some shirts

A few boy shirts . . .











And one for his sister . . .



A few for some friends . . .



And one for my own . . .



{I gave Evynne four fabrics to choose from and this is the one she chose for her cross shirt. Pretty cute!}

kelly's kids coordinates

I've had so much fun monogramming Kelly's Kids clothing and making matching pieces to go with some Kelly's Kids items. I think this pullover is so great for big boys . . .

This font is called Atilla and I like it very much . . .

I bought this skirt for Evynne at an overstock sale and it is from last Fall's collection . . .

My mom bought Elly the matching pants from the online outlet to give her for her birthday.

Both shirts are monag -- Evynne's is lettuce edge, which I prefer with skirts and Elly's is frill, which I prefer with pants.

I also got this from the online outlet (last Fall's collection) for Evynne . . .

I think the E could've been a little bigger, but it's cute for sure.

This dress is one that a customer brought to me to monogram. It is Kelly's Kids and she found it at a consignment sale with the tags still on it. It looks familiar so it may be from last Fall's collection (not sure!) . . .

My friend who is a Kelly's Kids rep ordered the turquoise corduroy pants with lime polka dot ruffle for her little girl this season. This is what we made to match . . .

{The apple in the "pumpkin patch" post was made to match the reverse side of these pants which are lime polka dot with red ricrac above the ruffle.}

I love to just order the cute tights and then put a monag dress or skirt with them. I ordered these tights for Evynne this year and made a turquoise monag dress to match . . .


And this may be my ALL TIME favorite. I used my hostess earnings to order this matching dress for Elly and skirt for Evynne . . .

I love this polka dot ruffle trim and have used it many times in a variety of colors. This is the first time I've used it for something other than the seem of an empire style top or dress. I was inspired by the top and dress in this collection from Kelly's Kids.

LOVE. IT.

I do still have more Kelly's Kids stuff to do, but this is quite a start! If you need to order anything, I know a rep whose name you can put in when you order online so she gets credit {and come to my show in the Spring!}

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!

back to school time

I can hardly believe it's back to school time almost! It IS time to be getting ready. I did a couple of backpacks for a friend of mine the other day . . .



They were a little tricky just because I had to use sticky and then they kept wanting to come off of the sticky because they were hitting up against the machine. The second one was almost a loss, but I think I salvaged it. The first C on the left is a little close to the H . . .

Not sure I will sign up to do a lot of backpacks. They'll have to be just the right style! And even though it's almost back to school time, there are still some "summer dresses" I haven't gotten to for Evynne. I squeezed one in this week. It's a size 6 that runs only a little small (from Dharma) so she'll definitely be able to wear it next summer. It is a Hollywood Baby hand-me-down that my MIL picked the existing monogram out of, which left some holes. No problem -- I completely covered it with the gigi patch . . .

Not sure I love this font (Schwoops) with this patch shape. It is a super-cute font though!

And of course we can't head back to school without our Auburn gear. You got a sneak peak of Elly's tank top in the previous post, but here are the finished products for both of my girls . . .

I promise the navy ricrac matches better in person! They have some navy knit Target skorts to wear with these, which I think will be pretty cute!

And last, but not least, I hit JoAnn's last week. Yes, I was late for lunch with sweet Alyson after standing in line at the cutting counter, but this is what I have to show for it . . .

Some cute new fabrics! {Have I mentioned I have a fabric problem?!} I also got some felt to start working on some of the felt stitchies I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Does anyone know where to buy felt? JoAnn's had a lot of colors, but not what I would consider "stylish" colors for little girls like a good fuschia, lime green, turquoise, etc. Let me know if you have any tips!