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Have you seen the new Carter’s commercial? It is so sweet! I saw it the other morning and it made me tear up. I love how they say that on the day your child is born, a mother is born as well. I couldn’t agree more. In fact, as a Certified Doula, my most favorite moment… [read more]
I made my Sweet Pea and her friends some tutus recently. She is a dancing fool and obsessed with all things tutus. I had heard these tutus were very easy to make and I thought I would give them a whirl. And, by golly, they are easy. I love crafts that don’t require a lot of mental… [read more]
My daughter is in her first dance recital this weekend and I couldn’t be more excited. You can see a picture of her costume in this post, it is off the charts adorable. Yesterday we got instructions from her dance teacher about hair and makeup, including how to do a bun. Penelope seems to have… [read more]
This is one of those project ideas, like my dishtowel dress, that could easily go either way. Into the absolute-genius-category or the what-in-the-f-were-you-thinking-category. You can be the judge for yourself, but I am pretty pleased with how it came out. I bought some napkins at World Market, for $2 each. I used one napkin for… [read more]
I haven’t done much sewing in the last several months. I really can’t even remember the last thing I sewed, it was probably around Penelope’s 2nd Birthday. With being pregnant and on bed rest, then miscarrying, I was barely keeping up with work and parenting. Sewing went to the back burner, for sure. But then I… [read more]
We have been blessed by hand me downs and new clothes being gifted to us by grandparents. I really have had to buy very little for my daughter. But when I do, I am not only making sure to buy on sale, but I buy items that I know can transition from being a bit… [read more]
Yup, I made my daughter I dress out of dishtowels. It is one of those things that could go very wrong or very right. I wasn’t convinced it was right, until she tried it on and then I felt pretty damn good. But Penelope would look cute in a potato sack, so I am not… [read more]
I was so excited when the cooler weather arrived because Penelope and I love to wear scarves. Last year she wore a scarf of some kind, pretty much every day. As I started pulling out her scarves, I noticed a couple of things. The original one I made, was a regular, long rectangular scarf.… [read more]
HootyCutie Designs, who did the awesome Party Banner Tutorial for us last week, sent Penelope a pillow case dress recently. When she asked if she could make Penelope a dress, at first I thought, she already has too many from what I have made her, but my curiosity of wanting to see how she sewed… [read more]
Happy Green Bee is a line of clothing that I used to sell at my yoga studio. I am big fan of their clothes and the woman behind the company. She was one of the original founders of Burt’s Bee. They recently sent me a dress to review and I LOVE it. The mission of… [read more]
Ya’ll know I am on an applique kick. Well, here is another applique shirt I did. This one was a gift for a sweet little boy named Owen, for his first birthday. If you are local, his mom, Vanessa, has a great local blog. I wanted to make Owen something, but I don’t really know… [read more]
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