Baby Shower Gift: 12 Vests for Each Month of the First Year

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Pub­lished 07/06/2014 Can you remem­ber a child­hood fash­ion mis­take? Not that it was a real mis­take, because you did mean to wear it. But rather some­thing so bad­ly put togeth­er you wish your moth­er would have stopped you before you got out the door.  I can cer­tain­ly remem­ber mine — and my sis­ter Tess’. My sis­ter real­ly liked to wear vests. There was a peri­od of time when she would always...

Anagrassia (Dress Up) Tea Party

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Before my nieces sep­a­rat­ed for the sum­mer, my sis­ters and I decid­ed it would be fun to have the girls dress up in Ana­gras­sia (Over­stock Shop) flower girl lace leotards/bodysuits and tulle skirts and have a tea party. The girls enjoyed Babcha’s sprin­kled cup­cakes, Bam­ber’s Mar­ket cook­ies, and milk. Because of the Pan­do­ra (French Cafe) music play­ing in the back­ground, it was near­ly impos­si­ble to keep one of my nieces from get­ting up...

Custom Pieces for My Nieces

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Here are a cou­ple dress­es I made for my niece Gigi and my (not-yet-here) niece (which I’ll call) “Kiki.”  My sis­ter snapped a few pho­tos of Gigi in the dress­es. (The dress sizes are 12mos and 6mos, so they are a bit big on Gigi.) I used Bur­dastyle’s Baby Pat­tern #147 Dress 9/2013 for the dresses. The beau­ti­ful flo­ral print dress is for Kiki. I absolute­ly love this dress! This design not only fits...