Shop News and a Giveaway!

Well, like I said in my last post, here, Oliver is now 3 months old, sigh.  And besides little man getting bigger and bigger by the minute it also means I have officially been on maternity leave from the shop for 3 whole months already.  So last week I was a busy little bee putting together pretty fabric combinations for a whole new line of fall dresses as sort of a Grand Re-Opening of sorts.  Yahoo!

So without further ado...

{Flutter Sleeve Peasant Dress in Pink and Green Mod Flowers}

I just added this sweet little number a couple of days ago...I love Heather Bailey and I love her Freshcut line!  This dress is perfect for back-to-school wardrobes everywhere!

{Flutter Sleeve Ruffle Peasant Dress in Orange Plaid}

I just love this dress for Fall.  The orange.  The plaid.  LOVE!  I am going to dress my girls up in a matching set with a pair of tights and snuggly brown boots.  It's the perfect dress for the apple orchard or pumpkin patch, don't you think?

{Flutter Sleeve Ruffle Peasant Dress in Mod Blue}

I love this dress for the bright colors.  Orange and blue are such a lovely combination on the eyes.  Need something cute for family photos this year?  Well, this is your dress!  And there are two more dresses below that coordinate nicely with it incase you have a few more girls to outfit!

{Flutter Sleeve Peasant Dress in Pop Daisy}

Oh, how this dress makes me smile!  When I put this dress together I had my little Eloise in mind.  Her blue eyes 'pop' just like the blue in this dress :-)

{Flutter Sleeve Peasant Dress in Rose Bouquet}

And can you believe that this dress coordinates most awesomely with the two above it?  Yup, I had a few sister-sister coordinating ideas in mind that I thought you might like too.  The florals in this dress are especially sweet and girly to me!

{Crossover Pinafore in Turquoise Bouquet}

And finally, due to popular demand, I now have some Crossover Pinafores in the shop!  These are fully lined so they can be worn reversed for two looks in one!  I added pretty little snaps in place of buttons to the straps of the pinafores to help little hands dress themselves easier...mommas, you are welcome! :-)

{Backside}

{Crossover Pinafore in Turquoise Mums}

{Crossover Pinafore in Pretty in Pink}

These pinafores can be made in size 3m-3T although you can wear them as tops up to 2 years past the specific age size.  So a 3T pinafore would fit great as a top for a 4 or 5 year old!  I LOVE clothing that can last many years.

{Coordinating Diaper Covers}

And one last new item in the shop I'm so excited to share with you...Coordinating Diaper Covers!  These babies are great additions to the Crossover Pinafores and the Flutter Sleeve Peasant Dresses!  There is just something adorable about a coordinated little bum :-)  You pick the coordinating fabric based off of any dress or pinafore in the shop so you can get the exact look you are going for...awesome!  These are also uber cute for cake-smashing photos too, fyi.

Well, that's it!  I hope you like some of the new styles and fabric combos now in the shop.  I am still  offering some of the dresses from last Spring although in limited quantities based off of my fabric supply, so order them while they last!

Now, how would y'all like a giveaway?

I am giving away ONE dress or pinafore of your choice from my shop to ONE of you lovely readers!!

Just tell me what your favorite item in my shop is!

For extra entries (one comment per entry please!)
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4.  Pin a dress or pinafore from my new fall line on Pinterest.

And guess what?  I'm also offering a limited time coupon code just to show my thanks for all of your support and love.  Use coupon code SMASHEDPEAS10 at checkout to receive 10% off your entire purchase from my shop.  Good until the end of the month!

Giveaway ends Monday, September 24 at midnight!

Good Luck!

Thanks for stopping by today!

XOXO,

Vintage Birthday Dresses

This week we invited our tiny friends and their mommas and had a birthday party for my two sweet little girlies, those sisters.  PS. I'm starting to realize just how crazy busy our summer's are going to be around here with birthdays galore.  Oliver's is the middle of June, mine is the end of June, Eloise's is the middle of July and Penelope's is the middle of August.  Can you say cake overload? :-)   

I decided to throw a joint party for the two of them since their birthdays are literally a month a part.  It would kinda be silly to have two parties in such a short time, right?  I figure we should be able to get more than a few years of joint parties out of them since they share the same friends base and all my kids tend to play together with the same families...gotta love when your momma friends and their little ones take so nicely to each other!

