Oh Summer! Jumper and bloomers set

I know you're thinking that I have gone nuts! Summer in December? Yup! While most of us are only thinking about the shawls, sweaters and coats, there are some places where summer is but just around the corner. This is a jumper and a bloomers set that was a custom order from one such place. The top is made in a lightweight butterfly print. I also appliqued some butterflies to match the print on the bodice.

These are made in size 6T and the client wanted something in light yellow. I took the liberty of pairing it with gray print and apparently my client likes it. Here they're together:

Of Course, Whats a little girl's outfit without a matching hair-bow. Here's the close-up.

Simple and sweet. I like it this way. Hope the little girl likes it as well. I have only recently started taking custom orders and so far I'm really enjoying it. Its a little stressful to prepare something with a deadline, but its also a lot more creative, to make something according to a clients specifications and tastes and to a little girl's liking.

Here they are. All wrapped up and good to go.

Simple eyelet dress

While sorting her wardrobe, I realized that little missy needs some plain cotton woven dresses to be comfortable in the hot summer thats upon us now. In an ideal world, I would have foreseen this need and spent some time during spring to work on soft woven fabrics, instead of knits. Alas, we don't live in an ideal world, so I drafted a simple dress pattern with her measurements and made her this dress. Of course she needs many more of these, so you're going to see many more of these in the posts to come.

Beach beckons!

So we spent the memorial day weekend munching junk food, lounging around, gossiping with (girl)friends, clicking pictures basically doing nothing. And it was the best long weekend in a long long time.

I wanted to make some accessories to wear on this beachy vacation ( less beach, more vacation). Here's what I came up with:

I even got bold with my nail-color. I don't think my nails had ever seen anything that was not brown-ish.....or....red-ish so far....but this time I chose to step out of my comfort zone.

I think I have some sort of teal-fever right now....I'm loving everything teal this summer. What is your current favorite?