Young Blossoms

It's Girl Party Time...Again

2011-07-24T09:49:00.000-07:00

I have been so fortunate to get to design and be invited to a friend's annual Day of Indulgence party for the past seven Augusts. It's a party filled with mani's, pedi's, shopping, amazing food, fun drinks, candy galore, celebrities and topped off with a giant rolling suitcase giftbag filled with more product and gift certificates than the mind can imagine. You may have seen mention of the party in every November issue of InStyle Magazine.

This year's invite was very fun. We tweaked all the little details to highlight some of the goodies that will be at this year's party (my favorite, Garrett Popcorn...yum!!!)


This year's invitation (I'll add the bag tag when I complete it)

I also make all the tags that go on the mind-blowing gift bags (suitcases, to be honest) and have put coupons in the bags too.

Last Year's Invitation

This one wasn't my favorite, but it got a lot of good feedback.

This may have been my favorite

I do 250 invites for her holiday party too. I'll do a later post on some of those invitations.

Thank you book for Emmett's teacher, Mrs. Bergeron

2011-06-08T00:26:00.001-07:00

Click here to view this photo book larger

Logo Mojo

2010-08-20T14:42:00.000-07:00

I don't know how I ever got asked for help with creating logos, but I've done 2 for people and am working on a third. Kind of stressful coming up with a brand representation for someone, but in the end it was actually exciting...mostly to see how excited they were.

My dear, awesome friend Teresa had me do a logo for her new buffet candy bar company that she started up. We couldn't decide between the pink and green, so she choose both and did half her business cards in one color and half in the other. Fun.

My first one was a fun process trying to come up with a logo that showed the recycling aspect of her projects. Although I loved the "G, G, G" made into the recycling sign, she ultimately choose the other (which I think was a better option).

I'll post my new one, which is more of a challenge, since it's for an HR/Risk Management company. Wish me luck.

Summer Time - Grab a Towel

2010-06-10T00:40:00.000-07:00

Don't know when or why I thought of doing this. Guess it was when I walked by the green striped and blue striped towels at Target and thought they'd be so cute for my twins if their names were on them. So home I went to sew.

Now it's my new little project. I need to get 2 made for my nieces' birthdays. I finished the one for our neighbor's birthday and had a slight tinge of "Oh, wouldn't it be fun to have a girl?" (something I only think when I am sewing girlie stuff).

I made Owen and Hudson's and then realized I should make one for Emmett. I didn't think he'd like it - since he obsesses about whether he's going to use his Lightning McQueen or Finding Nemo towel when we go to the pool. We'll see if he grabs this one for the pool this weekend.

I almost want to make one for myself. It's making me feel like summer is coming...that's for sure. I can't wait to see my three boys bundled up in their new towels.

Pretty Purse Wallets

2010-05-25T14:14:00.000-07:00

My girlfriend and I do a little sewing night every once in awhile. We started it as a craft night, but then she asked if I could teach her how to sew. I am the world's worst teacher, but she got it down quite quickly. We first made aprons (photos to come someday), but she was telling me about a pattern she had for these little wallet purses. So we have been going crazy making them. These are some photos of the ones I've made so far.

I use mine to hold all my giftcards (which is sad that I have to have a separate wallet to hold all of my WAY too many gift cards). I have also been wanting something to organize and hold my coupons, so I took the pattern and modified it to make it much wider. So now I have matching little wallets.

They are also perfect little wallets to throw your i.d., money and credit card in if you are running out but don't want to take your big purse. Hopefully I get a night out on the town soon so I can use mine. But I did have fun using it on our trip to Legoland last weekend. :)

Invites, Invites, & More Invites

2010-04-09T21:55:00.000-07:00

Here are some samples of invitations I've done that I wanted to show.

The first is my sister-in-law's wedding bundle...from her save-the-dates to the invite, program, seating tags and cds. It was fun doing things for every aspect of her wedding...especially the duties of being the matron of honor.

These are from my sister-in-law's wedding shower I threw (I'll probably post pictures of the party details at some point).

This is an invitation and announcement I did for a friend who had a destination wedding in Cabo. She took a picture of a beautiful yellow bird of paradise flower from the resort where they got married, so that is what we used on the invitation.

