DIY, Home Decor & Sewing
If you are reading this on Thursday Morning, I am already well on my way to Blissdom :) I’m excited/nervous/sad to leave my boys/happy to be with girls; but mainly excited.
A few weeks ago I signed up for a little craft swap with “newbies” that will be at Blissdom. My partner said she loves, tea, yoga, blank notebooks and neutral colors with greens and blues. I got her a few things that I bought. For the handmade part I decided on a business card holder for the conference (and of course had to make one for me too). I found a great tutorial HERE. Mine matches my new tote in coral.
Hopefully these will be busting the seems next time you hear from me.
Until next week, wish me luck! When I come back I will have a million pictures, stories and new friends to share, xoxo.
Meet my new favorite thing; The Taylor Tote. I am headed to Blissdom this week (eeek!). I should be planning what I am going to wear or packing or doing laundry. But instead I prepared by making a tote bag, And I love it.
I wanted black and white stripes, hot pink trim and brown leather… but after a late night JoAnn’s visit that involved all the boys, a toddler meltdown and one throwing up – this is what I came home with (yes one really did throw up at JoAnn’s)
From what I hear, I will need to carry around a lot of stuff. There are 3 classes the first day and 2 on the second day. I’m going to bring my DSLR and I need space for all the i’s- so made an iPad and an iPhone pouch.
I also made extra wide handles, which are a definite must so I can load my bag full of stuff from the handmade market :)
Apparently everyone loves the new tote, including a red wasp who tried to be a part of my photo session.
Random fact- last summer I was attacked my a ball of red wasps that my son was trying to grab, he was un-phased and I couldn’t walk for days. Now I call them tracker jackers.
Speaking of packing, if you have been to a blog conference pretty please give me some tips!! What does everyone wear on the dress up night? How fancy do people get for the classes? And what do I need to bring besides the “regular stuff”? And if you are going to Blissdom in Dallas this week then leave your info!!
In keeping with my boy sewing this past week, I made words tiniest & cutest outfit. What is cuter than newborn clothes? Nothing I tell you. My friend just had her 3rd baby on Thursday but it’s her 1st boy, so I knew he needed some boy clothes. I used Rae’s Free Basic Newborn Pant Pattern found HERE.
Sometimes you find a pattern that is so simple yet so fun that you want to keep making something over and over… that is this pattern. Warning, if you are having a baby anytime this year and you are my friend, spoiler alert :) I used her tutorial for “pimping them out” to add the pockets and trim around the bottom. I also added a little ribbon for the tag in the back.
For the onesie, I dyed a white one with black dye and used iron on vinyl that I cut with my silhouette. I usually include one of these handmade onesies with all of my baby gifts and I have had a few people ask about them. I put some for sale HERE in my etsy shop :)
This outfit didn’t help my baby fever. It is at an all time high :/ To make matters worse (or better) I got to hand deliver this little gift to the new baby himself. And I got an hour of newborn cuddles in return.
