a day in the life

Here Comes the Rain

Lucky for us this we didn't get all the snow this weekend but we did get a whole lotta much needed rain!  We could-not-wait to get out there and splash in the puddles!  The water rolls right off this faux leather skirt and we'll be adding just a touch of 'leather' through the rest of the week as well...

for the Littles:

  • Gap Womens Circular Fair Isle Sweater, (We started with an XS, our normal size is a 2T.  Best on a sweater with some wool content and with a circular yoke pattern fair isle.  Wash in hot water and dry 2-3 times to shrink up the garment and bit and achieve a slight felting affect.  Cut sleeves off approx 1 1/4" below bottom of fair isle pattern, fold back a hem immediately below the pattern and glue down at the cut edge with Beacon Fabri-Tac glue.  For the body of the garment cut a straight line across the garment approx 1/2" above the rib trim hem, note to keep your line straight and perpendicular to the center of the garment.  Fold back approx 1" of the bottom of the garment to form a hem as you did for the sleeve and again glue down at the cut edge.  When the glue has dried cut a straight line up the front of the garment from the bottom straight thru to the neck line.  This step is not necessary, but, if you would like a taller collar retrieve the rib trim you cut from the bottom of the garment.  Cut the excess garment body material off of the rib trim so only the rib is remaining.  Cut the rib in the center equidistant from each side seam, you will now have one long 'ribbon' of rib trim.  Starting at the center front edge, glue the cut edge of the rib trim to the inside seam that joins the neck rib trim to the body of the garmentallowing for a double rib trim at the neckline.  Trim the excess rib trim once you have glued the trim all the way around to the other center front edge.  To complete the garment glue a 1/2" or 5/8" ribbon right along the inside edge of each center front panel to keep the garment from unraveling.  Once the glue has dried trim off any excess along the center front edges of the garment to clean it up.  Sweater fabrications are very forgiving so once the sweater is washed this is a rather quick process.)
  • American Apparel Leotard Top or Long Sleeve Version
  • similar Abercrombie Kids Faux Leather Skirt
  • similar Gucci Junior Sunglasses
  • Gap Black Tights
  • Hunter Boots also here
  • Hunter Welly Socks

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Feelin' the Love

We're pretty sure every blog we've seen has a bubble gum pink wall backdrop at some point; so... when we came across this one we had to poke a little bit of fun at ourselves and put it to good use!  It is after all a great play off of our grey, grey and more grey.

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for the rest of Us:

Galactic Grey

We're still doing the grey thing over here...

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Going Grey

We have found ourselves really drawn to grey as a color recently; so this week we are taking a cue from the weather and stepping out in head to toe grey.  Today in particular we are really feeling the monotone grey skirt/tights/sneaks.

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Happy New Year!

From our family to yours; wishing you great things in the year ahead.  May this be the year we all transform our dreams into reality!

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