February is flying by. The CPSIA stayed requirements for a year so I been sewing like crazy and searching for products that are offering safe products. It's important to know that "that lead has not been used in dye since colonial times. This witness explained how centuries ago textile manufactures and homemaker's knew lead in the dye caused the colors to fade too quickly," according to a University of North Carolina professor.

My current safe product list is small but here is what I have:
Lead Free Supplies
http://thesnapstore .com/catalog/

Michael Miller
http://makingitfun.blogspot.com/2009/01/cpsia.html
http://www.michaelmillerfabrics.com//Email/0000_HTML_CLIENT_EMAIL/cpsia.letter.results.pdf

MM Tutorials
http://makingitfun.blogspot.com/2009/01/cpsia.html

The Great Spaghetti Compromise!
Ok, I loved this fascinating story that offers a little Italian cultural history as well as a more Germanic history, with a pinch of American history - all in the name of Spaghetti! - Check it out - The Great Spaghetti compromise!
http://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/2/1/the-great-spaghetti-compromise.html

Deanna's at it again with her Strawberry Popcorn. Yum! Check it out.
http://deannasstuff.blogspot.com/2009/02/make-some-strawberry-candy-popcorn.html
Strawberry popcorn

Homemade Hot Coco
http://fatquartershop.blogspot.com/2009/02/debbies-recipe-box-cheryls-swiss.html

I become of fabriholic and Moda is carries many of the designs I am most passionate about. Here is a site to check out past and present line names.

Moda Fabric Lines
http://www.rivercityquilts.com/fabric/moda-fabric.cfm

I meant to list this for the Super Bowl out of respect for my hubby - so save them for March 14th - men's valentine's day! lol
Beer Cupcakes
http://www.bigcitylittlekitchen.com/2007/07/06/beer-cupcakes/
4-superbowl

I found a blog that offers weekly giveaways - Check it out!


The last bit for today.

I've discovered a list of advertising links for on-line sellers, enjoy!:
1. http://www.postaroo.com/postaroo
2. http://www.craigslist.com
3. http://www.myspace.com/etsy
4. http://www.cracker.com.au
5. http://www.cmather.com
6. http://www.stumbleupon.com
7. http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
8. http://froogle.google.com/
9. http://www.search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx
10. http://www.dmoz.org/add.html
11. http://www.ecom.yahoo.com/dir/submit/intro/
12. http://www.adwords.google.com/
13. http://seocompany.ca/directory/free-web-directories.html
14. http://www.blogger.com/start
15. http://www.flickr.com/
16. http://www.freecraftfair.com/link_exchange.html
17. http://www.freecraftfair.com/categories.html


That's it for today. Happy Monday!