My sister in law gave me the coolest Christmas presents EVER. Tons of vintage patterns. I have adored looking at them, dreaming of all the possibilities, hoping that I had the skills to pull them off. Well, I finished the first of hopefully many today, and I have to say that I am (a little [...]

You can make a quick and easy little girls dress out of one of your old skirts. This is how: Take the skirt ( mine were flowy, tiered knee length skirts) and cut it down the back or side seam, so that it is one long rectangle. Put it around your daughter, neice, friends daughter, [...]

Let me tell you a little about my cousin, Brittney. First of all, she is beyond creative. It always amazes me how she can make something out of (supposedly) nothing. Her out-of-the-box way of thinking inspires me daily. She made the following costume with things she had around the house and it turned out SO [...]

Need a hat? A cozy little cap? Don’t go buy one. Make one. All you need is an old T-shirt, or some strechy fabric. Measure the head of the person who is going to wear the hat. Cut out this shape out of the fabric, making the base 1/2 of the head measurement plus one [...]

I have always had a problem with the length of my hems. All the dresses that I LOVE seem to be cutting it just a little too close. So when I saw Jenny, my friend (and my girls preschool teacher) wearing what I’ll call an “underskirt” under her dress that was just so so cute, [...]

Here are the costumes, they are pretty much done. I might do a little tweaking here and there, but this is pretty much it. Ella picked out the horse fabric, she LOVES it. And Rory is obsessed with how soft the fake-suede feels. I figured it up and it cost me a whopping 11 dollars [...]

When Ella was one and Rory was not yet one I decided I was going to make their halloween costumes. But what should they be? And could I swing it? I had meager sewing skills and little money to buy fabric, so I had to be creative. I went to the good ol’ Ottawa, KS [...]