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Happy Friday! We hope everyone is having a great day. It’s the last day of February, and we are wondering where the time has gone. February seriously flew by! We’re very excited for the start of March, and for all the amazing things to come…and also for Spring! We are in need of some warmer weather.

Today is also Fan Friday on the blog, and we are featuring a wonderful Etsy Shop today with the absolute cutest name! A Tiny Forest is a lovely business, started by Kim Payne, creating stunning and high-quality handcrafted products that are also very practical for everyday use. What started as a passion to sew, quickly sparked into a very successful little business! ” I love to make items that are useful and practical, but also lovely and unique.  My little shop, A Tiny Forest, was born of that desire.  It’s just me and a sewing machine, and I do everything from the design phase all the way to shipping.  I also have the responsibility of caring for my family, so it’s a delicate balance.”

According to Kim, mason jars are all the rage…and we definitely agree! Mason jar ideas are always being pinned on Pinterest, and for good reason – there are so many different things you can do with them. And Pinterest makes us want to do them all! One awesome idea from Kim is to use them to pack leftovers for lunch. That’s what she was doing for her husband, packing his work lunch in mason jars, but because they are glass it wasn’t the easiest to transport. That’s when Kim’s mason jar bags were born!

The mason jar bags feature pocket sleeves inside to segment and hold the jars, and even fold out if you want to carry something else! The bags come in several sizes to carry quart-sized, pint-sized, & half pint-sized jars and sturdy handles to carry all your goods. As well, Kim has an eye for pretty designs and chooses a great selection of fabric collections for her products that are playful and fresh. We especially adore that Kim chooses a matching, equally fun, print for the interior! Kim chose our Iconic collection and we think this bag is absolutely beautiful!! We definitely would love to take this bag to work or to the local market with us – so pretty and stylish!!

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Happy Friday!! It’s just about the weekend, and we are super excited! The weather has been rainy and gloomy here today, but we are hoping for at least a bit of sunshine this weekend. For now, we will put on our galoshes and raincoat, and happily jump through a puddle or two…we are still kids at heart! Have you entered our Chalkboard Fabric giveaway? You can enter here! :)

To end our week, we’ve got our Fan Friday for you all! Today we are sharing an amazing company with a shared love affair for Comic Con and everything vintage…Cake Shop Couture! Song Ja, shop owner and seamstress, opened her business in 2008 with inspiration from Asian street fashion and American Comic Con to create beautiful clothing and accessories by hand. Everything is a labour of love at Cake Shop Couture, as Song Ja is a one-woman entrepreneur, and designs all her products herself from start to finish.

Song Ja, a proud geek and fashionista, began attending Comic Con in 2004 and even met the love her life there…who was dressed in Storm Trooper Armor (Oh, how cute right?). From there, she has combined her passions into one incredible, unique, and successful business. All of Song’s dresses are absolutely beautiful and sparked with a vintage twist. From halter dresses to bustier-styled, Cake Shop Couture a wide variety of dress styles to suit every Star Wars or comic book enthusiast! Song adores our Star Wars and Marvel Comics fabric collections, and we just had to share some of our favorite dresses with you all!

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Happy Friday and Happy Valentine’s Day!! We hope your day is filled with lots of love, hugs & kisses, and chocolate (the holiday just isn’t complete without some!). Have a fantastic day spending time with all you loved ones. Us ladies at the office were super spoiled with pretty roses today!! ♥

Today is also Fan Friday on the blog, and today we are sharing a girl who adores good, old classic cartoons and sewing…two qualities that make her a win for us, but just wait till you see her designs! The creator behind Always Amazing Designs used her love for classic cartoons and characters as inspiration for her sewing projects, a hobby that soon turned into a successful business.

Some of her favorite characters include Disney, Sesame Street, Marvel and DC Comics, Hello Kitty, and Archie Comics. With her fantastic choice in fabric designs featuring these cartoons, she has created awesome coin purses, tablet/iPad cases, camera cases, and small messenger bags for all the fellow character enthusiasts. Now you can keep all your electronics in safekeeping, while being nostalgic of all the characters and shows that made your childhood.

