Hello?!~~~is anyone still out there?! Sorry I have been so neglectful of this poor little blog! I shall be back soon with some new projects and things~! I promise~ Isn't fall just lovely? Especially if you are blessed enough to live in New England!  Loving the beauty of it all. I should find some new fall inspired crafts to do, and share some that I did while I was away.

Discovering New Things

I am madly in love with sewing. But, I am living with some lovely chronic back pain, so I am learning to like some different things that are a little less stressful. Things like painting and hot gluing. haha, that sounds funny to me! Pretty sure that hot gluing anything is not really crafting, but let me pretend it is!

This is my button specimen! I love buttons so much, that it's only right that I have them on my walls too!  These are all but three vintage buttons, and it was so much fun choosing which ones to put on! I've toyed with the idea of offering something like this in my etsy shop...what are your thoughts?

Painting with acrylics is FUN! I've had this idea in my head for a long time and  finally put it on paper.  Maybe I should offer something like this too?!

This one is mine. Ha. It's on a canvas and in my happy colors. Love the whole aqua and yellow look. So bright and cheery!

And, Little Miss Doodlepunk, the shop is  open! I'll be adding things throughout the day! Come over and visit me.  I'd be super pleased if I sold something! :) *Here's to hopeful thinking!*

You can find me here: Little Miss Doodlepunk

This And That

I haven't been crafting on my sewing machine as much, but I have been doing other little things.

This tea cup rose pincushion was meant to go to my sweet Mama, but alas, Sir Punkybritches dropped it on the floor and it broke! *insert super upset Mama face here*

I've been building my button collection! You can honestly never have too many of them, because you can use them all over the place. I have a ton of vintage ones, the littlest jar is all vintage. I rarely pay full price for such things.  Thrift stores are where it's at!

Painted container that holds our summer straws. I love the look of opaque glass but it's expensive if you can manage to find it. So, I followed one of the thousands of tutes out there and made one of my own.

This  sweet little hedgehog is destined for a  baby shower in the near future. :)

I followed the lovely tute over at matsutakeblog .

Seriously how cute is she!!?

I love these little projects that don't take much time but are so sweet when you are finished with them.  I can't wait to gift her along with some other little crafty things I have in the works.

I love when people have baby girls. It's fun to think of little pink ruffled things!

And, yes, this was a rather rambling post. That's how my brain has been functioning lately! I can't wait to get back into crafting and sewing full swing! I have some other things in the works that hopefully I will be able to share again soon. Have a beautiful, glorious day!

Braided Headband Tutorial.

I know there are about a million of these out there, but I was so excited that *I* figured it out that I had to share!

1.) Choose some pretty fabrics..you can do two or three braids. Either one is adorable.

2.) Cut two- three strips. Mine are approximately 4"x20"

3.) Cut each of those into three strips.

And no, it doesn't matter if you are cutting in a straight line. This is one of those projects that I like, because I can neither draw nor cut in a straight line.

4.) Find a binder clip, or I suppose you could just tie it off on one end

5.) Clip binder clip to one end and start braiding away. :) I found that if I held the binder clip in my mouth it worked the best for keeping the most consistant looking braids.

6.) Tie off your ends tightly.

7.) Repeat until you have two or three sets.

8.) Pin the ends, so that your braids don't slip as you sew them. It just helps keep everything together for the next step.

9.) Sew those bad boys together. I've found that a tight zig zag stitch holds them together the best. Make sure you go all the way to the ends of your braids, otherwise they will unravel on you!

10.) See how pretty?!

11.) Cut off the ends, pretty close to your seam.

12.) Fold over a piece of scrap on the end to make it look more finished, if you'd like. Sew it on with a straight stitch.

13.) Get out your trusty plain white elastic. I can't really give you a number on it, because I think every kid has a different head size. Just remember that it needs to be snug so it doesn't fall off.

14.) Sew the elastic on the bottom side of headband on both sides.

15.)  Tada! Pretty headband for a sweet little girl or for a Mama to wear. (As is the case for this one!)

16.) You could most certainly stop there, and just leave it like this. Because this is cute.

17.) Or you could make a sweet little coordinating flower to go with it.

18.) I like this one so much that I hot glue gunned on both types, a pin and a clip. Mostly because I want to wear it with other things.

19.) Pin on in the desired spot and wear your sparkling new hair piece. :)

Ps: I am aware that it's been forever since I posted here! Life got in the way.  Summer is busy, but fun! Plus, we got to go camping as a family and it was awesome!

Monster Mouth

Mr. Buddy  has already created holes in the pairs of one our favorite pants, so I fixed them.  He runs around making yelling noises and growling, so I figured I may as well make them monster mouth patches!  They were super easy to do, just felt or polar fleece, needle+thread, and some imagination.

He loves them!  They've even helped him learn new words: mouth, eyes, teeth, and monster! One of these days I will be a good blogger and remember to take pictures of these kinds of things. I forget the step by step photos until I am most of the way through.  If he had another pair of ruined pants, I'd have fixed those too, and then blogged about those ones.  I think they were pretty easy and didn't require any machine sewing, which is great for beginners!

ps: i shall be back soon on a regular blogging schedule! Just trying to fix my back so that I can sew again!

Busy.

This time of year is busy for us. There is wood to cut and stack and let dry out for next year. There is a garden to plant and places to go to get mulch and fertilizer and fun things like that.  Flowers are raising their cheery heads, and they, too, need some looking after.

We attend the little town Memorial Day parade, and we listen to speeches, and give thanks to God for the men and women who serve and have served our great country.

I sew, late at night, hoping to not wake up my Buddy, because his teeth are bothering him, and

I need him to sleep. (Apron soon to be up for sale)

I spend some moments creating new looks, like this ruffled, shabby-chic looking, apron. (Also soon to be up for sale.)

We are getting used to another change in our lives: Daddy is working nights, so mornings are more hectic and upsetting, because Mama is busy trying to hush little people who have so many morning thoughts and last night's dreams to share. I am priviledged to get to hear them.  Buddy thinks that having Daddy home in the morning is the best thing ever, and spends the morning climbing up and down the stairs to try to wake his favorite toy.

So I work, trying to get my little things finished. I still need to have my sweetie help me with figuring out how to upload pictures to my Etsy shop...unless there is some wise person out there who wants to give me a hint of how to make it work!

Blogger is being strange!

Sigh. Blogger is refusing to let me sign out of
my other blog to post here...thanks to iPod touch for
Letting me post this! I'll figure out the tech
stuff and get back on here to share! Until then..
Christine

A First Posting

Hello to one and all who hop on by here.  This is going to hopefully be the blog that will share a little about my everyday life, and my new ideas and products. Little Miss Doodlepunk is a company of one, me, Christine. (I've been reading too many Eloise books to the girls lately, I think!)   I have created a few unique little girl aprons (and big girl aprons, too), and little pocketbooks.  My girls love them, and I enjoy sewing them. I'm hoping this will turn into a successful little business on the side while I tend to my littles during the day. Hopefully at some point, there will be a take off of Little Miss Doodlepunk that will be for boys.  I have three little people who make my heart sing, and give me hope for tomorrow: Lovey, who is a very proud 5 year old; Dolly, who is happily 4 years old; and Mr.Buddy, who is currently 16 months and full of it.  Thanks for stopping by!
Christine