Creativity | Sewing

Another gift and some baby girl props

By on November 23, 2010

Here I am again…not getting anything off my to-do list. Today Anya is going to a birthday party of another little girlfriend at school.  She wanted me to make another dress and again picked out the main fabric for it.  I really like how this one turned out.  It is a faux cross over top, that […]

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Creativity | Sewing

A gift and some holiday readiness

By on November 16, 2010

Anya was invited to a birthday party last Friday and I decided to make the little girl a dress.  As a general rule, I do not do this.  I just don’t know how it will be received and if it will fit and if the parent will think, “ewwww…homemade clothes are so 1950’s!”  Anya picked […]

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Creativity | Sewing

The snow princess

By on November 9, 2010

Anya perused my fabric stash and came across this silky, velour-like, shiny blue fabric.  Now, she is not normally one to stray from her chosen fabric color (PINK), but the shiny just called to her.  We paired it with some of the last bits of this soft, furry fabric, and sat down to design a […]

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Outfits | Shoes

Blue, blue, blue

By on November 8, 2010

I seem to be really gravitating towards blue these days.  Maybe because I feel the need for a bright cheery color, especially as winter is going to be coming here soon. This sweater is a purchase from a consignment store.  There are two in my town, and the store I bought this one from touts […]

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Creativity | Sewing

Yes, another one

By on November 2, 2010

So on Wednesday I realized that I hadn’t put anything into Anya’s class basket for the PTO Carnival that was to be held that Friday.  The theme was “Crafting with Kids”, so what did I make? Yes!  You guessed it! (How smart you are!) I made another art purse/satchel.  I asked Anya to help me […]

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