princesses and mouse ears

Well, it's been awhile.  Again.  I don't know where the time goes!  So I've done TONS of Disney stuff over the past several months.  I guess my girls are a great age for it so not only did we go, but so have a bunch of our friends!  These towels were Christmas gifts to tell cousins they are headed on a Disney cruise at the end of the school-year! . . .

The next batch of clothing was for the best friend of my oldest and her two younger sisters who went to Disney back in February . . .

(You can see the markings from my sewing pen on the princesses, but they disappear!)

Their momma sent me a picture when their package of Disney clothes arrived in the mail! . . .

Then it was our turn.  I made these tops to match some skirts I had my mom make for my girls for Animal Kingdom day . . .

My nephew was going to be there with us so he needed some gear too . . .

For Epcot day, I went Americana . . .

And for one of our days at Magic Kingdom, I made these to go with some pink/white polka dot shorts I got from Kelly's Kids . . .

We took pillowcases for the characters to sign.  I had a friend make heat-press design ones for my girls, but my sister wanted this one for my nephew (ironic, huh?!) . . .

I made two of these castles for twins headed to disney . . .

(forgive the iphone photos)

And two of these as well . . .

(We matched this cute knit skort from Walmart!)

And this was an order from a friend at church . . .

we need a little christmas now

I think I was able to come through for everyone who needed something pseudo-last-minute for Christmas. And I can honestly say, I have no outstanding orders at this time. Okay, except for two pairs of bloomers for a baby due in February. And they're not newborn size. This SWEET outfit was for a Christmas card photo . . .

And just some classic Christmasy-but-can-be-worn-year-round applique initials . . .

{Please ignore the smudge on many of the pictures in this post. A certain 2-year-old at my house likes playing with my camera!}

Kelly's Kids top and nightgown for a sweet friend {and Kelly's Kids rep} . . .

Sweet design to match some pants out of the green minky {tree} fabric . . .



A hostess gift for the hubs' work party . . .

Simple, yet so cute! I need to do one of those for myself! Some more dish towels for the sister-in-law to give as gifts {these are really cute too! I think she said she found them at Homegoods.} . . .



A sweater a friend is giving her dad as a gift. Although I fear I put the embroidery too high. I'm a little perfectionist about these things. It's really hard to do grown-up stuff because I know just where to put designs on kids' clothes, but not so much on the grown up stuff . . .

In the future, I would prefer for the subject to put on the garment and mark the appropriate place for embroidery. At least until I get the hang of it! I also used solvy interfacing on top of the sweater, which washes away, but looks a little like plastic pieces are sticking out until it is washed!

And this is for the little 4-year-old girl we pulled off of the angel tree at Evynne's school. She asked for clothes . . .

We got an Osh Kosh jogging suit that was hot pink with navy and other colored flowers on it so I made this to match. I really hope she likes it!

This is a gift for my M-I-L {aka, Snowy}. I think I stole this idea from a Mustard Seeds kids' shirt . . .

And finally, some of our friends are getting a trip for Christmas. Can you guess where to? . . .





Pillowcases for autographs {another stolen idea from another monogrammer -- so cute!} . . .

And now all we need is a little Christmas break!

this & that

I think I've finished the last of the short-sleeved stuff for awhile. Here are some pictures of this and that, which I have been working on . . .











Cute idea -- A friend got these shirts for two friends who were finding out at their 5th birthday party that they were going to Disney together the next day! . . .



These last two outfits are ones that I bought for Evynne at the Hope for Gabe Sale. They were cute, but the tops were plain. I had to get creative with ways to match the bottoms since I didn't have the fabric the pants were made out of. I am really pleased with how they both turned out!





For this one, I used the hat from Planet Applique's Cowboy Alphabet, but put it on a more girly "E". This fabric was a tough one to match, but I really love the simplicty of the solid fabrics and how this turned out. Evynne loves it too, which is great!