We are back open!  Woooooo Hooooo!

Had a major rainstorm and power outage that prevented us from getting open yesterday (sorry, ya'll--Mother Nature said "No"~lol)

The Etsy Hypernoodle Fabric Shop and the new website are both up and running...

You can purchase Duos and Trios in the Etsy Fabric Store, but please remember that we are no longer doing Custom orders on Etsy    (see post below for details)

For customized orders, please visit the website:  http://www.hypernoodlefabrics.com/

Using the link above and ordering from the website, you can add items to your cart in 1/2 yard increments and have the shipping correctly combine and calculate.

**If you'd like to know shipping costs of your order...please view the SHIPPING section on the webpage--actual shipping cost are calculated at checkout!

Remember to become a follower on this blog~ Our Mega Grand Opening Fabric Giveaway will be in 1 week and only blog Followers are eligible to win!!!

Happy Sewing!! ☺

Etsy Fabric and Handmade shop temporarily closed...

Howdy Ya'll!

The Hypernoodle Etsy Fabric Shop and Handmade Shop will be temporarily closed while we are moving...

We will be back at the end of next week!

The Hypernoodle Fabrics website will also be up and running at the end of next week--YAY!!!!!!

**Please note FOR FABRIC ORDERS (this does not apply to the Hypernoodle Handmade shop)

Due to numerous issues with custom listings and shipping overages on Etsy (see previous post below), and in an effort to keep stock counts as accurate as possible-- when the Etsy Fabric shop re-opens, we will no longer be offering custom listings on Etsy.  Individual yards will also not be offered in the Etsy store.  If you see what you need in the Etsy shop and would like to purchase there--please by all means, feel free!  We will be offering duos and trios only on Etsy and those listings are going to be sold "AS IS"--they will not able to be customized, changed or altered as far as what is listed or yardage amounts.  -----the link to the Etsy Fabric Store is posted to the right

If you'd like a custom fabric order, a different increment of yardage or individual yards, please visit the Hypernoodle Fabrics website where you can customize your cart with the amounts you'd like--bonus**--shipping will combine correctly!

Here is the link:      www.hypernoodlefabrics.com

If you have any questions~please post a comment here or email me through the "contact" link in the upper left corner of this blog! 

See ya Soon!  ♥

Lil Ol' neglected Hypernoodle Handmade :(

For those of you who care less about ordering fabrics and love the Handmade Goodies at Hypernoodle Handmade...never fear!  With the opening of the hypernoodlefabrics.com website, I will have **oodles** of more time to create! (Fingers crossed!) You may have noticed that I tweaked the name of the shop to "Hypernoodle Handmade" because as much as I love making purses, I like creating other things too!  So I will still be making my signature bags, but will be offering new handmade goodies as well!  Stay tuned!

Hypernoodle Fabrics.com-- long wait almost over!

I am SO excited!  The super long wait for the Hypernoodle Fabrics website is almost over!

YIPPPEEEEE!

It has been a long time coming with so much hard work put into it, I cannot wait for everyone to be able to use it!  I think you will all be so happy with the ease of shopping for all of your fabrics!  We are talking about less than 2 weeks, people!!!  Woo Hoo! 

I love Etsy~ but I know that "Custom Listings" on Etsy in the Hypernoodle Fabric store have been a point of frustration for us all.  It is not easy to shop for fabric on Etsy with the multiple variances of yardage and increments that a person can purchase fabric in. 

I have had so many customers tell me how much they LOVE Hypernoodle Fabrics, but that they wish I had a website where they could shop because shopping on Etsy gives them a migraine since they can't purchase the quantities they like automatically from *ANY* fabric shop on Etsy.  You would not believe how much people despise the "Custom Listing"!  And I cannot blame any of you!  Well...we are going to alleviate that for ya!

ON HYPERNOODLEFABRICS.COM, you will be able to:

• customize your cart in any 1/2 yard increment you choose!  Add to your cart automatically in the increment YOU need without having to ask for then wait for a custom listing (or have a time limit on a Custom Listing!)
• SEE the available stock of every fabric next to its listing...this will help you know what Hypernoodle Fabrics has on hand of any particular fabric in real time! 
• Have shipping combine CORRECTLY at check out--there will be no need to worry about over-paying on shipping and then having to wait on a refund (or having to request and then wait on a custom listing to have shipping combine correctly!)
• MORE opportunities for Coupons and Free Shipping on Hypernoodle Fabrics Website. 

