custom dolls for Randal's mom and sister

Apologies for the strange looking photos, I had to shoot at night.

Remember Randal? The sweet husband that bought his wife a doll for her birthday? Well, he ordered more dolls for Christmas!

This one's for his mom!

With small flowers in her hair...

He even designed how he wanted the lettering- holly leaf, heart and all. 

This one is for his sister.

hot air balloon mobile for Allison

Allison, my friend, is having a baby girl. Her and her husband are big fans of the movie UP, so they wanted a hot air balloon mobile for her nursery.

It needed to match the Brooklyn bedding set by Pottery Barn, so I got a pillow sham from the set so that I could color match the fabric perfectly.

So cute, right?

I made the woven baskets for this set because I've been dying to ever since I made the baskets for the Little Red dolls and realised that her goodie basket was the perfect size for these mobiles.

I loved mixing and matching all the fabrics for the balloons. Usually I try to make all 4 balloons different, but with my limited purple fabric choices (it was hard to match that dusty purple!) I just mixed them all up.

Sweet dreams baby girl!

cowboy and cowgirl costumes

Vests for little cowpokes.

I used this tutorial by Dana of MADE for the vests, and this tutorial for the chaps. I used clothes that were their size to modify the patterns.

Leah's red vest...

...and her red chaps.

Charley's grey vest...

...and his grey chaps.

And here are the happy kids!!!

Can you even stand the cute??? OMG. I love her!!!

And Charley? Such a sweetie pie!!!

Thanks to Kim, I have all kinds of costume making practice under my belt. I always have so much fun stretching my talents and learning new things!

hobby horses for leah and charley

It's that time of year again- Halloween costumes for my friend Kim's darling kids!

Their birthdays are in October, so she wanted their presents to be tied in with their Halloween costumes- Cowboys and Cowgirls need Hobby Horses!

I found this amazing fabric called Sarsaparilla, isn't it perfect for this project??

Leah's girl hobby horse.

Detail.

Charley's boy Hobby Horse.

Detail.

So to start out this project, let's go back to months and months ago...

I made this prototype from this hobby horse pattern by Chinky Monkey.

It looks a bit like an anteater, the ears are too small and the hair is out of control.

So I started over.

I re-drew the pattern, modified the ears.

Ears are too big, but the rest is great!

So I modified the ears again, went ahead and made the ones for Leah and Charley. 

The rest of the costumes will be in the next post!

love bug katy kitty

Available in the shop!

notting hill katy kitty

Available in the shop!

preppy girl katy kitty

Available in the shop!

kitten love katy kitty

Available in the shop!

rainbow flower katy kitty

Available in the shop!