa... great fun ladies! Can you believe all the amazing talent at one dinner?!? Love all these gals!

 

Jessi and I chillin' in the Hotel...

 

 

I also participated in one Scrapbook swap, hosted by Jessi... These girls are so fun!

(top row: left to right) Mendy, Lorraine, Jenn, Joanna, Andrea

(bottom row: left to right) Tiffany, Kim, Karla, Jessi and Me!! 

By the end... zzzzzzzzzz. (except Mendy! ha ha)

Thanks everyone for making my weekend! XOXO

♥♥♥

A special shout out to all the ladies who grabbed up my Sugary Real Estate Cottages... 

Money and glitter were literally flying at me... but I so appreciate you picking them up and showing your love for all things pink and sparkly! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!

♥♥♥

I am taking the rest of this week to create more goodies to stock the shop. I'll update my blog as soon as the items are ready.

Well, I'm off to bed early, again! (yes!) Pajamas and hot cocoa are waiting!

xo

Analise

I'm off!

I'm off to Omaha!!

If you are in the area, the Bella Market is open to the public! Please stop by and say hello!

Find all the info on how to purchase tickets HERE.

Hope to see you there!!

xo

Analise

last little bits

Hi friends! All the last minute preparations are being made for my trip to Silver Bella. I started out with so many ideas, but sometimes there just isn't enough time to finish everything I have in mind.

After last year's event, I was BEAT... I worked on stuff way too long and way too hard... you know how we do that sometimes... push ourselves a little too far? Well, I decided months and months ago that if I return to Silver Bella again, I will maintain my boundaries, only work on what I can, stay focused on a few things and keep it simple. Happily, I feel that I've done that and I'm really happy with what I'm bringing this year.

I've got some supplies, and some handmade items.... everything I think the Bella's will enjoy (and my readers and customers as well!!) Speaking of that, I've received several emails since my last post, with the peeks of the little sugary houses... just to let you all know, I have 15 more houses I've yet to make! So, I'll keep you all posted about them and let you know as soon as they are ready in in my shop.

Also, I will be working on more "Sweet" banner kits... I'll let you know when they are ready as well! ;0)

More peeks for the Bellas!

Vintage collage packs

 

sweet supplies

 

 

 

and some fun handmade ornaments!

  

That's it for today! I'm going to try and fit in one more post before I leave... let's hope I can do it!

xo

Analise

more Silver Bella peeks!

I shipped off most of my artwork and supplies today... they are on their way to Omaha! I am really excited about my trip to Silver Bella this year, for lots of reasons.

This time around, I will not be attending the classes at Silver Bella  :0(  but I am coming for the entire weekend so I can visit with everyone and chillax the rest of the weekend... sort of a working/playing/resting weekend all wrapped into one.

Like I said, lots of reasons... more time to rest, goodness knows I need it... more time to prepare my table... I sent a few things unfinished in hopes that I can do some crafting in my room while the Bellas are hard at work in their classes. More time to see Omaha and check out all the antiques and shops... gotta bring home prezzies for the kids, you know. And more time to sit and visit with my friends... the best part of Silver Bella, if you ask me! 

My mom is coming along as well, some of you met her last year, she is having her own table at the Vendor Market, find her goodies at the "Morning Glory" table...cuteness GALORE!! Be sure to stop by her table to show her some love if your are coming to SB!! ;0)

I've been working every day until 3AM... so I promised myself once I got my boxes shipped I would go to bed on time... so I'm going to wrap this up now and leave you with some of the things I've been working on... Sugary, sweet, colorful yet a little "shabby", vintage style, pink goodness!

(believe it or not, there is a little more to share... but I'll wait until Monday to show ya!)

Vintage Mercury Glass Beaded Candy Canes

 

 

 

Handcrafted Sugary Ornaments

 

 

Sugary Cottages and Sweet Real Estate... he he he

 

 

 

 

 

Sugar*Sugar Specialty Supplies for your art

 

 

"Sweet" Banner Kits... everything included!

Yum Yum Yum!

 

I'm still working on more... new photos on Monday!

 

Happy Weekend everyone! We've got soccer at 9AM, so I'm off to sleeeeeep!

xo

A.

silver bella peeks

It's FINALLY NOVEMBER!! October is always such a hectic month for me... every year I dread it. We have 3 birthday parties to celebrate, costumes and parties to plan for and make, school functions and a dozen other things. It's just nonstop action, candy and gift wrap.

Not to mention that alongside all of that, I'm gathering goodies for Silver Bella... so we have birthday balloons and decorations all over the house, pumpkins on the porch and Christmas and glitter bursting out of the studio. Craziness!

Annnnyway, I can finally put away all of the extra stuff and focus on Silver Bella, which by the way, is only 10 days away from today!!

On to the peeks! I decided to only have 1 table this year, only do a little handmade, supplies and some kits.

A few things I've been working on...

Candy colored ornaments...

 

Lots and lots of vintage trimmings... YUM... this is the stuff I would go for... can't believe I'm even parting with them!!  ;0)

a little peeky of a bigger project... more photos of this coming soon!

 

I've been toying with this idea for a long time. I was so honored to write an article for the recent Somerset Holidays and Celebrations issue, released in September. 

The feature is a 3 page spread on my "Sweet" banners. The article was AMAZING, the editors did SUCH great job with it and it looks JUST LIKE ME! I am SO SO HAPPY with how it came out!

So, in the publication, you will get step by step instructions on how to make a banner like the one's I've made in the past... this is the banner that was in the article.

 

 

I decided to go ahead and make "Sweet Banner" kits, with step by step instructions, pre-cut papers, embellishments, a bundle of trims and ribbons and handmade rosettes! You will also get a page of letters to choose from, to personalize your banner.

I'll be offering these kits in the Sugar*Sugar shop after Silver Bella. I'm taking as many as I can make to Silver Bella... with Christmas embellishments and goodies to alter a banner for yourself!

 

I have a lot more to show you, but it'll have to wait! Today has slipped by and I've got a lot to cross off of my to do list. I'll be back in a day or two with more goodies. ;0)

Have a sweet day!

Analise