Lots of Custom Orders!

I was quite busy this weekend with some special orders for friends an family.

Presenting my first ever taggy blanket!

I made it for my 6-month-old nephew and he loved it! It got lots of chewing over the weekend. I embroidered his name on it, but quickly realized I should have used the bright green thread instead because you can't really see his name at all. Oh well. Here's a close-up.

I just love the 80's cassette tape fabric! I also worked on an order for a baby's 1st birthday shirt. Another first:

Off to work on more custom orders!

Wordless Wednesday: Our 2008 Pumpkins

Mr. Savvy Stitcher's Pumpkins:

...and mine:

Yes, our services are for hire ; )

Happy Halloween!

October Crafts

Of all of the holidays, Halloween is definitely my second favorite (after Christmas, of course) and I just love all of the Halloween crafts I've seen this year on all of my favorite craft blogs. I've been so inspired! I just wish I had more time to sit and make some of these awesome goodies to decorate my own house with. Here are a couple of my favorites:

Radical Autumn Sign Redo from Dollar Store Crafts

BOO Sanitizer from Just a Girl

I better get started--only 26 days to Halloween!

Foxy!

I am so excited about the new Foxy design released at Urban Threads today. Check it out!

How cute would this be on a onesie?!

Rag Quilt Alphabet

I found this fabric alphabet tutorial the other day on Happy Together and had to share! I was so excited for a new idea for a toddler gift and will definitely be making some of these for my nephew for Christmas this year. He will be 2 1/2 so I think he will be the perfect age for these. I may even try to make him some numbers, too. This is also the perfect way to use up some fabric scraps that I just can't make myself throw away--and now I'm glad I didn't!

Let me know if you make any--I'd love to see them!

Happy Week 2009: Day 5

Happiness=a Johnny Depp movie. Who's with me?

If you haven't seen Benny & Joon you are seriously missing out. Rent it this weekend. Go. Now. I'll wait.

speaking of books....

I just bought this pendant on Etsy. Usually I just put things on my Favorites list, but I had to have it straight away! Oh, mail god, please bring it quickly!

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