I can fix anything!!

Well, actually I can't fix anything, but my kids sure think I can.

If a toy breaks, they usually bring it to me to hot glue back together. There are several action figures at our house that are glued back together. :)

And if its clothes, they get set on my sewing machine to be fixed. The stuffed animals, or "friends" as my kids call them, they get fixed to. But it's more of an operating room scene there, with my kids holding them still so they can be fixed. 

Which brings me to my next item...the trampoline.

 

 

My sweet mother and father-in-law gave us their old trampoline last fall. We excitedly put it u and soon had to take it down because too many of the rings popped off. So to the garage it went in hopes that it didn't cost too much to repair. Earlier this spring, (I guess it's not technically spring until tomorrow) so earlier this month...the kids started inquiring about when I was going to fix them trampoline. I made a few phone calls and I couldn't believe it, $85-$105 just to fix the mat. Crazy!! 

So I set forth figuring out if I wanted to try it, and given the other option, I decided to try. I bought some leather needles, and some upholstery thread, and felt ready to try.

But because it's an older trampoline it gets everything pretty dirty, so I would have to try to get it all done at once so I could clean my machine really good, before I had anything else I needed to sew.  :)

Well, 4 hours, alot of frustration, and a really dirty machine later, it's done. And my kids couldn't be happier. Maybe I can fix anything....;)

 

Any crazy things your kids have asked you to fix??

Until next time...

The Magic is in the Details

Disneyland....Magical for every age.

I have not been to Disneyland since I was in high school, but as soon as I entered, I was surprised that the magic feeling was still there for me.

As I rode the many rides and met the many characters, I began to notice all the small details, for instant, the feel of all the rides are distinctively their own. Each ride makes you feel like you are there in that little story. 

And the costumes...WOW! 

Tinkerbell

Fawn

Alice and the Mad Hatter

Jedi Training show -Really Good if you haven't seen it!

Jedi Training show

Jedi Training show

Snow White

Tiana

I kind of wanted to wear the princess dresses! ;)

We rode the 'it's a small world' ride and I marvelled at the attention to detail on all those dolls clothing. Seriously there are hundreds of dolls on that ride alone, just over 300 to be exact, but each one is so unique and made with so much detail. More so than most people even notice, and why? It's part of the Magic. 

I actually made my family go on the ride several times, (which they didn't fuss about) just so I could try to capture some pictures of them. However, you will have to excuse my poor photography skills. Its hard to get detailed photographs while moving on a boat. :)

Those stripes are gold ribbon sewn on!!

So many cute ruffles!

It's really hard to see, but the dolls at the top have some major bead work.

Latin American Part

They are all beautiful, some have bead work or ribbon, others are ruffled, but my favorite was the ones in the Latin American part. It's also the ones I had the hardest time getting pictures of!!

I have so many ideas and inspirations floating around in my head just from that part! I loved it! So next time you are at Disneyland, hit up it's a small world and check out all the details!!  

Until next time....

Holiday Clothes

So maybe its just me, which it probably is, but I love making Lucy a little holiday outfit each month. Whether its revamping an old shirt or making her a new skirt, I love it!! And I try to make them so that she can wear them more than just at that holiday too!

 

 

At Christmas I made her this skirt with some left over holiday fabric from a different project. (I do admit this is kind of more of a seasonal one, but I already had the fabric. :)) 

 

For Valentines, I took one of her T-shirts that had a huge purple stain on it, and I just couldn't get it out. I simply added a giant heart. The cupcake skirt fabric we found on clearance. Together they are more Valentines-y, but if you separate the skirt and shirt I think she can where them year round. :)

 



 

Which brings me to St. Patrick's day. She already had the skirt I made a while back, I just took one of her plain white shirts and added a 4-leaf clover. And (BONUS) the clover is still low enough that she can wear it under a jumper and not have it show.  Oh and once again, if you separate them I think they can be worn year round, like add the skirt to her apple shirt a made a while back....

 

 

See, it doesn't scream St. Patrick's day!!

 

 

Oh I just wanted to give you a quick tip.... when you are making something and can't find thread to match well, the rule of thumb (I was always taught) is if it's a darker color, go with a darker thread, if it's a lighter color, go with a lighter thread. Or you can always accent with another color from the outfit, like I did. I used the darker green from the skirt to outline the clover. Well, that's about it!!

 

 

Until next time.....