Does anyone have any ideas for my husband, me, and our 18mo girl for halloween? I really really wanted to make costumes for sarah, jareth, and toby (even though my babe's a girl) but apparently theres no persuading my husband to wear spandex. even though for some reason he's willing to shave his beard and wear dazy dukes to be dangle?? I want something really original but coming up with something that i can persuade my husband into is proving difficult. thanks for any ideas!

  Wow. it's been a while since i've been about craftster. but now that my sugarmuffin is a whoppin 10 months i think im finally free to reenter my sewing room w/o maaaaaaaaaa-meeeeee! a minute and a half leter. she has discovered yo gabba gabba.  anyway- i want to buy a serger and am getting cross-eyed reading posts and reviews on them. does anyone have a one (on the lower end) that they absolutely love and would like to recommend? id be ever so appreciative!

My MIL got this flyer in the mail today, which basically says the Necchi Company ordered a bunch of these machines and "current economic conditions nationally proved their projections inaccurate and the orders were not received". It says it is $529 normally and that on Saturday only they're selling em for $199.- "it does buttonholes (any size), invisible blind hems, monograms, double seams, zippers, sews buttons, darning, applique, zig zag, basting, pin tucking, quilting and much more... it has a professional serge stitch with optional cutter... they are designed to sew all fabrics withought tension adjustments, such as levis, canvas, upholstery... blah blah blah I'm tired of typing.
Anyway, I don't know anything about Necchi and need some input? Thanks!

I'm driving to Vancouver from Seattle tomorrow (for just the night and next day I think), and was wondering if there's anything going on we should check out? I'll be with my sister, BIL, and their 3 and 5 year old. I know about Daiso and I'm am definitely making them go there no matter what and the suspension bridge looks really beautiful, but anything else family-ish (but not boring for anyone over 7) we should check out? Thanks so much,
whitney

This is my first project post. It's really simple but all my most favortie things are simple simple simple. so here is my wrinkly linen bag. the other little bag is a little clutch thingy, there's a tissue holder on the other side of it- this is a really bad pic, i'll try to post more after work.... i'll stop jabbering now.

Thanks for looking  
whitney

I hope this is the right place for this...
I can't seem to find any info on the legalities of starting a home-based tattoo business. Does anyone know anything about what kind of permits you might have to have besides just a business license and TID? In Florida? Thanks so much!