Martha Stewart Came Calling

.....so I, of course, had to bid her welcome. And this was what resulted.

So, in all reality, I have had a great longing to make hairbows for awhile. I am not about to pay 10.00.......not to mention 22.00 that I saw priced in Dillard's!......to put pretty stuff in the girls' hair. I see all of these great things at little boutique stores but even if we did have the ability to splurge it gets expensive with 3 girls and I think what they want for them is outrageous. The urge really hit when Ivye was born and I saw the little korker bows. I bought one off of Ebay for a fraction of the cost in stores but it still was more than I wanted to pay or that we could continue paying to grow her collection of them in a myraid of the colors to coordinate with her stuff. So, like anything else I do, I set off on an expedition to figure out how to do it myself. And this time around I really actually impressed myself.

Evye's bow......less is more for her. Ever feminine, ever sophisticated, ever the quieter one.

I also longed for the 3 of them to have matching spring dresses for the first time. And, since I have set out on my sewing endeavors I figured what better way to tackle something than starting with that. I found a relatively easy pattern I thought I could conquer and found Ivye a coordinating one to match. I searched the world over for some fabric that I would love and found a few prospects.....all polka dots I might add. With fabric in hand and both big dresses just costing a mere 7.22 and Ivye's tiny dress and bloomers costing 6.11 I was armed for the project. Admittedly, Mother had to bail me out on the dress making. I got as far as reading the pattern directions but this lovely idea then came upon us to have them finished for Easter Sunday. That same idea only occurred to us 2 weeks before the grand event....which occurred to neither of us at the time of this grand creative idea. Nothing like a clock ticking. So, she made the dresses and I am set to make the next set of them....especially since she has gone before me on this one particular pattern and can now aid me.....despite the fact it states boldly in large capital letters on the cover "EASY SEW" or something of that nature.

Aubrey's bow.....alot more stuff. Bigger is better. Rowdier, louder and never ignoring the wow factor. Ever loveable Aubrey.

When Mother brought Grayson home over this past weekend we did an ole' time, back to my childhood days of pulling an all nighter to get them finished for church. I can't count the number of times we stayed up late sewing into the wee hours of the morning finishing up projects for a specific event that she had started only a week before. While she sewed I worked on hairbows. With one completed earlier in the week, I created the other 2 as the morning hours sped by and we talked and laughed. Ranging from the deep talks that cover most everything between a mother and daughter that have made life's transition into best friends to the giggly, overly tired late night funnies, we finally retired at 4:30 am. I guess this ole' body can't hack that anymore since I awoke the next morning with chills and was running fever by afternoon. It ended up being what we think was an entirely mild case of mastitis...which when I usually get am down for an entire week. Having learned the ropes through many children and knowing the beginning signs I was able to hold it off and God, in His ever merciful, loving ways, spared me from the worst part that puts one in bed for a week with fever running as high as 103....which it shot up to last time I had it so bad.

Ivye's fluff. Tiny, girly, feminine fluff.

Easter Sunday's morning church service was out, given the way we both felt after pulling our all nighter. Which was ironically funny since the whole thing was for the sheer purpose of getting them done by church. But the girls now have them to wear for this Sunday and we also have several large, formal attire events to attend as a family so the dresses....and hair decorations......will be put to good use until I can get the next set of dresses made. Evye and Aubrey are ecstatic. They have been begging since Ivye was born for matching dresses. I think they love seeing their stuff in a little tiny miniature version. And they love all matching since Evye and Aubrey can then claim complete ownership of Ivye to anyone and everyone. Next thing up is tackling a prairie dress for Evye to play in. She has been begging since last year. We'll see how that one goes.

This was the trial run and just to get some fun pics since they have been longing for them since the dresses had the finishing stitch put in. Let's just say that I didn't invest a ton of time into their hairdo for this shoot.

But, for the next project of the week........getting the pics of them that we missed getting this past Sunday.....seeing as how everybody was still in their pj's at 5pm.

Loving the TX wind. Marilyn Monroe's new up and coming act.

The flash was on but the pretty little girls in it are still just as cute.

So, the lighting wasn't so great and turned everything a little yellow....and a little blurry.....but she's just sooooo happy!

Adorned with ribbons and bows.