Strike A Pose

Brighton has become quite the little model lately, asking for me to take her picture and making ridiculous poses and actually smiling. It's nice actually. She wanted me to take her picture with this goop/slime stuff that she put on a cup because she said it "looked like a mommy."

I don't know what she was doing here (and she usually goes through color phases- this was her green period).

Wanted a picture with her big red ball.

Trying to take a picture of Mason, but she wanted to get in on it too.

Buttons!

I'm in love with buttons. I hoard them and now I have so many, I have to find things to do with them. I decided to use this bracelet that I haven't worn in years and all my silver buttons to make a ridiculous charm bracelet.

Brighton wanted to model it for me, but she kept laughing at all the noise it was making.

Here it is! Isn't it fabulous? I love it.

Gifts for Emilia

These are the cute girly gifts I made for the birthday girl:

Just happened to stumble upon this website and I'm in love. Here's the tutorial for this dress.

I think I did something wrong, but it still works. I'll have to make it again and see if I can fix my mess ups. Sorry Emilia! :)

This was something I'd wanted to make for a VERY long time but never really felt up to it. A little girl turning 2 seems to have been the push I needed.

They're like paper dolls, but better! Velcro and fabric- at least one of my favorite things. Here's the girl with all her accessories.

I couldn't make just one of each item, so I limited myself to 3, and trust me, that was so hard to do. Look at the detail on these little clothes! I was in love with each and every piece.

I added some ribbon onto one of the dresses, and even did two fabrics on another. I had so much fun planning out their outfits!

And here's the boy version. Not nearly as much fun as girly fabrics, but still cute!

Complete with high top sneakers, cargo shorts and jeans.

And a few pocket tees, too.

All packaged up in their own little bag. I love this bag. I should have kept it for myself...

Fairytale Birthday Party

The kids were invited to a Princess/Fairytale themed party and it was nicely "suggested" in the invite to have the kids dress up. Of course, Brighton is always "princess ready" but Mason was out of luck when it came to costuming. Luckily I happened to find this blog post on one of my FAVORITE blogs ever and he was one handsome Prince Charming. Brighton is wearing a dress that was mine when I was her age- I just had to replace the elastic in the sleeves and she was ready to go. Family: does it look familiar?! Aren't you just dying at how much like me she looks?!

Mason and Brighton won "best dressed." I'm so proud :)

PS to Family: if anyone has a picture of me in this dress will you PLEASE send it to me? I thought I had one, but can't find one anywhere. Thanks!

FINALLY FINISHED!!!

I know it's been ages since I blogged, there's just been so much going on!

But I wanted to share this with you: I picked this little loveseat up at a garage sale last summer for $20. I started taking it apart in January and finally got around to finishing it this week.

Before

After!

Isn't it B-E-A-utiful?!

It's going into our master bedroom, and once the whole room is done, it'll look A-mazing!

Seriously, so excited to have this thing done- it took WAY too long for us to finish.

Gifts I've Made #3

The inspiration here came from a Ruffles and Rust Vintage Flea Market.

Here's Kassie (never mind her, we're looking at that purse). She was in love with it and wanted me to take a picture of it.

I made her this one for Christmas. She was really happy, I can prove it.

See!

So cute!

"Oh, I love it!" My mom asked if it was a shirt... silly mom : ) Kassie then proceeded to put it over her head and wear it like a halter top.

Here's a super cute pillow that was RIDICULOUSLY expensive.

I copied it and made this one for a friend for her birthday.

Gifts I've Made #2

Ok, more Christmas stuff:

I made this necklace for a friend following this tutorial. She's a necklace wearer and I liked that it was kind of like a scarf.

I made this pillow for my sister. It's about 10" or 11" square (I don't remember). I saw a picture somewhere that I can't find now that inspired it. I free motion sewed the birdcage.

And here's the back. What's funny is she gave me an actual little birdcage with a glittered bird inside. We both gave each other a bird in a cage for Christmas!

Here's another necklace like the first one, following that same tutorial.

Here's some rings I made for my sister. I twisted wire around to make the actual ring and used buttons for the two on the ends and a bead for the one in the middle. I made a few of those bead ones in red and white- so cute!

I saw this and got inspired. This necklace was made from a pair of nylons and wooden beads.

I made this little pine cone Christmas tree for my mom. Lots of hot glue and burned fingers.

Stuff I've Made #2

I saw this lamp shade turned chandelier at Joyworks in Snohomish (my FAVORITE store!):

It inspired this:

An old lamp shade that I couldn't sell off at the yard sale last year (yes, I hold onto things, yes I'm a hoarder) and all the lace I could find in my sewing room. I took all of the fabric off the shade so it was left with bear bones and tied lace onto it.

Hung it upside down, and I also found some old chandelier crystals at the thrift store and hung some of those on- and voila! A pretty light in Brighton's room. It just covers the original light that was already in there.

Gorgeous!

Stuff I've Made #1

I also had someone ask me about a tiered stand that I made, so I thought I'd add that into the mix too.

I gathered some pieces from the second hand store and used glue that's for glass and ceramic.

Glued the candle stick to the bottom of the smaller plate and let it dry. Then glue the bottom of the candle stick to the center of the larger plate.

I added the little swan as a topper. This one sat unfinished for a few months. I actually just found a piece to put under the larger to plate that I'll have to show you.

Here's another one I made with glass candlesticks and a stamp for wax seals (not sure what the technical name is for that). Let me know if you make one, I want to see it!