One Day Closer To You

Unicorns are all the rage lately so when I was asked to make a unicorn dress for a birthday girl, I couldn't help but ask if the party needed unicorn horns too!  These little babies were the perfect party favor! And the birthday girl got a special blinged out horn! 

Chick fil a does this awesome cow appreciation day every year and this year I made Piper a cow dress! I used CKC Patterns  Marissa and  Cassidy and KPD  Jo's wrap for her headband!  She received many compliments on her dress and enjoyed her free nuggets! We can't wait til next year's Cow Appreciation day!

So one of my many duties as a seamstress is to promote my work and the patterns I use. I have the honor of working with several companies to test drive patterns. :) Here is a sweet little pattern that is due to make a great gift idea. It’s the  Dollhouse Quiet Book by Rebecca Page Patterns. Recently this pattern has been updated to give you add on options! The original book has front and back cover options as well as a living room, bedroom, fishing pond, camp fire, and tent. It came with three animal stuffy friends. The fun thing about this pattern is customizing it! You get to choose the pages to include in your book! It's an excellent scrap buster. The pages were the only things I needed fat quarters for. Every other piece can be cut from your left over fabric from previous projects!  AND I am hosting a guest blog sew along for Rebecca Page Patterns beginning TOMORROW!!!  You'll need to join  this group  and check that you are going to the event! Below are a few of t

A friend of mine recently won a trip to Disney and asked me to make her and the kids some mouse ears. As a native Floridian and someone who has been to WDW many, many times in her life, I can tell you Disney is EXPENSIVE! Especially when you take two kids. Cause kids want everything right? So she asked me and I of course said yes! I love challenging myself to try new sewing and crafting projects. I was able to get everything to make for three pairs of ears for less than the cost of a single pair of the branded ears. It was a pretty interesting experience. One I may or may not do again. Who knows?! Anyway here is a picture of the finished ears. I'm shipping them out this week and hope to be able to update with surprised faces!

I previously mentioned that my husband went back to school to secure a better job and in the past few months, my life has been so completely out of the norm for me. I'm finding the balance between everything to be quite difficult. I struggle with blogging the most. It's a lot easier for me to get on Instagram or Facebook and type a few quick posts, attach the photos from my phone, and go than to get on the computer and type up a blog. I don't have to save photos to my computer or track them down when I want them. They're all right there. And there isn't an official app for Blogger! Go figure! I promise myself to do better from this post forward about making current blog posts.  This is one of my most recent sews, the  Meghan Wrap  by Rebecca Page patterns. This dress is super easy and the twirl factor is amazing. Pj couldn't stop spinning. It is sure to make you feel like a princess. 

When I thought we were settling in, a monkey wrench was thrown. My husband had decided to pursue a career that would afford us a bit more money, better benefits, and more flexibility in our schedules.  All it required was six months in school before he can be hired. Six months is quite a bit of time to worry about the what ifs. Thankfully, I have been able to stay sane by still sewing.  The first few months were a bit rough what with moving expenses on top of Sam's birthday and Christmas expenses. Things are slowly balancing out into a new normal. Until we move again in a year or so to HOPEFULLY our forever home. *fingers crossed so hard*  Anyway, I figured I would share a few of the things I've sewn over the last couple of months that have helped me keep my sanity.  Now that we are temporarily settled into our apartment, I should be able to get back to blogging with semi regularity. Again my fingers are crossed for this. I might forget.