Bibbity boppity

Last weekend I went to a baby shower and made some bibs to give the mother-to-be. She is having a little boy so I used what boyish fabric I had for these cute little guys:

While I was going through my fabric stash for her gift and since I had bibs on the brain, I kept on seeing fabric that I thought would be super adorable as baby bibs (for little girls...). I simply couldn't resist and had to make more bibs. If I'm already making 2 bibs, why not make 6?

I seriously think they are so cute. But I'm probably biased.

I have absolutely no use for these cute bibs so I decided to list them on etsy to sell (from a shop I opened forever ago and haven't really used). I figure if they don't sell, I can always save them for future baby gifts. Sounds good to me.

Spring Top Sewalong

Blogging hasn't been my top priority lately. I haven't really felt like it... so I haven't. But, I definitely wanted to blog about a top I just finished. Why? 1) I think it turned out super super cute and 2) I'm going to add it to the Spring Top Sewalong contest on Made By Rae (remember how I did that last year?) and 3) it gives me a good reason to brag about how my awesome husband got me a serger for my birthday earlier this month.
And here is the awesomely cute top:

I recently visited my family in Utah and while I was there my sister gave me tons of fabric that she wasn't using. In the pile was this cute white fabric with small navy polka dots on it. I knew I wanted to make a shirt with it so I went through my patterns and found one I thought would work. I changed A LOT of things and the only thing that really ended up like the pattern are the pleats in the front and the closure detail in the back. Everything else I altered to my little hearts desire.

button closure in the back

close-up on the pleats

better view of the sleeve detail

I love it. I really, really do. Having a serger really made a difference in this top. I won't having any fraying edges and it'll hold up better in the wash. Thank you, cute husband and awesome sister for contributing to the making of this shirt.

MIA

So... I haven't even looked at this blog in months. Whoops. Oh well. Life happens. Winter isn't my most productive time of the year. BUT now that spring is on its way, I've got a few projects in mind.

First, I want to turn this very large picture and frame (I left my husband's shoes in the picture so you could get an idea of how big it is) into a chalkboard for my kitchen. I have grand ideas of it containing our menu for the week. I'm thinking of painting the frame either a happy blue or plum color... probably plum. Oh, and guess how much the frame cost? $5. Thank you, Salvation Army.

Also, here is another thrift store purchase (this time it cost me less than a $1). I started wrapping it with some gray yarn I already had on hand but got bored. I'm planning on finishing it eventually. But maybe it won't be gray... not sure.

Yay for cheap plastic Easter eggs. I'm planning on paper mache-ing these little guys, painting them in an array of Easter-y colors and attaching them to a wreath form (with hot glue, of course), maybe with some moss... in my head it looks awesome. I guess I really love wreaths... yup, I do.

Also, remember last year when I posted regularly and made candy corn embroidery hoops? Well, here is what is currently hanging out in those embroidery hoops. So springy and cheerful!