Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Busy Weekend

Wish I could say that I had loads of sewing time, but that's never the case around here. We had a very busy weekend starting with date night Friday night. My husband and I enjoyed a nice dinner out for an early anniversary celebration. Saturday my brother and I took the kids out on the lake fishing. We had a lot of fun, but it was HOTTER than HOT out there. A few hours was all we could take before calling it a day. Sunday was spent at the in-laws house for celebrating my mother-in-laws birthday and yesterday we had everyone over for a BBQ at our place. My youngest child has a cold/cough that kept us up most of the night last night...it was a rough one. The big plans for the extra day I took off today were to finally sit down in front of my machine and create. I tried....really I did, but it's no good to sew on no sleep.

Since my last post before the SMS giveaway, I have been able to successfully accomplish a few things. 5 sundresses, a top and one clutch.

Here is my new clutch! I'm loving this. It's a first for me and I'm sure after more practice I'll get through these quicker. I needed something smaller to make a run through the stores with. My purse was way too heavy. Between that and holding hands and bags I couldn't take it anymore. My neck and shoulder have been killing me for months from the weight of my purse. Now I have a cute little hands free bag :)

Here is a picture of the top that I made for my little Bee. I also made a dress exactly the same. Didn't think about it before, but this is one of those items of clothing that you can wear as a dress and a top later. After I completed it and held it up I realized that a 6-12 month old could get away with this as a dress and later on wear it as a top just as Bee is below...

Way cute, right?! Wish I thought of doing this sooner. I love clothes that they can wear through the years. This would be an excellent gift for a new baby girl.

Below is another sundress that I made. Don't mind the picture. My little girl was really under the weather when I shot this one.

I'm really loving these dresses. So easy to make, look fab and they are comfy for the little one. Bonus...they are easy on and off too!

Hope you all had a fun and relaxing weekend. If you had some time to get sewing in I would love to see what you've been up to.

Until next time.....

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Happy Anniversary :)

Tomorrow marks the day that I married my best friend 13 years ago. My how time passes us by.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

And We Have A WINNER!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to Antonia for winning the toy patterns. I hope you enjoy sewing them and would love to see a picture of your creations. A warm thank you to those who entered and are now followers. I will have more giveaways coming so please check back in.....

Sunday, May 22, 2011

GIVEAWAY DAY IS HERE

Yeah! I'm so excited to offer my very first giveaway on the Sew Shellz Blog. Since I didn't have much time to put together something handmade for this giveaway deadline I decided to look through my supplies to see what I could offer. Look at what I found....

I found that I had two of the same patterns. Guess I must have really wanted to sew one of these three patterns that come with this set. You can make one or all three of these adorable toys as a gift for a baby by using scraps that you have sitting around in your fabric closet. Would be a fun project to include an older sibling to help create this gift for the new baby sister/brother to come.  Want to win this trio pattern? Follow the rules below to enter for this giveaway.

HOW TO ENTER

All entries must leave a comment with your name on this blog. That's it....that's all you have to do. Of course if you want to say something more that's always welcome :) BONUS entry for becoming a follower or if you already are.

All entries must be posted on or before 11:59 PM EST on May, 25th, 2011.

This giveaway is for domestic U.S. residents only. Sorry I cannot ship internationally at this time. I will announce the winner on this blog on May 26, 2011 and ship the pattern no later than May 30, 2011.

Good luck and I'm looking forward to all your comments. Please come back to visit or follow the Sew Shellz blog for future contests and giveaways. Dont forget to go to the Sew Mama Sew blog for more fabulous giveaways.




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Thursday, May 19, 2011

May Giveaway Day

How exciting....a day of giveaways hosted by SewMamaSew!! I just found out about this wonderful day and I'm happy to announce that I've found something to offer for this giveaway. I do not have much time to prepare something handmade so instead I had to raid the supplies. Come back on Monday 5/23/11 to see what I'll be offering. For more details on this fabulous giveaway extravaganza, please visit the SewMamaSew Blog or follow the link below.