Vintage Barbie Birthday!

This was such a fun party to plan, and the actual party was such a blast. So girly and pink. I decided to use the Vintage Barbie Silhouette, it looked so cute with the pink, grey, and black color scheme.

The dessert table!

The Barbie cake was so much fun to make, and alot easier than I thought. My friend made the fondant for me! And she used THIS fondant recipe, and I used an actual Barbie dress mold.

The party was held at Alyssa's Bridal Event Center in Orem, it was such a great open space for the girls to run and dance around in!

We played pin the Bow on Barbie.

And had a Barbie Nail Polish Pinata filled with ring pops, I added the barbie on front of the bottle, since I couldn't find an actual Barbie Pinata.

Barbie even came to see the Birthday Girl. She read some books and took pictures!

The Birthday hats were made with my silhouette. I used THIS hat template, opened it in my silhouette to cut it. It made these hats so easy!

I used my Silhouette Machine to make the dot garlands, and all the cupcake toppers, and the birthday girls shirt.

My little Barbie girl chose her party menu, with all her favorite things!

Macaron's (I made them so don't judge!)

Yogurt and cereal in cups, powdered donuts, and chocolate pretzels.

cupcakes, marshmallows...

And Strawberry Milk! I got the paper straws on Amazon, 144 for around 6 dollars!

This little table was my favorite part. I loved that the girls could just sit around it on the floor, no climbing up and down off of chairs.

I bought a large 4 by 8 foot particleboard from Lowes, it was $11.00. I called my local grocery store Bakery (Maceys) and they had 5 gallon buckets I could have. I used 4 of the buckets to set the particleboard on and covered it with a table cloth!

It worked out so well!

The favor bags are from the dollar tree! I found them in the wedding isle, 12 in a package for a dollar!

I made her shirt, skirt and leggings. For her shirt I used heat transfer vinyl and my trusty silhouette machine. I added the lace ruffle to her shirt for extra girly factor. Her skirt was refashioned from an organza overlay that was on an old prom dress. Saved me some hemming! But the leggings are my favorite part. I just can't get enough of black and white stripes!

Happy Birthday Princess!

Tea Party Dress

Addie was invited to her friend Brinley's Princess Tea Party last week, and so I made her a super frilly outfit to wear for the occasion. She calls it her shake it up Chicago Dress... because it looks like a lace dress from target that was hanging by a picture of the girls from that show. Random....

Anyway the top is Stretch Lace and Ivory knit, and some plum colored knit ruffle pants for modest twirling! Brin's mom Stephanie (Giovanna Lou Photography) took these AMAZING pictures at the party. You can go HERE to see more of the party and her fabulous photography.

Lacey School Days

My Liza Belle started preschool, and being the girly girl that she is, she needed some frills and Lace for her first day of school.

I used my favorite go-to pattern... The Sienna Dress, which is funny because over at Project Run and Play the challenge this week is the Sienna Dress Remix!

She was pretty excited!

The top is knit, with lace ruffles and a lace bib. The bottom is a basic quilters cotton. The pants are similar to these ones and these ones. My girls love ruffle pants, about the only pants I can get them to wear!

Of course Big sis has one to match!

Nora's Country Frock

I have been working on a few fall thing for my girls, some back to school clothes and a few new dresses. Little Nora didn't really need anything else, but I didn't want her to feel left out so I made her a little outfit to match her sisters (which I will share soon!)

I used one of her dresses and THIS pattern to make this dress. I used her dress to re-size the pattern. It is a peasant style dress, I just didn't ad elastic to the sleeves.

And of course she needed a headband to match!

Having Girls can be so much fun.

Nora's Blessing Dress

I had a very difficult time with this dress. I wasn't motivated to make it, then once I did, it was soooo ugly and horrible I was ready to shred it and go buy one. But then My husband reminded me that in most families, the first child gets everything, the second gets some things, and the third usually gets the leftovers? Well I didn't want to have that happen with her blessing dress. So I unpicked the ugly one, got out some more fabric and went to work. I am so glad I did, it turned out perfect.

I kept it pretty simple, a nice ivory color, with bubble sleeves, a silk ribbon sash, and I made it nice and long. Since the dress itself was so simple I made her headband a bit more fancy.

And of course she had to have some sweet little shoes to wear on her special day. I used this pattern and tutorial for them. I will be making more of these!

You looked perfect my little princess!

(I made the pattern I used for this dress, and it is the same one I used here, here, here, and here)

A Dress for the 4th

My mom tie dyed a few patriotic shirts for us at the family reunion, and I decided to make little dresses out of my girls tanks. My dad calls it the art of expansion. I used Ashley's tutorial from Lil Blue Boo!

The dress was perfect for parade watching with cousins,

And Busting a move or two!

Littlest and Biggest

Remember THESE dresses I made? Well, Big Sis Addie has grown out of hers, and now that there is going to be a Littlest Sis, she will need one to! Good thing I still have A LOT of fabric left from the original dresses. I would still like to add a little fat ric-rac still, but I haven't gotten around to that yet!

For the littlest sister's dress I used Made by Rae's Itty Bitty Baby Dress pattern and tutorial. SUPER easy, and so tiny, and FREE. I love that it will fit her this summer. I added the apron, and the band around the bottom.

For Biggest sister's skirt, I made this one up. I know there are plenty of patterns out there, if you don't dare wing it, or at least here are a few free tutorials HERE and HERE if you don't want to buy a pattern. It is similar to THESE skirts I made a few years ago. Very Twirly!

My hubs always gives me a hard time for matching my girls, but it is just SO dang fun. I hope he is prepared for 3 matching girls... hee hee.

knotty dresses

My girls love wearing dresses. They would wear them EVERYDAY if they could. Not just skirts, DRESSES. We run out of dresses before laundry day, so I thought I would use some of my STASH (which is hard to break into!) for a few spring dresses.
I also LOVE these ruffle pants. The ones I made for their St. Patty's outfits are out of a grey and white knit fabric. These ones are out of a blue and cream stripe denim type fabric. They have an elastic waist, and I made them a little bigger, more like PJ's, because the fabric doesn't stretch.

I used THIS pattern, but just for the top, the rest I just made up according to the fabric I wanted to use on each dress. You can go here to see another knotty dress.

I had the girls pictures taken in them... I love how they turned out, they look too grown up!

Luck O the Irish!

I know, its hard to believe but I have been sewing, I just have been REALLY bad at taking pictures and getting them on here! There are more dresses, leggings, and bedding I will be sharing. Also lots of bows for baby sister.

These were the girls 'leprechaun' outfits... which is what they like to call them. A little bit of a twist on lil blue boo's Sienna Dress. See more Sienna Dresses HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, or HERE.

These leggings are my new favorite, they have a knit waistband instead of an elastic one. I am working on a tutorial for the waistband, because it is my new favorite thing. Also, the ruffle makes my girls want to dance. They LOVE them.

(Don't mind my kid's one eye squint... They get it from there Dad, and it just can't be helped!)

A Sentimental Upcycle

Isn't this little girl so beautiful!? She looks just like an angel. My friend, Heidi saved her own baptism dress, and had the brilliant idea to make it into a blessing dress for her sweet daughter. It had a few small yellowed spots, and so it wasn't going to be worn again by an 8 year old.

The lace and fabric were perfect for a blessing dress, and I loved the way it turned out.

This was before I added the pearl buttons, which I think added SO much to the dress.

Thanks Heidi for letting me be a part of your special day.

(Heidi made her adorable headband, the perfect touch, and so pretty)