Amelia Mae Turns ONE

My niece officially turned one on Tuesday, and we have all been getting ready for the big party tomorrow.  Family is coming into town, my sister is busy working on decor and food, and I of course got inspired to make another creation.   Enter, Celebration Hats.  I, seriously, decided on my way home from work one day this week, that I MUST make a hat.  Something I hadn't quite done yet, but how hard could it really be??  Right??  No Problem!!  And surprisingly enough, it was pretty easy to accomplish.  The hat isn't quite finished, but I am pretty sure this is a great start.  Plus I ended up posting the preview on the facebook page and got so many responses, I am thinking this might need to be a perminent thing added to the shop.

Lace, Pearls, Rhinestones, and Fluffy Sheers

These little Beauties are the latest addition to my collection.....
Each is made out of sheer organza and finished off with some lace, rhinestones,and pearls.

The Aria

The Ella

The Marie

New Addition

And so the holiday's begin.  Along with the many headbands and hairclips I have been working on, I have added these little beauties!  Bound to be gone by the end of Black Friday (or at least I hope) :)

 

Its Been A While

Alright, so I have been super busy.  Here I sit realizing I have SOOO much to catch everyone up on.  So I began by loading the 83472938592387 pictures that are still on my camera, onto my computer, (which seemed to take FOREVER).  Then, I thought I should start my postings with my sisters baby shower.  We held her shower on May 8th, 2010.  Little Amelia Mae was supposed to make her appearance on June 5th, 2010, so this gave us one month cushion for her shower.  There was so much to prepare for...first I had to make her invites.  I kept them pretty simple, but embellished each one with hand sewn fabric yo-yos in the same fabrics being used in Amelia's room.  Then came the 45 favors I decided to make....my handmade fabric flowers with a clip and pin option.  Each clip was clipped on to a large popcicle stick, and a tag was added...

The day before the shower I had probably 30-50 mini tissue paper pom-pom balls to make, cupcakes to bake, games to prepare for, and last minute food to shop for...All in all...the shower turned out to be great!! And our oldest sister, Mandie, was able to fly in for this one, so all of us girls were together FINALLY!!!

Dupioni Discovered

MMmmm...My newest obsession...Dupioni Silk...
The possibilities are endless. Headbands, clips, bib-style necklaces.  I dont know if it is the bright, bold colors or the way the fabric just "works" anyways you use it, but it is just screaming for me to make some yummy accessories.  I started working on the headbands, which quickly lead to a bib necklace for myself.  I will definately show pictures of that when it is complete.  I am already in love with it, and can tell it is going to be a favorite accessory of mine. 

Ok, so these photos were taken with my phone, so again with the crappy camera.  I swear some day I am gonna get my computer back and this whole thing is gonna be so much easier... :)

Its So Hard Being Without A Computer

It all began when I was trying to update this very blog, and all of the sudden my computer decided that it was going to kick me off the internet.  Then it did it again, and again, and again, until I was completely irritated, and called the Tech Support.  After a 2 hour conversation with someone I could not understand, several diagnostic checks, we decided it was BROKEN!!  I was so bummed out, because that meant I was not going to get to update this thing for a while.  So here I sit, on a borrowed computer, attempting to get a post up, finally. 

I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of my newest niece, Amelia.  Its funny, because she isnt even due until June, but I cant wait!! A niece, right here, only 40 mins from me...I am Ecstactic!!!  Tomorrow is her first official baby shower, thrown by my sister's monther-in-law.  We are making the journey up to Thousand Oaks, Ca.  Today I begun crafting for this little munchkin.  and here is what I came up with...

Please excuse the HORRIBLE photo quality.  While I love my cell phone, I do not love the camera on it.  :)

Officially I welcome Baby AMELIA