Hello Everyone, and welcome to Teensy Couture blogspot. I currently work on a joint blog with a good friend of mine called
A Sprinkle of This. I have had my
ETSY shop now for about a year. When I first opened it, I called myself Mama's Sew Ripped. I recently changed it for various reasons. Some of you may be familiar with the previous name, but if you know me, I like change, and being difficult, so here we go again!
So, a little bit about myself...
I currently live in Ballwin, MO. It is a town just outside of St. Louis. I was born and raised in Pensacola, FL. After a couple attempts at college life...Florida State University, and University of West Florida, I decided to go out and "Get A Real Job". Ha! Funny right. I loved the work I did for about a year with the US Pro Wakeboard and Waterski Tour in Orlando, FL. I traveled around the US and Canada during the spring and summer months doing promotions work for the tour. It had its ups and downs...mostly ups! But after a year of actually working my tushie off, I decided to send myself back to school. That's when I moved to Tampa, FL to finish up at the University of South Florida...GO BULLS! This is where I met my husband.
Hubby is in the United States Coast Guard. Three months after we were married we were transferred to Cape Canaveral, FL where I began teaching for 2 years. I also had my first child, boy "A". Then hubby was sent off doing drug and migrant patrol for the USCG. He was gone 6 months out of the year. It was tough at first, a learning curve, but manageable. Once I had our second child, daughter "E", we were shipped off again. This time to Go Ole St. Louis, MO. Super scary since I had only seen snow the year before in Arkansas. Huge adjustment.
So that brings us here. After about 6 months of searching endlessly for a teaching job here, I decided to pick up a new hobby. HA! Hobby. Hubby will laugh at that one. I went out, bought a $150 sewing machine from Wal-Mart, and got on You Tube. I am 100% self taught...with the help of my buddy over at
Sprinkle of This...and a couple tips from my mom...a
supermom herself! After burning through 3 sewing machines in a year and a half, I decided to actually put my money where my HOBBY was and get me a good one! This time I bought my first baby...a Husqvarna Viking Emerald 118. The week after, my yard sale serger bit the dust and I bought my second baby...a Husqvarna Viking H Class 200S. I am hoping to trade up for some of the Embroidery Models, but until then, they get the job done!
So hopefully I can bring you some helpful insights into sewing and crafting as well as some great links to some other sites I frequently visit. There is a wide array of FREE tutorials and patterns out there just waiting to be found. So go play! Also, visit some of the sites I have linked on the sidebar that are GREAT GREAT blogs and websites I use daily!
Talk to you soon!
Gigi
