yellow chevron in opposite colorway...your opinion?

for those of you who remember the Sew Mama Sew giveaway day, you'll recall the yellow chevron wristlet made from noodlehead's pattern.   


i have always been a *huge* fan of gray and it makes me happy that it seems to be the 'in' color right now.  (i'm finally fashionable!...not!).


it's been super-popular and definitely a best-seller in my tiny shop.  

then last week, i received a custom order request for two yellow chevron wristlets AND one in the opposite colorway.  i am happy to do custom requests because i get to see your vision in a tangible form.  drumroll............................

what do you think?  i must say i don't love it as much as the original, but you can't go wrong with this color combo.  oh, and the inside is another yellow and gray print.  

thoughts?  i hope she loves them.  she's giving them as teacher gifts for back to school.  which just makes me feel terrible for not thinking of that myself.  :(

slacker...total slacker

i have been a complete slacker.  no posts in 2 weeks?  my apologies.  our district goes back to school today and we've been busy getting back into a routine.  


i've been *reading* a lot of blogs...just not *writing* any.  and i've come across some super awesome stuff that i'll share (b/c i have been so un-creative lately):

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dana at MADE is revealing the winner of her "design my header contest".  she has a lot of awesome readers who submitted entries on flickr.  she's narrowed it down to 7 and will make her pick today!

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upcycling is the new recycling...it has been happening in the craft and creating world forever, but now it's been getting a lot of long overdue attention.  check out this series of upcycled projects on we upcycle.com which began as 30 days 30 things and is now on day 122!  they added a day for every guest post with a new upcycled project.  i love this quick waterproof cosmetics case:

 

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crafts 'n coffee has quick and easy wall decor made from scrapbook paper.  keep it 12 x 12 and you don't have to do any cutting!  i love the black and white one.  

you can always head over to my pinterest to see what else i think is spectacularly creative and clever!

a simple skirt for maeve and the cousins

i get so much inspiration from the sewing blogs in blogland.  i especially love MADE.  dana has a ton of amazing tutorials.  i have read them all.  hadn't actually done any.  until now.


the simple skirt.  i like tutorials that contain the word *simple*.  off to a great start!

it really was simple!  she even gives you instructions for a double layered skirt for those of you who are daring.


it worked!  i made the simple skirt for my 5-year-old daughter maeve with a an adorable remnant i found at my local jo-ann's.  it was already cut at the perfect size; i straightened the edges and started sewing.  not too girly, light and airy, with kind of a slub texture.


i was so happy with how it turned out, i made three more so the cousins could match (luckily jo-ann's had more on the bolt).  only down side...my poor ethan, no skirt for him.  :(


i used store-bought double fold bias tape for the bottom hem in a dark gray, pink, and orange.  

the girl cousins in their matching skirts

she walked out on the dock with her hands behind her back like that...so cute!

my nieces...they loved their skirts (whew!)

a closer look at greta's tiny skirt

you might have noticed their matching shirts...more on those soon!