Busy Busy Busy!

No I have not abandoned blogging!
I am busy busy working on several projects right now!!! So there's some fun posts to come! Heres my Project list as a little preview of the great ideas I'll be sharing soon! ( I promise!)

1. 50ft! (yes 50 feet!!!) felt banner. I got an order for this on my etsy shop and am hard at work completeing it. She chose light blue, dark blue and orange for the colors, and I have to say I love how they look together. I am very excited about seeing this one completed! It will also have a matching mini banner for around the highchair!

2. My Sister-in-Law and Best Friend is getting married this summer and I am co-hosting a shower for her in May. If you know me, you know that I am kind of obsessed with showers and themes. So I'm having a blast with this one. I'm in the invitation stage right now, so when those are mailed off you will get the first peek at this shower. But, for now I'll leave you with my color scheme... Yellow, black, and white.

3. A new skirt design! Whoo hooo!!! I have a vision that I'm hoping will play out fabulously! It involves more tulle ruffles! I need a chic girls name.... any ideas?

So, sorry for no pictures... but lots to come!

Happy Creating!

Ash

A Little Peek at Some Fun Skirts!

Just a little peek at what I'm working on for The Queen Bee Market!
I'm going to try and take some more pictures this weekend on my own little model, but I thought I would share the solo pics today!

I call this the Stella Skirt. I'm kind of obsessed with this one. I love the tulle at the bottom... its so whimsical and girly! I made one a couple of weeks back for a baby shower for little Stella... hence the name! This will soon have a matching onesie and hair clip of course!

This is a double-layered baby tutu! Ok, so I'm on a tulle kick! I've been making tutus for awhile now, and wanted to mix it up a little so I made this one multi-layered. It turned out so poofy! Mission accomplished! I think thats the goal of every tutu... how poofy can one be!

As always, more to come!!!

Ash

Flower Headband and Fun Kiddo Pictures!

I'm lucky enough to live in Southern California and we have been experiencing amazing weather lately! We are talking like 80 degrees! I know... I'm spoiled! One of the things I love about this weather is it makes for great pictures! I thought I would share some pic of my kiddos today, and show off Marley's new headband.

Heres Ava sporting her Kaiya Eve skirt! My Mom got this one for her, and I adore it! I know Martha Stewart had a tutorial for it, but I can't find it!!! 

more to come this week... hopefully some fun baby skirts for The Queen Bee Market!

Ash

The Queen Bee Market and Flower Clips

I am so excited to announce that I will be one of the many vendors at the Queen Bee Market in Carlsbad CA on May 1st! Mique at 30days and her sister Jessica are putting on this great event to showcase local handmade products!!! If you are in the area, you have to come check it out (and visit me :) )

On that note, I have alot of work to do! So I will be showing off items that will be up for grabs at the market every week (and more if possible!)

The first item is these fabulous flower hair clips!

I fell in love with these flowers when I found them the other day. The colors are amazing, and they are so full.

There are a billion tutorials on how to make clips from silk flowers, so instead of writing my own, I'm cheating and giving you some links! 

1. Homemade By Jill

2. Life with Three

3. Save on Crafts

My tips:

I sew and glue, for durability.

Choose a good products, i.e. flowers, jewels...

Patience! These suckers may look simple, but there are alot of layers!

And if you don't have patience... or time... come and get one from my etsy shop!

Felt Hair Clippies

Sorry I've been absent for a few days! Things have been a bit busy! My cousin got married this weekend, so we had a fun and family filled weekend of wedding preparation and visiting, not to mention carting the kids around from place to place :)The wedding turned out beautiful, and I enjoyed a day sans kiddos! Now we are back into the swing of things. I had planned on sharing a little Easter craft I put together on Friday, but I have yet to take the pictures, so I'm puling a craft from the archives!
If you have a little girl, or know someone who does, this is a great project to spice up their wardrobe.

Materials:
Felt: I buy mine by the yard at JoAnn's, since I make these for my shop. You could also buy just the squares.Snappi Clips: Found at beauty supply shops
Thread: regular thread works, thats what I used in the pictures, but embroidery thread is even better!
Needle
Beads if wanted

1. Cut two rectangles out of your felt. I hold the clip up to the felt and make sure I have adequate room around it for my design and stitching around the clip.
2. Cut out your decor for the top, and stitch it on! Stitching rather than gluing will give it better longevity.3. Take your back piece of felt and cut a slit in it for the bottom part of the Snappi to go through (see the picture!)4. Place the two pieces of felt around the clip with the bottom part of the clip coming through the slit and stitch around the edges.

