Christmas Light Onesie

After celebrating Halloween and Thanksgiving with his pumpkin on his bumkin, I decided that Miles needed a Christmas onesie as well.  There's nothing plastered on his behind this go round, just a string of appliqued Christmas lights.

Christmas shirts are something that I get a kick out of.  There's a lady at our church that has a whole collection of festive attire.  At our last Christmas party she had a bright green sweater that lit up and played music. It was perfect....for her.  I myself prefer to make subtle references to the holiday through color choices, but to each their own.  

I do think that it's fun to dress up a chubby little baby in holiday themed shirts, especially if it is their first time celebrating that holiday.  If you noticed, my Christmas shirt for Clark is a bit more subtle (although he is still insisting that I add some Christmas lights to the front of the shirt). You can check out my holiday onesies from last year here.

Merry Christmas!

This little guy decided to roll over yesterday, it kind of breaks my heart to see him grow up so quickly. 

Bridal Shower Throw Pillow: Tonight, Not Tonight

We'll I am back with a project.  I broke down and decided to take some photos with my husband's ipod.  They aren't great quality, but they're something.  I wanted to show you the pillow that I made for my new Sister-In-Law.  It's a pillow with a message.  Communication is generally an area that needs to be improved upon by newly weds.  This pillow aids in sending the message when body language, facial expressions aren't enough.

The pillow front has an embroidered dandelion and the word "tonight".

I made a freezer paper stencil for the pillow, but the freezer paper didn't adhere well to the thick duck cloth. To avoid bleeding, I used a fine tipped fabric marker to fill in the text (rather than fabric paint).

The back side features the pillow cover closure, seven unique yellow buttons, and the "Not Tonight" message.

I was pretty pleased with the way that the pillow turned out.  Hopefully they'll get a kick out of it.

The dandelion image was inspired by this pillow that I featured a while back.

Thanks for reading.