Piggies and sewing projects

First real pigtails for Evie, just had to post!

Getting the cheesy smile down.

 

They are getting to be such good friends!  I love it!

Now...on to the crafty stuff.

Purse I made for myself, Amy Butler 'frenchy' bag.  Very fun, thanks Trish for lending me the pattern!

Gotta love this fabric, also Amy Butler.  Can you tell I love Amy Butler?

Shower gift for Tyffany's new baby.  A little "L" for her name and some clips to match.  What kinda gift would it be without some hair clips.  A girls gotsta have hair clips to match!  

She's Two...

Here are a few pictures of our little girl's 2nd birthday dinner with some friends.  I seriously can't believe she is two, the past two years have flown by for many reasons...and I feel delighted and heart broken that she is already at this stage in life.  

Butterfly cake...I had so much fun making this cake, mainly because it brought so much joy to both of our kids.  They thought it was so special and fancy!  

Evie couldn't get close enough to the big girls!  

We gave her this stroller...GRAND SLAM!  She loves it!

Auction Purse

Well, I just finished a sewing project for an upcoming fundraising auction for the Pichura family adoption fund.  This is for a family from our church that is adopting two brothers from Ethiopia in the near future.  I was asked to make a crafty item and I decided upon a purse with some Amy Butler fabric.  Hope it at least gets bid on...sheesh.  Feeling a little pressure on this one.  Don't know if I picked good fabric or not, I guess we'll see!  

Here is a shirt I made for my niece for her Christmas gift (just finished it b/c I'm sending our gifts back with my mom who is visiting soon).  I really liked this heart shape, I think I like it better than a shirt I made earlier.  Slowly but surly I'm getting better at stitching around objects, it's sort of difficult!   

 

Learning to embellish

Well, I thought I'd post something I'm learning to do - embellish a girlie t-shirt! Yippe! I've never done much appliqueing before so this is pretty new to me. I read a blog post lately about certain supplies, etc and this shirt went much smoother than one I did a few months ago. It's still not perfect (I need some more practice on my top stitching), but they are fun to do.  I think they could be very sweet on pants or skirts for girlie-girls as they get older.

So, here is my 'little chick' t-shirt that was a gift for Kara's first birthday. Hopefully the shirt fits!

And if you see a theme you are right, barrettes!  You gotsta have matching barrettes for each outfit.  I'm planning on putting some on an Esty shop (if I ever get organized), so look for that soon!  

Project: Baby Bibs

Made a few baby bibs today for two new baby girls that we know.  I love this paisley print, so feminine and fun for a baby girl who needs to be cute while she's eating!  This is a simple pattern I slightly modified from a bib my sister-in-law (Racheal) made for Leyton when he was an infant.  I topstitch around the bib with a decorative stitch.  I only have a couple stitches on my machine but they are fun to use on stuff like this.  

Craft of the day...off the list!  Moving on to clean up my kitchen before my kids wake up from their naps.

Puppies and Purses

Alright, I finally made something for ME!  Yipee!  I made this purse and I showed it to Jared and he asked who it was for, and I said, me.  He looked at me and said, "I'm glad you made something for yourself!".   He's a great husband!

This is an Amy Butler Swing Purse.  It's reversible which is fun!  My favorite color is green, so I'm loving this bag right now.  

In other news, my children and I have all had the flu bug which is awesome!  Hopefully, we are almost over it today.  

In even other news, we got a puppy...and took her back within 48 hours.  So bummed about it too.  She was a very sweet little mini schnauzer puppy like our last dog, but just was too much 'puppy' for  Evie and even Leyton at times.  Evie was constantly getting scratched and hurt by her teeth and nails.  So, we are just going to have to wait a little longer to get a puppy until our kidos can defend themselves a little better.  Kind of a bummer and kind of a relief.  Now I can keep working on potty training my 2 year old and not a puppy!   

Quilted Drawing Case

Our niece, Madeline, had her birthday on Friday and I had been wanting to make this little drawing case for her and finally found some very sweet fabric for it.  She loves cats, so at JoAnn  I found this fabric in the new Debbie Mumm collection which has a lot of fun whimsical prints for kids (and if you are a crafter/sewer you know JoAnn is always priced right).  Anywho, this quilted drawing case is a modification of a pattern I have by Craft Apple (which is a lovely site) and the pattern is called The Mini Patchfolio (I have an older version of her pattern without a drawing case, a drawing case now comes with the pattern). I've made four patchfolios so far and this is my first modification.  They are so fun to make and give away!  So, if you have a birthday or a child with a birthday coming up...you just might get one of these...

Rockin with Schoolhouse Print

I made this for Leyton yesterday and he is loving it!  I got the idea from our pastors wife who has been substitute teaching in pre-k classes recently.  

On my Mac there is a font called "Schoolhouse Print" and I LOVE it!  It's prefect for Leyton to trace his name and letters on.  So, I laminated his name and he is using whiteboard markers to trace his name with.  I knew that little laminator I bought would come in handy with kidos!  

My New Favorite Things

Here are a few of my new favorite things!

#1 - Knife magnet...LOVE IT. We have a small kitchen with very little counter space, so this is a GREAT item for us. It keeps our knives up and off the counter and it's extremely handy. Big or small kitchen, I'll always have one of these from now on.

#2 - Reversible children's apron that was created out of a mistake of mine sewing another project. I love this fabric and I hope my niece will too because it will be here birthday gift soon.

#3 - Baby bows for my sweet daughter. I learned how to make these recently and I love it! I made this one to match her Easter dress. Very easy and fun to make!