I decided on a vintage-themed party for this one.  Since y'all know my love of vintage goodness it had to be done :-)  A few weeks prior to the big day Penelope asked me if I was going to make her a dress for her party (be still my beating heart!) so of course I had to oblige her!

Since I love coordinating my girls' outfits I made one for Eloise too which, let me tell, was the sweetest thing to see the excitement on her face when it was her turn to try on her dress while I figured out the button placement.  That girl is such a doll.

Penelope helped me pick out the fabric online...we went with Riley Blake's Seaside.  I love the vintage feel of it.  Such cute floral, plaids, and polka dots...totally loving the entire line, I just may need to buy a few bolts of it for the shop!

I created a pattern for a fully lined A-line jumper which could also be reversible if I just added a button to the underside.  I love how they turned out and they have such a great vintage feel to them.  I add white piping to the neck and arm hole's of Penelope's and orange ric rac in the same area of Eloise's.  It was the perfect touch.  Next time I make them, which will be soon as I have a few more cut and ready to be sewn waiting in my studio, I may add some pockets or a fun ruffle down the middle...the ideas are really endless with this one!

Birthday girl #1...a whole 2 years old now!  Can you tell she likes her dress?

And Birthday girl #2, I still can't believe this one is 4 years old!  Just where has the time gone?

These sweet sisters.  They really enjoyed their party.  We are so thankful that we have some amazing friends who came to celebrate them in style, love you guys!  

I'll share more about the party next week, promise!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

We'll talk soon.

XOXO,

Easter 2012

Happy Easter 2012!  Only a few days late but for a good reason as we were visiting my family out east and just returned home yesterday!  The car trip was a whopping 12 hours and the kids did fabulously, I am still shocked.  I think we made a good call when we decided to forego the long drive through the night we normally do and go for the drive during the day instead.  Last year, even though Eloise did awesome sleeping through the night, Noah and Penelope just did not sleep well in their carseats (hello uncomfortable being strapped into those darn 5 point harnesses, I think their long legs kept falling asleep on them!)  So this time around we decided to leave in the late morning so that we were at my parents doorstep by midnight.  It meant stopping for a few more breaks than usual but it wasn't so bad in the end, especially considering Clif and I weren't sleep deprived by the end of the trip!

My kids love visiting my parents, heck so do Clif and I, it's the closest thing to heaven on earth I think.  We had so much fun, my parents are seriously the best Camp Grandma and Grandpa a kid (or grandkid) could ask for.   There were non-stop activities to keep them all busy so Clif and I could relax a bit, awesome!  I really wish they lived closer...sigh.  Maybe one day?

{Eloise's Easter Dress}

I was able to speed sew a few Easter dresses for the girls' the night before we left, seriously just in the nick of time.  I decided to do a coordinating set based off of a pair of pretty vintage pillowcases I picked up last year at a flea market.  Unfortunately I didn't get around to making a matching tie for Noah but I don't think he would have been too keen on me making him a pink tie to coordinate with his little sisters this time around, lol :-)  If you want to see last year's outfits, click here and here!

Isn't the hand embroidery on these pillowcases just gorgeous?  There is no way I could ever put the time into doing this myself.  I have to admit I felt a little sad cutting into them but then figured they would get more use as sweet little dresses, plus the only people that would see the pillowcases would be us and this way we can show off the beautiful hand embroidery to the world.  Do you ever feel that way when you use vintage goods?

I found this beautiful vintage lace trim at another flea market I visited almost 2 years ago!  I've been hoarding it for what seems like forever but felt this was the absolute perfect project to use it on.  Don't you love when things come together like that?  It was just meant to be a part of this dress for Penelope.

{Penelope's Easter Dress}

I made Penelope's dress a sweet little A-line with stretchy elastic at the top for easy on and off.  I added the vintage lace as shoulder straps to balance out the lace at the bottom of the pillowcase.  I love the sweet girly nature of it all.

And here it is on my little girlie.  She loved it so much and called it her 'Princess Dress' because of all the lace details.  She couldn't wait to put it on and twirl for Grandma and Grandpa. 

Here is one of the pictures I was able to take before the big Easter Egg hunt at my parents' house started.  We were supposedly going over the rules but let's be honest, Easter Egg hunts have no rules!  It was just our way of trying to get them all to stand still for a moment. 

Eloise loved carrying around her new 'purse' ha!

