Our little niece just had her 1st birthday, so I sent off a cute bib and some organic applesauce that was canned last week. I also picked out a few of my daughter’s special hand-me-down’s to use as packing.
It is so easy to sew a baby bib, one of the simplest gifts you can whip up for a new little friend. Find a bib and trace it, that is how simple it is to come up with a pattern! What you need: Pattern 2 pieces of flannel that are the size of the […]
Last month, we held a beautiful fall wedding for my my dad and amazing new stop-mom (yes, I LOVE her)! It was really important to me to have the flower girl dresses be a little special. Because there were 4 little girls, I decided not to make the dresses myself (whew!), but I did want […]
A mermaid costume for my little sweetie. She loves mermaids, and loves purple, so I designed this costume to make her little heart sign! When researching mermaid costumes, I was a little frighten by the vulgarity of skin and “shell bras” for children, especially preschoolers! I have a real problem with Halloween costumes sexually objectifying […]
A lion costume for my little guy- “Rawrrrrr!!!” I used this McCall’s lion costume pattern, which was really fast and easy… except for the glueing of 10,000 pieces of ribbon! I fell in love with the little elephant costume, but the lion costume was just more appropriate for his personality. The ribbons took some time, […]