Little Lovelies: Ruffle-Butt Onesie

It's been a while... I know.  So I thought I'd drop by and show you all an adorable little onesie that I made for a friend of mine a few weeks ago!  My friend nanny's for a family who just had a baby girl named Ivy Rose (how adorable is that?!) and she wanted me to make a girly, black and white onesie for her.  Here's the final product:

 I decided to try out a new flower pattern that I came across on the internet the other day!  I used the same fabric that I used for the lettering on the onesie and added some purple fabric that matched the lace!  Click here for a tutorial on how to make the flower.

Feel free to contact me by email or over on facebook if you would like a personalized onesie!

Much Love,

Stephanie P.

Just call me grandma.

hairclips | chunky cowl | infinity scarf | ear warmer | flower beanie | baby booties | mickey mouse | ear hats

As of late, I've been completely obsessing about crocheting.  I know, I know.  Go ahead, call me a grandma.  I used to think the same thing.  But, hold your horses cowboy.  Did you see those cute little hats with ears, or the cute little flower on the ear warmer?!  How adorable are they?!  Who wouldn't want their little kid to have handmade booties?!  My eyes have been opened.  I have now opened up a complete new crafting door that leads to this lovely realm of crocheting!  I have already tackled two projects (the ear warmer and one version of an infinity scarf) and I must say, I'm starting to get the hang of it!  I have now completed 7, count 'em 7, infinity scarves and two ear warmers with flowers on them.   My next project to attempt is a toddler hat with a little bow or flower on it.  I'm trying to become a pro at it so I can sell some at the next Arts & Crafts Festival that's near us!  Kind of daunting to think about doing my first ever craft festival, but I'm sure I'll love it once I get the chance to have some experience!  It always seems so scary when you try something new and, most of the time, it turns out even better than you expected!  So, let's keep our fingers crossed!

On another note, I get to see my family this weekend!!!  Sooo excited to celebrate my nephew's first birthday with the entire family up in Indiana!  Let's just hope these storms that are supposed to hit central KY don't interfere with our weekend plans! 

HAPPY FRIDAY!  Enjoy your weekend!

Fabric Art.

About a month ago, as I was preparing for my brother's family to stay with us for about a week over the holidays, I knew I had to do a few projects to spruce up the empty walls a bit.  Here's one project I did.

I used fabric swatches that I had laying around, an old 16 x 20 canvas, paint, and mod podge.  You could even do this with some extra scrapbook paper too!  Even though I don't have any pictures from the process, it's pretty simple.  Paint the canvas, cut scrap fabric while paint is drying (the good about this project is that your cuts don't have to be perfect! I think the raw edges make it look more cute and organic anyways), place your cut fabric, then mod podge away once you have your fabric the way you want it.  I plan on doing more of these in the future with different fabrics and patterns, so be on the lookout!    

Handmade Wedding Gift, Numero Dos

You may remember this post from a few months ago of a personalized wedding gift that I made for one of my friends.  Well, I finally finished my second handmade wedding gift (a couple weeks late) for our friends Jeremy and Joanna Hunter.  I had to wait a few weeks after their wedding to actually make the gift since I planned on using one of their wedding photos... so that's my excuse for the gift being 3 months late and I'm sticking to it! Once again, sorry for the bad quality photos, I had to snap a few shots of the finished product with my phone just before giving them their gift before they left town!

 

Materials needed:

-Paint

-Foam Brush

-Ribbon

-Scrapbook Paper

-Alphabet Stickers

-3-8x10 canvases

-Mod Podge

All you have to do is follow this tutorial over at blue cricket design for the photo canvas, paint the other two canvases a color of your choice, apply stickers, mod podge over the paint and stickers, add ribbon, then you're done!  

Unfortunately, the stickers part wasn't that simple for me.  I found some alphabet stickers at the Dollar Tree that were silver and rainbow heart stickers at Michaels.  Seeing how I wasn't going for the 70's retro style, I had to paint the stickers yellow then mod podge over them so the paint wouldn't chip and they would be more secure on the canvas. 

As always, you can personalize this project by adding more photos, a quote, or anything that's significant to you.  I chose to do the couple's initials and the date they got married (I couldn't resist leaving the date out 9.10.11, how cute?!).   

 

 Go and be crafty!

Much love,
Stephanie P.

Vintage Onesies

A friend of mine came to me a few weeks ago with a project.  She wanted to send her friend a couple onesies, but not just any ordinary onesies, vintage onesies.  Seeing how I hadn't done any vintage ones before, I was definitely up to the task.  As soon as I heard the word 'vintage' my mind immediately took me to the land of lace, pearls, washed out colors, and antique brooches sort of like this or this.  This is what I came up with.

{images via instagram-- for an extra vintage affect}

I have to say, I am definitely a fan of the frilly lace.  I love the way they turned out. 

As always, let me know if you are interested in ordering a onesie.  I can always personalize a special one just for you (or a friend!).

Much love,

Stephanie P.