up-cycled Play Kitchen

Sophia is almost three and LOVES

 to play in the kitchen.

 She has a play kitchen that My dad made years ago for my older girls, it has two sinks and a big oven, we keep it outside on the deck. It is too big to bring inside my small house. Sophia asks to bring it in all the time but I could not figure out how to rearrange everything to make it fit in my small house. 

So I decided to make a new one.

I hunted for something to up-cycle 

here is what I found at the local Re-source store

Mr Scout approves 

I sanded it down and painted it white.

OK so I am not the neatest painter 

John cut the doors and I brought it all downstairs in the basement and painted everything again.

John cut out the circle for the sink

getting all together 

stained the top added the backsplash, legs and some bead board to the doors

attached the burners and added a curtain 

SHE LOVES IT!!!

The whole thing cost about $45.00

cabinet ..................................... $10.00

curtain rod ...................................$2.00

plywood, (for doors and inside shelf).......$2.50

hardware (screws, hinges, hooks).........$12.00

I had white paint...........................$0

faucet.........................................$15.00

(I could have found a cheaper one, i just didn't have time)

sink (I had a dog bowl)..........................$0

wood circles for the stove................$3.00

                                                     $44.50

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Exciting news at three little ladys

There is some exciting news brewing here at three little ladys

The Pre-order for my vintage rompers was a huge success.

and with that under my belt, and those orders in production, I am getting ready to launch my website on March 20th @ 11pm, 
www.threelittleladies.bigcartel.com
There will be even more vintage rompers, but with very limited size choices, so order early!!

Once the fabric is gone, it is gone :(

But that isn't even the most exciting part.

Many of you know I have an adult daughter, I know, I know how could someone my age have an adult daughter ...LOL

well I am older then I look and I had her young...

But wouldn't you know my daughter, Sarah is pretty crafty. 

SHE'S CRAFTY!!!

She is the foundered of LittleBird Designs. She lives in the south and down there girls are girly girls. 

PERFECT fit for her!

 They wear headbands and matching clothes and even more then that they monogram EVERYTHING!

And she does it all, the head bands, the monograming and anything else I can make to match her creations.

SO with all of that information I would like to introduce

LITTLE BIRD DESIGNS

with a little giveaway

here is it, a ROMPER AND A MATCHING HEADBAND 

WHOOT WHOOT!!!

"like" 
both our Facbook pages 
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LittleBird Designs 
and comment (that you liked my page) on the original post on my 
three little ladies page
and you are entered 

If you are on IG follow us on there 

(then you are entered twice, luck duck!)

look for the giveaway post and comment on that so I know you have followed both of us 

@three_little_ladys
@littlebird.designs

romper & headband picture may not be the actual prize
 (due to size and fabric availability )

BEST of luck to everyone
Winner will be announced Thursday 8pm

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DIY Baby Carrier

For those of you that don't know, I am a avid babywearer <3

So maybe you are wondering.... baby wearer?!?!?

Well here is it, babywearing...carrying your little one in some sort of carrier.

And there are MANY different kinds of carriers, that is a whole other blog post altogether.

But let's get back to why I am posting this blog.

I made a carrier!!!

A WCMT, a wrap conversion mai tei 

My oldest daughter loves this type of carrier, and they are (or can be) pretty expensive so being the slick DIYer that I am, I put myself to the test.

I bought a tablecloth off amazon, that's right a Mahogany tablecloth. This is a very important part, choosing the right material. It has to be strong enough to support your little monkey. VERY IMPORTANT !!!!

and I researched patterns, this made my head spin.... all the choices.

I narrowed it down to a couple that had things that my daughter liked, wrap shoulder straps, hood, the strap waistband she liked.

here are a few links to good tutorials 

barefoot and pregnant blog 

fine and fair blog

check them both out 

SOOOO.... It took me longer to get the nerve up to cut the fabric then to actually sew the carrier together.

I didn't account for the hood so I panicked a little that I wouldn't have enough fabric for the waist band or waist straps.

but I came up with a plan and 

I laid out the pattern pieces and stared at it for some time...

 and then I began to cut out the shoulder straps

Hooray for the rotary cutter!!

then the body

the hood cut out 

Pinning it all together

all together, now for the waist!

the waist is pinned on....looking good 

the wrap shoulder straps 

 ALL TOGETHER !!!

detail on the shoulder straps 

detail on the waist band 

I am so in love with this carrier!

too bad I made it for my daughter.

before we send it down south Sophia had to try it out

Some daddy snuggles 

totally toddler worthy :)

Little Miss Sophia fell right asleep

And John said she felt weightless in the carrier.

I am one happy Momma!

I am shipping it out tomorrow

be on the look out for photos of Sarah and her little monkey in the carrier

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Soft Book

I was invited to a special little boy's birthday party

so the wheels in my brain started spinning

What was a I going to make him?

I found these old jeans and came up with an idea.....

I cut a few rectangles and then some cut outs

Pinned a few things together with some batting in the middle

Stitched around the outside

Added some color to the cut outs 

And there it is a soft box for a little guy turning one!

Oh what FUN!!!

Happy Birthday little William  

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red and white striped romper

I Love rompers !!

and with Summer quickly disappearing it makes me sad to stop sewing them, 

so today I decided it was a day for a NEW summer romper!

and what a day it was 85 degrees and SUNNY!

  This red and white jersey knit is the perfect for this active little lady

This romper was refashioned from a long sleeve women's t-shirt 

I would love to make one for your little lady!

I just love these last days of summer <3

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