Halloween Costumes

Made Bex a quick zoo "costume" at the beginning of the month. Another appliqued onesie and these baby legs came from Target's dollar spot. Her bow was inspired by this lady who sent one similar with a matching dress when Bexley was a newborn. (Just some five point block flowers cut out of felt and vinyl, bottomed with netting and topped with a little rosette.)

Bexley's trick-or-treating costume. I've wanted to do this costume for my little girl since I was 16 when another cute family in our ward dressed their baby up this way. A little Anne Geddes Hydrangea with matching tutu (converted in to a dress).
The hat is just a beanie covered with hydrangea petals plucked from a bush from Joann's and hot glued all over the place. Here's another version/tutorial.

And a last minute tiny matching treat bag that she carried around on her foot all night while daddy carried her.

For the family Halloween party we dressed as gangsters all because I ran across the cutest little girls' doo rag tutorial that I could not find again for the life of me, so I just cut out a square of fabric, sewed the edges with a zig zag stitch, cuz I was too lazy to fold the edges over twice and sew. Then I folded it in half diagonally and tied it in the back. Much easier, but here's another tutorial and pattern if you're interested. We wrapped the remaining fabric around her arm and added some vinyl letters to the wrong side of a t-shirt.

Mommy's...

Bex and Daddy had matching faux leather wrist bands.

FYI - do not try to hot glue vinyl on vinyl, it will all fall off by the end of the night. Stop being so gosh darn LAZY and sew it on!

When We Own Our Own Again...

Well, our dream house went on the market again over the weekend. The one we made an offer on and was accepted, but found out no bank in their right mind will give us a loan while Landon's a private contractor, until he can prove his income after his first tax returns.

Oh well. It still got me thinking about all the fun stuff I want to do in our next house...

This texture molding:

And this:

From Scraps to Skirts

I have a whole box full of scraps, trust me, I save EVERYTHING and now I'm glad I do! I put all of these together at practically no cost and in a matter of two good morning naps (thank you Baby Bex).

This one actually started out as a dress, then I realized it was way too small so I just left off the straps.
You can find tutorials for all kinds of little girls' skirts out there.
Two of my favorites are here and here.

Not sure what kind of fabric this brown crap was but I will never ever be buying it again! One of my favorite parts of sewing is the ironing, but this crap melted all over my iron! Oh well, this one was still Landon's favorite of the skirts.

More Ice Cream Social Dresses

Craft fair dresses, love this tutorial!!!

Gotta Try These, Too!

I have been SEARCHING for a new dressy skirt, one that's more church and temple appropriate. So when I saw this new tutorial I ran around the house screaming for joy. Once I get all these craft fair projects out of the way, I can't wait to start some project for me and baby bex!

I saw this bag a few weeks ago and was so thrilled when she finally posted a super detailed tutorial for it. I can't wait to try this one!!!

Purses for Craft Fair

We've been busy 'round here getting ready for the craft fair in Idaho in less than two weeks. Which means the next two weeks are going to be even crazier!
I decided to try a new purse pattern and it was EASY after the first purse. So I made the next four all at once.
Once again I used another $.99 simplicity pattern.

This was the first and I think it's my favorite. I got tons of designer fabric for dirt cheap one week through Quilthome and have been having so much fun playing with it. On this first purse I didn't have interfacing so it's a little more flexible but less sturdy.

I added rosettes at the ends of the handles instead of buttons.

Don't mind the crappy crooked cutting job on this one.

No, this one might be my favorite!

I changed the pattern a bit when sewing all the pieces (outside, band, lining) together. I just sewed them all together at the same time, then turned the band over and "stitched in the ditch" to finish it off.

I should have gotten an inside picture of one because it has the deepest, greatest pockets ever!

Little Girls Tunic

I've been dying to make one of these little tunics for months now and finally got around to it before I head to a baby shower tonight. I made the arm holes a little too wide so it's a little big for Bexley, but hopefully it will fit this soon-to-arrive little girl next summer.

And a few hair pieces to go along with it.