on Etsy…how amazing is that! My “So Tweet” hat is one of the 16 featured items on the main page.
Here’s the screen shot…would post the link, but it won’t work forever and the pic will last!
See the little bird…bottom row…second from the left…That’s mine! And here’s the link to the listing: http://www.etsy.com/listing/55024132/so-tweet-little-bird-hat-for?ref=tre-4c7d9a1dd98e6d91bba37635-14
My sewing machine is on fire…might need to give it a rest after I finish this next set of dresses…
Here is the coordinating dress for my niece to go with the one I made for Amelia [that is already posted].
Color is way off…gotta love mobile uploads! But you can see that it coordinates with being an identical match!
And her is a close-up of the green ball edging! Love it!
And finally, the Pink Butterfly halter…I am making 3 of these…and this is the tiniest one!
Two more of these and I may actually give the machine rest and try my hand at catching up on my various scrapbooks!
So over the past few months, I have been making all the decorations for the birthday party…and over the past several weeks, I have been posting some of the goodies here.
So now, here’s a peek at how it all came together!
First set shows the basic decor of the room! What a transformation! If you only knew what this dilapidated room looked like before the Under the Sea transformation took place.
See the teeny tiny stars…those are hand made origami stars! Can you even believe that some folded all those. I ordered them from Little Gestures on Etsy! 120 of them for about $6…what a deal…and they were so cute! And perfect…
On to food:
Love these! They were so easy to make and I got the idea here…they are called Pearly Bites!
PB&J Starfish sandwiches for the kiddos!
And the classic octopus hotdog…super easy…All you need is a sharp knife and boiling water! It’s like magic!
Ocean Blue juice! Of course!
And the cake! I had the cake baked, iced and the mermaid done for me by Sugar Shack [a local bakery]. Once home, I decorated the cake with all the little fondant pieces that I got from Two Sugar Babies on Etsy and the little sugar creature I got from an online baking supply store. The tiny fondant shells, starfish and seahorses were amazing and tasty I highly recommend using her!
The mermaid piñata and the octopus stand-in were big hits. And the towel wraps were well received!
I probably should have taken pictures along the way…but I just didn’t think to stop and take pictures while I was sewing.
So after making the towel wraps for the birthday party favors, a sewing demon has been created. I felt invincible…invincible enough to make a dress for the princess! It was a process…a learning process at times…but it is finished and I am VERY happy with it!
Picture quality not great…taken with my Droid…but you get the idea. And of course, today was not the day that the princess really wanted to play model for Mommy! But we got asked by lots of people while out today where we got the dress! Success!
One of the smaller details…all the pieces for the birthday banner were cut out the other night. Using multiple Cricut cartridges and Design Studio, I designed all the pieces to make a banner to span the the clubhouse entrance. When it is all put together it will say: Welcome to Amelia’s Grotto. I still need to tie ribbons and put it all together, but here are the pieces.
The plan for the boy’s wraps was to line the edge with orange ribbon [like seen on the girl’s wrap]…but I got some “weird” looks from moms of boys…so the brainstorming started.
I decided to skip the initial ribbon idea [even though I have 5 yards of beautiful grograin ribbon thanks to a friend] and create an appliqué to apply to the wrap.
Here’s the appliqué that I made by hand…
I cut the pieces from two layers of felt. Then hand stitched the eyes, mouth, and other details. [I apologize for photo quality…this one was taken on my phone].
The Steam-a-Seam came in super handy again. I put it on the back of the starfish, ironed it to the towel….voila…no need for pins as I set out to accomplish my very first appliqué.
And this is how they turned out…not bad for the first time sewing virgin!
Now with the most ambitious birthday party project completely finished and cleaned up [It was a little sad to put the sewing machine away], it’s on to the other smaller details.
OK…so sewing got tables for quite a while…was working on other projects…and I really didn’t have any sewing mojo! So, today I broke out the machine again [and broke my first needle – Does that make me a pro now?] and finished sewing the 5 wraps for the girls.
The green trim was definitely giving me problems…lots of problems. PSA - For a major novice sewer, tiny trim is a bitch!
So, I grabbed a towel and a piece of the trim and high-tailed it to Joann’s in hopes that the “sewing” lady was working. I needed help [sure, I could have just skipped the trim…but it was friggin’ adorable and the princess actually said, “Don’t give up Mommy, it’s so pretty!”]…and she was the only one I could think of that might have a solution. She suggested Steam-a-Seam…worked wonders [Chris might not like the appearance of his beloved iron, but it worked!].
After the trim, came the hand sewing of ribbon fish. A bow would have been much easier and faster [and I might be cursing myself later tonight as I work on the other 4] but the fish is so much cuter.
“Sew” what do you think:
Color is a little off in the last picture, but you at least get the idea how tiny that trim actually is!
