Shabby Chic Bib Necklace

Bib necklaces seem to be popular right now, and a simple search will yield several blogs, websites, etc sporting photos of some finished products. I, of course, always want to make it for myself, so I have been looking around for examples and products. I finally settled on a pattern I liked. My ideal is a combination of the three pictures shown here. I have already mastered making the flowers, so I just need to work on assembling.

Since I finished graduate school, it seems all I want to do is make up for lost time and to craft, craft, craft. I am finishing up the new chair cushions for my wicker chairs today, too. I have made a couple of halter re-fashions, and I have my pattern ready to make some shopping bags since Austin is gonna be a plastic bag free city by 2013. My true goal is to build my etsy.com store, but I have some reservations, fear maybe, that nothing really sells there. All fear aside!! Think this should become my new mantra..........All fear aside.

The etsy store is up and running, and I have 2 items so far. I also created a business page in yahoo: Shabby 'round the Corner.

https://www.facebook.com/ShabbyRoundTheCorner

https://www.etsy.com/people/staccihhamilton?ref=si_pr

My goal is for this to grow so that I can spend my days creating.

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