Tohoku Bridal Tote

When you buy fabric to make three dresses you clearly wind up with extra.  I had wanted to try to make the tohoku tote from I am Mama for a while.  I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to try it and make Sue a tote for her to use on her wedding day.  The tutorial was simple to follow.  I took a few liberties when sewing but it looks the same finished.  I really want to make one of these for myself now it's really cute.

Groomsmen Ties & Vests

There were two of us sewing for this wedding.  I had the easy job of the dresses for the girls and the ties for the boys.  Sue's sweet, sweet mother had the difficult task of sewing her wedding dress, (phew I could have never taken that on) and the boys vests.  Don't they look handsome!!

I love the above picture of Tato, we had just put the binoculars away that he wanted to play with and was letting me know that under no circumstance was he going to pose for this picture.  And as Auntie Nana's should do, I quickly informed this sweet little boy of the impending cupcakes (you got it I bribed my nephew) and he quickly decided he was game on.  He & I had some funny conversations while he was here  I love that boy.

I made the ties with a tutorial I found online but the link no longer works for me to share it with you but there are tutorials all over the blog sphere to use.  Isn't my buddy boys handsome!

I loved that Sue's mom took the creative liberty to insert super hero fabric into the inside of their vests.  Seriously when Buddy Boys got his vest he asked "Papa" (John, my kids call him Papa too) if this was his to keep.  Papa told him it was and in his four year old mind I'm sure he thought he was invincible now.

Little Girl Brides Maides Dresses

The first thing John & Sue asked us was if they could have the wedding at our home.  Of course I was thrilled with this and we were happy to oblige.  Then the wedding planning started and Sue and I were off to Fabricville to pick out fabric.  She chose this summery floral print with a vibrant blue accent colour.  She asked if I would make these dresses for the girls.  

I was totally freaked out cause if she had seen the black dress I made Coconuts she wouldn't have asked thrilled and happy to take it on.  When it came time for the zippers I really was worried cause that is what I botched on Coconuts black dress.  I made round one of the dress and had a fitting with the girls.  The dresses were too big on all three of them so I had to re-adjust the bodice and take in the sides of the dresses to make them fit.  And they fit them like a glove. 

Here they are on the wedding day Bella, Coconuts and Duck and they looked stunning.  They loved their dresses and they knew they were made especially for each of them and they were so happy to be in them.  Sue you picked out the right fabric the girls looked stunning!

Wedding Favors

These sweet wedding favors were a labour of love from two of my good friends.  I had decided to have these made as a little take home for the guests.  It was crunch time and my sweet friends Monica and Lis punched out and stamped out all these favours and got them ready for the kids to put the candy in.

What great friends I have!  Really they step in to fill me up and help me out without even being asked.  The love I felt and the stress that was taken off my plate when these two came together is what friendship really means to me.  I love you gals!

The last step to this process was to get these little monkeys together to fill the bags with 18 mints, staple them and tape them to the inside.  And voila a sweet Wedding Favour.

Keep checking in as I continue to share this special wedding with you!  It really all came together so perfectly!

LOVE is in the AIR - Been Featured

Well we have a wedding going on at our house and there has been some party planning, dress making, food preping and all sorts of good things going on.  So many people have contributed in one way or another so I surely cannot take credit for it all, however I still can't wait to share it all with you. 

It's been fun to be a part of and you all know I love to throw a good party so come along for the ride as I get ready to share with you all the fun that went into the planning of this event.

It's been a wee bit stressful but a whole lot of fun and am sure glad I got to help in what ever capacity I was asked to participate. 

Oh and I've been featured here on Creative Itch!  Thanks for sharing my creativity with your readers

Easter Cupcakes

Alright so I totally had the opportunity to spend last night hanging out with some of the coolest teenage girls around.  The Young Women at my Church wanted to learn how to do some cake decorating.  I teamed up with "My Little Mama" Jenny and together we put a class on for them.

Jenny showed them how to pipe icing and gave them some low down on making an Easter bunny cake.  She made one as an example and it was fantastic.

Look at these girls, seriously don't you wish you were the one hanging out with them?  Sorry people I got to.

