I can’t believe it’s week 5 of Project Run & Play and the accompanying sew along! The competitors are making amazing looks and it’s been so so fun to play along. This week’s theme is the Men’s Dress Shirt challenge. Lucky for me, hubby Dave has recently lost a significant amount of weight and no longer {…Continue Reading}
The trip I took with the girls to visit my parents in Florida coincided with the 29th annual Goodland Mullet Festival. A main attraction of the festival is the crowning of the Buzzard Queen and Princess. Arden competed in the Buzzard Princess contest and she won!! Here she is at my parents’ house getting all {…Continue Reading}
This is my entry for week four for the Project Run & Play sew along – Love is in the Air theme. I focused my design around sisterly love and made my daughters Arden and Hadley matching twirly skirts. Since they both love their new dollies, Rose and Clementine also got matching skirts. The skirts are {…Continue Reading}
When I decided to sew along for Project Run & Play, I had a few points I set for myself to try to follow: I wanted to complete a project for each week, I wanted to try to use materials I had on hand as much as possible, and I wanted to only make things {…Continue Reading}
It’s time for the second week of the sew along for Project Run & Play. This week’s theme is Stripes and Polka Dots, which leaves it wide open to interpretation – so much fun! I made this another upcycled dress; re-using a pair of charcoal oxford striped pants and some pink polka dot fabric from {…Continue Reading}
I’d always pretty much considered Valentine’s Day an adult holiday until I had kids. Â Now I appreciate the sweetness and fun of a day (or month!) to immerse ourselves in everything hearts & love & affection. Â I’ve had this plan to upcycle an old sleeveless sweater into a pillow and today I’m sharing what I’ve {…Continue Reading}
Introducing… I am participating in the sew along for Season 6 of Project Run & Play and the first week is the pattern remix challenge. The inspiration pattern is The Party Dress pattern and tutorial by Lindsay at The Cottage Home. I’ve actually already made a dress using this pattern – Hadley’s 1st birthday party {…Continue Reading}
I shared the Black Apple doll I made for Hadley with you the other day. I decided to call her Clementine because of her orange hair. It seems like a good name for her. We’ll call Arden’s pink haired dollie Rose. Since Arden is nearly four, her doll gets a few additional details like ric {…Continue Reading}
After making Arden’s Pottery Barn Inspired with a Hello Kitty twist toddler sleeping bag last week, I had the piece where I cut away the quilt covering Kitty’s face and decided to whip up a dollie sleeping bag. She revels in making beds for her dollies to be in, so I’m sure this will be {…Continue Reading}
Do you have a Hello Kitty obsessed little girl? I guess there could be boys, but seems more like a girl thing, right? I have one here and pretty much if there’s something that Hello Kitty can be on, she’s got it. I admit to feeding the habit, since I like Kitty better than a {…Continue Reading}
