Pillow Fight-For a Cause

I am super excited to be posting about this fun Pillow Contest over at Ladybird Ln.

Every month, Carlee & Alyssa feature a charity, service organization, or project to spotlight during the month.

During the month of June they are doing a contest called, Pillow Fight--For a Cause to help an amazing,  beautiful & very talented young lady named Malynn.

Malynn is 14 years old & has spent many months inside a hospital.  She has made it her goal to donate 100 bright & cheerful pillow cases  to Primary Childrens Medical Center to brighten up the patients rooms.

Malynn thought it was helpful to have her own  pillowcase during her hospital stay.  It helped her feel more at home  &  made the room more cheerful & she wanted  to share that with other patients.

Ladybird Ln has come up with a super-cool contest to help Malynn and her goal of 100 pillowcases & it is called Pillow Fight-For a Cause!

You create a pillow, any kind of pillow, enter it & the best pillow wins.  With every entry that you enter into the contest, you must donate a handmade pillowcase for Malynn's cause.

Easy, fun & great prizes for the lucky winners.

Most importantly, you will be contributing to an amazing effort.

So, get over to Ladybird Ln & join in on the fun!

Use my easy pillowcase tutorial & get donating, Ladies!!

Happy Thursday!!

~Amy

Look Out Etsy...Here I Come!!!

Yikes!  I did it!

I finally listed a couple of things for my Etsy store & now my stomach is flip flopping.

I feel like vomiting.  What the heck?!

I can sew and well, I am quite good at it.

I sew all the time for family & friends, heck, I have even sold items at craft fairs & have been hired out to make items.

Then why am I FREAKING OUT??

The thought of failing or disappointing or being criticized

probably sums it up.

Time to climb that mountain & get over it!

Off I go...climbing, climbing, climbing!

Happy Wednesday!

~Amy

Just when I didn't think my day couldn't get any better...
I noticed that I was featured on another blog for my Petal Pillow!

How cool!!



Thank you Jonie Marie!

I also won a spring craft contest on Wikia for my Re-purposed Windowpane to Towel Rack!

Wow!  Wow!!  Wow!!!

**I would list more items if my flipping computer would operate properly!***

**still having technical difficulties with this darn computer/internet service!**

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My wee-ist will be turning 1 in a few short weeks & I would love to win this for myself!

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                                                                          ~Amy

My Wee-ist is 11 months old

My wee-ist, Baby M, is already 11months old.  How did the time pass so quickly?

Total craziness!

Because she, as well as my other two wee ones, have been feeling funky, the photos that I took of her are not so "happy & fun".

She really wanted no part of it.  She also didn't enjoy sitting on the grass.

She kind of  freaked out about that. 

I could hardly get her to look at me and the camera at all. 

But, here she is, all 11months of her.

So round and beautiful with a big personality.

My computer has been behaving wonky, hence, the reason for the lack of posting.

I'm not sure if it's the wi-fi thing or Blogger or my computer getting ready to blow up. I am thinking a combination of everything is happening with this darn thing.

So incredibly irritating.

I am hoping to have it repaired this week so that I am able to post a tutorial without it taking me all day to upload a single pic.

Is it just me, or does it seem to take forever to upload a simple photo while using Blogger?

My 4-year old is screaming for me which means my blogging time is officially over.  With her screaming she has disrupted the baby's napping.

Grrrrrrrr....

Happy Thursday!

~Amy

My Girly's & Their Skirty's

 

I have been in a sewing frenzy making clothing for me wee ones.  My 4-year old is fixated on skirts/dresses so I have been going all out getting a bunch made for the spring & summer months. 

Here are just a few that I have made over the last few weeks...  

 

This happens to be one of my FAVORITES!  So, so cute!

I just love the ruffle on the bottom of the skirt!

Underneath this adorable skirt is a pair of skorts.

I followed the Little Ruffle Skirt Pattern tweaking it here & there.

She is able to wear a skirt & play & not have to worry about her undies being revealed.

So fantastic!

Next up...

A sweet little double layer skirt perfect for twirling.  This lovely, beauty has a ribbon drawstring that pulls up the top layer to reveal more of the bottom layer which gives it a bit more "oomph".

 So sweet!

She loves it!

The perfect twirling skirt.

I followed a pattern from Little Lizard King called the Peek-A-Boo Skirt.  I had to tweak this one a little bit as well. 

Here, Baby M is wearing the same style double layer skirt, but the photos are horrible.  I will have to try another day to get a better photo.  She just wasn't in a willing mood on this particular day.

Baby M sporting a simple peasant dress/shirt using a pattern from Leila & Ben.
Super easy & quick.  And, I love how you can really make this pattern your own by altering/cutting/piecing different fabrics.  I just opted  for plain & simple this time.  I may go back & gussy it up a bit with some fabric flowers, ruffles, and/or lace. 
It's also a bit too big for her right now.  Therefore, it looks a bit like a potato sack on her.  Oh well, she'll grow into it.



I have a few more skirts that I am working on for my girls.  I hope to have them finished by the weekend.  I really must start working on some things for my Little Man N.

I feel as if he is being shafted.

Yikes!

Happy Thursday!

~Amy

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