I must be insane...it's either the denial of the fact that I am no longer on vacation or that my brother is occupying my sewing room, but I haven't touched my sewing machine since I've been home! I've never gone this long without sewing...let's hope I haven't forgotten how! I keed, I keed. I actually got home from vacation and have been working at my "real" job and trying to make up for lost time. Orders haven't exactly been piling in since I got back so I might as well catch up on the work my employer pays me to do!
I've been working on my fall line, slowly but surely. I made a cute butterfly dress for Clara but I have yet to take any pictures of her in it (though you can sort of see it if you scroll down to the Mount Rushmore picture!). I know, I know...I'm a slacker. I also created another summer outfit (I just had to - it was too cute!) and a peasant dress that I have no intention of selling because it's a 100% Matilda Jane knock-off. I just thought it was cute so I made it :P
This is the new summer outfit (and I'm probably only going to make a couple of these). This pink and white polka-dot dress is Euro-chic with scooter print and matching ultra flared bell bottoms.
While I am not selling this particular peasant dress, get used to seeing other similar ones in my fall line!
And of course, here are more pictures of some Daisy girls!
Two blog posts in two days from me! Don't come to expect this! lol
It's been a fun-filled and crazy couple weeks but we're home now! (sniff sniff). We went on a trip that took us from Colorado to Marquette, Michigan. We went through Rapid City, SD, had a family reunion in Bloomington, MN (stayed across the street from the Mall of America), drove north to Grand Rapids, MN to stay with some family, and cruised over to a waterfront cabin in Negaunee, MI where we stayed disconnected from the rest of the world for four days. We were literally the last people on this planet to know that Michael Jackson died! It was pretty unbelievable - in the words of my second oldest son, "Michael Jackson can't be dead. The dude was mostly plastic, wasn't he?"
Rapid City turned out to be far more beautiful than we expected it to be. I've been across South Dakota several times and have never been in Custer National Park. The roads in the park are so windy that they cross over themselves over and over! Mount Rushmore was really cool, too.
Unfortunately, I can't find my camera cord, so all of the following pictures were stolen from my cousin's Facebook...lol
The family reunion went well - we got to see a lot of family that we hadn't seen in many years. My crazy daughter was in heaven with all those aunts, uncles and cousins running around. I didn't even know most of them, but my little social butterfly was all over the place. I'd go looking for her and find her riding on the shoulders of uncle-so-and-so. I got to hang out with some of my coolest cousins and we even jogged over to the Mall of America (it was the day before Fathers Day and the mall was closing in 10 minutes!) where we had the opportunity to witness some people getting nasty in an elevator full of children. Klllaaasssssyyy!
Our first couple days in Northern Minnesota were rainy and buggy. My poor son had seven woodticks within the first two hours there. Then the sun came out and it got hot and buggy! Mosquitoes everywhere! Despite these issues, some of our best memories are hanging out with our family around the campfire and fishing in the Pokegama Lake. I liquored up my cousin and my daughter and her cousin went worm hunting.
Our cabin in Negaunee was so beautiful! It was more than I could have expected - we had our own little beach, canoe, sauna (though we never did partake of the sauna), and screened room overlooking the lake. It was so wonderful I could have stayed there forever! We ate pasties on Presque Isle and hiked in Pictured Rocks. We also got to see old friends and their families, though the best part of the trip was when two old white people in Northern Michigan called my husband a "cracker". I've never seen such a look of shock in my entire life! Priceless.
So now we're back home, and it did take a trip to the home country to learn that there really is no place like home. Sure, it was in the 40s last night and I'm feeling the lack of oxygen, but I can walk through the woods without being attacked by a swarm of mosquitoes and no ticks to peel off!
I'll post more pictures when I find my camera cord...and tomorrow I'll post some pictures of the girls in their newest Daisy Duds and some other little girls in theirs!
I know, I know...I've been a bad blogger. You might notice (if you live anywhere near me) that there is a direct correlation between my blogs and the weather. My camera kind of stinks for indoor pictures and the weather has been absolutely atrocious outside for the last 2 weeks. It even snowed on Monday!
So to make up for my lack of blogginess, I'm going into picture overload. Let me first start by showing off some crazy kids in their daisy duds. It'll be a nice break to not see my kids for once!
Aren't they SO cute?!
And now for the new stuff...
These are custom orders that turned out so beautifully I think I'm going to start making them going forward (assuming I can get the fabric!). As usual, my pictures do not do them justice!
This is the latest Plucky Peasant Top. Similar to the Pixie but not quite! Also notice the new brown corduroy ruffle pants!
Here's a Riley Peasant Blouse in yellow, as well as another look at the brown corduroy ruffles.
A picture of some Purple Peeps Ruffle Pants:
And some cute pictures of my girls at the Denver Botanic Gardens!
