little gi

another molly...

finished another molly monkey (free pattern available from mmmcrafts).  this one is for a little molly, the daughter of a friend of mine.  she is so cute & soft since i made her out of fine wale pink corduroy.  i hope little molly likes her!

i particularly fond of how her patchwork skirt turned out.  i always over-fuss about the patter & color choices for these sort of things.  i drive myself batty actually.  for this little one, i used a little scrap of linen that i had previously used to try out an embroidery design.  looks cute mishmashed in there, i think.  i knew it would be useful one day. :)

kelly fell in love, of course, & is a bit sad to see her shipped off.  she took a photo of the mollys together & played with her a bit, just to make sure she was up to snuff :)

 

we've got a snow day today, so it was nice to finally find some time to do a bit of sewing.  i've been glued to the olympics every night to the wee hours, so needless to say, i'm dragging during the day.  looks like we are getting lots more snow tomorrow & friday....let's see if i can tackle some more of that fabric stash :)

hope you have a happy wednesday!!

xoxo

gi

some more sea breeze...

looks like tamar was able to solve the terrible technical issues that plagued her computer since last week.  hooray!!!  so the february tarisota gallery has been loaded & can be viewed here :)  enjoy!!!

here are some more of my layouts:

was really inspired by the fabulous mel with this one.  she always has the most wonderful layouts about her everyday photos & family goings-on.  i'm going to try to scrapbook more of these little times, it is really nice to actually do something with those kind of photos & record those kind of days.  nothing spectacular, but super fun all the same, kwim?

there was some GORGEOUS satin fabric & organza ribbon in this collection.

 

the beautiful neutral patterned papers just make the perfect little punched butterflies.

 

& another little one.  i just had to use that beautiful gold ribbon w/ the blue.  love that combination.

 

have fun gallery hopping!

& happy monday!

xoxo

gi

a peek of the sea breeze gallery...

tamar is dealing with terrible technical issues & the february gallery for the latest tarisota collections has, unfortunately, been delayed.  she is working as fast as she can to resolve & fix it all....but until then, here is one of my projects with this gorgeous collections. 

be sure to check out what the other tari girls have whipped up...there are some absolute stunners created with this collection. 

hope you are having a great week!

xoxo

gi

kenner road february...

the new february kenner road kits are available! they are really terrific too. i really love the ribbons in this month's kits, especially the yellow one, so pretty.  i also went a bit wild w/ my heart punch this month too, being valentine's day & all :) 

& you'll notice i was really inspired by some projects & art from wonderful crafters & artists around the web that i've popped in my tumblr lately like this one & this one too.  if you are over on my tumblr, just click onto the photo & it will bring you right to the original source of the image.  really awesome way to organize all the fantastic inspiration & tutorials i find all over the web & make sure the original source of that inspiration gets due credit :). 

 

oh & there is a really fabulous brown & creme ribbon in there too.  see?  told you the ribbons were awesome this month :)

 

 

& a little mini of some hilarious photos of kate w/ the jenni bowlin journaling cards.  i really like making these little books, they pop in my tote bag so easily & the kids like paging through them too. 

& you'll notice my new banner above :)  having a bit of fun with the new kenner road digi releases available at 2peas.  to be honest, i'm surprising myself @ enjoying the digi thing a bit.  i swore i'd never even be able to figure it out & now i've created another banner for the ol' blog.  those flashcard letters can be printed out too.  how awesome would a little mini w/ those be!!! 

hope you have a happy tuesday!!

xoxo

gi

skylark sneaks

kenner road's february kits are set to reveal this weekend.  here are some sneak peeks:

really enjoyed creating with the gorgeous sunny colors in these kits...lots of sunny yellows. 

hope you are having a happy friday!

xoxo

gi

so cute & quick...

i forgot to post these little headbands i made with the last tarisota collection.  i saw a little tutorial from disney of ruffles & stuff (she always has the greatest ideas) & they are so easy to whip up!  & i seriously do not have a lack of ribbons around here...AND wild crazy little girl hairdo's....

so needless to say, we'll be making more of these :)

 

hope you are having a great week!

xoxo

gi