What's happening in the world of CHAOS....

Well, let's see what's in the news...
Besides the fact I'm right in the middle of making a custom dress, I'm in the process of packing and organizing before I leave on vacation. Just seems it takes twice as long to prepare than it used to...why?!
Used to be possible to pack and prepare within a few hours and now it takes about 2 days, lol.
Maybe I'm just getting slow, or lazy, or my mind is assuming some of these preparations are important, I don't know.

So it's starting to look like that the one dress I'm working on will have to wait till I get back unfortunately, that is unless tomorrow ends up being super productive and everything easily goes together without trouble. (hey, but what fun would that be!)

Otherwise when I get back, I first thought I'd start on fall and back to school sets, but I'm afraid I will be extending my absence. I will still sew...at leisure and probably be able to make some ooak sets, but I will not have any customs besides The Beatles set I will have when it gets made that is :)
We will be tearing out the roof of part of our living room, so that will need more attention, and then we are redoing the front porch too, along with other misc. projects I'm tired of delaying (after all the wood is sitting in the front yard now and we can't have that!

Want pics of some new sets, please check out my facebook page HERE
Or my photo album HERE
there's plenty to look at, and bunches of Toy Story sets too!

Anyway, if anyone else wants a custom set, they can still email me anytime at landofjas@yahoo.com , but just so everyone knows I'm not going to list any customs unless I get really bored or broke (whichever comes first) both are likely to happen when you are waiting for your hubby to do his part of a project before you can do yours, and/or you realize you forgot all about still having to purchase extra materials you forgot about. LOL it's all good though.
I'll be awol for a few weeks probably, so check my facebook fan page if you want to know what's going on...which will most likely be nothing.

Wow..I just noticed that "business" is the same as busy ness...was it meant to be that way??!!

Where to start...

Let's use the most commonly used word in my vocabulary as of last week... BUSY!!

More like extremely busy, it's almost like filling Christmas orders...totally insane.
But I do love it :)

As for plans...sewing, sewing, and more sewing until I get these orders shipped and out the door...then making a few more that I haven't anticipated yet...it's all good :)

June will come and things will slow down, then mid June I leave to VA (so no sewing then, lol!) then July I'm sure there will be plenty of days lying in the sun and slowing putting together some back to school sets :)!!!

Though the house projects will have to be fit in that schedule somewhere too, along with summer time fun as well :)

Random Stuff

Yeah, I know I should post more frequently....but after checking and replying to emails and browsing through my facebook and ebay groups, I always realize that I should be doing something productive and really just want to get off the computer.
Heck just the other day I wasted a few hours browsing through craigslist....mostly for items for our house since we are still in the process of finishing it...yes still. It's been about 5 years, but we now have 3 bedrooms and upstairs, new bathroom, a patio and real green stuff growing in the yard. Well, the new bathroom isn't done but it serves a really great use of being the tool storage area at the moment. Even found a free vanity cabinet that hubby picked up for me...just waiting to find that free or really cheap free standing tub and shower unit....I can wait if it means I don't have to buy one for the stupid amount of money the stores (and even the building salvage yards) are wanting! We can use the little bathroom....which I spent the last week and half making look better..
I plastered and painted and put up some cheap tile board stuff to cover the ugliness, bought a new toilet that's proved itself already that it will save us about $10 a month and new accessories for the towels and toilet paper. Still need to finish the shower and get a new curtain, but you see that I am here not working on that, and even if I wasn't I'd be sewing to finish up the orders I should be working on...lol
I have time ;) and there's always tomorrow...except for the fact it's going to be a beautiful day tomorrow and super warm and I will most likely spend the day outside until the sun goes behind the trees and shade takes over the yard.
If I happen to be inside that only means we are either doing schoolwork or I'm feeding the wolf that hangs around, or feeding the crows that come by and eat what the wolf (we named him Kiba, off of Wolf's Rain) left behind. They won't come in the yard if we are outside....too skiddish unfortunately.
Finally managed to repaint the dining room wall (again) and I do believe I will keep the color this time around....it was only the 4th time painting these walls!!....and can you guess what caused me to do it....fabric...yes fabric.....see I have this stool, it was ugly dark green and had a torn leather top, so in an effort to make it happy I made a new cushion for it with some happy bright fabric that complimented my bright red kitchen cabinets! and painted the legs...well, I liked it so I painted the dining room that color...and my plant shelf that is in my kitchen...kinda really works together, I like it....
Here's a pic of my happy stool...





Okay so it is (was) really my Mom's stool, but so is the tv technically and we had it for about 12 years soooo...you know it goes :)
Still need to finish the dining room with the trim and baseboards (not to mention we are tearing out the whole front wall!!! and replacing whats there with French Doors and new windows) and the fact that this is a homeschooling home and there are school books and papers and folders all over the dining room table, lol...I'm too embarrassed to share a pic...it'll at least have to wait till I clean it...maybe next week, lol.

