The Minions Have Arrived!

Sugar3 Boutique on Facebook is having their Villainous Launch going on right now. Karen of Layla*and*Stitch and I collaborated for this fun launch. Karen made the shirts and I made the hats to match.

I believe the shirts are already sold but if you are interested in them, you can contact Karen on her business page on Facebook, Layla and Stitch Children's Boutique and ask her if she will be making anymore. Two of the Evil Purple Minion hats have already been purchased with Buy It Now, but once I am caught up with orders, I plan to list these fun hats in my Etsy store.


This collaboration was so much fun! I always enjoy working with Karen. She has been making beautiful boutique clothing for my girls for seven years now. She is very talented and her designs are absolutely amazing. The Sugar3 Villainous launch ends tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. CST so if you get a chance, please stop on by. There are a lot of wonderful designs available for this fun launch!

Summer Sister Portraits

Yesterday I took the girls to Wegerzyn Park for a fun sister photo shoot. The weather was perfect! The temperature was in the high 70's with no humidity, lots of sunshine, and blue skies. The girls wore their cute matching sister dress sets. I had purchased the dress sets earlier this past spring from Mellonmonkeys on Etsy.

My little "thumb sucker" had a visit today with the orthodontist. She is six years old and hasn't kicked her bad habit quite yet. All of her front permanent teeth are all grown in and she is ruining them. Because of this, she is having a thumb habit corrector appliance put in within two weeks and it looks like braces may be in her future. She isn't exactly thrilled with this and still thinks that she will continue sucking her thumb once this appliance is in. She is such a defiant yet sweet little thing.

There is never a dull moment with these two, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

More Summer Flip Flop Styles

Over the weekend I found about nine pairs of flip flops left to customize so I decided to customize a few to add to my Etsy store. The first pair I pulled out was a brightly rainbow colored pair. The first thing that came to my mind was how perfect these would be for a pool party. I added a few fun colored fish to them and accented them with some fun fringe green yarn that resembles seaweed. You can find them in my Etsy store HERE.

The next pair I found was black with silver hearts. I decided to crochet some Monster High skulls to add to them since they had that punk rock look to them. You can find these fun Monster High Flip Flops HERE.

The last pair I had customized a little while ago. I liked the flower pattern on these. I decided to crochet a flower appliqué that resembled the flowers within the pattern on them. You can find these pretty Navy Daisy Flower Flip Flops HERE.

Sorry...Been Busy...

...enjoying our summer!



The warm weather is FINALLY here!

Lalaloopsy Dolly Fun with Sugar3

Sugar3 is having their All Dolled Up launch today. I made an adorable Mint E. Stripes Lalaloopsy purse to match a dress Karen of Layla*and*Stitch created, and there is a beautiful bow and necklace set made by Tutu Cute Boutique to match as well.

There is a lot of detail on this little purse. I added a lot of beads, sequins, Swarovski crystal beads, and buttons to the little Christmas tree on the front.

Little peppermint buttons line the pink ruffle scallop trimmed purse flap. The aqua purse strap is also trimmed in a pink ruffle stitch.

A lot of detail was put into sweet Mint E. Stripes' face. I used both 100% cotton yarn and thread to create her.


The launch has already started and you can visit Sugar3's Facebook page HERE for your chance to bid to win. The launch is going on until Wednesday, July 3rd, at 3 pm. CST.

New Summer Flip Flop Designs

I promise that I am still around. I have been busy painting our home, and keeping our summer bound girls busy and happy. In between all of the chaos, I have been crocheting new flip flop designs. I just finished the Party Cupcake Flip Flops today. They are my absolute favorite and are already available in my Etsy store. You can find them HERE.

I hand sewn little Swarovski crystal beads onto the cupcakes for a little bit of sparkly sprinkle accent fun.

The next pair I created just in time for the Fourth of July. They are the Patriotic Stars Flip Flops and are a size 10/11 in little girls. You can find them in my Etsy store HERE.

These I Heart You flip flops are already sold and lasted about 4 minutes in my Etsy store last week. :) They turned out super cute I think.

And last, but certainly not least, are the Chevron Flower Flip Flops. These were also listed in my Etsy store last week and lasted about 4 minutes before they were sold as well. They turned out very colorful and fun.

New Flower Flip Flops

This week one of my dear customers mailed a few pairs of flip flops for me to customize. She told me to surprise her so I had a bit of fun embellishing these.
The first one had peace signs all over them. I decided to put peace signs into the centers of the flowers.

I think they turned out really groovy, don't you think?
The next pair was leopard print. I crocheted red flowers for these and sewed a pair of leopard printed buttons onto them.

I think these turned out beautiful and are my new favorites!

Dabbling a Little Here and a Little There

I recently found a great idea on a lovely blog I frequent a lot. I have a pair of bird sewing scissors that are sometimes uncomfortable to use. They leave indentations around my fingers. I don't use them often because of this reason...until now! I found this BRILLIANT idea to crochet grips around the finger holes on the scissors at One Sheepish Girl.

I adore the colors coral and pink together so I decided to use those colors for the grips. Now they are super comfy to use and pretty too!
I also finished a cute pair of flip flops for a dear customer of mine late last week that I have been meaning to share.

They are a gift for her neighbor who is a friend of her teenage daughter. I call these Lavender Fields and I really like the colors on this one. They turned out very nice.

She is Growing Too Fast!

Today is Xiera's 9th birthday. I surprised her this morning with a bouquet of colorful daisies and donuts for her and her cousins that stayed over for a slumber party.
On Saturday we celebrated her birthday early with family and friends. She wanted a Powerpuff Girl birthday party so we went with the theme and had a bit of fun with it.

We had her cake made by out local bakery, Brittany's Cakes. I think they did a wonderful job!

For games, Xiera drew Blossom on a poster board and we played Pin the Bow on Blossom.

We then ventured outside to try and break open the ice cream piñata.

Xiera's cousin Kailyn broke it open.

The children wasted no time grabbing up all of the candy.


Afterwards we went indoors to eat and be silly with family and friends.

Soon it was time to unwrap gifts. She received some wonderful gifts.

Happy Birthday Xiera! You are my sunshine and you light up my life each and every day! I love you!