Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Chloe's Birthday Suit

Since Chloe's birthday photos are delayed, I'm going to ahead and post the photo of the outfit I made her.



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The photos don't do it justice but she was adorable if I do say so myself.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Sewing for a Bug

I wanted to share a few outfits I've been working on for Chloe.  I started them weeks ago but got detained for various reasons.  As fast as the little bug is growing I just hope they will fit long enough for her to wear at least once.

Retro
for the dainty girl

Hippy chic
 for the carefree girl

Optical illusion
for the "crazy" girl

Denim
for the outdoorsy girl



There's 1 more outfit I made but I'm going to keep you guessing.  It could possibly be used for little Miss Bug's 1st birthday party so I don't want to ruin the surprise.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Dryer Sheet Nightmares

I love the smell of fresh laundry.  Actually I love the fresh smell from a dryer sheet; however, I don't like playing "find the dryer sheet" in the clean laundry.  Needless to say we have a love/hate relationship.  

If they're not in plain site the dryer sheets are usual hiding inside a shirt or pant leg to be found at a later date.  Of course most of the time they are either wadded up in a little ball on the top of the dryer or worse, dropped on the floor so I can practice my skating moves when I unexpectly step on one. 

You might ask why I haven't put a trash can in the laundry room and believe me I've asked myself that same question after every "skating practice".

About a month ago, Kimberly was in town for a visit.  She accompanied me to the grocery store and while there I needed to get laundry stuff which included dryer sheets.  Kimberly noticed Bounce had a dryer bar which secures inside you dryer and suggested I give it a try.  I'm sure she was tired of standing in front of the boxes of dryer sheets while I complained about how much of a mess they make.   At the time I was very skeptical as to how the dryer bar would work but I decided to give it a try and totally expected to be disappointed. 

First thing that happened was the  bar dislodged from the holder and started banging around in the dryer.  Yep...I thought this is not going to work.  I reattached the bar to the holder and...voila'...no more problems.  Gone is the mess of dryer sheets but all the other attributes remain. 

My nightmare is over!!