These are a couple of pocket-fold invitations I did for weddings.

This was an invitation I did for a
holiday party my husband and I had.

Here is a birthday party invite I did for a repeat Beverly Hills customer.

Happy Cleaning

2010-04-09T20:45:00.000-07:00

I am a slave to wearing rubber gloves now that I wash bottles a thousand times a day. So, I started making gloves. These white gloves are so thick and so soft inside (like flannel). When I get some time I will be making many more of these.

I want Kandy

2010-04-01T21:35:00.000-07:00

I was so excited to help my friend come up with her and her friend's logo/business card. This is what the finals looked like. They couldn't decide between the green and pink, so did both. What a great idea.

They are going to be doing candy buffets at weddings and parties. I think it's becoming a big thing to do in California. And I'm excited for them. So if you are in Southern California and ever looking for someone to do your party...here's all the information you need.

Yo-Yoga-Yoga

2010-04-01T16:10:00.000-07:00

I have gotten back into doing Bikram Yoga and I got into a swirl of making some things to make packing up to go more fun. Some of the things I've had for years, but a few things I've recently made.

The bag is a simple big bag that I originally made for my Trader Joe's shopping. Now it's my yoga bag. I just got done making the yoga mat strap (not to perfection I am learning from the loud sound of the velcro ripping in the quiet yoga room). I've had the insulated lunch bag for a long time but may put my waters in them to keep them from getting hot during my 105 degree workouts. And I'm loving my towels (I dry them with extra fabric softeners so I can dig my nose into it to get a break from the smelly yoga room).

I've made another towel out of some Amy Butler fabric I've had for a long time. I love the fabric so much I had been waiting to figure out the perfect thing to make with it. I may make another yoga bag out of it. It's kind of yoga zen looking, don't you think?

Oh, the little wallet type bag on top of the towels is what I put my i.d. and money in when I go to yoga. I sewed that originally to be my cellphone case. I'll soon have a picture of my matching tissue tote, but can't seem to find it now. I'll be posting pics of all of them...but wanted to add it to this picture to show how obsessed I get with one fabric...in this case the mocca :)

Diaper Cakes

2010-03-31T16:50:00.000-07:00

Looks good enough to eat, huh?

These are my first attempts to make diaper cakes. A fun and simple project...and they make an amazing gift. Some people have told me they make them with stick pins in each diaper or tape on each one. I've also seen them with each diaper rolled up and rubber banded. This is an easy way and no pins to remove or tape to take off...so easy for the gift receiver.

The pink one has 234 size 1 Pampers diapers. I made it for my son's pre-school teacher's baby shower. I put gifts inside the cake too (a Podee bottle, reversible, wipeable bib and little bag fanning out on top). The other cakes have about 175 size 1 Pampers and 10 preemie diapers in the top layer.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

2010-03-31T15:10:00.000-07:00

These are the gifts I made for my sister-in-law's baby shower. She is having a little boy. Her husband is a baseball coach, so I thought he'd enjoy these goodies too.

I made a blanket with what they call soft-n-cuddly (I think) and flannel. I appliqued a baseball on the blue side. I made two burpees with the fabrics of the blanket. I also made a little matching bib.

Here is a onesie I appliqued with felt.

Happy Easter 2010

2010-03-29T18:15:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter

These are my 6 month old twin boys. My 4 year old is in the upper little picture.

I am starting this "blog" (in quotes, because I kind of hate that word) kind of for myself. And I'm hoping now that my grandma is getting DSL, that she'll log on and see what I've been making. She is kind of my inspiration for all my craftiness...passed down through my mom.

For now I'll just be posting things that I'm making, want to make and favorite things I want to share. Who knows if it'll ever be more than that.

I don't have the time that I used to to devote to sewing, crafting or much of anything else. I am a mother of three boys - one incredible 4 year old and twin boys who were born in October. So I will do things when I can. I used to stay up into the wee hours of the morning to get my craft fix in, but those days are over for now. Until there are set naptimes, I do it in the little time I can. But I do treasure those moments of creativity (yet treasure my time with my boys more).