This is one of those days where I’m asking for your eyes and ears and experience. One of the many benefits of blogging is being able to reach out and ask for the opinions and input of people who we have something in common with. And whether you have kids or remember being one yourself,…
Archives for April 2012
Spring Top, mini-style
I know this totally defeats the purpose of Rae’s Spring Top Event, since we’re supposed to use this time to sew for ourselves, but I made my kid a shirt. What can I say? Her little body is a cutely rounded rectangle whereas mine is the recovering battleground of a devastating pregnancy war. I’m definitely…
Easter Egg Shirts
Last year I was sort of industrious. The girls got matching dresses. This year, not so much. But I did remix this shirt from two years ago that had recently met with chocolate milk stains of death. One for each kid, and they might’ve been the same color if either of the stores I visited…
Easter Dresses 3.5
Pictured: the 2 Easter dresses my oldest girl childs will wear. Not pictured: the 1.5 dresses I made to decorate the interior of my garbage can. I had multiple dress disorder this year and just couldn’t decide what I wanted to make. There was this one design that just wouldn’t leave my head and was…
Color Me Happy
There’s this happiness most of us had as kids. The brand new box of crayons. Crisp edges. Sliding the top open. Peeking in at all of the perfectly formed, smooth waxy edges. The moment of decision. Where do you start? Which would be first? Later, the same joy with colored pencils and markers. A blank…