My Sweet Apple

I love this dress!! I especially love the fact that it fits with the whole first day of school "apple" theme, but at the same time it does not scream ABC's, and thus it can be worn year round...see I really am try to help ya'll out here! L2 was pretty enamored with it too, as you can see...

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Let's Get TINKY!

Whew! It's been awhile I know. This daily summer routine has been keeping me hopping.... with all the swimming, craft and painting projects and the desperate search to find indoor playgrounds in this sticky FL heat...it always amazes me how little time I find to sew in these supposed lazy days of summer. In the midst of it I did manage this TINKY Dress for Ivylane's Wings On Things Launch.

I used Patty Young's Frieda pattern for the top of the dress and I think the fact that I rarely use patterns was coming through because I swear when I read the instructions it was all clear to me....but I probably sewed the wrong parts together the same wrong way about 3 times before I got it right. Combine that with the fact that L2 has worn this dress for the past 2 days straight, and you can see why the sample is not for sale.

And...did you see Melissa's super awesome bows????? They were the inspiartion for this set...i saw them listed awhile back and just HAD to have them! So the dress was made to match. L2 was constantly leaning her head down and reminding me as we took the photos..."Don't forget Miss Melissa's bows Mommy!"

And Miss Cree over at This Is Boutique has been super duper nice to me lately...i got another of of these...




WooHoo!

M2MG Mermaid Magic

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And what a happy surprise.....I woke up to find this today!!! I LOVE this site....thanks Cree!! :)

Her Royal Garden

Chick here to find it. :)

Scrappy Custom

I made this sweet little Apron Dress as a cutsom and boy, it's a good thing it only needed to be about a 9 month size...cause that's all the scraps I had left of these fabrics.... I will miss them too. I sold L2's set as a resell a few months ago when it became a mini skirt on her. I do have a new set in the works done with some very similar fabrics, so be on the look out in a few days. :)

Summer Drawing

My big guy has taken an interest in drawing as of late after his class watched a vhs tape (from the 80's I think) about how to draw animals etc. Having no luck tracking down this video on Amazon we headed off to Barnes & Noble in search of some drawing books....

This one by Ed Emberley was just what I was hoping to find. Perfect for any aspiring artist, it has shows how to use very simple shapes and put them together step by step to create a ...

masterpiece! (yes, it's an elephant...the first one he's ever drawn!)

And we got this one for my little princess artist....





At first I was taken aback at how much smaller her creations were than those in the book...guess tiny fingerprints make tiny creatures.

Dancin

today was recital time for my L2


that girl LOVES to dance almost as much


as she LOVES makeup and getting "fancy"!

after a bit of a rough go at dress rehersal this morning

she NAILED it!

Yes, I am one proud MAMA!

She could have gotten up there and just jumped up and down for all I care, but my sweet sensitive one likes to get things right and boy did she ever!!