Introducing Designz by Liz!

I am always thrilled to feature fellow artisans and today's featured artist is also a local! Be sure to stop by designzbyliz for a stunning selection of designs for you and your baby. Read on to learn more about this amazing artist...

What would you like people to know about you as a person?
I am truly blessed! I have 2 wonderful or I should 3 boys (including my husband). They bring me a lot of joy and happiness. My mom gave me her old sewing machine just after I was married and ever since then I have had a passion for sewing!

Tell me a bit about your art and your products? What inspires you?
I love to create modern, fashionable accessories for baby! My inspiration and I think what keeps me interested is finding new fabrics. I am continually on the lookout for new, fresh fabrics!

How do you share your creations? Where can we find you?

Word of mouth has been one of my biggest sellers!

Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dezignz-by-Liz/145865585473552

Etsy page - dezignzbyliz.etsy.com

What is your most important lesson since starting your craft/ business?

Try to stay positive and enjoy what you are doing! Focusing on one product at a time!

Some fun tidbits:

-Coffee, tea or hot chocolate? hot chocolate with marshmallows and whip cream!

-Your favourite candy? definately sour keys

-Your favourite colour? yellow

-If I were to catch you grooving it would be to this song….anything classical!

NO INTERNET!!!! WHAT A NIGHTMARE!

Sunday morning started off nicely. My little guy slept in a bit, we had a nice relaxing morning, did some cleaning and checked our emails just before lunch. After lunch when I went to get this week's blog posts started the internet wasn't working. I didn't panic...yet...we live in a remote area and sometimes the service gets interrupted for a couple of hours. It is now late Wednesday afternoon and to make a long story short I FINALLY have internet again thanks to TWO visits from technicians and oodles of phone calls to my internet service provider. On the bright side my house is much cleaner, I made quite afew new products this week and took my little guy to the zoo leading me to believe that perhaps I spend too much time hooked to the internet! Needless to say I will be getting my computer fix tonight though when the little one goes to bed!

The downside is that I didn't have a chance to share the marvelous sewing patterns and other goodies from djstoreroom. Here's a little more about this amazing shop:

"Hi! I am Diana, the owner and pattern designer of djstoreroom. I design, sew, pen and publish my own sewing patterns and tutorials from my home studio in sunny Singapore.

I have been sewing since 1995 and finds that many sewing patterns are too difficult to understand for the sewers who are just starting out or have taken a long break from sewing. My PDF sewing tutorials and patterns come with printable CAD patterns, clear wordings and color photographs to fully orientate you through all the steps. They are geared towards the beginner sewer who needs help in sewing simple projects."

Just Around the Corner ~ Colleen's Custom Sewing

"Just Around the Corner" will be a monthly feature highlighting a local shop for your shopping pleasure! There are so many hidden treasures to be found locally and I can't wait to unearth them all!
Whether you are a crafter yourself or just enjoy shopping for unique handmade gifts you are sure to find a treasure you enjoy at Colleen’s Custom Sewing. Located at 2 Cameron Street @ Laidlaw (behind the Village Bulk Foods store) in beautiful Cannington, Colleen’s store is your one stop shop for alterations, handmade gifts, fabric, buttons, notions and more! Colleen is extremely excited to announce that she will begin carrying Gutermann all purpose sewing thread starting in March. On a recent visit I was astounded at the treasure trove of buttons that she has begun to display and couldn’t resist bringing a couple home to use in my own projects. Not local to the area? Never fear, Colleen also has an online Etsy shop where she showcases a selection of her handmade items and supplies. Sometimes the greatest finds are “just around the corner!”