Voila! You are done!

Look Who's Coming! Baby Shower Gift

Finally! I tracked down a picture of the baby shower gift I made and sent off on Saturday! I knew someone would have taken a photo, and good ol facebook pulled through!

The theme of the party was birds, and the invitation read "Look Whooo's Coming" with owls on it, so since I LOVE owls, this was my inspiration!

I wish you could see the skirt better, hopefully I'll find another photo, and when I do, a tutorial will be coming... or maybe I'll make another one just for that purpose (and Marley's wardrobe :) )

The Owl is appliqued on the onesie, using my own owl pattern. I stitched the wings on with a zigzag stitch, and then did a straight stitch around the edge prior to applying the strong Heat and Bond (which you Can't sew through). The eyes were attached using Heat and Bond as well. This way there is no stitching touching the baby skin, especially since I made this for 0-3 months.

The skirt is my own creation with a fun double-layered tulle ruffle at the bottom. (these will be in my shop soon!)

Throw in  pair of Baby Legs, and you have an outfit!

back again!

I can't believe its been a week since I've posted!!! Well, if your looking for a good excuse, this time I have one! My family has been passing around this horrendous cold, and last in line was me! So I've been "out sick." I'm on the med now, and so hopefully will have some fun things to share this week. I has planned on showing a baby shower gift I made, but made the stupid mistake (probably caused by my zombie -like state due to the cold) of sending it off without taking pictures!!!! So, one day, hopefully soon, I will acquire some pics and post that!
I do want to say a quick thank you to Summer at Sumo's Sweet Stuff for featuring my pillowcase dress on her blog! I was so excited!!! If you haven't checked out her blog it's a definite must. She has some great tutorials and inspiring projects!

Now on to my craft goals for the month!:

1. Easter Tree

I have been wanting one of these for awhile. My Mom had one when I was growing up and I always loved it. So I was scoping out Pottery Barn Kids the other day (looking for inspiration and such) and I found this!!! Then I saw the price! So my goal is to make one... before Easter!

2. Bridal Shower Invites. My Sister-in-Law is getting married in July (yea!) and I have her bridal shower beginning of May, so... time for invites (quite possibly my favorite part!)

So, although nothing fun today, a glimpse of fun to come!

Ash

a day in mom-ville

just a glimpse... for your entertainment!

7 am, Marley is up for good ( she has been up 5 times since I put her to bed at 8:30)
7:15, I get hushed by Ava, who has been in my bed since about 4 am... "shh mom, be quiet.... I'm sleeping!"
7:30, rush to make my dish for MOPS (yes, I procrastinate) Monkey Bread by the Pioneer Woman (amazing!)
get kids dressed... throw myself together..
8:30 ( I have to leave in 15 min), take MB out of oven
8:45 (time to go), pour MB out and realized its not cooked !!! AHHHHHH throw it back in the oven
I leave my house 15 mins late carrying a bunt cake pan with oven mitts .... walk into MOPS with oven mitts! Yes, it just came out of the oven!
LOVE MOPS, 21/2 hrs of no kids :)
11:30, Ava throws a temper tantrum in the hallway leaving MOPS... yep, thats my kid screaming... no, not sure why
12:00, lunch for Ava
12:30, wipe poop off the bathroom wall, she's 4 1/2... those poor Kindergarten teachers... they don't know what they have coming
12:45, Marley and I cuddle and I attempt to watch part of The Bachelor
1:30, Ava comes down stairs stating that she has "taken a short but good nap"... I retort, she asks for "options"
2:00, clearly nap time is not happening
2:30, Marley is playing quietly, and then I discover that she has a glass heart (marble sized in her mouth), I knew it was too good to be true!
2:45, realized that the reason my baby monitor won't charge is because our new dog has chewed through the cord! joey!!!!!
4:00, I realized that I didn't put on the mascara that I had planned to put on in the car this morning :(

and the day goes on...

You don't get a full day, only half, maybe I will follow up tomorrow with the rest! Wish me peace :) ( I Love my life!)