Bring On the Baby Legs

Wearing a sweatshirt today, considering closing a window (or two) in the house, and preparing the kitchen to bake cookies (which always starts with dishes) - hoping to get to the cookie part before the kids finish napping.  Daddy-O dressed Baby Girl this morning in a long-sleeved onesie and sweat pants.  I had intentions to change her outfit after he left for work, but she's definitely needed the warm clothes today.  It's a great day for leg warmers!

I've been eyeing up knee highs in all the stores and keep reminding myself to place an order to make lots of leg warmers for the upcoming craft fair (Nov. 5th @ the MAC, free admission).  Today I was looking at material and ribbons and just about bought some, but stopped myself.  Need to match the ribbons to the socks, not the socks to the ribbon.  Still looking for some holiday socks at a reasonable price - need to keep costs low so my prices can stay low.   :D

Tutus, Tutus....



Purple, Lavender & White tutu with Purple Poppy headband

In preparation for my upcoming craft fair - maybe fairS, I've made tutus all last week.  I'm having so much fun putting the colors together and seeing how they blend once finished! This one reminds me of lilacs and pansies.



Hot Pink & Purple tutu with Hot Pink Gerber Daisy hair clip

This one reminds me of Bubbliscious Bubblegum, remember the squares that you could barely fit into your mouth once you started chewing them. Great for big bubbles! 


Hot Pink, Baby Pink & White with Yellow Peonie hair clip

Ice cold pink lemonade on a hot summer day? Perfectly pink for newborn pictures or for the girliest of girls to twirl around and around.

Am considering a couple other craft fairs this winter. We'll see. I'm nervous about this first one. The biggest questions I'm trying to answer right now are "How much inventory should I bring?" and "How am I going to display it?" My friend, Robin came over the other day to craft. She is making princess and dinosaur fleece hats. Oh so cute!

Violet Purple Memories

I'm getting ready for my very first craft show (as a vendor)!   Nervous, yes.  Excited, yes.  It's just a small one at the local rec center and I go with a friend to register tomorrow.  In the spirit of getting ready, I've been making tutus to build an inventory.  There are so many questions to work through: how much inventory do I need?  Special prices or bundles?  How will I display everything - tables, hangers, headband & hair clip holders?  How much change should I have on hand?  Do I need credit card capabilities?  Should I accept checks?

Purple, lavender & white tutu with purple poppy headband.

Photographed Baby Girl in the newest tutu this morning.  Everytime I sat her up on the bed to get a nice sitting picture, she would flop backwards and throw her feet up.  So we moved it outside for a little bit.  Then she was interested in everything but the camera.  I love how the sun caught the crystal in the center of the flower on this one.



Purple, lavender & white tutu with purple poppy headband.

I decided to start with some purple tutus, since that has been the color request lately.  Will probably be sending this one out to our friends, Steph & Mike whose baby girl is due next month.  A great color to cut into all the pink stuff!

Was looking at this one last night and trying to decide what it reminds me of. The royal purple and lavender brings a flood of memories. The first thing that came to mind was my grandma's pansies. Alongside and in front of her tiny, "cracker box" house she grew little white lillies (the name is escaping me right now) and pansies. She would always pluck a pansie and pull off the petals reciting a rhyme about a little lady washing her feet. Truthfully, I think the little lady in the middle of the pansie looks more like a tiny lady in a white ball gown.



Baby Girl is looking for Daddy and Big Brother (who have left for school & work already), repeating "Eee dat daddy? Eee dat daddy?"   (Purple, lavender & white tutu with periwinkle polka-dot ruffle baby leg warmers.)

The next thing I thought of when contemplating this tutu was an old boyfriend's mom who used to grow tons of African Violets of various shades.  Noticed while I was home last weekend that my mother-in-law is also growing some on the window sill abover her kitchen sink.  I used to love checking out all of her velvety violets in all the different shades of violet, lavender, and white.

Purple, lavender & white tutu with marigold hair clip.

Lilacs.  Even though my grandma was allergic to them, I always associate them with her.  Thank you, Jenny for saying these are lilac colors!  And, of course, I've been admiring all the lavender stalks in bloom around town this summer....and if you happen to be lucky enough to be up in the high country of the Rocky Mountains, find yourself a Columbine flower. My husband's favorite purple association is the Colorado Rockies! Sure my son would agree. :D

Purple, lavender & white tutu with periwinkle polka-dot ruffle baby leg warmers and purple poppy headband.

Baby Girl's 1 Year Pics!

We got our pictures from Greg McBoat Photography and they turned out pretty darn cute! Here are a couple of my favorites - though it's hard to choose.

Busy Tutus

Baby Girl's been busy walking - ran for the first time today - and I've been busy making tutus (and a sundress, no pics yet though). Check out Ellie Grace Etsy for custom tutu listings. Currently I have 2 premade and available:  Rainbow extra-fluffy 18m ($19.99) and red / hot pink extra-fluffy 3T ($24.99).

Both have ribbon-encased waist bands, bows and are extra fluffy.

The flower hair clips make great accessories on these!



Flag Day

Gearing up Accessorizing for the 4th of July with a red, white & blue tutu. How appropriate that I got to starting this on Flag Day. It's almost done, but I ran out of tulle - cut the strips longer than I had originally planned. That just means that she'll get to wear it longer though, since it has a nice stretchy elastic band.

Still tweeking a couple techniques.... will be able to do custom order tutus (and some premades).

The Perfect Rainbow

I was busy last night & this morning.... and these are what Baby Girl gets to wear today until the sun heats up our beautiful Colorado day. She tried to put them on her head, of course, as she does everything - especially Big Brother's (clean) undies.

These are longer than your typical baby leg warmers, as you can see on Baby Girl (tall 11 month old), even pulled up all the way, they easily reach her heels and provide some foot coverage. I expect these will fit her well into her toddler years and perhaps even preschool or beyond (if not cheek-to-heel).

Currently I only have one pair of these available for sale ($8), but will have similar leg warmers coming soon - to include polka dots.

Baby Leg Makin'

Mailman came yesterday...and actually delivered a package to my DOOR! He even knocked and stayed there with the package until I answered. I'm impressed. But even more impressing are these funky socks. Shipping was super fast, good quality, and ....look at how funky they are!

These stripes aren't going to stay socks for long. I'm thinking chubby legs, baby butt to ankles (or over the heels as well, if you like).

Pair them with a sassy onesie, clothe diapers...my favorite is under a fluffy skirt. (Tutus are on Baby Girl's horizon!) What do you think? Should I make them plain or add some ruffles / eyelet lace on the ends?

Baby Legs Infatuation

Ordered some Baby Legs off Ebay about a month ago and they finally came! Baby Girl has never been one to keep socks on. It probably has something to do with being born late last June and no air conditioning at our house. (Those hot days aren't far away - as I await the forecasted snow to come and go.) So I pull her Baby Legs down onto her feet. Doing this also helps socks stay on when I do put them on her.

I'm so infatuated with the cuteness of Baby Legs, that I ordered a bunch to sell ($5 / pair) - and they came in the mail this week too. Not pictured here: pink w/ flowers & a ruffle, navy w/ teal stars, navy w/ cars, rainbow "I <3 Mom". Tonight I ordered supplies to make some funky ones.

My house is full of half-finished projects, like any true crafter's.