Blessing Day Outfits

I had a dear friend, here in Cardston, have TWINS!

Boy & Girl twins!  They are super adorable...

I was extremely flattered that she asked me to make their blessing outfits!
she had an idea of what she wanted, and I had to modify a bit, but I think they turned out darling.
The Bow, pearl buttons and trim was from my friends wedding dress.

This bow tie and buttons were also from her wedding dress. 

These outfits caused a fair bit of stress, all self imposed, but I learned a very important lesson.  I should NEVER try and attempt something like this without a pattern, oh and... never make blessing outfits too far in advance... babies grow!

Rice Bags

So I've started selling Jamberry Nails... I LOVE THEM!  GREAT alternative to nail polish/nail art and they are fabulous for toes!

One method recommended for kids is the rice bag method.

Because the nail wraps are 'heat activated', some young girls don't like holding their hand in front of a heater.  So you simply warm up the rice in the microwave and hold them on.

I had/have a lot of left over fabric from past projects so I simply went through, cut them all into 4.5"x4.5" squares and sewed them up.

They make great hostess gifts!

Interested in Jamberry Nails?  Please check out my website www.megalus03.jamberrynails.net

Bassinet

My Fabulous friend Brittany was having a baby and I offered to make her a bassinet.  I fell in love with the fabric she chose and was anxious to try my hand at free-motion.

She knew the baby was going to be name "Phoenix" and she was in love with peacock colours.  I had lots of fun with this one.

And I don't think my peacock feather turned out too bad either! ;)

Not sewing related, but look at the pretty cake!

So... as previously stated... it may not all be sewing related!

But look at these amazing cakes!

My fabulous sister-in-law and I made them for my darling little Audie's First Birthday.

I have a blanket with the same pattern that she loves on it, the fabric itself is called "Audrey", so I just carried it over to her birthday theme.  

Mommy Cuddles

So, this was "Pre-Audrey"...

I guess you could say this was my 'nesting' period.  I got the urge to sew.

Flynn is my blanket and stuffie boy, so I made him his very own blanket. I had purchased a huge minky blanket for myself and Flynn kept stealing it.  So I decided I would make him his own.  He picked out he fabric and I picked the coordinating minky. 

Here's Flynn in his Pirate Blanket.  He loved it!  He still loves it and sleeps with it every night.

It actually started with this blanket that Brant is using here in this picture.  I bought this fabric for a friend.  I was making her a great blanket and had tons left over (kind of my plan ;)) and so I made a blanket perfect for a girlie.  I mean, come on, I had sown for 2 boys for so long I was excited about making something PINK! 

Here is a blanket I made for a baby shower.  It was so cute and equally soft.  I really want to make myself another minky blanket!

                                               

Here is another cute something I made with that great fabric.  In fact, I made this with every little scrap I had left.  A cute little 24x24 cuddle and jammies.  Audrey loves running around with the cuddle, but the jammies are still a bit too big for her.  SOON!

Welcome...

I'm simply putting a blog up of all the cool things (I think they're cool anyway) I've made.  Whether it's made up by me, or from a pattern.
This is NOT a blog about all the cool things I have made without pins, just a simple play on words, and like everything else in my life, I rarely follow the rules...
I simply despise pins.  They can be handy, but if I don't have to use them I won't.
I'll be trying to upload pictures here over the next few days/weeks to get it going.  This will be completely sewing related... I think.  But considering how my brain works, could likely get side tracked.