Lily's other skirt

The design director and Lily, and Sof all get these... And I'll have one waiting in the wings for another little birthday girl cousin soon! :)

Lily's birthday gift

My niece's birthday party is today. And along with an original "mimi & mama" purse, and a second skirt, she's getting this fabulous one...  Complete with "auntie lala's" (that's me) signature red with white polka dot trim.
(I'm jealous, I want to wear it!)

More scrap skirts

This is one of 5 going into a "basket" for the auction...
Soooooooo very tired now. Must sleep...

Onesies

I needed to whip up some quick baby gifts for my Mothers of Preschoolers meeting (MOPS) tomorrow, so these were tonight's project...Well, that is, after walking the dog, painting and grounding 20 pages for a one of a kind book I am writing and illustrating (more on that
later, I guess!) and making and packing up a bunch of orders for skirts and charms...
Ay yay yay... It's late.

Spinny skirts

I'm not sure if the photo shows how pretty this shiny pink ribbon
is... It's a little girl's dream....

Hey, Momma, I can match you now..

Just in time for holiday photo shoots....if you are interested, send me an email! (still not fully set up on the computer to be able to do etsy quite yet)

New pockets

Already filled with cars... Daddy thinks they look pretty sweet on...
Even if he didn't love them at first. We won him over.

Sewing therapy. (a new project)

So... Or should I say "sew"...
I needed some therapy tonight and tried my hand at something for Z instead of his big sis. I like how these turned out, though Daddy doesn't love the pair on the right...
Sewing boys' clothes is way different!

Starting the healing process

So many thanks for all of you who've commented and emailed your good wishes, prayers and offers for help. I feel surrounded by good in spite of the bad that happened.
Monday I was in shock.
Tuesday I felt weepy and vulnerable.
Wednesday I got back on the horse. (we had an alarm installed, contacted german shepherd rescue, got quotes for a higher fence in back and some security screens for a few vulnerable windows. Swept and mopped the house.)
Today, I am ready to start blogging again. I am also meeting a very generous friend who happened to have an old computer around that will do me just fine. (thank you, friend!!!!)

Please keep the warmth coming, things are still spooky, and my plants in the back yard haven't been watered since Monday... As I can't quite tell when is safest to do it...
But I am a practical woman and am shaking off the dust and fear, cleaning off the fingerprinting dust that the police scattered through my home, and am ready to reclaim my life and home.

Oh, and I finished the load of laundry that I was doing on Monday...
That felt good.

Sent from my iPhone

Thanks for understanding.

For those of you who are personal friends, you'll probably have read my other blog about what happened yesterday.

For those of you who are just learning now, Z and I were home yesterday when our home was broken into and robbed. We were (gratefully) unharmed, but my computer was stolen along with our cameras.

Please bear with me as we try to find a way to continue to process orders in the midst of this trying and scary situation.

thanks and blessings to you all.
liberty