Doggy Days!

Meet Tucker, the newest addition to our little family. He's not too fond of the camera - he gets all squinty at the flash.

Last week, our family adopted a dog from the local animal shelter. He's super sweet and a lovable little rascal. We adopted him on a whim and weren't really prepared for a dog, especially a small one. So I got busy this weekend and made a fleece doggy jacket and a little doggy bed.

Here's the new dog paraphernalia:


He really loves his double layer fleece jacket. It was about 30 degrees out today, so I'm sure he'll appreciate it even more on those 2 degree days.

He's not super fond of the fleece and jersey bed I made, but I am guessing he's just not used to having a bed. He'll snuggle into sometimes, but it's not a fixture in his mind yet. Right now, "BED" seems to be the red Lay-Z-Boy. Hopefully that will change. At least he doesn't shed! You can see in the lower right that my two-year-old likes the dog bed - she was using it for her monkeys and dolls to nap in. :o)

A Colorful Opportunity

I found some beautiful absolutely-must-not-leave-this-store-without-some-of-this knit fabric at the store the other night when I managed to get out of the house all by myself (amazingly relaxing!). We're on a budget so I decided that even though I couldn't live without it, I could live with only one yard convincing myself I would figure out something to make out of it.

On my way home, I had a Eureka moment. I would turn that fabric into a scarf. Or three.

So I did. I discovered a tiny hole in the fabric and decided I would make a 10" scarf to keep for myself, and open an Etsy shop to see if I could sell the other two 15"x58" scarves.

**My two year old couldn't wait to wear the 10" scarf. She's going to be such a diva! LOVE IT!

Shades of Plum

Since our winters can be pretty harsh around here (though this winter has been ridiculously nice), I decided to make some ruffled leggings to finish off the shirt and skirt I talked about in the last post. Same pattern, with some modifications.

I made some test leggings the night before last and decided the next pair needed to be a little shorter from waist to crotch, and shorter from crotch to ankle.

My model was angry when I made her strip down to her skivvies for lunch, but I didn't think Tomato Soup Orange and Grilled Cheese Sandwich Yellow and Crumbs would go well with the purple. 

A New Outift

I couldn't resist the call of the bubble skirt for my two year old. I had some sweet purple striped jersey knit fabric and some elastic and matching thread so I decided to get to work. And since she didn't have an adorable shirt to match the skirt, I decided to make that, too :)

I did use a McCall's pattern for the skirt and shirt, but the shirt has been modified to have a layer and also some nice little asymmetric ruffles down the front.

She was super excited to try the outfit on today and threw a fit when I made her take it off to eat breakfast. I just can't bring myself to let her eat in it - I can't risk a stain, after all, haha. Plus I haven't figured out how all those other moms keep their toddlers clothes absolutely spotless...

Bask in the cuteness.