Just Listed.

I can't believe the Designers' Notion SPRING FASHION EVENT 2007 is finally here! WHEW! Two months in the making... but the listings are looking great. We have some amazing talent on our board, so I am not surprised. We have 52 designers signed up to participate and just in the first 20 minutes of the launch being up, 12 listings popped up. These girls are on the ball! LOL!

Anyway, I wanted to share with you all my contributions to this launch. I set them up as 10-day auctions so that they will end right around the time when I get ready to return from vacation. I figured, by the time I get payment, measurements and all that good stuff I will be back home & ready to work.

The first one is a pretty litte Asian-inspired halter dress that uses my favorite print from Amy Butler's new LOTUS line. It is also adorned with 4 fabric yoyos that are attached on pinbacks so they can be removed or placed wherever you prefer... you could even use them to adorn your favorite purse! This dress will be recreated in sizes 2T - 6X. This is my favorite picture of Sydney from this set because it really shows her newly found diva personality... that little stinker! LOL!

Secondly, I listed some gorgeous hair flowers made with authentic vintage buttons that I found in my stash of vintage sewing stuff from my MIL. The buttons are so cool, but sadly I only found 2 of them, so these hair flowers are one-of-a-kind. I haven't put any clips on the back of these yet, because I know everyone has a different preference for those, but I do have alligator clips and French clips that I can attach them to. AND, if you prefer, I could even attach them to pins so they can be used a brooches for clothing or purses! :) Hey, I just thought of that!!! COOL!

To find these 2 ebay auctions, click here.

Gettin' Crafty.

The urge to create has been hitting me big time lately. As if creating new children's boutique clothing wasn't time-consuming enough, I often find myself incredibly distracted trying to come up with side projects... which end up getting connected back to the children's clothing one way or another. A perfect example are these dollies:

I made a couple for my girls and they loved them. So then I decided that a sweet repeat customer of mine needed one for her little sweetie to match her newest boutique outfit. Then, it ballooned into EVERY customer of mine MUST have one. Jon thinks I'm crazy, and maybe I am, but it puts a smile on my face when I get the amazed comments from satisfied customers. So, if you've purchased from me in the past 3 - 4 weeks... you're gettin' one! LOL! Don't they look so cute on top of their matching outfit? Here's one I sent out last week...

I've also being going yoyo crazy, thanks to a nifty little tutorial on Heather's blog. They are just so much fun to make and I can make them while hanging out with the kids or watching TV or talking on the phone. I made these 4 yesterday while talking to my mom on the phone during lunch... They are made with my new favorite Amy Butler LOTUS fabric and adorned with some gorgeous vintage pearlized buttons from my huge stash of vintage stuff...

Then I decided to mount them on pinbacks so they could easily be attached to any part of your clothing and detached when ready to wash. I used a small piece of coordinating grosgrain ribbon and secured it to the back with some good ol' hand stitching...

Next (probably tonight) I will be making some larger ones with other vintage butt ons and attaching them to alligator clips to be worn on the hair... these will be offered on eBay as OOAKs since I only have two of these fabulous vintage buttons.

Look for these hairflowers probably on Thursday, when I list the coordinating set for the Designer's Notion "Spring Fashion Event" launch.