handmade baby gifts {handmade wares}

One of my hubby's friends recently had a little girl so I whipped up some gifts for her. Everyone loves my name signs so I created one for little Sunny -



Her mom decorated her nursery will owls, so it was an easy choice! I like to do a fabric background with paper cut-outs and mod-podge finish. Of course for the little girls, I have to add a little glitter!

I also covered a shoe box in this gorgeous yellow & pink fabric and filled it with onesies since I've heard you can never have too many! The shoe box needed a little personalization, so I added the baby's initials to the top in buttons. I love the way it turned out!



I have many more baby gifts to make this year! It is so much fun:) What do y'all like to give for baby showers/new baby gifts??!?

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a day in the life

of a beach bum. Here's a glimpse of our new neighborhood.

New news.....

I have some news.....I am doing my first Festival this year!  March 13th is the Emerald Isle St. Patrick's Day Festival and I will be an Arts Vendor!  This is very exciting, but I have a lot of work to do over the next month.  I have already ordered a banner for my tent and some calling cards.  I have to round up a tent, tables, linens, and product stands.  If you have any ideas, please post below!

I plan to have a selection of greeting cards, holiday cards, bags, clutches, zipper pouches, name signs, and possibly bibs and baby blankets.  And of course order forms for my personalized things.

Ya'll should come spend the weekend at the beach and attend the festival! There is drinking, music, shopping, kiddie carnival, and a little leprechaun contest.  Let's all hope for sunshine:)

Sneak Peak

a quick sneak peak of one of the bags I've been working on this week

Try to stay dry this weekend lovelies!

NC Wine Festival

This past Saturday was the NC Wine Festival in Clemmons. Chance planned to do the 3 Mountain Madness up Pilot Mountain, so of course that gave me a great excuse to go the Wine Festival. It was so much fun! 37 wineries, all different wines, and plenty of Scuppernong & Muscadine - my favorite! Here's a list of my favorites:

1. McRitchie Winery - the Hard Cider is truly awesome. James like the Ring of Fire Red, I believe. It was very tasty:)
2. Thistle Meadow - Bonny Black & Sweet Holler White. They also have a sweet Orange wine, but I can't find the exact name on their website. Check it out if you go to their winery - it was unusual & delicious!
3. Duplin - Sunset Red. I have always been a big Duplin fan, so I tried something I had never had. It was a good choice!
4. Chateau Laurinda - This is the only stop where we actually purchased a bottle. Or, two actually:) Roman Delight (a semi-sweet green apple) to go & