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Two weeks left till Lila’s 1st Birthday.
One month left till Unique LA.
What do I work on first? The answer should be the birthday party, but I find myself flip flopping between the two. That’s my style…start something new everyday and just hope that at the end of it all, I’ll have finish what I started.
My craft area has slowly taken over the guest bedroom. Everything is laid out on the bed, and I swear I stare at this area every night wondering when I’ll be able to complete everything.
Here are some of the lil sis dolls I have stuffed, and you can see they’re laying on the birthday banner. I still have a pile of doll bodies next to my sewing machine waiting to be armed & legged. The banner is yet to be completed. I’m 95% done…just one last hem needs to be sewn. Why do I do this to myself? I could just sew the darn thing and then move it aside, but…BUT nothing. It’s just the way I work. I’ll do it tomorrow 
-lil sis
Say hello to our Christmas doll! A wonderful repeat customer (our 100th sale!) asked us to make her a special Christmas doll for her daughter. Here she is dressed in her Santa hat, fur cape, and pom pom scarf…
Big sis and I collaborated to make this cutie, and we’re so excited to showcase more of these Christmas dollies at Unique!
- lil sis
It’s official! We’re in! Unique LA, the 2009 Holiday Edition Event, will be held on Saturday + Sunday, 12/5-12/6, and we’ll be there to sell our handmade dolls in addition to some lovely items that we’ll blog about in the next weeks to come.
Big sis and I went to their first event this past Spring, and we both came home with lots of great stuff! Baby Eggi, will you be there this time around?? I hope so!
If you’re looking to get your holiday shopping done early, this is the place to go!
Some tidbits about the event:
- Held at the California Market Center Penthouse, 110 East Ninth Street Los Angeles
- $5 ticket for admission
- $6 parking with Unique Validation
- Over 300 designer/artists
- Food can be purchased onsite
- Free beer and wine (not a joke!)
Hope to see ya there!
-lil sis
Yay! I drove to Costco in the pouring rain because I wanted to get a new Brother Sewing Machine while it was on promotion for $30 off. It’s fancy smancy, and I’m loving it! I had to kick my old Brother to the curb because it was causing way too many problems for me. That’s probably what I get for getting one that was reconditioned.
I’m so ecstatic to use the monogram function! I love monograms! I had a monogram on my wedding invite, have a set of monogrammed towels, am in the process of monogramming a big L for Lila’s birthday backdrop, etc. I can totally see myself putting initials on my daughter’s clothes. Is that weird? Too Happy Days-ish? Fine, I’ll first practice on some tea towels.
{via Monogram Inc}
Makes me happy
-lil sis
I had about an hour to whip up some Halloween decor. I’m not much of a Halloween gal, but I figured for Lila’s first Halloween, I would carve a pumpkin and make our home somewhat festive. I shouldn’t say home…really it’s just our entrance way.
Easy chalkboard garland! I’m currently working on making an old mirror found at Goodwill to become a chalkboard for my kitchen, so I had the chalkboard paint on hand. All I did for the garland was spray paint thick boards with my Krylon Chalkboard Spray Paint (Walmart for $3-4) and punch holes to put the twine through. The spiders are made from leftover pom poms from the ladybug tutu skirt with black pipe cleaners for the legs. The hanging ghost is white felt. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month…hence the looped in ribbons to resemble the pink ribbon symbol. Super easy.
My sad attempt to make one side of the console table look decorated. Really how do people decorate their entire table or mantle w/ Halloween stuff? Gosh I’m inspired..look at that mantle! So pretty.
<via Goodhousekeeping}
{via Goodhousekeeping}
-lil sis
So for all of you who don’t have a sewing machine OR don’t know how to use one OR too lazy to pull yours out of the closet but would love to make a tutu for your lil girl, lil sis and I did all the research and found a great tutorial on making a “no sew tutu”. I am all about tutorials with lots of pictures and step-by-step instructions. There are tons of versions out there but we really liked Plumtickled’s “how-to”.
Lil sis is currently working on her daughter’s 1st birthday invitation, and it’s a ladybug/garden theme. So, here is lil Lila in her no sew ladybug tutu.
She used black elastic for the waistband with red tulle and made the black pom poms out of yarn which were then glued on. You don’t need a sewing machine or a pom pom maker tool to make this, so it’s not too late to make your daughter a Halloween costume or a “just because” tutu. So SO SOOO adorable. She even made her a ladybug barrette. The plain black long sleeve shirt is from Walmart. Lil sis added the tuxedo frills by cutting black strips from an old black shirt and gathered them using the long stitch, similar to previous posts on gathering. She then sewed them on to the shirt – the middle strip being two inches longer than the side strips. Just a lil something to turn a plain black shirt into something frilly.
Thankfully, my daughter decided not to be the risque cat (I would have toned it down much MUCH more. Pu-lease, no need to start them off on this path THIS early or EVER, for the matter). After perusing through the Pottery Barn Kids catalog, she insisted that she will be this (and hasn’t changed her mind for the past few weeks)…
{via PBK}
$69. WHAT! I better be getting that cat treat bag, the ballet slippers, the white picket fence, pumpkins, you can forget the crow. So, I decided to piece the costume together, starting with the tutu skirt. PBK’s skirt was a lil blah so I used the no sew tutu method and fluffed it up a bit!
Ok, so you know how I’m a bit impatient? Couldn’t wait for my daughter to wake up, try it on, take pictures, load them up, post them in blog SO…that is me, holding up the skirt, taking the picture on timer-mode. gotta love me! It won’t be that full on her (don’t think I didn’t try to put it on myself!). I promise to show you her complete outfit once I’m done.
After her costume is done, I will have to price things up and see how much I saved
TUTU TIP #1: After a test run, lil sis found that it was really bare when using one layer of tulle so we both used 2 layers of 6 inch pieces. The lengths obviously differed. She wanted Lila’s to be really fluffy so she used 2 layers all around. I wanted my daughter’s to be less full so I alternated between 2 layers, then 1. Hope that makes sense.
TUTU TIP #2: The tutorial calls for 2 yards of tulle, but lil sis and I used almost 4 yards (from the doubling of layers).
Next on the list of things to do? I will be adding some sequins to her cat ears headband and spicing up her black shirt.
big sis
A wonderful shipment came in today…the fabrics that I’ve been waiting for! Love, love, love this batch of fabric!
Do you see the xmas print in the mix? Big sis and I will be making some holiday goodies. Can’t wait to show ya guys!
lil sis
I started Bikram Yoga classes. For those of you who are not familiar with Bikram Yoga, here is the definition provided by Wikipedia…
Bikram’s Yoga, also known as Hot Yoga, or “Fire Yoga” is a style of yoga developed by Bikram Choudhury and a Los Angeles, California based company.[1] Bikram Yoga is ideally practiced in a room heated to 105°F (40.5°C) with a humidity of 40%. Classes are guided by specific dialogue including 26 postures and two breathing exercises. Classes last approximately 90 minutes. Beginners may take Bikram’s yoga classes. {wikipedia}
I consider it exercise in a sauna like atmosphere with a very interesting smell. I know hardcore bikram yoga peeps consider it much more…healing of the mind and body. Anyhow, it’s been great thus far. They tell us beginners that our goal is to stay in the room. I was able to do that, but at one point I did want to leave because I couldn’t stand the smell. I stuck through it though. Plus, I didn’t want anyone to get pissed off at me for letting the cool breeze come in by opening the door. Yikes! Imagine all the stares I would get when coming back in.
After the “namaste”, I stayed in the dead body position for a bit longer because that’s exactly how I felt. Just lifeless and couldn’t move…I have to admit I overdid it on some stretches thinking that I was some yoga pro. Anyhow, several people already had left the room. When I got out, I realized my flip flops were gone! AHHH! The only plain black flip flops that were left were a pair of Havianas that were a Size 8 (I wear a size 6.5). I told the receptionist, and she said she would leave a note posted on their desk. I just left the yoga studio feeling extra dirty. Drenched in sweat, dirty towel draped over my body, and wearing a pair of stranger’s Havianas on my sticky feet.
-lil sis
First day of fall has come and gone, and it sure doesn’t feel like it’s fall here in socal. The temperature read about 88 degrees in my car today! Gotta love the weather!
I’m getting the itch to decorate for the holidays. I bought my first pumpkin carving kit, and I can’t wait to take Lila to the Pumpkin Patch to start carving those pumpkins. Along with planning her bday party and getting ready to stock up on inventory for our shop and such for the holidays, I’m hoping I’ll have some time to decorate our home after being inspired by some of these photos.
{via Country Living}
{via Pottery Barn}
{via Martha Stewart}
{via HostessBlog}
{via TinyPrints}
-lil sis
