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our visit from the toothfairy.

i picked up my sweet little girl from school last week to a very exciting surprise.. we lost our first tooth! I fought back the tears as cyra informed me all about the tooth fairy.. we had never spoken about it.. really.. she's 4 and I was not at all prepared for this.

the tooth fairy did indeed come.. I stitched a little pouch for the fairy and she left us "tiny footprints" near cyra's pillow.. she was ecstatic. And mommy's still dealing with the idea that my little one is not so little anymore.

masking tape, floor & four wheels

equals fun.

Hope you weekend was a happy one!

the dragon party.

we had a dragon party...for cyra's big number 4.
It was a great party full bouncing tails...


and dragon treats.

Setup was simple.. the dragon gear all ready to go..


Cyra wanted all of her friends to have dragon badges..
"one that you'd make a wish and a dragon would appear." She'd say to me..
Making dragon badges were easy.. giant jewels + rainbow leather cording...
the hard part was going to be coming up with a dragon..


even little brother dragons fell right into the role..

And for the tails I used this sweet tutorial from Tatertots & Jello..

The dragon cake was made by Dulce Desserts..
and I made the cake pops tied them with adorable twinery twine.

The party was a hit..she was the happiest birthday girl I've ever seen.

dragon birthday party invite

my little one turned four last week.. and we had a dragon party.
It was a great party and I can't wait to share all the details with you.
I designed the invite in photoshop and had it printed via smartpress.com.
For a sweet touch, I tied a birthday candle with twinery twine, pink sorbet, lilac and blossom onto the card.



check back soon, I'll be posting the rest of the party details in a few days!

the ladybug girl - halloween 2011

She wanted to be ladybug girl. And she’s working on taking flight.

For the wings, first I cut out the shape/size from cardboard that I eventually wanted them to be.  Then lined it with batting, using a hot glue gun to keep the batting in place on the cardboard. Next, I stuffed the wings in-between the batting and the cardboard with poly-fil. Once the wings were stuffed, I stitched the quilting cotton & knit jersey front & back. I attached the elastic straps by cutting through the fabric and cardboard and gluing them where I imagined her shoulders would be.

For the tutu, I used 8 yards of red tule and assembled the skirt using this technique. The leotard is actually the same one she wore last year with her cupcake costume.. I just dyed it black & I added fancy red spots..

We've been having fun with this costume for weeks now!  Check back tomorrow and I'll share with you the little guy's costume!

the red riding cape

I've been sewing capes.. for three special little ladies.








a sweet fall cape.. want to make one? I used a pattern from little things to sew.

arrrr.. pirate octopi

last weekend we went to a pirate party.. which of course call for some kind pirate gear. what's cuter thank an octopus pirate? maybe my little ones. 

after Zaya's play mat.. I'm completely obsessed with heat n bond.. i see many appliques in my future.. I'll admit to it now. hope you are all having a happy week!

framing memories.

i saw this idea a few months back on real simple's new uses for old things..
and was excited to give it a try.


I adore how it turned out.. I bought the shadow box via. michaels and lined the back with a pretty linen. Most shadow boxes I've seen have an unattractive black felt at the base.. but you can have fun with it by lining with a cotton print or linen. Finally I added shoes & age labels.. and voila.. instant growth chart.

what fun things to you do to keep track of your little one's growth?