Hair Clippies

I'm listing all sorts of coordinating hair clippies in my shop for my dresses.  These will be available whenever I feel like making them, not on a custom basis.  Unless you ask really, really nicely, and you're sweet, and ever so nice to me.  These are some of my favorites:

I think the rose clippies are definitely sophisticated enough to wear as a grown up, especially by a ponytail.  If you don't think so, don't make fun of me if I have one in my hair.  It's bad karma.



My New Love

A couple years ago I got these curtains for my back sliding door.

They go perfectly with the colors of my accessories around my family room.

In the new house, they didn't work for the backdoor, since it was about 100 inches wide.  We ended up doing the curtain panel track system from Ikea. 

But I love those curtains!  So...I decided I'm a big girl with scissors, and I'm going to use them in various new ways around my downstairs. 

First up...my sad, sad ironing board.  I got it when I was a freshman in college for ironing (hahahahahhaaa ohhhh how funny) and it's been perfect for my sewing desk, which I have out in the family room so I can actually hang out with my hubby in the evenings (and watch tv).  It has a perfect mdf base, so much nicer than the metally griddy things.  The original cover had holes and it looked generally depressed.

Now look at it!  Ahhhhhh...

I repadded it with some batting and adhesive spray and then used my staple gun to tack it to the board underneath. 

I may or may not have been actually patting it lovingly as I've been sewing.

Lamenting the Decline of My Little Pony

I was a HUGE fan of My Little Ponies when I was a kid.  Had a whole herd of them.  Still do, in fact, at my mom's house, and my girls play with them when we go to visit. 

When my first was a baby in 2003, I got her her own Little Pony.  They changed a bit, had eyes twice the size they had been in the 80's, but it was still cute.  We now have a herd of those at my house. 

Then a couple years ago, they changed again.  Seriously, why fix what ain't broke?  They had the ginormous, malnourished eyes with oversized heads, little bodies and chunky legs.  I think we got one for a gift, and my kids have relegated it to being a "baby" pony.  Because what adult pony would have eyes taking over 50% of their face? 

Now they've changed them again.  Dude, they don't even look like ponies now.

What IS that thing?  It's like...a...mutant deer...with rat ears?

Sigh.  

Something NEW is coming...

I'm going to be doing this this next week to take pictures of my lovely new coordinating hair clippies I've made.  And even better, I found the lamps on the end aisle at Target today for $3!  Just two ugly green lamps, waiting for me.  It was fate.  So I need to order...

...these this week.  In the hopes that peoples are going to buy my hair clippies. 

Skirts...Coming Monday!

Here's a peek at some of the skirts I will be listing this week on etsy.  They all include a sewn-in panty/diaper cover, since even big girls who play on monkey bars like to wear skirts to school. 


I have been sadly neglectful of my blog.  I'm much better at facebook anyhow, but compound that with moving into a new house in January and getting hired by a friend to make seven bridesmaid dresses for her sister's wedding, and you get absolutely no updates from me.  The jackets for my big girls are ALMOST done, luckily I made them big so they can be worn next winter also.  Here's the dress I'm adapting/recreating for the bridesmaids...

I've finished 3 out of the 7 dresses.  Hooray me!