This one here has a contagious smile and totally got into making the fondant cupcake toppers with me.  She's a very talented gal, and her smile was contagious!  To boot she has a long drive from her home to come and hang out.  Loved that she's dedicated enough to do this!!!!

Check out these girls and their leaders.  I think they had fun too don't you.

Thanks gals for letting me hang out with you and share with you a little about what I also love to do.  Hope you learned something useful, but mostly I hope you had a good time, I sure did.

Easter Bunny Bunting Banner

I've been wanting to do an Easter Project with Coconuts and this was the perfect project.  Dana  from Made had a free pattern that I used.  I didn't use my machine for this one.  I did all the sewing by hand.  Coconuts sewed on all the little accessories.  She really loved doing this project with her Mama. 

I decided to use multiple Easter colours for this banner and I think it's pretty cute.  The best part is that Coconuts helped with it and she's pretty proud of her work.  She's a crafter in the making.

It looks pretty sweet on our mantle.  Happy Easter everyone!!

Guitar Strap

Buddy boy, my little super star just turned 4 years old.  He's been asking for a guitar for a while now, and really didn't think he wanted one that bad.  So his birthday came and went without a guitar.  Until this past weekend when we got a surprise visit from Uncle Kurt and Fiance Laura who came with this fancy guitar for my little boy.  He totally was super excited about it.

He spent about four hours on Saturday just walking around banging it into my walls playing sweet tunes and not being able to keep a hold of it and play at the same time.  So down I went to the see what scrap pieces of fabric I had to make  him a strap.  I had some 2 1/2 inch binding strips left over from his bedding that I made him.  It was already cut out so it only took me about 10 minutes to sew it together.  I put little elastics on the end to tie on.  I realized once I had it done that the elastic was too loose so I did a back stitch on it so it would stay on the guitar and not fall off.  Don't you think this star fabric is perfect for my budding superstar?  I do.

Happy Birthday little buddy!!  Enjoy his first performance, I think it's super cute!

Angels Among us - RS Birthday Social

It's that special time of year again where we celebrate the organization of the Relief Society.  This was a special event for the women of our Church.  We had a planning meeting and decided to use the theme Angels Among Us that I found on Sugar Doodle.  Here is what we did. 

We started out with a video presentation.  We played the song Angels Among us by Alabama in the back ground and we had a slide show running of all the women in our ward.  As sisters came into the room if we didn't have their picture, my sweet friend Lis quickly snapped it on her phone and added it to the presentation.  Thanks Lis for always doing my computer bidding.  Your the best.  It was really a lovely presentation.

Once we played the video we had dinner and let everyone mingle.  We had ham, scalloped potatoes, salads and desserts.  It was really a lovely evening.  Once we had everyone fed and happy we moved on to the program for the evening.  We had five women share something about someone else in the room, that had something nice or special for them.  We wanted to focus on the legacy that we share with these women.  In life it's not big things that matter most it's the little things that are really the big things.

My sweet friend Monica made each person a hand out to take home.  It was a 3 x 3 card with eight different quotes about being an angel or the influence we have to do good in this world.  It was a nice night of celebrating the women in our lives and the power we all have to do good.

Baptism Dress, Yup She's Eight!

It feels like just yesterday I held this little girl in my arms for the first time.  I still remember her sweet little cry.  I remember how quickly she stopped crying as she was wrapped really snug.  I tried to imagine what it would be like to have this sweet girl grow up.  Well growing up is just what she's done!  I'm not sure where these last eight years have gone but they are gone and she's getting ready to get baptised.

Here is her dress all in white that she will wear to get baptised.  She was so excited that I was making it for her.  She sat by me and my ancient sewing machine, she handed me scissors, pulled out needles and spent a whack of time yanking her PJ's off so she could try it on for size.  I really wanted it to fit her just right.  I think it does.

I thougth it would be fun to make a little overcoat and sash for the dress to fancy it up for her.  I'm pretty sure the anxiety of working with satin gave me a few extra gray hairs, but I think they were worth it.  She looks beautiful and deserves her special dress on her special day.   

I added a few little extra ruffles at the bottom to make it a bit more fancy for her.  She loved it all so I say this project was a success.

Sweetie I hope you always remember this special day and know how much Mommy loves you and is so proud of you!!

(In case your wondering I used the Burda 9757 pattern)