Just a brag about a really nice lady named Nancy who made my latest banner ad that I will be placing on MDC next month…she did an awesome job, had an excellent price, and got my banner done up by the next day after I sent her my info! If you find yourself in need of one yourself, you can find her at Calico Rose!

I wanted to tell you about a fellow wool addict, Kris, who is doing a Good Karma giveaway on her blog…want to win a free wool sweater? Visit her blog here: http://resweater.blogspot.com/2010/02/another-good-karma-giveaway.html and read about how you can enter to win too!

Have fun, and welcome to the addiction…we will soon be posting links to the 12-step program once we get it up and running, lol.

Ok, so I have to confess my addictio since I can’t possibly tell DH how BAD it has gotten! I have probably gathered 10-15 wool sweaters over the years of picking up thrift store finds, etc. But since I have been pregnant, it has become some sort of unquenchable thirst to collect every wool sweater I can find, thinking I’m going to sew them all up into cute recycled longies/soakers.

My first trip to the Goodwill Store (a VERY huge one that happens to be on the way to the midwife’s house) ended up netting me a total of 35 sweaters bulging out of my closet.

So, 2 weeks ago I went and scoured the whole store and cleaned it out of wool sweaters, picking up ANOTHER 45 sweaters (ack!) and still haven’t sewn up a single sweater! So, I am far enough in the pregnancy to need to see the midwife every 2 weeks now, so what does this mean? That’s right, another trip to the Goodwill store in 2 weeks’ time. I figured I’d strike out, since I bought every wool sweater int he store only 2 weeks prior. Well, keep in mind that I already have 80 (yes, that is only 20 shy of 100) sweaters in my house already. Today, I pivked up another FIFTY sweaters…whew, and I even left a FEW on the racks that were sort of boring, the grey and black ones that you find from Gap and Old Navy that seem to be a dime a dozen and were not on sale.

So, any ideas on how in the world I’m going to 1) find room to store all these sweaters, and 2) find the time or energy to make these into longies and shorties so I can get my money back? and finally, 3) how will I resist the temptation 2 weeks from now when I have another midwife appointment?

Now, for those who love to make and sell these, how do you decide what size to make each cover before selling them? I am thinking of just openeing up a new section on my site to just resell the sweaters as they are so others can purchase the sweaters to make thier own…you think anyone would be interested in something like that? maybe I’ll take som pics of the cutest ones and give it a test drive…let me know what you think!

Laurie

Aimee won our first blog contest after entering all the entries into the Random.org website and having them pick a winner for me. We will get her banner up and running ASAP!

If you are thinking of starting your own CD stash, check out the patterns by Little Comet Tails!

Ok, it seems the coding is messed up and won’t allow for any comments to post for the contest! So, until I get it fixed, you can still enter the contest…just send me an email to sales@sewmanydiapers.com and I’ll put your name in a hat and randomly pick someone on Feb 1. Sorry for the hassle!!!! I’ll work hard to get this fixed!

Laurie

Ok, are you ready for our fits blog contest? I will be offering a free advertising spot on the blog here for one month to one lucky reader/responder! There is an empty 125×125 ad spot that I will fill with your logo and link to your site or blog if you are the lucky winner. Between now and Jan 31, I will choose at random from anyone who replies with a comment to this post and I’ll email you to get the ad info and enter it. It will remain active throughout the month of February.

Thanks for reading!!!

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