reindeer onesie WAY cuter on baby!

Love a baby in mama-made things! Here is that Reindeer Onesie looking oh-so-cute on Miss Edrie.

I'm mildly obsessed with this hair clip...I want to make a hundred more. Jenni and I got together to make hair accessories a bit ago - I'll have to take pictures of the other ones I made. I used this tutorial for the bow. I don't think Edrie really appreciates them, but I'm in LOVE! 

 

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Reindeer Onesie

 

  

Jenni and I got together last week to attempt crafting with three little ones underfoot and we were successful! Edrie was strapped into the moby, Jenni's girls watched a movie and we embarked! We didn't completely finish, but we got a good start on it and had fun! 

I'm not so good with the machine applique so I just hand stitched this onto the onesie. I LOVE how it turned out. The original plan was for this to be the top to some christmas pajamas, but really I don't think my three month old cares about christmas pjs so she will probably be wearing this lots and lots the next few weeks!

Rest of the Pre-Baby Handmades

 
I completed all of these projects before Edrie arrived, but was lazy about getting them blogged. She has herself a stocking to match the rest of the family's. I just have to embroider her name on it and decide if I want to embroider the back of ours with mom and dad...
 



 

A tiny knit hat to fit a newborn. I washed it and forgot all about it in the load so it went in the dryer. I was really sad thinking it would be too small after it was accidentally felted. But it actually fit her perfectly for the first week or so.

 

And a little snail onesie...the snail is from Alicia Paulson's first book. She is almost too big to wear this too =( 

oh baby!

I've been trying to step things up in the baby craft department... this kid is going to be here before we know it! I started this onesie when I found out I was pregnant and just finally finished it last week. So cute, huh?! And you can see that I've been working on my quilt top too. I just have to add the border and the top will be done!

I got the design here and think it is just too cute!

I also had to make another pair of baby legs to match the Oregon onesie. I had these socks - they were just regular crew length so they are shorter and wider than some of the others, but I think they are cute none-the-less.

Candy Canes & Treats!

I made a few of these sweet ornaments for friends and family this Christmas. This fit the bill of quick and easy with an adorable and big impact. All it took was some denim, felt, and embroidery floss and I had myself a candy cane!

I love how simple they are! But don't you love them? You could do so many cute shapes - tree, wreath, snowman.... love them! 

I also made some of this awesome (and WAY easy) snack mix for me to give as thank you gifts for my preceptors at work. I'm all done orienting at my new nursing job!

Lastly, my hubby and I only exchanged stockings so I decided to make some of his favorite treats - chocolate covered pretzels. I wasn't going for most beautiful snack of the year, but I think they'll do the trick. Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! 

three years in the making: christmas stockings

Three years ago, the first Christmas we lived together, I bought the pattern for these stockings. I tried to make us some that year, attempting to model them after the ones my mom made us growing up. I failed miserably - got VERY frustrated and gave up. The following year, we got married and just after the holidays moved to Missouri so there was little time for crafting. Then there was last year. I had a few weeks off of school and I thought there would be NO problem knocking out a few stockings. I was so wrong. A little being came into our life and TOTALLY took it over. I did have time to get fabric, thread, and I cut out a few pieces, but no sewing was undertaken. THIS was going to be the year. No excuses. And, remarkably, they got done! 

Not without a fair bit of strife, but done. The pattern has a cuff that was just straight, but I wanted ours to be scalloped like the ones my mom had made. I'm not much of a seamstress so I struggled to make my own pattern piece and get everything to match up. I made Grant's first so it suffered a bit more, requiring complete redoing and embroidery of the cuff. But after that the other two whipped up pretty quick. They are, by no means, perfect, but perfect is overrated, right?

Can you imagine how excited I was to find CHRISTMAS PUPPY fabric for Olive's??? Totally made my day. Grant and I picked it out together. He thought her stocking should be smaller, but how would I get all her toys and treats from the doggie bakery in there? Big it is!

