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beauty, clothes, clothing, fashion, inspiration, persimmons, pretty, ruche, spring
pretty little things: pendants and persimmons from spring ’11 ruche
08 Tuesday Mar 2011
Posted in Inspiration
Tag Archives: clothing
handmade baby gown upcycled from women’s dress [with link to tutorial]
01 Saturday Jan 2011
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1960s, aveline alenka, baby clothes, baby gown, clothing, handmade, infant sleep sack, Sewing, sewing tutorial, upcycled, Vintage
thanks to a great tutorial i found here, i was able to create a baby gown/infant sack from one of my old dresses! the tutorial was intended for cotton t-shirts, but of course i had to make things way more complicated and use a silky chiffon-like fabric. seriously, what was i thinking?! i love the way it turned out, though. and i also love that since i got the original dress at a thrift store ages ago, the baby gown is it’s third life!
newborn baby onesie: embroidered owl applique from upcycled tshirt fabric
17 Friday Dec 2010
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applique, baby, baby clothes, baby onesie, clothing, Embroidery, handmade, onesie, Owl, owls, Sewing, upcycled
Squee! Just finished making this little owl applique for a newborn onesie. I had an old green t-shirt that was destined to become a rag, so I used a piece of that fabric for the owl’s body. I used standard thread for the embroidery. It’s not perfect, but then again, baby will only wear this for the blink of an eye before she outgrows it.
[Update: Owl baby hats are now available via my Etsy shop!]
Hand-embroidered, Japanese, and Mexican Baby Girl Clothes
16 Thursday Dec 2010
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aveline alenka, baby, baby clothes, beauty, California, Children, clothing, Embroidery, handmade, newborn, oaxaca, pretty, Sewing, winter
It was deliciously cold this morning: 27 degrees. (Go ahead, you Midwesterners, laugh at me. But this IS California, after all.) I woke up to the little dog curled up tightly in his bed…and my husband outside in shirt sleeves and wet hair — taking photographs of ice and frost. Brrrr. Even the sunlight looked cold this morning…icy blue and shivering. I grabbed my camera too (well, eventually; after reveling in the warm covers for an rather lovely amount of time), but didn’t leave the warm house. No sirree bob. Instead, I stayed inside and took some photos of lovely baby clothes. Ohhhh, I can’t wait to put a tiny little human into these clothes!
Hand-embroidered onesie in progress
Infant sleep sack from Japan
Little Girl’s Dress/Shirt from Oaxaca, Mexico
dancing snow, courtesy of toast uk
24 Wednesday Nov 2010
Posted in Inspiration
a foray* into embroidery
21 Sunday Nov 2010
Posted in Baby
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baby, baby clothes, baby onesie, clothing, daisies, Embroidery, hippie, Needlework, Sewing
i had some fun with an embroidery needle, a white onesie and some thread which belonged to my husband’s great-grandma. and don’t laugh at my stitches. i haven’t embroidered anything since i was twelve years old.
*foray: (n) a brief excursion or attempt especially outside one’s accustomed sphere
adorable layers from free people’s new -wee people- line
03 Wednesday Nov 2010
Posted in Baby
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baby, baby clothes, clothing, free people, kids clothes, layers, textiles, wee people, winter
owl rings and owl skirts and owl hats…
24 Sunday Oct 2010
Posted in Handmade
Last Easter, we bought grandma this owl ring. She rocks it, huh?
Then this week, I was reading the newest Soul Flower catalog (which is amazing, by the way) and I couldn’t take my eyes off this lovely owl skirt:
The inspiration was too much, so I created a little baby owl beanie. [Update: You can now purchase baby and toddler owl hats at my Etsy shop.]
More owl inspiration:
- Hand embroidered owls via Joyful Abode
- Owl’s Luck: an Etsy treasury via FarahJaf
- Hoot Hoot: Owl Roundup via Centsational Girl
- Real Rooms: Mod Owl Nursery via Project Nursery
- Mr. Owl Wall Hanging via Target
- Japanese Owl Fabric on Etsy via Kawaii Meow
INSPIRATION :: winter 2010 Toast UK catalogue
11 Monday Oct 2010
Posted in Inspiration
you’ve not grown tired of hearing me rave about the images Toast UK reveals every season, have you? good. because i’m about to gush once again over their brilliant photography and styling. the fact that they’ve just released the winter catalogue certainly doesn’t tone down my enthusiasm. here in northern california, it’s still hitting 90 degrees. not ok for mid-october, says i. so how about some swirling snow, crisp air, and wooly sweaters to get our minds off the heat?
More images after the jump: Continue reading »
early autumn Toast UK catalogue
30 Monday Aug 2010
Posted in Inspiration
has it really been that long? was it really spring the last time i talked about the oh-so-lovely Toast UK?! and now, the early autumn catalogue is out. (where did summer go?) in any case, without further ado, here are my favourite images from the early autumn women’s lookbook:
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Ways to Help Free Women from the Sex Trade in Thailand and India
22 Thursday Apr 2010
Posted in Humanitarian
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charity, clothing, fair trade, freedom, freesets, handmade, Humanitarian, jewelry, sex slavery, sex trade, SHE, women
I recently wrote two articles for Feelgood Style: Beauty with Integrity, sharing how you can make a difference in the lives of Thai and Indian women struggling for freedom from sex slavery. Learn how your SHE jewelry purchase can transform the lives of women in Phuket, Thailand; and how buying a Freeset t-shirt or jute bag can help free women from the streets of Kolkata, India.
Image Credit: We Heart It