...The Site is ready to go--all we have to do is load in our actual stock amounts when it goes live--**PLEASE NOTE** that once hypernoodlefabrics.com goes live, individual yards and Custom Listing WILL NOT be offered in the Hypernoodle Fabrics Etsy Store.  The Hypernoodle Fabrics Etsy store will remain open, and will have Duos and Trios only.  Those Duos and Trios will not be customizable.  This is not only to help you shop easier, but to make sure we can maintain accurate stock amounts for our "real-time" stock counts on hypernoodlefabrics.com.

The only thing holding up the Grand Opening is that we are moving next week  :(  I am bummed we can't get it up for you next week, but almost everything is packed so we are going to start fresh once we are moved and settled--so look for the Grand Opening announcement around June 30th-July1st!

***WE WILL BE HAVING A ♥MAJOR♥ GIVEAWAY FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF HYPERNOODLEFABRICS.COM!!!** It is only being told about here on the BLOG!  Be sure to become a follower here on The Hyper Hub blog, as only followers will be in the running for this HUGE give-away!

Stay tuned for all the details!!!!

Look What I Made! Volume 1...

My Hypernoodle is in full overdrive...and while I ♥love♥ making purses, my creative juices have been craving to make something other than a purse!  I don't have a lot of sewing time lately with the Fabric Shop and building the Website for that, but in the **wee** hours of the morning when normal people are sleeping, I have been making lists of things I'd like to make and trying to whip some of them up!  The list is growing out of control but as I get them made, I'm going to post them for you all to see in my "Look What I Made!" blog section  Here's my first adventure....Lounge Shorts...

They have a drawstring and elastic waist~ I was so proud of myself because I typically don't make clothes~I wanted to make them with a knit fabric cause it is sooooo comfy~ and I found a cool fuchsia colored one in the clearance bin at my local fabric shop.  Mind you, it has been quite sometime since I sewed with knit fabric...the 1st time I tried years ago, I didn't have the right tension on my machine and I also didn't use a Ball Point Needle...so needless to say, it was a *HOT* jumbled mess and it scared me away from knits!  But I decided to try again because knowledge is power and now that I know lots more about knits--and used the right notions--it was a BREEZE!  Easy as pie!  Yaaay! 

I didn't use a pattern, I have a favorite pair of Lounge Shorts that seriously need to be retired so I laid those out to make a template for sizing purposes.

I was trying to "eyeball" it to make the template and I added waaaaaay to much for seam allowance because they are HUGE!  LOL!  I mean GIGANTIC on me!  I put them on and my husband just started hysterically laughing--but I had to laugh too because they look ridiculous they are so big!  (please laugh with me if you have ever had such a sewing mishap!)  Anyway, I'm not perfect and I love laughing at myself~so I wanted to share it with ya!  My aunt who taught me how to sew always used to tell me that you can learn a lot more from your mistakes than you ever thought--and she is SO right! 

The good news is that I actually measured myself and I know if I shave a bunch off my template, that they will work perfectly!  I guess this is why they say "measure twice/cut once", eh?

Anyway, now that I have conquered my fear of knits, I can make plenty more cool Lounge Shorts!  I have some Hello Kitty knit fabric and I'm going to have another go at it!  If they turn out as well as I hope~ I'm pretty sure I am going to have a kazillion pairs of Lounge Shorts to choose from! 

What do you guys think of Knit Fabric?  Do you use it?  Would you like to see some in the shop?  Let me know! ☺

You say its your Biiiiiirrrthday....

Wheeeeeeeeee!!! It's my Birthday, ya'll!  And this is what I woke up to this morning...

Yipppeeeeee!!!!!  I actually *shrieked* when I saw it~ my hubby is awesome!!!  I've been wanting this Kitchen Aid Mixer (in Pink of course!) for about 7 years~ and every year I tell my hubby I want it and then I tell him "never mind" ~ I guess he got sick of this song and dance for the past 7 years -LOL!
It came right on time because my "Big Box" store mixer that I've been using had a glass bowl and I DROPPED it and it went "boom" and shattered into about 50 pieces a few months back  :(
I use a mixer a lot --& I was sooooo bummed because I've been trying to use a different bowl with it and after getting splashed in the face with rapidly moving cake batter, I decided to retire the Big Box Mixer for good.  I know, I'm so silly for being this excited about a Kitchen Mixer--LOL--but if you knew how long I've been eyeballing this thing, it would make sense!  My wonderful son got me my favvvvvorite cake~mmmmm--yummy!  Can't wait to stuff my face!  LOL! (so much for the calorie counting!)

