The Pillowcase Skirt

Wow, I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since my last post! A thousand apologies to all who might have stopped by... who knew the beginning of school would be more hectic than ever!?

Something I made for a friend's daughter's birthday is a pillowcase skirt. It was a vintage pillowcase, half of which I used for the skirt, and the other half for the bag that I gave it to her in! She loved it and it was an especially cute pillowcase with a scalloped edge. Good use for a vintage pillowcase.

Thanks again, Spoonflower!

The night before First Grade I was up till the wee hours making a backpack for my son. The fabric was made by Spoonflower, using drawings that my son had done. I was happy with how it turned out, even though it ended up being a little big.

Snake Rescue

Great excitement and panic yesterday when we discovered a long black racer caught in the fishing net covering our sandbox. It took 2 adults 15 minutes to cut him out as he was tangled in many places and had twisted and tightened himself further as he struggled to get out. Dave held his head tight and untangled him slowly as Robert cut the net. Felt good to set him free finally!

OPERATION BEGINS













SCISSORS, PLEASE!













FREE AT LAST!

Brown Bears and Pink Piggies

My 3 year old daughter has already got a fixed sense of fashion. After many battles at the closet, we decided to print our own custom fabric to see whether that would appease the tiny diva. I whipped up about 20 designs on my computer all including some form of pink piggies and brown bears (which she loves), and this is what she chose, little girls holding pink piggies and brown bears. The forms were inspired by one of my fave etsy shops - goosegrease, and woo hoo - she loves it! The shirt was also chosen by her, from a Japanese pattern book. Thank you Spoonflower!

More Chicken Love

Heather Moore is one talented gal - I'm SO in LOVE with the tea towel I ordered - in chicken print, of course, and I don't think I'm going to be able to use it as a tea towl, it's so beautiful. Maybe frame it?

Dress Up

I was so happy when my lookbook from Wiksten arrived! It is a fantastic piece of work. I was very proud to notice that a few of her props were similar to the suitcases in my shop!

Break the Bank!

I found these amazing hand painted Piggy Banks while thrifting. These little banks don't come with a bottom hatch, so they have to be broken to get your money out! Not surprising that nobody had the heart to do that to these sweet little ones!