Always Amazing Designs especially loved our Archie Comics fabric collection, which is a very bright and vivacious collection with a vintage twist. All of your favorite characters from the beloved comic is featured, including the love trio Archie, Betty, and Veronica. Which duo were you rooting for? :)

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Happy Friday! We hope everyone is had a great week. TGIF!! Today is National Wear Red Day, a day started by the AHA to bring awareness on the battle against heart disease in women. Such an amazing cause! And speaking of red, have you entered our Betty Boop FQ Bundle giveaway yet? Let us know what outfit makes you feel the most confident! ♥

To mark the end of another wonderful week, we have our Fan Friday post for you! One of our most favorite things ever is seeing projects created with our fabric designs and projects using our free projects found on our website & blog. You all are awesome!!

Today we are sharing Strange Stork, a duo team of creative girls sharing their love for fabric with the world…one bag or bib at a time. Strange Stork is an online shop dedicated to geekery and punk baby gifts, created by Cynn and Vanessa. Their handmade items include baby bibs, burp cloths, pouches, bags, and more using colorful and fun fabric choices. While their shop is dedicated to the little ones, they have organizational products for mommies too!

Vanessa and Cynn especially adore our Star Wars fabric, using a couple of our most coveted designs for their products. However, the girls also have a soft spot for all things adorable (who wouldn’t?!)…such as our Baby Dino Collection! This collection is perfect for all dinosaur enthusiasts…and just in time for Valentine’s Day too with the complimentary heart designs. The collection is bright and happy, colorfully designed with sweet dinosaur friends! Here are some of our favorites:

Bib with our Baby Dino Collection!

Cute bib using our Star Wars Collection!

Little boy’s shirt with our Star Wars Character Blocks Fabric – YAY for Yoda!

Vanessa also has her own correlating Etsy Shop, Mean Look, showcasing items dedicated to adults (skirts, bags, magnets, and more!). Both Strange Stork and Mean Look are great stores to check out for all your “geekery” needs, for both you and baby. We wanted to thank the girls for their support, and for sharing with us their fantastic shops!

Cosmetic bag with our Star Wars Blocks Collection

You can check out Strange Stork and Mean Look for more, as well as their Facebook pages here and here. You will definitely find lots of fun treasures on both shops! Thank you so much for reading today’s Fan Friday, and we wish you all an awesome weekend!

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Hi everyone!

Happy Friday everyone! It’s just about the weekend, and we hope everyone has had a blissful week. We can’t believe that there is only a week left of January. How has everyone’s New Years resolutions been coming along? :) We’re only at the beginning of the year, so there’s still time to get started on your goals. Tomorrow is also Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day, a day to celebrate independently-owned quilt shops. So if you’re not sure what to do this weekend, be sure to check out your local quilt shops for special events and more!

It’s also time for another Fan Friday! Today we are sharing a fantastic, geek-approved Etsy Shop called FashionablyGeeky247. Ashley, owner and designer of FashionablyGeeky247, is a full-time college student and started up her shop as a way to showcase her love of all things geeky and crafting.

She custom designs the dresses to each customer and each design can be created with a multitude of fabric options. All of the dresses are very 50s inspired, with their full skirts and bustier tops. Ashley has chosen lots of our Star Wars fabric designs for her dresses, and we definitely needed to share! All the dresses are beautiful and look amazing with our Star Wars designs.

In the wise words of Ashley herself, “I created this shop to give fellow Star Wars fans, Trekkies, and Super Hero lovers a chance to be fashionably geeky. We can wear a dress that shouts I LOVE STAR WARS or I LOVE BATMAN and still have that femininity to attract everyone around us. Guys love geeks and Girls love fashion, so that’s why my store is perfect for the girls who wants to be ‘Fashionably Geeky'”. Definitely well said, who says being “geeky” isn’t also stylish and feminine? :)

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