Sunday, April 15, 2007
Patty Griffin
Two of my favorite things to do while I am designing / creating is to have either the tv or music on in the background. I get a little obsessive with my music. When I find an artist I like, I will play them to death for about 4 months. Then I am completely sick of listening to that album and will move onto something new. So my new obsession this month is the folk singer Patty Griffin. You can check out her site at www.pattygriffin.com. Love it, love it, love it.....
My music likes are completely across the board. My last obsession was Fergie and a mix of Spanish/Latin from my husband's iPod....
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Avannabel Baby
These great outfits were just shipped to www.avannabelbaby.com . If you are interested in any of these Poppylarity outfits, please contact them and they will be happy to assist you. I love Jennifer's web store. She has put together a great collection from many designers. Happy Shopping!
Vintage Tablecloth Halter Dress 2/3 Years
Vintage Tablecloth Halter Dress Size 3/4 Years
Vintage Tablecloth Skirted Pants 3/4 Years
Back View
Vintage Tablecloth Skirted Pants 5/6 Years
Back View
Vintage Tablecloth Infant Pants Size 6/12 Months
Vintage Tablecloth Infant Pants Size 18 MonthsThursday, April 12, 2007
Reusable Bag Contest
1. Cleaning out my childrens’ closets and being completely irritated that they have stained their perfectly good white school uniform shirts on the playground at school.
2. At school, the fourth grade has been studying the effects of global warming and he came home yesterday completely beside himself over the potential effects. So I told him he needed to come up with an idea or plan of action against global warming instead of sitting around feeling sad about it.
3. As I am catching up on my favorite blog, I come across the reusable bag contest and realize that this is the perfect project to get my son involved with.
He now feels he is making a difference with global warming.The final result of the three inspirations is the recycled t-shirt bag. I think this bag hits almost all the points people are contemplating in the comments.
1. It’s using a recycled material that is washable and reusable. (My family donates or throws away at least 10 t-shirts a person per year)
2. Compact, can fit several into each other for storage.
3. Fabric is soft shouldn’t bruise the food.
4. Easy, easy to sew and probably could be made with no sewing and some fabric glue.
5. Edges could be serged, zigzag stitched and maybe left raw.
6. Could be screen printed with company logo
7. With a long sleeve shirt, the sleeve could cover a piece of cardboard/plastic canvas to make the bottom more structured.
8. Cool graphics from the original tee as decoration.
9. Decoration ideas are endless.
10. Once the bag is worn out, it will go in the rag box.
11. My son thought the unused collar pieces would work great to make baby bibs.
So far I found that my son’s boy large shirts are the best size. My husband’s XXL shirts looks huge but I will give it a try next time we are at the store. Both t-shirt and polo shirt fabrics work good. I used one of the short sleeves as a pocket and one long sleeve as an umbrella pocket. Another idea for my husband’s shirt was to insert the bottom of a box into it. This would work great for milk and bulky items. The downside is you are caring a box.
See Pictures above..
Next my son and I are looking at turning this into a fourth grade project. Will keep you posted.



