Lucas, my two year old, and I went to the fabric store recently.  Lucas sees something he likes.  He starts yelling in the store, “TRUCKS!!”.   We go look at the trucks.  It was this adorable flannel fabric with John Deere tractors all over it.  So he is saying he wants trucks.  So I think, “oh this is cool, I can make him a blanket.”  I pull out the cream/tan one first.  “Do you like this one?” I ask him.  ”Yes.”  I pull out the blue one next to it.  “OR…. do you like this one?”  Bad idea mom!  Of course he likes both.  They both have trucks, duh!!  So I attempt to put one back and he cries.  I attempt to switch them and put the other one back… silly me.  So I take both.  I am so glad I did.  

I’m not a quilter by any means.  I do believe this to be a quilt, however.  I cut up the fabric into 4 inch squares and sewed them all together.  In the remnant section, I found this great piece of green plush fabric to back it.  Voila!

I decided to list it on my Etsy Shop.  I had fun making it and thought I’d go ahead and list it as “Made To Order”.   I would make it again in a heartbeat! 

That brings me to this question:  What do you think about items on Etsy being “Made To Order” as opposed to “In Stock and Ready To Ship”?  Would love to hear your thoughts about this.

Oh, and by the way, Lucas sleeps with his new blankie every night.  In fact, he sleeps with his 3 B’s:  His bear, his baby and his blankie.  Makes me smile every night.  

Oh wait, that’s not me.   Let’s try this again…

Hi!  I’m Linda Lu.  I am a wife and mother of two inspiring children.  My family is everything to me.  When it’s “me time” you will find me sewing.  I am a designer at heart and feel best when I am creating.  I am recreating myself these days.  What an exciting time!  I have good friends.  I like to have fun and laugh. 

This is my new blog.  I used to blog over at www.lindalu.typepad.com.  It has been a LONG time!  I have been very busy raising my 6 1/2 year old girl, Maya and  2 year old boy, Lucas.  This blog is simply a place for me to journal about everyday life, post pictures of projects I am working on and  showcase some of the things I make for my Etsy shop.

I am so inspired to blog again.  Mainly because my friend Angelique has created the most beautiful blog space ever for me!!  Isn’t it so cute?!!  She redesigned my logo, my blog banner, my etsy banner, labels, and so on.  I am so grateful to have such a talented friend.  She’s a photographer by profession and took that awesome photograph of my children up there in the left hand corner.  She’s just one of those people who is good at everything she does.  If you are ever looking for a photographer, trust me, CALL HER!!  Thank you Angelique!!

I have been very busy making new things for my etsy shop  lately.  I was a little distracted trying to figure out what ONE THING I could focus on.  Well, that just doesn’t work for me.  It never has.   There is no perfect recipe for my shop.  Which reminds me of my dad.  Luigi, my perfectly Italian father.  He’s a wonderful cook.  But if you ask him for a recipe he cannot give it to you.  He always says the same thing, “A little bit of this and a little bit of that”.    He says “it’s the Italian way”.  Hmmf.  Maybe that’s true.  And so it is with me anyways.  Hence, the new philosophy and ‘title’ of my blog, my shop, and now that I think about it, my life!

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