grrr....

so i've been getting a ton of spam comments lately. booooo.
i've turned word verification on--temporarily--to maybe try and discourage some of that.
sorry.

cape cod, 2012

we have, literally, thousands of photos of cape cod through the years. but every one is a treat. every year different.

some years other families came with us, some years it was just us. then i got married and had kids, and it seemed like every year there was a new baby (ha). and then a brother got married…and maybe eventually there will be more babies. (maybe? please?)

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i do have photos from this year’s trip.

but…i spent more time without a camera in my hands this year.

there was plenty of inspiration. the light in the house we rented was gorgeous. wide plank wood floors, white walls and tons of windows.

and the weather was spectacular. we hit just the right week—the leaves that were green at the start of the week had turned brilliant fall shades by the end.

three generations: harrison, his father, and his father’s father.

but as the self-appointed family photographer, you spend a lot of time separated from the action, instead of being a part of the action.

so this year, the photos are few. but the memories are many.

(and obviously by “few”, i mean a mere hundred or so)

jeremy ran his first 5K.

and at the last minute harrison decided to run too.

we went to the beach and attempted some family photos.

it was hilarious. especially when we decided to try some “young me/now me” type pics.

it’s going to take all my—admittedly limited—photoshop skillzzz to get something potentially usable.

i’ll let you know what i come up with.

we did get some nice shots of the grandparents.

my parents

jeremy’s parents

thanks for letting me share.

big bow dress

okay, so i may have to join Pattern Testers Anonymous, that’s how much i love this.

everything that i detest about commercially made patterns is eliminated when you’re using a small scale distribution, privately made pattern.

and so when miranda of one little minute asked if any of my girls happened to be one of the sizes she still needed tested on her BIG BOW DRESS pattern i was on it!
fortunately for her, she came to the right place—anything from girls’ 16 through 12/18 months is covered around here.

okay, so yeah. she’s the gal that kicked my behind in sew-vivor. she took the gold, and i’m not gonna lie and say i don’t a little bit hate her and her awesome sewing skills and her cute boys and her giant gorgeous smile and her ridiculous marathon-running butt. but on the plus side, both our littlest are named elliot (hers a boy, mine a girl), and she’s really stinkin’ nice. we even thought about hooking up for some frozen yogurt when i was in d.c. this summer, but we just didn’t have time. (plus there’s the whole “i walked 17 miles in 140 degree weather so i’d be all a huge pile of sweat and stink and is that really how i want to meet a fellow blogger when all my online photos are perfectly shot so as to only show me at my best?” yeah, no.) but anyway, moving on…

so she needed a size 4 BIG BOW DRESS sewn up, and i was happy to oblige, making one for ms. gigi.

this dress is adorable. unfortunately, the only day i had to grab some photos of it was overcast and blue, and the little model was feeling rather uncooperative—no hair fixing, no standing still…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the bulk of our photos were taken while she spun in circles. sheesh.

and gave me a super cheesy smile. double sheesh.

but the pattern is AWESOME. it’s a quick and easy sew for an advanced beginner or intermediate sewer.

i love that the dress has a little bit of a formal look but is still comfy and easy-to-wear. a perfect mix for wiggly toddlers/preschoolers.

the fabric is from my stash—a $1/yard walmart snag. and i lined it with another $1/yard fabric from jomar that’s an awesome silky grey and white stripe. i love it so much i squeezed an 18 month size dress out of my leftovers to sew up for elliot. now to find the time…;)

thanks for letting me test for ya, miranda!

wanna make your own? the BIG BOW DRESS pdf pattern is for sale HERE. go check it out!