Spring dress

I was in a "crafty" mood this afternoon and this is what came of it.

I love designing clothes for Adeline.

Now all it needs is a Skirty!

Reusable Shopping Bag

It feels good to put a little bit less trash in the world... especially if Alexander Henry fabric is involved. (Thank you, Joann's.) The fabric was my final motivation for whipping out a little grocery tote. I'm still hoping to sew on a little tie so that the bag will fit compactly into my purse for surprise trips to Winco or fresh baby greens at the Farmer's market. My favorite things about homemade shopping bags are: 1)you can make them big enough to carry 2-3 regular bags of groceries, and 2) if you want to squeeze through the thick crowd at Winco you don't have to push a jumbo cart because you have a handy shopping bag with you.

Hair kerchief

With Spring and Summer weather not to far away (hope, hope) I thought I'd try and make some of these kerchiefs for Adeline's. I don't want to cut her any bangs, so this is a great way to keep hair out of her eyes which really bugs her already! They're super easy to make (only about 15 min.) and I use elastic in the back which makes it a bit easier to put on.

I'm really not a copy-cat

All I can say is...great minds think alike...right? I laughed when I saw Rachel's vintage tablecloth dress, thinking "Oh, that's just like what I was planning for Sissy." So I made that up and enjoyed doing so. Then I thought I better not post it for awhile so no one thinks I'm just copying Rachel again ( after I did with the "bag bag") and lo and behold I look upon this site and what do I see, but an artist's smock not unlike the one I was making for Adeline's birthday. I'm really not copying you Rachel...let's just say you beat me to the punch, or rather, the seam!:) So here they are, and they did indeed make splendid gifts.

art roll-up

Here is a sample of something I thought would be cool to have at the craft fair. It is an art roll-up, and can hold anything from crayons, markers, colored pencils, to paint brushes. I even thought it would be nice to sell them with a set of dollar store colored pencils in them. They are fairly easy to whip-up, and I may (no guarantees!) have a pattern with instructions to make these available at the next ladies meet-up.


Let me know what you guys think!
Would you buy one?
Would you make one if you had a pattern?
Bring on the feedback! :)
Cheers!