Mainly though, Today I feel blessed and happy to be able to celebrate another birthday, smell and watch the summer flowers bloom and hear the birds sing ~it is always the little things in life that make it a joy to live ☺

Countdown to the website...

After months and months (and months!) of work~ the website is almost ready! *Sqqqquuueeell*!!!

I'm so excited for you all to see it!  It shouldn't be long now...I'll be sure to keep you posted on the Grand Opening!

In the meantime, some new Michael Miller prints arrived this week..look at the uber cuteness!

Did you notice that the Boy Skull print has an eyepatch and the Girl Skull print has a hairbow?  tee hee hee... I love it!
There are lots more too!  Loads of new dots to coordinate with bunches of current prints~ check them out in the Etsy shop!

Color Block Tot in the House...

So it looks like the New Fabrics that were supposed to come this week have been delayed  :(  Booooo!  But they are scheduled to ship out the week of the 16th, so not much longer!

Speaking of "New" fabrics...for those of you who don't know, I entered the recent Project Selvage contest on Spoonflower which was also sponsored by Micheal Miller Fabrics.  My fabric--named "Color Block Tot"  made it into the semi-final round --the top 75 out of almost 1,000 entries!  I've been playing with designing fabrics for awhile as fabric is an absolute obsession of mine that I am very passionate about.  So I decided to throw my hat into the ring (so to speak)!  There are some amazingly talented people who entered~ I didn't make it into the finals--but I am soooooo proud of myself for making it into the top 75 with my very 1st design!  It gives me that motivational push I need to press on!  I am not a professional graphic designer in any way shape or form~

My area of design expertise is sewing projects--I can design a purse from start to finish (and oodles of other things)~ and whip it together like there is no tomorrow because I *always* have TONS of ideas floating around in my head (thus the "Hypernoodle") So while I was designing these purses, plushies, wallets, diaper bags and fabric bins--I started envisioning fabrics I'd like them to be made in during the design process...problem was--there wasn't anything like the ones I was seeing in my head on the market!  So....it was the next natural step to start designing them myself!

But graphic design is a whoooooole 'nother animal--not for the faint of heart, indeed!  I've been teaching myself graphic design and have been lucky enough to have the help of my friend Dawn (who is an *amazing* graphic designer) I was able to mock up enough stuff up to have an actual design book of prints doodled out that needed to be digitized...and when the Spoonflower contest came up~ I thought no better time than the present & Color Block Tot was the one I choose for the contest.  I got an amazing response and some very lovely Congrats from my customers in the Etsy Shop (Thanks, ya'll!!!) If you haven't seen it, here is the design:

If you want to see the print in repeat (the way it will look when actually printed in a FQ or in yardage) check out my Spoonflower profile:    http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/hypernoodle

then just click on the fabric and you can select the radio dial button for how you want to view it in repeat  (ex: 1 yard, 2 yards, 5 yds--FQ)

So, I ordered a test-swatch of the fabric from Spoonflower and it finally came this week (took almost a month!) So here it is:

When I saw the coloring, I was like "ACK!!"---NOOOOOoooo!! 

It was accurate on the RGB color scale in the digitized version...but it came out with a "washed out" look in the sample.  I wasn't too shocked because I had heard that with the way Spoonflower prints, the coloring can get skewed sometimes.  But, this is how we live and learn, right?

It's hard to tell in the picture, but all the colors are actually ok---except the red---it looks like a dark salmon  :(  ... the green is actually a moss color--the brown could be a shade or two darker as well.  So it's going to get tweaked and I'll get another sample printed to make sure it is more "true" in color and then I will be ordering a couple of yards or so to cut and sell as FQ's in my shop!  Yaaayyy!  I'm so proud!  I've got coordinates for this print as well~that will be coming soon! 

Let me know if you are interested in purchasing a FQ or 1/2 yard of a one of a kind-original Hypernoodle Fabric!  When the tweaking is complete and I get some printed...there may also be a *give-a-way* on the blog for a FQ of my very 1st original fabric design!!  *Yippeee*!!!! ☺

New Fabrics arriving Next week!!!

Got these 3 new prints from Michael Miller in the Hypernoodle Etsy fabric shop!

Ooooooo the yummy goodness!

There are about 20 other new prints that should be arriving next week...Some Christmas ones included~(is it that time again already?!?!)  Stay tuned!

