My Very First Go at taking Bridal Portraits........

So, saturday i had some bridal portraits to take for hannah,,,,,,and after a full weeks worth of rain,,and waking up to rain that morning,, i was pretty sure we might have our work cut out for us........i'm not set up for inside pics......lol.......but after lunch the rain turned to a mist,,and faded out ......and we got some outdoor pics...and some natural light indoor ones........it's SO hard for me to pic just a handful to share,,,,,........i loved working with someone whose sense of style isn't the "norm".......doesn't she look FABULOUS!!! i can't wait to do the wedding........and yes, i did get permission to post these on the blog.....because her fiance doesn't know about my blog! LOL

Cloud Dust in a Foreign Country.......

i have a customer that is going on a mission trip soon......and wanted something to keep her money, passport and plane tickets in.......so i made this for her.....to wear over her shoulder and across her body.......it opens up and has a pocket on the top and bottom....and a velcro closure........

"A great shower gift"

just a quick post....a pic of an order i mailed out last week......choc brown corduroy a with the name mongrammed across the front and a made to match bow.......wouldn't this make the best baby shower gift!!

Sneak Peek Part 2

here's another one of the new outfits from Cloud Dust for the fall/winter line......i love this one,,,,and katie will def have one of these in her closet!!......i love the lime green and pink together........and the pants are corduroy too!!.....

"Make it and Love it"

here it is....my first tutorial on how to make something u can love!!!.....easy peesy too! it's so easy,, i thought i'd let my 6yr old do this one for u!!...if she can do it... so can U!!... we're going to make a "shrug" out of a tee shirt that u don't wear anymore!! the one emma grace used was a wal mart shirt we bought last year....it still fits.. but she doesn't wear it much.......so now,, find ur shirt! find either a long sleeved or a short sleeved tee.......mark a line up the middle and cut...only on the front of the shirt....and around the neck line..............next cut the corners off
then u need to plug up ur iron.........fold over the edges at least 1/2 and inch all the way around from one bottom end to the other........and press.........notice that the edges aren't going to be the same exact length all the way around due to some curves in the neck....just make the edge as FLAT as possible and we'll cut off the excess later!
next u sew that in place..(remember when sewing with knit to use a bald point needle)...at least a1/4 inch space so u can get some ribbon thru there!

after that u need to trim up ur edges......
now it's time to work ur ribbon in!!!....emma grace picked a really wide ribbon...so we just folded it in half....if u have a shorter width ribbon,, this is not necessary.....pin a safety pin to the end of the ribbon
then u start on one end and work the pin in the shirt casing....and work it all the way up and around and out the other hole...........U R almost done!!!

now,, pull ur ribbon until both ends hanging from the shirt are equal length......and then sew the ribbon in place and the top middle of the neck line....that way ur ribbon won't come out when u pull and scrunch it up!!...and then clip ur ribbon ends so that they are pretty!
now guess what???....ur done!!! that's right......wasn't that easy??!!
now.. scrunch up the shirt and put it on like a jacket....and tie the ribbon in a bow! here's a pic of emma grace in her finished "shrug"......she was so proud and said she's going to wear it to school tomorrow!!

"Silent Saturday"

this first picture is katie mae in one of the outfits i made this summer......it was up and pink and blue ave all summer,, and didn't sell, so i grabbed it and brought it home for katie to wear......and next summer the pants will be capris for her!....and then these last two pics are of katie and warnock at the library .....we go every wed for story time........and i took my camera to get some new pics.......here's two of them...........

"Kynleigh's Birthday Outfit"

Here's a pic of a birthday outfit i did for miss kynleigh........hot pink and zebra,,and don't u love the maribu on the m2m bow?... my friend kristy makes all the Cloud Dust bows for me!! and she does a GREAT job!!