following footsteps

Budding artists over here at my house!
My tres girlie brought this to me and announced her design needed to be sewn up for her!

dress designs for Shabby Apple dresses .... here they all are

 Well I put together three designs for the Shabby Apple dress design contest

Little Gem

Chocolate Dotted Strawberry

the Jonquil

I had a lot of fun putting them together in my mind

and onto paper. I may just have to give ago to them in real life too!

You can check out the fun dress line
at Shabby Apple here!

You can get a better look at each dress
on the blog posting I did for each individual design.
Just click on the link above each design picture.

Wish me luck and tell me what you think of these designs.

Little Gem dress design for Shabby Apple dresses

my third design for

the Dress Design for Shabby Apple Dresses contest
Inspired by crisp lettuce leaves
so named after mini romaine "Little Gem"
Spring and lettuce go hand in hand as well as linen fabrics.
The pleated and cuffed sleeves are my favorite part.

Always a fan of fashion and wearable fashions
Shabby Apple Dresses such pretty things!


I am excited to participate in this years contest!

Tell me what you think!

Chocolate Dotted Strawberry dress design for Shabby Apple dresses

my second design for

the Dress Design for Shabby Apple Dresses contest

Inspired by my love for vintage clothes
and of course strawberries and chocolate!
I love the bow detail and the pleats, so much fun and so very sweet!


Always a fan of fashion and wearable fashions
Shabby Apple Dresses really understands wear-ability!


I am excited to participate in this years contest!
I may have to make a dress like this for me!
Tell me what you think!

the Jonquil dress design for Shabby Apple dresses

the Dress Design for Shabby Apple Dresses contest 

Inspired by spring early blooms

and soft comfortable fluid jersey knits

Always a fan of fashion and wearable fashions

Shabby Apple Dresses really understands wear-ability!

I am excited to participate in this years contest!

Little Boo Card

I joined in the Fun over at Lorajean's Magazine!

Here is a little card you can print on card stock that I put together from

a water color illustration I painted.  Hope you have a fun Halloween with your little boos!

I also wanted to share a banner I made.

Really simple to make with felt triangles and belting/ribbon.
To make the words I printed a font I liked in a size that fit the triangles.
Then I used those letters as my pattern to cut out the felt words.
I used nylon woven belting for the strength to sew the banner on.
It is really long and will hang across a double garage door.
Which is where it's hung in years past.

Have fun with your free card

and go over and check out all the other cute things in this Link Party!
Click the image below to check it out!
 

Let me know what you think!

Absolutely gorgeous!

As you know I love  vintage and I love old shoes.
When I stumbled upon this beautiful oil painting I fell
in love with it.
Absolutely gorgeous!

Check out Showstopper at her Etsy Shop here

Favorite Fabric Friday!

Okay so I was so excited I couldn't wait until tomorrow to post it!


Alexander Henry The Ghastlies

can be purchased here

It has so much to look at and I love it!

LOVE!

I love this painting!
I love how the light reflect from her skin
and the contrast really makes this shine!
This painting is by Trent Gudmundsen
Wish I could buy it! But maybe it will stay at his house,
since those angels are his very own.

Little Lola Highlight!

I love Little Lola dolls (shop for them on Etsy)! I have purchased a couple of them! They have such darling vintage flair and sweet timelessness. When I saw this cutie I was drooling over her red riding hood and cute fabric choices. I had to highlight this delightful doll!
Check out the other cute dollies she's made here on her Flicker collection!
This doll was made especially for her daughter, what a lucky girl!
I commissioned (she takes special requests) one for my daughter with special requests for dress and hair color which was fun, but I love the one I bought 1st, without choosing any colors. All of them are soooo adorable.I also had to show off the fabulous sculpted sculpture I got from her!
She has such talent! Check out some of her other lovelies here!

Super Gift Giveaway!

Okay here is your chance (and mine) to win a personal portrait from artist and illustrator Merrilee from Mermag! Go to her blog Mermag & make sure you comment before the 17th for you own chance to win!