photo contest!

If you haven't checked out whimsy couture's blog already you should now!
And while you are there you should vote for my dress in the photo contest
it's dress number 12!!!

Mini Wonderland Bunting - Mini Tutorial

Wonderland Mini Bunting
&
Mini Tutorial

(by mini I mean not very wordy, and not very instructional)

Here is what I did to make the mini bunting:

First the ingredients if you will:
1 Jelly Roll
1 Honey Bun (maybe this is called a sweet roll?)
Bias Tape
Pinking Shears
Straight Pins



The pretty rolls before I unrolled them.


The strips before sewing together.



Measuring the triangles after the strips are sewn.
This is the LONG AND BORING PART!



All the stacks before being sewn together....
Here is where is starts to get messy...



the chain of triangles....


Once all the triangles were done I used my pinking
shears to clip the edges..

The I sewed them onto some 1/4 inch bias tape...




I LOVE IT!! I love the colors and the raw edges.
I love that it can be appropriate for more than one
occasion or decorating theme... AND
I love that on this package of bias I only had to
use 20 triangles.. and that I have 140 more.
So I can SELL SOME!!
My etsy shop has seen some better days..
I need something to brighten it up a bit

:)

Free Water PaRK and Maisie is HOME!!

no commentary necessary for this post..
just enjoy the pictures!
SOOO happy to have Maisie back home!!
(she LOVED camp!! YAA!!)

crafting should commence soon..
stay tuned!

maisie

Dream a little dream...

Remember when you were a kid and anything seemed possible?
everything was imaginable and could at any moment happen?
you swore you would never grow old.. into one
of those dumb boring grown ups!?

everything was so exciting.. every moment was an excuse to do
something spontaneous ...
you lived to make everyone around you question you.
.............
she says things like
"I love you five"
and
"to write love on her arms"
she loves
'never shout never', 'paramore' , and 'all time low'
.....anything and everything is possible to her ....
she want's for everything to be handed to you.. and there
should be been no reason why it shouldn't be..

that is my Maisie.
She is the coolest.. most fantastic.. totally amazing..
flipping brave.. has more guts than anyone I know..
the biggest little person that I have ever known.
I love her more than I love life.


how can such a little girl be so big?
I <3>

GIVEAWAY WINNER!

congrats to Toni Searle!

I conducted a random draw.. the old fashioned way..

You can't see the name on the paper.. but I promise it's there!

Be on the look out for your little purses. I'll ship them out tomorrow.

and everyone else stay tuned for a new Giveaway!

coming soon!!

What'd Gramma Say?

I remember my granny saying a lot... "Don't buy that! Do you know how
easy that would be to make?!" well No gramma... I'm 7 and can't
sew yet.
Bless her crotchety little soul (she's still living tho)she was absolutely correct. Little did I know it then...
I don't say it all that much but I think it often.
For example... some little dolls .. selling for upwards
of $50.00.... ppppsssshhhhaaaahhhh.

I made my own!
TOOT! TOOT!

(yes, that would be my own horn)