I purchased this shirt back in the Spring of ‘07 from Walmart.  I think it was around $3.88.  You can’t beat that!  It was cute without anything on it.  I added this princess crown applique and added her name using Embird with Font Engine.  I also added the number 7 inside the circles on the top of the crown. This was for her 7th birthday.  Just something for Autum to wear to school.  She loved it. I just wish I didn’t embroider it so high on the shirt.  Oh well. Thanks for looking!

By the way, the original crown design came from Ann The Gran for FREE. The fabric for the applique came from Joann’s.

Lots of friends means lots of babies!  Here are just a few bibs, burp clothes, and paci clips when I was first starting out.  My favorite back then was “updog”.   I made that for a friend who loved The OFFice.  I remember when I posted it my favorite sewing forum, in the free downloads, I got a ton of questions about it.  :)  Some of the ladies kept asking what it meant. I should post it in MY free section on this site.  I think I’ll do that this week. Oh and that one about myspace.  Does myspace still exist?  That one was for my cousin and his wife. LOL

Haha…this was for one of my gorgeous friends.  She adopted a little boy.

And this was for my gorgeous friend’s hubby.  Well, for their adopted son.

I made a bunch of paci clips too.  I loved making these.  Not sure if any of them got any use though.?? I made like 3 or 4 of them for my Riley Bug before she was born and I don’t remember using any of them.  Mostly because she didn’t really use a paci. She barely uses it for sleeping.

Thanks for looking.  Feel free to leave questions or comments.  :)  Bloggers love comments.

Lexi needed a gift for one of her school friends.  We loved going to Cierra’s b-day parties while we lived in Las Vegas.  They were soooo fun!  They were over-the-top kind of parties and the kids always had a blast. They have a pool, and it’s Las Vegas, so we went with a flip-flop theme.

1) Tote Bag purchased from Joann’s with 40% off coupon. Total $1.93
2) Towel purchased from Anna’s Linens. Total $5.38
3) Flip Flops from Old Navy. Total $2.50
4) Water toy from the $Tree. Total $1.08
5) One roll of ribbon from Joann’s with 40% off coupon. Total $1.80
6) Fabric for applique. Total $1.50
I had the Koozie and thread and stuff.
Grand Total $14.19

I remember looking at Cierra’s cute face while opening this gift.  It was priceless…until she opened her next gift, which was a digital camera! Nowthat was priceless!  :D

I went to the website where I got the flip flop design from and the website no longer exists.  :(

Ran across some pictures of things that I embroidered for others. I didn’t feel like doing a blog post for each of them on their own, so I decided to put them all together.  This would be a great time to thank you for actually stopping by my blog. I appreciate it!

birthday shirt for foster daughter

birthday shirt for foster daughter

Pony ‘O’ made of a covered button and then attached to a pony ‘o’

apron for brother

apron for brother

cell phone holder for sis-in-law

bib

wash cloth for foster daughter

A few years ago, one of our Foster children needed a gift to take to a birthday party.  The Birthday girl’s name was Tatiana.  This is what I made to take to her party.

• I purchased the Pink Tote bag at Walmart and embroidered her name on it.
• I embroidered her name and embroidered this flip-flop applique on a towel for her.
• I embroidered her name on a ribbon and sewed it to an o ring.  I picked up the O rings at Home Depot. They come in a box and are in the garden section.  Then I slipped that over a water bottle.

I chose this beach theme because we were living in Las Vegas and it is so hot during the summer time.  Most of the kids spend the long hot summer days swimming.  Birthday girl loved it.

Our church was having a CRAB FEED and SILENT AUCTION to support the youth in going overseas for a missions trip.  I donated a custom baby BASKET for the silent auction.  If I remember correctly, this basket sold for $80. It includes:

• One TAG Blanket
• One TAG Ball
• 2 BURP Pads
• 2 BIBS

The Blanket, Ball, and Burp Pads were all made to match the baby’s bedding. I digitized the designs on the bibs.  Mom is a teacher and Dad owns his own lawn service.  The basket was bid on and won by a loving friend of the Mommy-to-be.  I made the items just in time for the baby shower.

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We had many foster children come through our home. They all have a special place in our hearts, but a few stand out.  We loved Karina.  Not only was she oh so cute, she was very sweet and kind.  Her hair was beautiful! EVERYWHERE we went people would stop me and ask, “is that her natural color”?  I’d think to myself, “no, we actually color our 4 year old’s hair.” Anyway, it was so pretty.  I made this little doll for her.  I embroidered the belly button, heart, and face.  It looked much cuter with clothes on.  I also embroidered this little shirt for her.

One of our favorite stories about Karina:  We were having a garage sale.  It was hot and she was tired and BORED.  I told her to go read some books that were in a nearby box. She thumbed through one on top and then yelled back, “This does not have pictures, this is NOT a book.”  LOL Got to love 4 year olds.  :D Love you Karina!