While I was visiting my parents in Florida, my Mom mentioned something I had never heard of before, and it seemed fitting for the time of the year – Sailor’s Valentines. According to Wikipedia, sailor valentines were “a type of antique souvenir, or sentimental gift, originally brought home from a sailor’s voyage at sea for his {…Continue Reading}
The polls are closed and my project made it through for another week: I loved LOVED loved this week’s winning project – I’m already planning on making lettermen sweaters like this for a couple of special young gentlemen in my life! I think I can probably wing it, but I hope she posts a tutorial {…Continue Reading}
What a surprise! My baby blog has been awarded the Stylish Blogger Award! By Georgette at Pink Calaveras. Go check out her blog – she’s sharing vintage finds, crafts, and recipes. Thanks! I’m still so new at this, and frankly shocked to be a recipient! So I’m supposed to: 1. Thank and link back to the {…Continue Reading}
Week 4 projects are posted over at Shwin&Shwin! This week our assignment was “The Boy Challenge”, so was to be designed for or inspired by something a boy could wear. I think this week’s projects show a wide range fitting the boy inspiration. Go vote for your favorite before the poll closes Sunday evening!
This was part of my project for Week 3 of Shwin&Swhin’s Project Toddler Runway. The challenge for this week was Feathers, Sequins & Fur, Oh My! – so we were to create something using one or all three. I went ’round a bit on this one before settling on sequins; anyone need any faux giraffe? {…Continue Reading}
Whew! That was a close one! I squeaked by at the very end. I’m so happy that I’m “in” for one more week, because I’m really excited about next week’s challenge. Plum Pleats was my project for Feathers, Sequins & Fur, Oh My! I went round and round on this one. I started out thinking fur for {…Continue Reading}
First let me begin by apologizing for my spotty attendance here. I got incredibly busy trying to simultaneously re-create my Arden refashioned shirt dress to make the tutorial while getting the next Project Toddler Runway Richly Ruffled dress crafted and documenting that one properly. I was also doggedly trying to keep up with A Bowl Full {…Continue Reading}
This was my Week 2 dress for Shwin&Swhin’s Project Toddler Runway. For this A Flower In Your Hair week, we were given a flower headpiece as an inspiration. My flower was a beautiful yellow with a green center and a little rhinestone accent. I didn’t want to go literal with a yellow and green outfit, so my doodling {…Continue Reading}
Week 3 projects are posted over at Shwin&Swhin! This week’s theme was Feathers, Fur & Sequins, Oh My! Go check all the fabulous submissions and vote for your favorite!
Voting for the second week of Project Toddler Runway is closed. The winning project is this adorable ensemble – complete with ruffled shirt, embellished leggings, coordinating coat AND a flower headpiece – that’s a lot of pieces! Voting was really tight on this one, with my project coming in just behind the leader. So, I’m {…Continue Reading}
