Flowers and Dots baby shower - FREE printables!

A friend of mine is expecting a little girl in June so this past weekend, some friends and I threw her a baby shower with a "flower and dots" theme.

Her nursery colors are very colorful and bright, so I wanted to incorporate those colors throughout.

I made a banner to hang in the entryway and hung it with clear fishing line.

Friends made the food for the shower. The table was full of fun finger foods: egg salad and chicken salad sandwiches, chips, candy, cupcakes and skewers of angel food cake and strawberries drizzled in chocolate.

For table decorations, I made cute topiaries by covering floral foam with tissue paper. The base of the topiaries was filled with spring colored M and M's.

I also made standing labels for the food.

My favorite part though, was the cupcake toppers that I made using lollipop sticks and ribbon to look like little flowers on top of each cupcake.

I wanted to make something special that could be both a decoration and gift for the mama-to-be, so I decided to make a framed name plaque for the baby, Annabella Rose.

I used Photoshop and Illustrator to design the picture, then I painted a wood frame that I bought at Wal-Mart. It made a cute decoration on the entryway table where people signed the guest book.

We're excited to meet you Annabella!!

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Download my free cupcake toppers HERE. I included blank ones as well.

I'll be doing a tutorial later this week to show you how to make your own spring topiary just in time for Mother's Day!

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YOUR creations!

I love seeing the things you create using my tutorials! It really does make my day when I get sweet comments, questions, or pictures from you with the things you've done. You guys are the reason I blog. On those days I really don't feel like writing, I get a really nice email or picture from one of my bloggy friends and it totally makes my day.

I just have to take a minute and give a shout out to Nichole at Barilla Fab 4 who sewed along with me and totally rocked The Haley Dress this past week!

She braved my 4-day instructions and made 2 adorable dresses for her girls!

I love the fabric she chose in the top picture! Aren't all those patterns so cute? And check out her adorable girls:

I mean really, it's not fair to have 2 children that adorable. This picture of her girls in the dresses she made from my Haley Dress Sew-Along was definitely a pick-me-up when I saw it in my inbox. And it gave me an idea.

 I've started a tab on my blog dedicated to your creations!

If you've made something using one of my tutorials, notify me or email a picture to me at myownroad@yahoo.com and I might include it in my "Your Creations" tab! While I would love to show off all of your creations, it has to be something you made from one of my tutorials. I can't wait to see your hard work!

And again, thank you for reading :)

Connor - 5 months

Today, my little stinker is 5 months old.

The time I spent in the hospital on bed rest while I was pregnant with him drug on forever....probably because my days were so predictable. 

But now, where did these last 5 months go??

It seems like he's grown up entirely too fast. I know probably every mother says that, but it really is true. I love watching him grow and learn. He found his toes a couple of days ago, and it's so cute to watch him try to get them to his mouth.

This is the most smiley little boy you'll ever see. He gives me these big grins that melt my heart.

Should I be worried this early that he's going to be the mack daddy of the pre-school?

Some Simple Skirts

In between a million other projects, I've been attempting to make some spring clothes for Haley. Luckily, skirts take little time to throw together - pending injury. I sewed through my finger a few nights ago - not my finest moment. I would like to say this is my first time, but unfortunately it's actually the second time I've sewed my finger. The drone of the sewing machine made me zone out in la la land for a minute and all the sudden the pointer finger on my left hand found its way under the needle. No major damage, just added another tick mark next to the number of clumsy things I've done.

Anyway, since Dana from MADE posted her tutorial for The Simple Skirt, I knew I wanted to make a few for Haley. I've had 1/2 yard of Michael Miller's Tweet Tweet fabric waiting to be made into something, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity.

I made a pattern from a skirt Haley already has and then cut 2 different lengths from the fabric to create a double-tiered skirt. I made the skirt more flared than Dana's version - I love it!

This second one was made with The Simple Skirt tutorial as well. If you haven't noticed by now, I'm obsessed with turquoise and brown so of course there had to be at least one turquoise and brown skirt.

This one is a single tier skirt lined with bias tape for the binding on the bottom. It was so easy to make. Between cutting out the fabric and sewing together, I don't think this took more than 30 minutes to put together. That's my kind of project! It's nice to be able to run upstairs while both kids are napping and sew something real quick.

Please ignore my daughter's crazy hair, she inherited her Mama's curls and they can't be contained :)

I've also been sewing a few pairs of shorts for Haley - both play shorts and pj shorts since the summer heat is starting early here in Tennessee. I'll have to post those soon, and possibly a tutorial with them!



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Easter with friends

Happy Easter

He is risen!

"I came that they might have life, and have it abundantly."

John 10:10