Entrepreneurs :)

I have been getting lots of requests on Facebook lately to "become a fan" of this page, and "follow" this blog....etc.. And I started going through everything and there are a LOT of people that I went to school with that are going down the road of entrepreneurship, as well as myself. It's so amazing to go look at every one's websites and pages and blogs, and see what they have come up with. I never ever in my dreams thought that I would start a business selling custom baby stuff....or any business at all for that matter. So needless to say, I am pretty proud of myself, I stepped out of my box and with the help of some friends and the encouragement from my loving husband and family....Laynie's Sewtique was born. And it's doing so well. I thought I would take a little time out this morning and mention some other wonderful businesses from old friends and classmates....there is QUITE the variety to look at :) ENJOY!

• Ashley (Kroese) Howry- "Blue Cottage Kids", and the blog

Ashley makes the CUTEST little girl dresses and other outfits. She has an ETSY page which is super easy to go shop from (I think there is even some free shipping at the moment)! Ashley likes to keep her stuff super affordable for everyone! I love all the little outfits that she makes for her sweet Emma.

• Leslie (Lane) Cunningham- "Platinum Designs", and the blog...also "Rhino Linings of Rockwall"

Leslie does interior design, party planning, and SO much more!! Spend some time checking out the shop page on her website, she makes BEAUTIFUL holiday wreaths that have a modern twist....not your average plastic flower decor :)

• Anne (Greenhaw) Shields- "Scents of Elegance" (if you don't have Facebook you can't check this link out....but they make yummy smelling candles that I LOVE!!!)

Anne took Scents of Elegance over from her aunt....she, along with her sister Lacey, make these candles themselves and can match almost any scent that you love. They have an awesome line of holiday scents...I'm actually burning Autumn Berries right now and I seriously love it. The candles are so inexpensive as well ($10.00), and they burn for 55 hours!!

• Lacey (Greenhaw) Bacon- "Scents of Elegance"

• Brady Hill- "Brady Z. Hill Agency, Farmers Insurance & Financial Services"

Pretty self explanatory! Send him a message or email though if you have started your own company, he has a great Networking group that meets every Thursday at the Hilton in Rockwall. I haven't been able to check it out yet, but I can't wait until I can.

• Ashley Del Rio- "Icing and Aprons", and the blog

I haven't gotten to taste any of the cakes by Ashley, but I love reading her blog and looking at all the pictures! Everything is beautiful! You need to at least check out her blog.

• Kelly (Nichols) Rucker- "Kelly Rucker Photography", and her healthy eating journal

Kelly's pictures are AWESOME!! There isn't much else to say other than that :) and her healthy eating journal is fun to read!! It seriously has made me watch what I put in my mouth for the past few days. Check it out!

• Christina Depuy- "Little Deities", such cute little hair clips!!

I asked Christina to make Wylee's hair clip for her first birthday outfit...I should be getting it any day now. Her clips are SO original! I fell in love with them instantly! And she is extremely affordable!

• Evan & Katie (Cameron) Kaufmann- "Detail Films", they've done some great music videos, among other stuff!

The Kaufmanns are amazing! I haven't gotten to check out everything that they've done, but recently I have seen a lot about the Wade Bowen music video that they just did. It's awesome!

• Rhea Ortamond- "Rhea's Ice Cream Shop"...coming soon, there isn't a web page for this yet as far as I know, but she did sign a lease!

Check it out...follow it....maybe pass it on?

http://layniessewtique.blogspot.com

Slump-ola

I can't count the days between this blog and the last. Sadly, maybe not that sad depending on how many people actually read what I say lol, I won't be able to say much. I did get caught up on everyone else's blogs that I used to faithfully follow.....Howry Family, you are MUCH better at staying up-to-date, I envy you :). I started a business!! Laynie's Sewtique is in full swing and keeping me just as busy as the kids are. And I love it!! I have 4 more blankets to get finished this week (finished and mailed one yesterday to total 5). And about 5 to do next week, and 4 the week after that. So yes, it's going well so far. I couldn't be happier with it :) I'll have to put pictures of my blankets up next time though, because both kids just woke up. :)

Jaylee's Mankies?

So I have been super busy making blankets, shirts, and onesies over the past couple of weeks. Which is GREAT news! The not so great news is I haven't making too much of a profit off of them, because apparently the stuff is way too cheap. The good news is, my name is getting out there and people are asking about my stuff and my prices, etc. SO, I am trying desperately to come up with a name for my goods. I want to include my kids if I can....which is where Jaylee's Mankies comes from. (JAred&wYLEE)...you get it. And of course, mankies is what Jared has always called blankies around here. So the name makes sense to me. But probably not anyone else if you don't know my children. I don't know if that really even matters, does it? Does it sound stupid? I have no idea. I am not creative when it comes to naming things. Other than our dogs....Candee and Caine. Maybe I should skip the kids and make a name out of our dogs' names..... The CandeeCaine Co. Which has nothing to do with blankets or baby accessories. So that probably wont work out very well. I need input because I am so stumped! Here are a few projects that I have finished up lately....

"You Deserve Platinum Style"...

My blankets are being "Showcased" at the "Platinum Designs" booth (#193) at the Rockwall Aspasians this weekend! So exciting! Now I have to go put together my book and wait for my order forms.....oh yeah, and pray that people like them!! Thank you Platinum!

Miss Mia

An old friend of mine (by old I mean we have gone to school together since kindergarten) had a baby girl about a week after I had Wylee and she asked me to make a blanket for her......soooo here it is!!! Maybe it's not really blog worthy but for now I have nothing else to write about.....

Baptisms and Blessings

I haven't posted in what feels like forever! Since the last post, we went to Kingwood to visit Jared's family and had a GREAT time. Our niece Aimee was baptized and our brand new niece Holli was blessed the next day! The only family member missing was Sarah, but since she's on her mission, I will let that slide. It is so crazy to me that when she comes home in January she will have 3 new nieces and 1 new nephew! 4 new family members and she will have only been gone a year and a half. I can't fathom that for some reason. Maybe because I am from a slightly smaller family...I have two cousins total. And they now have kids so I have 4 second cousins. Jared and Wylee have 16 cousins (that's including Dallas' son Gunner). If I could capitalize the number 16, I would, because that is just an insane number compared to what I am used to. But I love it. My cousins are quite a bit older than me and we really never got to spend a lot of time together so I absolutely love getting to watch our kids grow up with all of their cousins. It's amazing. I think Jared's new favorite person is Sage (Bekah and Matt's oldest daughter). They had so much fun playing together last weekend, it was so cute. Anyways, I have more blankets to make and errands to run so I should probably get off this thing.

Jared swinging on the swing set in our backyard....

Eating some of the delicious lemon birthday cake that big Jared made me for my 25th birthday! (It was soooo good!)

Sweet Wylee girl

Killer side burns.