another outfit for Sam

I trimmed the hem and used the excess fabric to make the straps and ruffle for the top -added 16in elastic and 1/4yd white fabric- and in 10 minutes you have a coordinating top!...Oh and of course a simple button clippie.

summer pillowcase dress

With too much time in my hands I am rambling trough my fabric stash and in an effort to clean it up I have set up a goal of at least 1 outfit a week. This first one goes to Samantha, and it is a simple pillowcase dress.

Belli wears the top version of the pillowcase dress, really cute with jeans or leggings

dress is perfect for summer & with a tee under for early fall

of course a matching clippie bow (not enough hair yet!)

3 different fabric patterns in ivory, green & pink

football outfits

Just finished up 2 sets of mother/daughter football outfits for Misty and her friend. To make these little girls outfits "girly" I added ruffles to the pants, who would've thought, football & feminine

Misty's top

McKenna's matching outfit: top has team's initial in their coordinating color

and of course, she needed a bow (& clippie)to go with it...

my little chef

Belli is at an age where she loves to help around the house, either cleaning the windows, sweeping the floors, washing the dishes or her favorite: cooking. Unfortunately, it is always twice as much work -for me- when I do let her help. To thank her I decided to make her an apron set, I added her initial and a chef's hat and she just loved it...perhaps if I make Gabby one she'll be tempted to volunteer in the kitchen too!

she couldn't wait to wear it, and so I decided to let her help with the spaghetti -or pasgetti as Gabby used to call it-

If you're interested in a personalized child's size set $15.00

Samantha's lavander polka dot outfit

I had lots of fun making this outfit, it makes me wish my girls were small again...and since it was so tiny it didn't take but a day to complete. I can't wait to see Samantha wearing it!
at the end I just had to add the flower, it makes all the difference and makes the outfit more "girly"

without a flower

...and of course a coordinating hair clip

17 years ago...

we got married, and I still remember it like it was yesterday! on Monday we got our marriage license and we had to wait 72 hrs. on Thursday at 9a.m we showed up at the courthouse and 17 years later here we are... still aiming for a lifetime term.

graduation picture

May 1994 - we had been married for about 1 yr.

Ilaiza's 3rd birthday - Dora the Explorer

She eats, breathes and dreams Dora, so obviously her birthday theme this year is Dora.

Invitations with her picture, she looks so mischievous here!

without picture

complete centerpiece set, 3 items per table

$10.00

These are the small candy jars, similar to the ones (large) I used for Michael & Gabby's BDay back in May.

I got lucky and found these buckets at Target

These pixie stix come in 4 different colors but since I only needed orange and purple, my kids got lucky and got to eat the rest -about 20!-

party favors

$1.75 ea

random

I have been busy making hair clips for Belli, school is almost starting and last year alone she lost about a dozen, and another dozen are lost in the house so I have to restock her supply. besides the hairclips here are a couple of things I've made, some for Gabby some just because I have nothing else to do : )

hair clips

rose hair pin (Gabby)

hair pin and ring set (Gabby)

rose rings (Gabby)

coin purse (SOLD)

glasses case (for Me)

denim wipe case (SOLD)

Dora dress

This past couple of days I have been sorting tru my fabric stash in an attempt to use the fabric I have and not purchase anymore! As soon as I saw this fabric I had left over from about a year and a half ago -when I made Belli a dress and another I sold- I knew I had a perfect project for it: Ilaiza's birthday present, she will be turning 3 next month and from what I hear she LOVES Dora, so I quickly measured the pattern and was glad to find that I had exactly enough for a size 3T dress : )

3/4 yds of dora print fabric and 1/2 of blue polka dot fabric... just had to purchase yellow bias and 2 yd. ric rac

size 3 dora dress

This dress is so easy and quick to make, all you need is the amount of fabric listed above and about 2 hrs from cutting pattern to ironing the finished product.

complete outfit

headband has flowers in coordinating colors yellow, blue and pink with a resin boots in the center

Belli (4) wearing her dora dress

summer pics

somehow this post never published ???
07-16
we been busy with family visiting from out of town, the kids are delighted to have their cousins over but it gets kind of hectic to have something to do every day, so have not had any time to sew, or craft, but we'll get back to normal soon!

the "grown up kids" wanted to take a picture by themselves and left Belli out, well, we can't have that, so I had Belli take pics all by herself...BTW, these pics are so cheap and are ready in about 30 min!

Fashion Friday -ruffled summer shirt-

I recently got this "one star" top from a sale for $1.00, it was not my size and I do not like to wear this kind of shirts but saw potential so I didn't hesitate to purchase it.

This is the stock photo from Target -I did not think about taking a picture until I had already deconstructed it-

Belli's top was made with the collar and the bottom of the shirt, I added a red button and elastic, and the flower clip she is wearing is from the left over fabric of Gabby's vest, nothing was wasted!

the top body of the shirt was made into a vest for Gabby, I trimmed the sides to her size and added red bias for contrast

the ruffles were paired with red buttons and completely changed this plain tank top

Belli's haircut

Well, I finally did it! I have been wanting to cut her hair for the longest, and was determined to do so back in February, but chickened out and only did her bangs -which we are letting her grow- Lately she has been swimming in the pool and her hair gets very tangled, and it is very painful to brush even when using extra conditioner and detangler. I suggested to Gus the idea of cutting her hair and when he said sure but not too short, I jumped on it! Belli could not believe it when I told her, because she has been asking for a hair cut for the longest. I honestly did not want to cut it this short but before I realized it I had chopped a big chunk and there was no going back, I don't know about her Daddy, I think it'll take him a while to process it but if is any consolation and sh is anything like me, her hair will be long again within a few months. I love the end result, and most important she loves it too...I can tell because she is just standing in front of the mirror.

she looks like a completely different Belli

I love the way it looks from the back

this is 13 in.