Hello internet, it's been too long!

I've been terrible at keeping up with this blog! Life is crazy with a one year old. Absolutely crazy, beautiful, awesome NUTS. So naturally, blogging gets left behind but it is something I really want to do for me, personally, and for Matilda so that she has this entire collection of memories from her childhood. This next idea was a simple costume! I mean can you really even call it a costume? It's more like a photoshoot, let's get real. I dressed her up in jeans and a red hoodie and wrapped E.T. up in a white towel and stuffed him inside this plastic stacklable crate I use to store her toys in and VOILA! Instant Elliot & E.T. costume ensemble. I think this photo is my favorite so far out of the bunch because she's so expressive and sweet in it. She's truly a happy baby and for that I'm eternally grateful!

Baby Gnome

Oh my little baby gnome I love you! I've seen baby gnome costumes all over the internet and they are always SO DARN CUTE - I just knew I had to make one for Miss Matilda.

The blue top is simply a short sleeved royal blue t-shirt found on Amazon that I ordered much bigger (size 2T), black leggings from Old Navy, brown booties from Zutano, and the rest of it including the hat, attached beard and belt was handmade by me. Super simple project and you may already have lots of things for it already!

The photo above was taken right after I finished the costume which was about 3 months ago (I know I stink at updating!!) and the last photo was taken a week ago. I just had to get one last shot oin before she completely outgrew this costume.

Super Easy Drool Bibs

Welp, little miss has officially entered the stage where she drools CONSTANTLY and a bib is now a daily wardrobe requirement. I'm a huge fan of the way bandana style bibs look (they make babies look like lil' bandits! squee!) and I had a ton of my own Spoonflower fabrics lying around so I decided to make some of my own! I have to credit See Kate Sew for her super easy tutorial that I used! For my own bibs I used stretchy knit fabric (specifically the modern knit jersey from Spoonflower) lined with terry cloth for extra super absorbency, and I used velcro instead of snaps because that's what I had on hand.

I think she likes them! :D Also, if you're interested in purchasing any of my fabric designs you can do so at my Spoonflower Shop!

My Baby Totoro

Hello! My name is Lindsay (I'm the mama) and my daughter's name is Matilda (she's the baby!)

I always knew that I would be a crafty mama one day, concocting all sorts of fun projects for me and my little ones to explore our creativity with! So when I got pregnant last year one of my favorite things to do would be to daydream about all the fun we would start having together, even during my baby's infancy. Now that she's here and we've started a few projects already it felt natural to blog about our projects and adventures for my own personal enjoyment, for sharing with anyone who may be interested and to have a place for my girl Tildy to look back on when she's older.

All that said, I'm happy to share our first adventure in baby costume play: TOTORO! I'm sure this won't be the last Ghibli character we'll cosplay but Totoro is the cutest and had to be done! Totoro's belly was appliqued adhering hand-cut wool felt pieces to a blank baby onesie using Steam-A-Seam, the leaf headband was made using green felt cut and machine stitched into a leaf shape and attached to a soft 1/4" elastic band suitable for baby's head. Oh and the soot sprites were very simply made using 2" pompoms, white easy felt cutouts for the eyes and 8mm black eyeballs. Hope this helps anyone who wants to try it out on their own!