Hippity, Hoppity, Easter's on its way.

Hippity, Hoppity, Easter's on its way. 

New Outfit

I was in Hobby Lobby the other day and fell in love with the zebra fabric.  When someone asked me to make her daughter a Valentine's Outfit-I thought this would be cute!  I am pleased at how they came out.  They look great with the Valentine's shirt and I am thinking for St. Paddy's Day a lime green shirt with a zebra four leaf clover!  You can always find something to go with Zebra!  I added the black ruffle at the last minute and I think it really added to the pants.  

Baby Rattle Wreath

Everybody loves Pinterest and the things that you can find.  Well, one day while searching around I found a picture of a baby rattle wreath to use for a baby shower.  I thought it was the cutest idea for the front door. I was helping host a Sip and See and thought it would be a nice touch to the front door.   I decided to give it a try.

I started out by trying to find the perfect flowers for the project.  I found some at Michaels and decided to go with pink and green.  I got 2 styrofoam balls 5" for the top and a 2" for the bottom, a wooden dowel that I painted white made up the stick to hold the 2 balls together. I have to say that the styrofoam balls from Dollar Tree worked better than the one from Hobby Lobby.  I cut the flowers off the bunch and just stuck them in the styrofoam.  I ended up having to go back and hot glue them on so they would stay. I think it turned out precious!  I used a clear suction hook and ribbon to hang it on the front door.  It was a hit!  I forgot to get a picture of it hanging, but here is a picture of the final project!

Name Shirt-First 2 Attempts

So I decided to get brave yesterday and try out letters on a shirt.  I have a small monogram machine that doesn't monogram bigger than a 4 x4 so big applique letters are out of the question.  I thought that with the new Silhouette Cameo machine, I should be able to cut out the letters and sew them on.  Well I know now why people charge so much for hand appliqued shirts!  It's hard and slow process (or at least for this newbie).  I think they came out okay.  I am having trouble with the edges of the fabric fraying a bit.  I am not sure how much it will fray once it's washed, but to me that might give it a cute look.

I am just so picky and don't want to give anyone something that isn't perfect.  I know that the flaws that I see other people don't see, but still.  I ended up messing up 2 onesies yesterday and it makes me sick, but I know that I am still learning and that mess ups are bound to happen.  I guess I will just keep practicing.  It makes me sick when I have to throw away a good shirt/onesie because of a small hole.  I try to think of people that I could give it to that it won't matter.  I guess that is terrible, but it's better than going in the trash!!  So here are the final first attempt at Appliqued Name Shirts.

Valentine's Day

Well...this month is flying by.  Next thing you know it will be Valentine's Day.  I started thinking about cute shirts for February.  I have a couple in mind, but this is the first one I have done.

Girls Valentine's Shirt

If you are interested email me at thelizzypad@gmail.com.

I just loved how it looked with this
retro camera app.

Mickey Mouse Shirts

It seems that Mickey Mouse shirts are all the rage.  I had 2 friends ask me if I could make them a shirt for their trip to Disney World.  I had never thought about a Mickey shirt, but I said sure!  I recently purchased the Silhouette Cameo and I am in love.  I found a Mickey Mouse template online and put it in my Silhouette and it cut it out for me on the fabric and everything!  Gone are the days of hand cutting out my appliques.  So much easier...why did I not know about this before now???

Girls Version Long Sleeve & Onesie

Boys Version Long Sleeve

Here are the finished products!  I am currently working on another one and I will post it soon!  If you are interested...please email me at thelizzypad@gmail.com.