I am feverishly working on the Hypernoodle Fabrics website~there is a lot of work involved with making sure all the coding is correct and the cart and links operate properly!  It's taking a little longer than expected because I want to make sure all the "bugs" are out and everything is in tip-top running shape so everyone can browse and shop with the greatest of ease...We're getting close!  & it looks like it will definitely be up and running in May---YIPPEE!!

The (Fabric) walls are caving in!

So here's what my "sewing room" (I use that term verrrry lightly) has turned into...

Not a lot of sewing goes on in here anymore, that's why I use the term "sewing room" lightly--LOL
And that's not even the 1/2 of it!  There are 3 other walls that look exactly like this!
And here is what is left of our "Guest Bedroom" (also using this term verrrry lightly)

Again, the above picture is only 1 wall in this room...there are 3 more like this!
My Husband and Son are up to their ears in fabric...Every time the UPS guy shows up they moan in unison...it is pretty comical if you ask me.
It has become obvious that we need to move~Hypernoodle Fabrics has taken off like mad and I am in desperate need of a dedicated studio to house all these bolts.  By the way--this doesn't even *BEGIN* to cover my personal fabric stash which currently lives in: Every closet in our home--including over 1/2 of the Master Bedroom Closet...
When the shipping boxes and supplies started inching their way into my husband's beloved Garage...that was the end of it for him!  LOL--now he wholeheartedly agrees that we need to move...I can't blame him, he loves working on cars and tinkering with fixing stuff so when I start invading his space--you can stick a fork in him!  Plus, I would be fully annoyed if his tools and toys started ending up in my "sewing room"--so touché!

Not looking forward to moving again, but it is totally necessary and unavoidable.. plus, it will provide everyone of Hypernoodle Fabric customers with a lot more fabric and hey....who doesn't want that?!?!?!  (Hello!!!)  ☺

It's a Blog re-do Ya'll~!

Hey, Howdy, Hey!

To say it has been awhile would be an understatement~ I have been *swamped* with so much!  & you know that I am the self professed "Worst Blogger--2009 and 2010" But much like Stella, I'm getting my groove back (LOL)~things are lining up well--so, staying in touch with all my fellow Hypernoodle's is one of the things on the top of my priority list!

One of my main problems blogging was that I was totally un-inspired by the overly "blah" look of my blog, and it was a perpetual thing on my "to-do" list to change this~  Well after realizing that I was never going to get to it myself, I enlisted help!  And here is the result....*TA-DAAAAAAA*!!  Me Likey!  What about you? 

Being the "Hypernoodle" that I am~I'm still playing around with the colors...they may stay the same and they may change a bit in the near future...along with a lot of other things I've got coming down the pipe!  (Stay tuned for more on that!)  But for right now, I am loving this pretty new blog and I hope that you are looking forward to all the awesomeness that is forthcoming from Hypernoodle!  ♥

Worst Blogger 2009...

I think it is safe to say...without a shadow of a doubt...that the recipient of the "Worst Blogger of 2009" goes tooooooo.....(drum roll puleezzzz!!!) HYPERNOODLE!!! I'm sorry ya'll--(the whole handful of my followers) I have been negligent and the only excuse I have is I've been busy, BUSY, busy! Which is a good thing! The purse and fabric orders are keepin' me on my toes! I promise that I will try to do better in 2010--this was one of my New Years resolutions and being as how it is now March....you can all see how *wonderfully* this is working out! HA! Part of my problem is, since I am such a creative being, the layout of my blog page is not very inspiring to me :( & since I know zip, zilch, NADA about web design--I am stuck, stuck, stuck! BUT, my dear friend Dawn and my sister both know how to design graphics n'stuff soooooooooo, (*hint hint*) hopefully soon, I will have an inspiring blog to come to to actually BLOG! Yaaaaaaayyyy!! Be back soon!! (sooner than before anyway!)

FABRIC!!!