I embroidered our names on them, leaving the other side blank so that if/when we have babies we can decide if we want to put Mama/Papa on ours. My parents' stockings always said Mom/Dad so I kind of feel like its weird if the parents' say their names. Is that just me??

So the 'better' side is actually them hanging the other way, but since, in theory, they will be used for longer after we have kids we are using the crappier side for now. I'm SUCH a freak for thinking that all through, huh??

l+l embroidery

we have some good friends who got married this summer... they had a fabulous wedding at the university of oregon. it was in true duck spirit. we were so sad to miss it, but i sent along this little congratulations a few weeks ago. (only a few months late...)

i thought the font i used was kind of cool, but it accentuates my uneven stitches. oops. i found this idea online somewhere... but i can never remember the link. jenni made one a few months go...cute huh?!

retrograde

my husband and i are science nerds. most of our friends are science nerds too. one of our friend's gets REALLY excited about something called retrograde blood flow.

he is absolutely hilarious and so excited about it - i had to make him an I heart Retrograde embroidery for his office. see... i told you we are nerds.

hope embroidery

my husband has been wanting me to make him a hope embroidery since i made the one's for nie. i finally got around to making it and he loves it! 

archived: spring bird

i hope everyone had a fun and festive weekend!

do you like my bird? i'm in love with her. i found her here and had to make one. she is so springy and happy.

i could never design anything like this with all these colors. i would go crazy trying to figure out where to put what. but i LOVE copying someone who isn't so anal - it makes for a beautiful result!

i heart french knots...

this will go in the mail tomorrow for a special birthday girl who i *hope* isn't reading this!

happy monday.

archived: home free

i took my test today (it went well, thanks for asking...) so i'm taking the afternoon and tomorrow completely off! i'm very VERY excited about it. i will spend my time with a glass of wine and all the goodness pictured!

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my collection of domino (RIP) and weekend decorating magazines

i plan to pour through these and every other online and library decorating source to make plans for paint colors and DIY projects. for what, you ask? our new house! if all goes well we will be home owners next month!! i'm VERY excited to make it our own. it will be on a VERY tight budget, but i think we can make it cute.

yarn and gauge swatch to make this cardigan

super cute, huh?? i'm excited, but nervous about knitting something so big. i've been going to michaels daily with 50% off coupons to buy the yarn. one skein at a time. i know its ridiculous, but i can't imagine spending twice as much just to avoid the daily drive. my husband even came in with me on friday and checked out separately with his own terra cotta yarn - that got me two in one day! now just one more skein tomorrow, and the circular needle on thursday and i'm home free!

beginnings of the second baby shoe

i think you all are right... just make the other one. i'm sure it will knit up pretty quick.

and lastly the quilt top

i am still SO in love with how all these fabrics come together. i got all the squares sewn into rows in quick bits of time between studying - one or two squares here and there. i hope to get all the rows sewn together without too much trouble!

thats what i'm up to the next few days... how about you??

archived: handmade christmas 2008

i was almost successful with my goal of a 100% handmade christmas, but not quite. the last few gifts i didn't even start, let alone finish! it worked out fine though.

Here is a smattering of what i made...

a few needle keepers using one of jenni's as a pattern

a few punch collages for some crafty gals...

dirty/clean girls & button ornaments for friends...

a scotty dog for my mom (she HEARTS him) - when she opened it her dog started barking at it!

a memory board for my step-dad's new office...

burp cloths & blanket for baby meendering

stitched cards for the gratitude wraps (i also made christmas tree ones as our card this year)

an embroidered keep calm for kendra (you've seen the posters all over right??)...

oh! and i also made passport covers for my aunt & uncle.

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PS - we made it safely to omaha and are spending some much needed time with jon and jess. i'm still sick, but hoping it subsides soon!!

archived: wedding review - embroidery

all photos by lauren brooks photography

i fell in love with embroidery in the midst of planning our wedding. i created a few ways to include it - baskets with toiletries and towels in the bathrooms. hoodies for the bridesmaids (and one for me). patch for my dress.

**update: these projects were featured here Monday!