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making a list just to cross it off

5/16/2014

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i've recently become interested in the "30 before 30" list. mostly because i stumbled across this one blog that had it and i was all "I NEED TO DO THIS". needless to say, i'll probably never actually write a 30 before 30 list...maybe by saying that just now i've made it a little more likely i will JUST to prove myself wrong...hmmm. 
anyway- if i had one it would currently have TWO items crossed off. the first being to make my child a homemade halloween costume and the second being completed just yesterday...cue pictures!
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i call this one "girl and her dog" (and her homemade shirt her super cool mom made for her)
these pictures may confuse you. my goal wasn't to have the cutest baby in the world who likes to pretend play with a pull-string puppy toy. if i had enough foresight i could have been crossing that off my nonexistent list too. however, my true dream was to make clothes for my baby. CHECK! 
a friend of mine and i went half-sies on a PA fabric 50% off coupon and this adorable shirt was the by product of that shopping trip. we both LOVED the fabric - she made a headband and i made emily a shirt. i honestly can't believe it turned out this cute. i'm considering having her not wear it today (which is rainy and miserable) so i can save it for a day where can properly show it off properly.... or maybe i'll just have her wear it everyday for the next week.. or till she grows out of it? ..forever?!
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it was difficult to get a picture of the back, as evidenced by this poor blurry picture.
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headband also made by le mommy
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another submission for her modeling portfolio
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such a ham...this is what she does when i say "smile". also, this pup seems to be replacing elephant lately, which worked out well for this photoshoot.
i'm not the type to be patient enough to take pictures during my process so heres my brief description: i took a shirt that emily already owns and used it as a pattern to trace onto paper. then i cut that into the different sections + made a few adjustments and used that as my template. sewed it all up (which took a couple of hours) and it surprisingly fit like a glove! perhaps if and when i do this again i'll take step by step pictures and ruin the magic for you. 
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and heres where she discovered my evil plan to document my work. i originally planned on putting a bow on the back and adding some cute pockets on the front but i'll save those details for the next one. i'm already dreaming up a cute tank for her....(cliff hangers make things more interesting don't you think? DUN DUN DUN!)
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and since i know you've never seen enough heres a link to my instagram page where you can see just the shirt by itself and other up to date happenings in our world. (sorry you'll have to request an invite - only those not afraid of commitment allowed)
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Emily link
5/16/2014 11:57:00 pm

you are my hero. It looks incredible! We will have to get a photo of em in her shirt and kenz with her headband, or is that overkill? are our daughters going to hate us? probably. anyways, next coupon you get, count me in!

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