Howdy ya'll!
Man~I know it's been awhile since my last post, I told you I'm a Blog Slacker...lol...
Sooooooo, I went to Quilt Market again this year in Houston. For those who don't know what Quilt Market is: it is a GIANT vendor trade show where you can see and place orders for all the wonderful new fabrics and gadgets to sew & quilt with. It is SUCH a blast because you get to see all the newest fabrics before they hot the shelves---and you tould not BELIEVE all the awesome fabrics that will be coming out!!! Being at Market is like being a kid in a severely overstocked candy store (especially for those of us who are addicted to fabric)!
Like the space cadet I am, I forgot to bring my camera (Booooo!) which really bites because I wanted to take pictures of some of the awesome booths this year to post here on my blog! I got to meet fabric designers Paula Prass and Patty Young and they had the coolest booths in the Michael Miller section! I also got to chat again with Nancy Zieman and Anna Marie H. who I had met previously--it is such a thrill to get to meet the fabulous ladies who design all of these wonderful fabrics and products!
This was my 2nd time at Market and as fun as it is, it is really overwhelming! There is so much ground to cover, so much to see and so many decisions to make! I had a plan b4 I got there on what I was going to get for my fabric shop and that plan went out the window because there were so many new and awesome fabrics to choose from. The new bolts should be arriving in the next few weeks through the end of the year--so be on the lookout for them in my fabric shop! I know you will love all of the cool designs! Yippee!!! I already can't wait for Spring Quilt Market and I promise that I will not forget my camera for that one!
I'll fill you in more later on my fabulous Quilt Market Adventure! :)

I think it's safe to say that if my life depended on me blogging.....I'd be in deeeeeeeep trouble--lol--
I am soooooo ridiculously busy...between the original Hypernoodle shop, the fabric shop, my real job and my family, I don't have time to do much of anything else! I am in the process of trying to find a happy medium between it all--it is a slow process. Having a good idea of where you want to go is really quite a release...now it's all about getting there! :)
Well, the good news is I finally finished the new wallet and have a couple of them listed in my Etsy shop! Yaaaayyy--now with that tackled, I have 2 new bag designs for fall--I'm so excited abou them! The design process is usually very lengthy for me, but these came to me rather quickly a mere 4 weeks ago and are moving along quite rapidly! Surprising! Especially since I have been working on like 6 other designs and they just went on the back burner when these popped in my head--lol--I have had an amazing streak of creativity lately so I'm just going to roll with it! Yaaaaaayyyyy!

On another note, I'm really glad it's almost Fall, I looooove it when the seasons change! The obvious things come about like a change of weather and temperature--but to me...it means a whole bunch of new fabric lines--color schemes and textured fabrics! Wheeeeeee!.....lol......my name is Michelle and I am a Fabricholic......("Hi Michelle")...
I am looking so forward to going to Quilt Market this year, it is only about 6 weeks away! Yippee!! I'm going to try to not go too crazy because I've got a bunch of fabric bolts on backorder with Michael Miller for the FabricNoodle shop too--hopefully they will start coming in soon--if they're not here before Quilt Market, I may end up getting bigger eyes than I need to while I'm there....oh well...there is no such thing as too much fabric!
Check out the new listings in my shop--there will be more fabric in the FabricNoodle shop soon (as soon as Michael Miller ships my bolts!) and as usual, I am work, work, working on more purses n'stuff for Hypernoodle!

Country Rooooooaad, take me Hoooooommme to the plaaaaace, I beeeelllooonnnngggg...

I am such a BAD blogger--MAN! See why I told you I can't twitter?!?

I do have a semi-reasonable excuse though...I moved from Texas to Colorado and am just settling in back home here in Colorado. So much has changed, it's crazy--but there is no place like home!..only 1 problem though...I really, REALLY miss Texas (*sigh*) what's a girl to do? (woe is me, Mr. Froggy!!!!)
I am trying to get re-adjusted, but it hasn't been that easy...I never in a million years thought I'd miss Texas after I left--I was wrong...que cera! This doesn't surprise me because all my life I've had "wanderlust" wanting to move around all over the Country and the World. Honestly, if I could have my way, I'd move to the U.K--(I am a British wannabe...more on that later) not permanently but if I was a kazillionaire, I'd live there like 6 months out of the year and live in the U.S the other half....ohhhhh starry eyed wanderlust--when will you leave me alone???? LOL
Anyhoo--don't be surprised if I'm moving again in a year! LOL

Sooooo, I re-opened my Etsy shops (purses & fabric) and got some new listings in the purse shop! Yaaay! I am working on a large fabric order to expand the selection in the FabricNoodle shop so be on the lookout for that!
I'm working on some more new purse listings as well--I have 1 new design I'm working out right now --it is a zippered closure version of the Lil Ms Sassy bag.--I'm working out all the kinks and hope to have it done by this weekend! I've put the new wallet design on the back burner for now because the current one I'm making is so popular! I already have 3 wallet custom orders since I re-opened shop a couple of days ago! I'm going to hold off on the other new designs until the Fall so that I can concentrate on getting more listings in my purse shop and more fabric in the fabric shop!
So glad to be back and running!!!!!

xoxo