Monogrammed Infinity Scarves

One of the events we celebrated recently was Ava's 13th birthday. I'm still wondering exactly how that's possible, but it seems we now actually have a teenager living at our house. She opted to have a paint-your-own-pottery party at a local store, and since I was off the hook for cleaning my house and planning a big affair, I gladly agreed. My only job was to provide the party favors and we chose some striped knit infinity scarves for her friends. Everyone loves a fun scarf, so I added a classic 3-initial monogram, put them in brown gable boxes tied with curly ribbon, and I was done with my party responsibility! The girls were thrilled with their personalized scarves, and after a brief tutorial in wearing it so that the monogram showed correctly, they all had theirs on.

Ava didn't get a "favor box" at the party so she doesn't have her infinity scarf on for the photo but she has one too. They all immediately conspired to wear them to school the following day. As a cool-mom-wannabe, this made me very happy. Also, Ava has managed to find some of the sweetest, funniest, most delightful girls as her friends, and I'm especially pleased about that since 7th grade can be fraught with girl drama. None of that with these mature young ladies.

Turkey Shirts and Pumpkin Towels

Here is the last of the turkey shirts and pumpkin dish towels. Now I'm on to all things Christmas.

 

Pumpkin Shirts

I don't think I've posted these boys' shirts yet and I don't want to miss them. Their mom always requests fun new holiday designs for them every year on anything but white shirts, so we went with a festive orange shirt and colorful pumpkin and wagon design. Their practical mom likes that they can do double duty as Halloween and Thanksgiving shirts.

Thing 1 and Thing 2

A good friend of mine always plans the best Halloween family costumes. This year's theme was Dr Suess. She was The Cat in the Hat, her husband was the goldfish and her 2 little boys were, of course, Thing 1 and Thing 2. Adorable! I was also happy to use my newfound knowledge in curving text with my embroidery design program. It didn't hurt that she compensated my time with a Starbucks gift card, either. It's a win-win. Thanks again, R!

Big Sister Shirt

I couldn't wait to get this shirt finished and shipped to the customer. She used it to announce to her little girl that she was going to be a big sister. So exciting!! We used her favorites - lots of pink and leopard - so she would be extra proud to wear her fun shirt. Congratulations, big sis!

Burp Cloths

 Can you tell that this baby girl's daddy is a baseball coach?

 This swirly frame is one of my favorites.

And a camo and orange combo for the baby boy of an avid hunter.

Disney Shirts

I did these Disney shirts for a family taking a fun trip soon. So jealous! The customer really wanted short-sleeved baseball tees for her boys and that kind of shirt immediately disappeared from the face of the earth. We both searched for months to no avail, so she finally ordered them from different vendors online and sent them to me. I was a nervous wreck stitching them out because usually when I don't have back-up shirts things go very wrong. Luckily, they came out unscathed and made the return trip to their owners. Have an amazing trip to DW!

Just a reminder: I'm not currently taking orders so I can prepare for the holiday show next week. I will return for Christmas orders at some point depending on the numbers of orders I take at the show. I've already had to decline some customers and I hate to inconvenience anyone, but it's really for my sanity and my family's well-being. Thanks!!