Ready to mail!

The apron sets are ready to go out!! I think it took three months to get to this point....but I guess that comes with the territory if being a mommy crafter. You tackle projects 10 minutes at a time!!

Ps- if anyone else is interested in purchasing an apron and chef hat set, they are $30 and I will work with you to pick out fabric ( which is included in the price). ~Aunt LoLo

Some bad news.....and some goods

First, the bad news. I have apparently lost my cake mojo. This is the second weekend in a row that I have made a tasty, and very ugly cake. (Last weekend it was a set of carrot cake cupcakes that drew giggles from every single adult who ate them. All 8 of us. They were that ugly. They puffed way up in the oven, and then just sort if deflated and overflowed and blew up. ) I have no idea what is going on, but that particularly mangled cake back there baked for an extra 15 minutes and is still just barely on the correct side of done. Tastes awesome, though. And now the good news.....I think I need to keep making cakes -lots and often - until I get my mojo back. Heh

~Aunt LoLo

Hats, etc.

I finally was able to get out to the fabric store and pick up the interfacing I needed to finish my hats. But they WILL be done soon. One is finished, and the other three just need their poufs and Velcro. Can I get a whoohoo??! Everything is coming together SO cute.

~Aunt LoLo

Turning straps

So, after (literally) years of making aprons and wasting hours turning straps....,I've found a way to do it that DOESN't make me want to tear my hair out and strangle someone with it. Yes, I have wasted THAT much of my time turning straps. I'll be back later to tell you my new secret. Before I do that, please tell me...do you have a favorite way to turn straps??

~Aunt LoLo

Every little step

When I have a big project, every little step feels like a victory. (This, I think, is because all projects around here must be accomplished by dozens of little steps!) Anyhow, today I got four apron/hat sets cut out. And even fixed a few small emergencies. (thank goodness for extra fabric!!)

Directional print, you mocked me once. Never do it again!! (name that butchered movie...)

~Aunt LoLo

Mom and Me Yoga-band skirts

This was the result of one nap time, and three un-needed t-shirts. My skirt is an XL men's Hanes shirt (I bought it months ago because it was cheap, high quality jersey) and my band is the bottom 8" of a jersey shirt that was quite tight on me, and just too short. 

Ming Wai's skirt is a size small men's t-shirt - one of Dad's cast-off's. (It has a mysterious schmear of gum or putty on the front that we couldn't wash out.) 

I have to admit, mine was a little frustrating to make...and reminded me why I so RARELY sew clothes for myself. See, four year old girls don't have any CURVES. It's quite easy to make skirts and dresses for a cereal-box shaped mannequin...it's quite another thing to try and find flattering seams for all a mama's curvy bits. Oh well - if nothing else, I think I just made myself a marvelously comfortable, and spring-y maternity skirt. Which would be great, if I were pregnant. Which I'm not. 

Pregnant, I mean. I'm not pregnant. (Do you hear me, Mom?)

~Aunt LoLo

Trial run of a hat!

A friend has ordered four apron and hat sets for four adorable littles. The only hitch is that...I've never made a hat. Until now!

I'll call this a success.

The fabric she chose is on it's way from etsy and fabric.com. I forgot to order Velcro or interfacing, so I'll need to head off to the store for those things. Can't wait to get started!

~Aunt LoLo