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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

While I'm waiting.....

January 21, 2014 0 Comments
So while I'm waiting on the iron to heat up to I can iron some fabric for the Little Miss, I figured I'd write a quick post about some more shirts I altered.

This alteration is for me, and I love how it turned out!


The inspiration for this shirt came from {HERE}
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I don't normally 'do' hearts but I like the cross-stitched nature of this one.
 (I can hear that my iron has reached temp, but I'm not done yet!)

So I just followed her tutorial and used heart no. 3, on Rae's onesie I used heart no. 1

So here are just some silly pics while I was trying to get a decent picture of the shirt. Selfies are hard sometimes. Doesn't help that I didn't realize there was schmutz on the camera lens on that first one.

Apparently, I also had a thing for stripes this year. Whelp there's my first V-day shirt for me and it even has a heart. I may have to cross-stitch more crap on shirts. It was quick and easy. Oh yea, and total cost for this project was $7.30. Not to shabby!

Heather

Friday, January 17, 2014

Heartbreaker!

January 17, 2014 0 Comments
Well I shared 3 of the onesies I got done for Rae so now it's the boys' turn. 

My big guy is getting to the age where he doesn't want girls liking him and he is not cute - he's handsome. When did my 8-year old get so old? On the upside, his levels of sarcasm are coming along nicely, which is why the shirt that I made this year works so well for him and Small Fry. Small Fry has absolutely no problem with being cute and sarcastic. 

Here's the picture I shared on Instagram a few days ago. 

Here's the finished product. 


Here are the boys modeling them and goofing off. 




Making the appliqué was simple. I used my silhouette to cut out the freezer paper stencil for the name tag, then I painted the name tag and freehanded the name. Pinned it to the shirt where I thought it looked good and stitched it down. Easy peazey lemon squeezy. 

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Onesie Mania!

January 14, 2014 0 Comments
What happens when you're motivated and inspired? You start churning out clothes for you and the kids in record time. Its a shame I haven't learned how to control time, because there is seriously not enough time in my day to work on everything that's floating around in my brain.

I'm going to show off 3 onesies I've made for Baby Rae today, but I've got 4 more in the works, plus shirts for the boys and I'll be showing off a shirt I altered for me tomorrow. Told ya, I've been busy.

Ever since we found out that Baby Rae was, well, going to be Baby Rae, I've been planning. Planning on everything that I want my sweet baby girl to wear. I blame my mother for this condition. My mom sewed for me. Lots of things, lots of dresses. Its my turn now! So here are the onesies I've churned out so far.

 This onesie was inspired by I Am Momma - Hear Me Roar.

 Everyone has seen the necklace onesies. I just did mine in metallic gold paint. No frills.


 This one was inspired by some of the vintage images on The Graphics Fairy! I printed out the light bulb and then copied it onto the onesie with my trustee sharpie. I added her initials to the light bulb just because. :)

I can't wait to show off what else I've been up to.
Heather

Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Quick Update!

January 08, 2014 0 Comments
So did everyone have a good holiday? We did. It flew by faster than I would have liked, but boy am I glad we're into the new year now.

So everyone's made their resolutions, right? I have, well really its a promise. Resolutions are so easily broken. I'm promising myself to be better, in all aspects. Yep, the hubs and I have even already started.

We started Focus T25 the week of New Year's. We're into our second week and we're starting to feel and see results. Yay!

Second, I'm trying to not fall into "Mom Mode". You know the mode I mean. The sweats, no make up, hair not done mode. Nope, I'm going to take pride in myself.

I've got so much to share, now if only I'd remember to bring the camera upstairs to get the pictures off of it. :)

Here's a snapshot of what I've been doing though!
 I'm gathering measurements for the hutch I want to put on top of my buffet. I've got the plan sketched out. Now I just need to hop into SketchUp and design it there. Just to make sure my sketches work.

 Some headbands for Miss! Can you believe she's almost 12 weeks old!

 Bowties for the boys! Big Guy even wants me to make him one for school! Yay! I'm so glad they're easy to whip up.

 
 Two versions of the same hat. The navy blue one does not fit as well, so I'm going to give it to my sister. Love the hot pink one though! Oh yea, did you see my new glasses. Yep. I'm a glasses wearer now.

Another new hat. It needs to be finished. I haven't found the right button for it yet. I have another version of this hat for Miss as well, but it's not done yet either. Its missing its button as well. :)

Well that's my quick update! Hopefully I can get my act together to get an actual post written up here shortly!

Heather