I wrote some in my book too, so I'm almost done with chapter 10 Whoo Hoo!!...just 20 more chapters to go :)

I have some things listed on etsy and ebay so feel free to click the links on the right to see what I have available. I'm going to run a sale on Mother's Day on etsy, and then ending all the custom listings after that, so be sure to grab what you want then, if you don't see it email me!! landofjas@yahoo.com
Need to clear out the old designs as I'm going on vacation in June and when July comes around I will be working on Fall, Back to School, Halloween, and Holiday items!!
Here's the new Toy Story set that I have listed now. (Cheaper on etsy mind you, ebay takes out 12 percent plus listing fees, that's why things cost more there!)










So anyway, other than all that rambling mess, I'm glad to say that our wood we ordered from the sawmill is finished...which means we can do some destruction soon!! Yay, I love tearing things down so I can build them like I want them :) !!! A new ceiling, a new porch, real wood on the stairs, and finally some molding/trim upstairs...this house will get finished one day, the only problem is once I get my hands on 50 or more acres I'll be outta here in a heartbeat! I'm so gonna dig up all my plants and take them with me though, lol. They're my babies and hopefully by that time Kiba will not be so terribly shy around us and he can come with us to live in the middle of nowhere and watch us build another domain! I'm thinking castle...or if we happen to be poor, I'll take a tree house, so long as the mailman can deliver my fabric, it's all good :)

Now seriously, I should go sew, I've only got 7 outfits to make before Monday, 6 and a half really, one's almost finished....but crap, look at that, it's 11:30...I think I will just finish that set, then go write some more in my book so I can get that scene out of my head....yeah it's a movie really, but I'm not proficient enough to create a feature film, so I'm just going to write it and let someone read it and hopefully make a movie for me so I can watch it. As long as it is better than those crappy Syfy movies, it'll be great...and no ugly actors/actresses... and him...he can be it ;)

Enchanted Forest knit set

This is listed. Please go check it out HERE---->>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170472849968&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT!!

Ebay listings are up!

Please go check out all my new ebay listings for some great OOAK deals!!! Some are starting at only 99 cents!

GO HERE ----->>> ShadowDragon Dreams on EBAY

$5 shipping no matter how many you win :)


And I have some new modeled pics of my Enchanted Forest Knit set, but I'm going to have to wait until the weekend to show you! Yes, I know I'm horribly mean sometimes!! Lol!

You can always check out my facebook fan page for some sneak peek pics I posted on there though ;)

Here are a few pics of what is listed right now on ebay......































As for other news, I'll be working on some more custom sets soon, I just need to figure out what in the world to make, lol. Plus it's most likely going to be true that only one or two customs will be available of each. Check back next week, I may have some sneaks to post by then.

As for non sewing creation junk....I'm a little peeved that this 'certain' ebayer who bought something from me has not paid yet, and most likely won't...really why is it that people bid on items yet do not pay?! Idiots...and to beat it all I can't leave negative feedback for a buyer...so not fair since I'm the one paying the damn ebay fees...*sigh* .... and so this seller won't answer my emails (which are not mean as I feel they should be, btw) but lo and behold he has something for sale that he's happily answering questions about. Lol. Makes me laugh sometimes that people bid on stuff they can't or won't, or decided not to pay for (blaming it on their income or some horseshit like that) really come on now, you either can buy it or not, if you can't afford it, don't bid. I have some serious bills too (mortgage, loan, credit, medical...) but I pay them on time, all the time, and even if we are flat broke, they still end up getting paid on time. AND... if for any major reason you have to back out of the deal, grow a backbone and communicate with the seller. I've had no problem with people asking out of a deal for whatever reason so long as they are up front about it and do not leave me hanging for days waiting for them to answer my emails (or worse yet, giving me excuses! Then backing out later on.)...yeah, well life goes on....this is why I hate ebay at times......believe it or not I can't remember even one incident on etsy that has ever given me trouble...ever... I love etsy, but I can't very well make any money listing stuff on there for 99 cents, lol, now can I...Oh, I could definitely sell it, but only for 99 cents, at least with ebay there's the fun of watching the listings.....have I rambled enough? :)
So..... if anyone wants to read some thing one day, feel free to pick this book...there's a book 2 in the works, but it might be awhile till it's done...
GO HERE FOR "ANGEL OF MIDKNIGHT"

and since I want to I'm going to post a few funny pics...just for fun ya know ;) ....because really I really don't like the word 'fun'...don't ask me why, it's a really long story...I just use it a lot to embarrass myself :)
Here ya go :)

The never-ending cycle!

