Ava's Birthday Skirt

Ava's second birthday is tomorrow (already?! how is this happening??). I haven't sewn anything in quite a while, but I knew I wanted to make her something special to wear on her birthday. I think she's going to love this skirt:


I used this tutorial, and it only took me about half an hour from start to finish. This is a seriously easy project, and I can see more of these in our future. I had to guess on the length since the birthday girl is taking her nap right now, but it looks like it is going to be a good fit. I can't wait to try it on her!

Happy Birthday, Ava!

Finally, an Update!

This summer has been flying by. It's hard to believe that I'll be headed back to teaching in just a few weeks.

I've decided to put my Etsy shop in "vacation mode" for a while. I've been making custom orders and working on things to send out to some local shops.

I now have things in THREE real, live shops!!

Broad Street Bazaar
55 N Broad Street
Lititz, PA 17543

The Hodge Podgery
1100 N 3rd Street
Harrisburg, PA

Hello, Bluebird (opening very soon!)
609 Penn Avenue
West Reading, PA

All three of these shops are filled with awesome handmade things. Go check them out!

CBN This Sunday!

(image: Crafty By Nature)

Come celebrate the holiday weekend at Shupp's Grove! Support local, independent artists at this month's Crafty By Nature event.

Sunday, July 5th
9:00-4:00
Shupp's Grove
Adamstown, PA
Free Admission and Free Parking!

Two More Shops

In addition to selling things at Broad Street Bazaar in Lititz, PA, I'm also going to be selling at two more local shops!

Look for Waldeck Dry Goods items at The HodgePodgery in Harrisburg, PA later this summer! Dawn and Jessica are planning on selling things that are made from recycled or repurposed materials.

I'll also be selling at Hello, Bluebird in West Reading, PA. I was lucky enough to set up right next to Alex at last weekend's Crafty By Nature event. I think her shop is going to be great! You can read more about the shop on Alex's blog.



I am super excited to be selling my wares in three real shops this year!

My new friend Tara has written a great post about both of these shops on her blog, handmadeinpa.net (photo above borrowed from Tara's blog).

A Cute Customer!

I love when people send me photos of themselves wearing/using things that I've made. A friend from college, Abby (we recently reconnected over Facebook), sent me this photo of her little boy wearing a custom onesie that she purchased.


Isn't he cute???

Retro Yard Sale!

My friend Alicia from Ten Gallon Greetings just let me know about this awesome-sounding yard sale in Lancaster, PA. I'm definitely going to be there to check it out on Friday.

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Retro Yard Sale

802 N. Shippen St

(corner at Clay St)

Lancaster, PA

Friday & Saturday

June 5 & 6

8am - 1pm

Clothing, jewelry, books, postcards, purses, toys, household items, etc...

All kinds of cool stuff!

All from 1950's - 60's - 70's - 80's!!

Most items 50 cents or $1.00!

Treat yourself to some fun vintage-y trinket on the cheap.

Winners!

Wow! There were 124 people who commented on my giveaway! I used random.org to choose the two winners, and it picked numbers 21 and 30:

The winners are:

Tara said...

What a great giveaway. We have a boy due in Sept and this would be great to win.

Valerie said...

Those are adorable! Great giveaway!

(Check out Valerie's blog, Paper Dreams.)


Ladies, look for an email from me this morning, and start thinking about what you'd like your onesie to look like.

Thanks for commenting, everyone, and I hope some of the new readers will stick around!