It's been awhile since I threw my sister her shower, but I lost these pics and just recently located them hidden in some random folder. Ha! So here you go-here's the stuff I made for my seester's baby! (well, really her.) (and squeee I am visiting her and baby Benson right now!) The colors she chose for the nursery were orange, grey, and … [Read more...]
more swimsuits
July 31, 2014 By 27 Comments
Sadie requested another Cosi swimsuit, and who am I to deny her that? (Ok, I made a ton more) Bonus tug at my momma heartstrings-she asked me to make her one that matches my suit!! How long will that last? I'll take it while it does, thankyaverymuch! I had plenty of my bombshell suit fabric leftover (I bought 2 yards knowing hoping I'd make … [Read more...]
grey and pink floral bombshell suit
July 30, 2014 By 50 Comments
I made a swimsuit, guys. FOR ME. I am all kinds of happy with this suit....not so happy about posting pictures of myself in a swimsuit online...ha...ha...haaaa. I have issues like anyone else...but let's talk about the sewing, cause that's more fun. you may have recognized this as the Bombshell Suit pattern by Closet Case Patterns. I enjoyed the … [Read more...]
han solo hemlock tee
July 28, 2014 By 8 Comments
the old school star wars films are my favorites. we grew up having marathons as a family-all spread out on the floor, eating popcorn. Han was always my favorite guy-that scoundrel! I loved the romance between he and Leia...he's such a scruffy-looking nerf herder but you can't help love him. I even dressed up as him one year for Halloween! So … [Read more...]
fox in sock….puppets for Books Alive
July 25, 2014 By 10 Comments
Hi I'm Jess, from Craftiness is not Optional! If you have kids (or even if not!) you've probably read a few Dr. Suess books. Or many of them...we have a whole stack of them! (I prefer the board books, honestly...they're shorter haha! I'm not much of an "out loud" reader) Anyways, the rhyming words of Fox In Socks has always made my girls … [Read more...]
yellow and chambray norah dress
July 23, 2014 By 17 Comments
Once again, Ava was in "need" (I was bored with the hand me downs in her closet) of a new dress-and I had a yard of this gorgeous new fabric from the Arizona line that was burning a hole through my fabric shelf. I paired it with some chambray (same fabric as these shorts) and tada! Her hair is getting long!! I sewed up a 2T size of the Norah … [Read more...]
DIY vintage star wars tee (TAP paper how to)
July 21, 2014 By 8 Comments
We are Disney-bound soon. (we love us some Disneyland!) anywho-since Ava and Rory had star wars tees, and then Charlotte got one for her birthday from a friend who knew how much I loved them....Sadie and I just had to join the fray and get some star wars shirts! The bummer thing is, there aren't a lot of cute girl star wars tees. especially for … [Read more...]
flutter sleeve dresses
July 16, 2014 By 17 Comments
So Ava needs some new dresses-the hand me downs she has are either getting small, kinda worn out since they've been through two girls already, or, I'm sick of looking at them. haha! probably more of the latter going on if I'm being honest. Who doesn't like something fresh and new to wear once in awhile? It's good for ya. So I wanted to make … [Read more...]
cute and quirky playroom makeover
July 13, 2014 By 25 Comments
I finally am ready to share the playroom makeover with you all! I am so excited about it-it's my new favorite room to hang out in, which is handy, cause the kids kinda like it too. What are the ODDS? I wanted it to be cute and quirky-playful, of course, with a touch of elegance. I had some quirks I had to work with, as this is an add-on sunroom, … [Read more...]
cosi swimsuits galore
July 11, 2014 By 20 Comments
I am so excited to share these swimsuits with you today...as part of the awesome Cosi swimsuit tour! you may have seen these around blogland already... If you haven't, and have ever thought about sewing a swimsuit, get this pattern, and then sew one! just do it! She's got a 15% discount with code: COSITOUR15 it's actually quite simple, and … [Read more...]