What's new...monogrammed bows..

I have found a font that I REALLY like so well that I have made up some bows for Ariel and a friend. I am contemplating shutting down my website for now, so these won't be on there, but you can always email me if your interested. Any letter from A-Z.

This is a pinwheel bow instead of the loopy boutique bow.

A few flood pic's from yesterdays rain....10/13/09

A few new Halloween Bows

Here are a few new halloween bows I've done. I don't put these on my website, b/c I'm out of most of the ribbon now.

Zebra Monogram Font Frame

Okay, here is another cute monogram, like the one on the tea towl, but this time I put it on a tee for a sweet little friend of mine. She wore it to VBS so I could snap a quick picture of her.

My New items...

The towl is done with a waffle weave towl. It it super cute.

I just LOVE to create different and fun things...A friend requested a onesie and bib, so this is what I came up with...I dyed the onesie a pale blue first...

Win a pillowcase dress....

Okay, so it came quicker than what I thought, but here is the link to the website for you to signup for a chance to win one of my pillowcase dresses.

http://mooregirlymom.blogspot.com/2009/06/girly-girl-designs-pillowcse-dress.html

Please follow her instructions to win. You will love it! I LOVE making them. My favorite thing is matching and coordinating fabric! Wow!

Looks like I might be fabric shopping tomorrow, so stay tunned for some new fabric soon.

My day.....and some new rompers....

Okay, so my day started early this am and was just a mess from the start...

BUT, I managed to get some fabric samples listed on my website for the pillowcase dress my friend is reviewing for me. Then I will give a dress away!

Stayed tuned for the details..

Okay, so here is the cute rompers I added to my etsy store. See them here:

http://www.girlygirldesigns.etsy.com/

My newest tee and messy fabric bow!

Well, I haven't had much time lately to make anything "NEW" for my sweet daughter, so I found this adorable fabric at Hobby Lobby yesterday and this is what I made- The messy fabric bow, well, lets just say it's "adorable" also. I put it on a headband, as that is what she requested. I just love the messy look.

Mothers Day-2009

The school had a Mother's Day luncheon, so Ariel invited me to come eat with her. The kids wrote the cutest poems that was read by the teachers. She also ordered me 2 roses. (school messed up and only gave me 1--:()

We had a nice lunch together, then I took her out of school to make the trip to Illinois. So, I spent my Mother's Day at the Hospital with my biological Dad, then visited with Grandparents and Aunt and Uncle, then headed back to Texas.

Just a swinging......

We just had to make a quick trip to Illinois and Ariel discovered this cool swing at Grandma Smiths house...She now wants one at her house..

Teacher Apprection Week....

Sorry, I get behind in blogging. This is the busiest time of the year for us. I did manage to get some Teacher Appreciation gifts made this week. (This is besides the cake and cookies our lucky Mrs. Luck received.

So, I wanted to share these cool new things. A checkbook cover, all made in the hoop of a embroidery machine. Then I created a cute Initial Pen to match! She's getting the pen tomorrow! She loved the checkbook cover. Enjoy!

My latest creations....Tee's Galore...

They say (you know, that magazine with all the knowledge)once you get started, it's hard to stop something....well, especially when it's fun (and must I add addicting)! Well the fun has stopped b/c I ran out of heat n bond....Here's to my latest fashion tee's -- Size 12 month up to 7/8 girls!

Newest applique dresses...(these are so fun to make)

Dresses are coming right along. I am adding a few more pictures to show. I just LOVE making these, but am getting tired of sewing now...I love the appliques and mix of dots and stripes..Enjoy...

Dresses....$20 with applique or $15 without...

I can't tell you how fun these are to make.

I will be at the hospital for Scrub Day on April 24th and have these for sale.

(okay,you ask, what is scrub day? It's a day the Hospital sets aside to have a few vendors sell their items, then we inturn, give 15% of our sales back to the Gift Shop.)

