WTW Thursday :: Embellishing Pink Baby Pantaloons

Welcome to WTW (What They Wore) Thrusday! Last week I promised to post the details on how I embellished the little pantaloons that went under the apron onesie dresses. These leggings came in a size 0-3 months package of 2 that I bought at Target. There were other soft colors to choose from including a light heather gray (if you want to go for more earthy or neutral colors). 

First, I sewed the eyelet trim around the bottom of each leg using the sleeve arm on my sewing machine....it just fit! Next I cut a small rectangle from the lace trim I used for the sash on the apron dresses and folded it  accordion-style as tightly as I could. I ran it under the sewing machine (a little bunchy!) but held the 'bow' together enough for me to wrap the pink embroidery floss several times around the middle....thus completing the little 'bow' look. I sewed the lace bow to the outer seam of each pantaloon. Voila! Done! Too easy....too cute! : D

I Might Have a Goat Farm....IF

IF....it looked like this goat farm! I happened along this place while walking the dogs on a side street in NH. This is in Mont Vernon....although it could be Sweden! Is this detailing perfectly idyllic or what?? OK I guess  something like this could...just maybe.....actually persuade me to get a goat! : D

Everyone Gets a Ride

Yep, all the kiddos...big and small....got a turn riding Baby. These photos were taken over a week ago on her 3rd day of training. Lori gave me an update today. Babycakes is moving forward and off the leg really well now. She moved her into a slow canter on a low incline and says that she's very balanced....in fact Lori can't believe how balanced our little horse is given her inexperience! They've been on a few trail rides now....over stone walls and thru some streams. Baby's got a good head and doesn't rush but picks her way very carefully. Lori's still amazed at how balanced and how well she holds her head. She says that if Baby was just a wee bit faster and a couple of hands taller, she'd be asking to buy her from us! The cutest thing is that Baby must be enjoying this as much as Lori since she literally runs to Lori in the pasture. As I'm sure you know, this is all major music to my ears!! : D

1. Heather

2. Caitlyn

3. Andrew

4. Asheley

5. Me

6. And of course, Lori, her favorite

Heather's Day in the Chair

A few weeks ago I became Deb, the red head....briefly!...very briefly!...due to my attempt at hair color from the box....big mistake. However, the silver lining to my ill-fated vanity landed me in the capable hands of  Katie who masterfully turned my disaster into a very natural looking strawberry-blonde. And yes, I'm lovin' my new look! 

I'm also lovin' the hair salon/spa that I discovered right in my own backyard. I had noticed the sign before but only as I was whizzing by going one way or another. Tamara owns the Wavelengths Salon & Day Spa right here in St. Albans...and what a bit of heaven we found here! It's in a renovated farmhouse...so tastefully decorated right down to a cozy fireplace they keep cranking during the long winter months...super-friendly people....and lots of wonderful hair and spa treatments to choose from as well. And to think I would've probably never ventured thru these doors if not for that debacle in the box. Serendipity reigns again!

So once Mom got the royal treatment, my daughter asked if she might have a turn in the chair. Katie had a gentle color treatment that we decided would be perfect at lightening Heather's hair around her face....to blend in with all the summer sun streaked hair she has in the back. Heather also wanted very much to use her own money that she's been saving to pay for her first trip to the salon herself. My little girl is growing up!! Can I handle this??

Well, even if Mom couldn't, Heather sure could....and soon she had her moment of reckoning....hair cut, highlight, under the dryer, washed....and of course styled....

Yes, that's me in the mirror....snapping away with the camera! (And my hair a day after Katie made it beautiful!)

Ooooh! Look at those pretty highlights!!

 The finishing touch....headband in place.....and isn't she lovely! 

Thanks Katie, you're fantastic! : D

WTW Thursday :: Onesie Apron Dress

Today's WTW (What They Wore) Thursday features the pink onesie apron dress I made recently for my friend, Sarah's Tea Party Baby Shower. These little onesie dresses were such fun....and so easy to put together (even without a pattern!)....

An eyelet ruffle and lace sash.....and tiny fabric rose at the neck....did the trick!

This one is similar to the lavender apron dress in the background....only the apron is not as wide and gathered. It's more along the lines of the handkerchief dress I saw on Amazon. Stay tuned, next week I'll show you the details for the cutesie pantaloons I embellished to go under the dresses....since it is creeping up on Fall, ya know! : D