Some Birthday Gifts

Over the weekend, I made some birthday gifts for a sweet four-year-old and decided to embrace the color pink she loves so much. Why fight it? I suspect one day when they are wearing all black we’ll miss the glittery pink costumes.

So I made a pink tutu and a matching one for my five-year-old. Then I made a drawing case embroidered with both my daughters’ designs — the flower on the front and an ice cream cone sewn onto this Moleskine notebook. Both designs were hand-painted by my children. We’ll be selling some of these cases at the Indie Craft Experience next month. The rose fabric is from Heather Ross’ Far Far Away II collection for Kokka.

7 Replies to “Some Birthday Gifts”

  1. Embrace the pink.

    I think you’re very wise. I know I went from pink love at 4-6 years old, to all black, all the time, as a teenager. After agonizing over the pink love of my 3.5year old I’m all about embracing it. Funnily enough this weekend she chose red pjs over pink pjs when I was ordering them.

  2. Wowie, wow, wow! So much wonderful eye candy! I’m so glad I found you! (from Hawthorne Threads)

  3. Can you tell me how you got the drawing onto the case? Did you have your daughter use special fabric markers? I’m thinking of having my kids draw something and then incorporating it into a project, but I have no idea how to do that such that it will look halfway decent. I find that fabric markers don’t draw that well on fabric, but maybe I’m buying the wrong ones? 🙂 Thank you!

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