It was so warm out that after awhile she decided to just bask in the sun.

Penelope was ecstatic to find that some of the easter eggs contained lip gloss.  Eeek!  I thought her head 

was going to explode.

Noah had quite the haul by the end of the hunt.  He was such a nice big brother that he shared his finds with his sisters.  I love that about him, he really does have such a good heart.

I hope you had a wonderful Easter too.  Ours was perfect in every way, it always makes me happy to be able to spend time with my family...there is just something about being around your own family for the holidays isn't there!

We'll talk soon!

XOXO,

New Flutter Sleeve Ruffle Peasant Dresses in the Shop

Yup, you read that right!  I finally opened up my Etsy shop again about 2 weeks ago and I have a whole stock of new dresses in there!  Hooray for second trimester energy and feeling completely back to my old self again!  And as many of you know from our Facebook chats, I also just ordered a what feels like a UPS truckload full of fabric bolts that should be arriving today (who's excited for more pretty fabric...me, me, me!) so look for even more dresses and sweet baby gifts hitting the shop in another few weeks.

All these styles are available in sizes 6 months, 12 months, 2T, 3T, 4T, as well as 5 and 6 years of age.  PS. You can click on the links below the images to go directly to my shop.  Hope you like them!

{Flutter Sleeve Ruffle Peasant Dress in Mod Pink Floral}

I just love the whimsical florals and soft pinks of this dress, super girly girl.  Plus it would be perfect for Easter Sunday, don't you think!

{Flutter Sleeve Ruffle Peasant Dress in Mod Green Floral}

I love the bright pops of color and the pretty flowers in this dress.  How sweet for St. Patrick's day too (coming up soon!)

{Flutter Sleeve Ruffle Peasant Dress in Mod Pink and Red Leaves}

This sweet number was Eloise's Valentine's Day dress but of course it would be perfect anytime of the year! 

{Flutter Sleeve Ruffle Peasant Dress in Pink and Red Dots}

This little number was Penelope's Valentine's Day dress.  You all know my love of dressing sisters in coordinating but not overly matchy outfits, right?  And if you don't, well, I LOVE it!  I think these two dresses did that perfectly!  See a picture of my two cuties in their dresses in this post here :-)

{Flutter Sleeve Ruffle Peasant Dress in Green Stipes}

And of course some stripes for the stripes lovers out there.  I love the greens, yellows, and blues in this dress, it feels like spring is in the air...which it will be soon, yahoo!  

I hope you enjoyed a little Spring Preview from my shop!  

Enjoy your weekend and we'll talk soon.

XOXO,

New Dresses in the Shop!

Now that summer is over and I've got two of my littles in school a few hours a week, I thought I should finally get a few more products in my Etsy shop.  Unfortunately Etsyland takes a backseat during the summer months and the majority of my orders stay local, thanks local lovelies y'all don't know how blessed I feel by your support of my shop!  But right now let's just say a big hooray for back-to-school and the fact that I now have few hours to create some pretty frocks for all of your little girlies!

First up in my shop is this Flutter Sleeve Ruffle Peasant Dress in Multicolor Butterflies.  This adorable dress can be made in sizes 6 months to age 6!  I love the bright colors of this dress...doesn't it make you happy!  

Remember seeing this dress here?  Now you can have one of your very own, holla!   The Flutter Sleeve Ruffle Peasant Dress in Pink and Green Mod Flowers is available as a custom order, sizes 6 months to 6 years.  

This A-line Dress with Vintage Ruffle Bib and the coordinating pillowcase dress (below) have been hugely popular since they made their debut in this blog post here.  Thanks to so many of you who have inquired via email and custom ordered this dress I have decided to start offering it in the shop in sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 years.   

And Eloise's Little Girls Pillowcase Dress in Children at Play is now ready to order as well, sizes 6 months to 6 years.  Also, all of my dresses can have coordinating diaper covers made up to age 2T for an additional fee just inquire about them within the shop!   

Did you know that all of the dresses shown and more that I sell in the shop transition well into the colder months too?  Just add a long sleeve shirt underneath and a pair of knit legging, tights, or a pair of jeans for the perfect cool weather look!  Once your little girl grows out of the dress she can even wear it as a top...love that!  Versatile clothing that can be worn year round and from year to year is a win/win in my book!  :-)

Hope you all have a great weekend!

We'll talk soon!

XOXO,