by Virginia | Dec 14, 2010 | decorating, Food and Drink, Holiday, photo taking, sewing
SO MANY COOKIES! To follow up on this post, all went well. I am so excited to share here some beautiful pictures taken by my photographer sister in Law Jennifer Stein. To begin, I was pretty good at preparation this year. I sent out the invites on...
by Virginia | Dec 9, 2010 | sewing
When I made this post a few weeks ago, many commenters suggested that I experiment with fabric selection. I find sewing to be fun since you have such a huge palette of beautiful fabrics to choose from. I love big bold fabrics that make a statement....
by Virginia | Dec 6, 2010 | doll dress, Holiday, sewing, tutorial
About a month ago my nieces came over for a visit. The weather was cold so we stayed inside and Anne and I showed them how we make our clothespin dolls. Clothespin dolls have been around forever so it's fun to show the girls these toys and think...
by Virginia | Nov 28, 2010 | give away, Holiday, sewing, thriting, tutorial
I have been working on these forever! Not that they are a lot of work, but I love them so much that I bring them out at night and embroider faces, or decide that I have to make another one out of more thrifted fabric that I have found. They are so fun...
by Virginia | Nov 24, 2010 | Holiday, sewing
On Sunday we went to the ICE Atlanta show. It was so fun! My mom, sister, 3 nieces, & my own 2 daughters came with me. I loved sharing it with my girls but the whole "buy me something!" was a little distracting. I am sure none...
by Virginia | Nov 18, 2010 | owls, sewing
I recently had a custom order to make 2 owls. I honestly don't jump all over these since it can be a tedious process choosing fabrics with the customer if she doesn't know exactly what she wants. BUT, this nice lady emailed her crib bedding &...