I can also applique initial on them. I will have more prints coming soon and some neat TIE dye shirts.

Sharing Easter pictures..

These are the new Curlformers we used to curl our hair for Easter.

It rained on us Easter, so we moved the egg hunt inside the Sunday School rooms. Hey, it didn't bother them, they still had fun.

The storm that moved through our area...

These pictures are from the severe thunderstorm that moved through our area on Thursday night April 9th, 2009.

Ariel went outside after it passed and picked up the hail and took it to school for show and tell on Friday..

She looks like a little wet dog...

Doug Stone Concert

I must say I have been a Doug Stone fan for many years. All the way back to when he had a heart attack. I have seen him about 4 different times before now. I have always loved his music.


So, when hubby called yesterday and said "guess who's going to be in Sulphur Springs"? I knew I would want to see him. So, we headed there after work. I felt sorry for the organization getting him there, b/c there wasn't more than 100 people in the audience.

Better off in a Pine Box was a big hit for him, along with alot more. I have always loved his "Santa's flying a 747 tonight" Christmas song. So, after the concert, we had a chance to visit with him and get our pictures. Man, he has grayed since I saw him 7 years ago. Imagine that! Thank goodness I'm a blonde or I might be gray.... Enjoy the photos.

1st Major Haircut.....I can't believe it...

Well, I can't actually believe I did it, but she has been asking for her hair to be cut short....Me being a ex-beautician, I just didn't think I could do it and have put her off for a while, but finally decided with that much natural curl, it needed a good "CUT".

So, here we are! She wanted it shorter, but as I was ALMOST done, she started crying and saying, I want my hair long...I told her, "hey, it's just hair, and it will grow back", so after I was done, she did like it.

I was so excited this am to get her up and get it fixed. I actually straightened it today. It looked adorable and as many times as we told her that, she LOVED it! She was afraid nobody would notice it...LOL, but they did! I am curious to get her response when she comes home from school as to what her friends thought.

I am posting Before and After pics...well, after comes first then the before.

My newest Bows....Pinwheel style

Here is my latest bows. I am trying my hand at pinwheel style bows and this is what I came up with.

I have these listed on etsy. My VERY first listing there and I hope to list something each day and start getting some sales.

These are hot pink, white and lypple (lime) in a set for 10.50.

I can do them in any color of ribbon I have in stock. Lots of ribbon in stock.

See more bows at www.girlygirl-designs.com

My daughter is singing.....

Welcome to my first post for my blog. I thought I would share that my sweet daughter, Ariel, will be singing the National Anthem at a Monster Truck show in Baton Rouge, La this weekend on Friday and Saturday night.

She is so excited, but this isn't her first time to sing. It's a wonderful opportunity for her and I guarantee you she will be happy as can be.

She isn't shy by any means.

These photos are of her singing in Minneapolis MN in December 2008. Sorry, I didn't take the photos and I just handed my camera on to a girl standing there, so this is what she got. I am the blond standing to the right side of the picture. The other photo is my hubby putting her earplugs in.

She wanted to sing when we were at a show in Dallas in 2007 and when we got there, they told us they had a singer lined up already, so she was disappointed. So on Saturday night, it was almost time for the doors to open for the show and they asked me if she wanted to sing? (the other singer didn't show back up) and I asked her and she said "yes".

Now keep in mind, she had NEVER done this before. She had never sang with a mic. Never been in front of a large crowd....ect...NEVER...I wasn't even prepared for it. So, she had on a cute Gymboree outfit, which was okay, but I would have dressed her a little nicer had we known this would happen.
So, here it goes...I grabbed the video camera, but I was as nervous as can be. Remember, she has NEVER even practiced with a mic!
Guess what, she drove her little monster truck out to the floor, got out, grabbed the mic and SANG so sweetly. Talk about a PROUD mommy and daddy!

One thing I didn't mention, is her Daddy drives the "Suzuki-Makita" monster truck, so she has been around this all of her life. Not shy at all.