We're ready for Halloween!!

Check here for more styles soon. Here's the latest Sassy cass dress. Cassidy has already worn it of course - who cares that Halloween is about 6 weeks away! It's meant to be a bit on the shorter side so it can be worn with fun leggings or tights.

Tiered Skirts

A great way to combine all sorts of fun fabrics!!!



corduroy for the fall/winter....

A patchwork DRESS!

And of course in action:

I'm swimming in squares!!!!!!

First- a picture of the 4 different rows that get sewn together. That last row is over 10 feet long! Amazing that that fits on a size 2T:

Here it is completed and in a pretty circle:

And here it is on the sassy little model herself:

Sundresses!

Flowy and airy and lots of fun! Here are a few samples....

Cassidy Monkeying around in her sock monkey dress:



This style actually has 2 different tiers to the bottom. Makes it a bit extra twirly which is how Cassidy likes it!

Cute little peasant dress......with an edge to it!

I found a style that I absolutely adore for Cassidy and I've been able to tweak it a number of different ways to make it look different every time! It's a simple peasant dress - but sometimes I add tiers, sometimes I do an A-Line style, sometimes I use different fabrics, sometimes it's all one fabric, sometimes.........well you get the idea!

A tiered peasant dress:

A-Line Style peasant dress:

A stripwork peasant dress:

3/4 sleeve Fall dress:

A peasant shirt:

And sew it begins!

Alright sorry for the dorky pun in the title! It had to be done. Anyways..........so I had such success with the bow making, I decided to tackle sewing. I'll admit I didn't have a whole lot of faith that I was gonna be able to do it but I really really wanted to try it. My mom sewed all of my clothes when I was little and I LOVED it! She even made me my own cabbage patch doll (ok it was no Xavier Roberts 1984 CPK but still!). So clearly I had the genetic makeup to learn how to sew lol! I found the right sewing machine for me and pretty much ran with it! I can honestly say that I think I found my niche! Too bad I didn't realize this before getting that master's degree in psychology that I'm still paying off! Ok well so what, it took me a while to get to realize it but I.LOVE.TO.SEW. I love all the different patterns and styles out there, I love fabric, I love all the different knick knacks that you can use to accessorize, I love the complete satisfaction and pride that comes with making something original for my kids. I love to create new looks...........I physically NEED to create new looks. I'm so happy with how much I've learned so far and am shocked at how easy this has come to me (my mom is too. Thanks for the confidence mom!). I'm excited about the new things I want to learn.

It all began with a little bow!

Cassidy was born in November of 2006. She was so beautiful (of course I'm biased!) and had many striking features - one of which was a big ole head of hair!! I immediately realized that all of her cute pink clothes needed to be accessorized with hair bows! So off I went to the local boutiques, purchasing little baby bows in all sorts of colors. I quickly realized (as did my wallet) that buying hair accessories was expensive! WOW was it ever expensive. So I decided to break out my craftiness and attempt to tackle making my own bows. It took a while to really get the hang of making them - in fact I'd say that it took almost a good 2 years to really be completely happy with how I wanted my bows to look. I saved my first few bows and look back at them now and shudder! LOL! But today I can make just about any style bow and be really pleased with the way it turned out! I've managed to set up shop at quite a few local festivals and have had success selling them as well! Here are some of my favorites..........