Well, my vacation is certainly over, lol. Funny thing is the last day I got bombarded with requests, and when I reactivated my etsy account I sold like 3 sets :)
But that its a good thing!
I managed to get my sewing room painted a pretty light blue and get my fabrics semi-organized....yeah, semi....I really need to use up a lot of them, which I will do as soon as possible....
Which basically means when I'm done with these orders that just came in, and when I'm done making the Graduates Enchanted launch set, and when I'm done making the sets for BWILD's launch too.
Then I can make the rest, lol.

It seems like a LOT!, but I know that once June gets here, orders will come to a complete stop except for a few requests here and there and I can lay out in the sun and work in my garden all summer, just before the hectic, ridiculous, psychotic season of Grinch and Santa fabrics put me in an induced sewing coma of the Christmas season!
It's all good though :) serious fun right there!

Of course in the midst of all the fabrics and emails, we are still working on the house, which includes redoing the living room ceiling, finally putting the molding and trim upstairs, possibly a front porch if finances will allow, and if I can't talk my hubby out of it, a new garage...well, a garage to take the place of the shed, because the motorcycle and lawn mower won't fit in the shed with all the tools and junk we have stored in it.
We also have to manage to fit in the family activities, like the Renn Fest (can't miss that!) a trip to Virginia (yay!) a balloon ride if I can re-locate the info on it (that should be fun) a few camping/hiking/boating trips (hopefully somewhere new) and other small cheap fun junk that we plan on the spur of the moment (always turns out fun, yet expensive!) and maybe, just maybe, I will not pay off a bill and instead take off to somewhere warm and sunny, with clear blue ocean waters...yeah, that'd be nice......ahhh.

Anyways....no pics, I'm saving them for the weekend...when hopefully I'll have that set done!

Hello!

Just finishing up the last orders and then off to get some real work done!

Including (but not nearly the majority) cleaning, which this house severely needs. Organizing, which this house severely requires. Painting, which must get done before it gets warm outside. Plans, which I need before I can buy supplies for our construction project(s) (or if you will, deconstruction). Shopping...because really if you put in all the work to get the house ...let's say, more finished, you need new stuff to make it worth it, correct :)

Then the long, painful task of completing and crossing out the items on our "things that need done" list.....Mind you this list had over 94 item on it, lol. But only about 75 are important.
Anyone willing to come work is more than welcomed.


Now for the sewing...First off, I will only be making the stuff I already signed up to do (what was I thinking!) then will only have ooaks (one of a kind sets) available for the first part of April. Then maybe if I feel up to it I will list only a limited amount of customs (besides the one set I will only have one custom available)
That one is an enchanted forest set. All knit fabrics, and I really hope it comes out well. But it will be more than what I usually charge (but then again, it will have more on it than I usually make...sooo)

So in the end, when the house looks taken care of, I might have time to finish book 2 I've been writing, play on my assortment of instruments more, and build some furniture. Yeah, good times.
Oh, and maybe work on my new expenditure!!! Though I'll need a scroll saw first...hmmm.

Little Mermaid

New Ariel set is available for a limited time!




If you would like to pre-order a set before it's listed please contact me at landofjas@yahoo.com.
All preorders are only $65 with free shipping.
I will get it listed on ebay and etsy as soon as I can (most likely on Tuesday)

OOAK SALE going on NOW!!!

Run by and stop by my facebook fan page for the latest updates!!! HERE

Here's the album for some OOAK sets that are only available for today, grab what you want, everything is $20 or less!! CLICK HERE TO SEE THEM

In other news here's the latest new sets, feel free to email me with any questions. I also have things listed on Ebay and Etsy, etsy is cheaper, but though going straight through me is even better since there's no fees ;) and all my buddies get free shipping, regardless where it's listed!

Super Excited!!

First of all, please be sure to stop by my etsy shop and my ebay listings to see what is all up this week! Some items will not be able to be relisted so go visit!



And I got some more sneak peeks too share as well! I really really wanted to get them listed yesterday, but I was busy. Here's a few sneak peeks, I will get them listed asap! (don't know when exactly that will be as it's already 10pm here and I'm still not finished with the other stuff I was doing....but no wonder, look where I am....lol)

Here's a few peeks of Ariel and Easter....








AND yes AND!!!!
I have another sneak peek (even I haven't seen the other pictures yet!!! I'm so crazily excited to get them in!!) but here's of one set ;)





AND yes AND!!!!
Here's a few pics for your enjoyment, this is listed right now on ebay!!
I will relist again on etsy when I can make sure I have enough fabric for additional sets, but no idea when that will be...as I really need to stop buying fabric, lol.....(like that's ever gonna happen)....