Little Ones Rock Photography

Sara of Little Ones Rock took some beautiful pictures of Leighton and the dresses I made for her. We are lucky enough to be able to have Sara take family pictures while we are in Texas later this year. So excited!

dresses for Leighton

I snapped a few quick pictures of the dresses I made for Miss L. The first 3 dresses were made with vintage embroidered pillowcases sent to me by Custom Designs by Mimi when I was making Miss L's bedding. I'm glad I hesitated to fussy cut the pillowcases for her bedding back then...they made such cute dresses!


her 4th of July dress:

one of my favorites! I'll be adding this one to the shop I think:

love these colors:

my other favorites! Leighton looks so pretty in turquoise, so I knew I had to use this print. The floral/zebra dress is my 2.5 year old's favorite too!

newest sewing obsession...

...dresses! This is a cute dress I just finished for Wendy's daughter. It's shipping out to TX today!

afternoon art project

My little ones and I vandalized my first Singer sewing machine this afternoon. The poor old gal doesn't work very well anymore (she's getting moody in her old age) so she was sacrificed for the sake of Mod Podge.

In the new book "The Crafty Chica's Guide to Artful Sewing," Kathy Cano Murillo used buttons to Crafty Chica-fy a sewing machine. Genius! We decided to go a messier route and basically finger painted with glue. BTW, how many washings does it take to get Mod Podge out of a 2 year old's hair? Hmmmm.

Anyone who knows me well knows that as soon as I get a project "bug" I have to get to it RIGHT NOW. After lunch I had phoned the hubby: "Do you have an atlas anywhere?"

"No, I don't think so." Note to self - buy him an atlas for Christmas.

I took an impatient look around my sewing room and a lightbulb went off. Duh - a map of Iowa maybe? I phoned the hubby again: "Do you have a map of Iowa?"

"No, I don't think so. Maybe in the truck?" I know by this point he's probably wondering what in the world he was going to come home to tonight (he knows me well). His fingernails are still stained green from spray-painting a gaudy frame found at the antique mall last weekend. It's now my new bulletin board!

I headed to the truck and found a map in the console, but randomly it was Minnesota. Happily I realized Minnesota will work much better, Minnesota has way more lakes than Iowa so the blues will match my sewing room (did the designer giddy dance). 2nd note to self - buy him a new Minnesota map for Christmas.

The next hour was spent tearing up the map and affixing the pieces to the Singer. Luckily the itty bitty cooperated and stayed sleeping in her bouncer while her older sisters and I gave the machine its mappy makeover.

The old gal is now officially retired, sitting happily next to my beloved Grandma's green sewing box on my craft table.

if you spend too much time sewing...

...to have a green thumb, this Prickly Pear Cactus pincushion would be the perfect cheery addition to your sewing room.



Etsy seller prettylilthings' shop is filled with other equally cute goodies, like the Ship in a Bottle plushie below.

keep calm and...

...eat cupcakes (then carry on)




Coming soon to the wall in our dining room, which as of late has become our cupcake decorating studio. Etsy seller The Lobster Pot has lots of other fun modern spins of the 1939 "Keep Calm and Carry On" motivational poster, originally distributed at the beginning of WWII by the British government.

I pity the fool (in baby form)

Is this really a baby Mr. T? We were perusing the aisles at our local antique mall when this made me do a triple-take. The price tag reads "cabbage patch doll" and there is a feather hanging from his ear. I didn't have time to check and see if this is a mass-produced or handmade doll as Little Bit #2 tried taking off with Mr. T's benchmate Paddington Bear.

There are some Mr. T patterns out there. And a google search provided this. I'm thinking this baby T might be a OOAK.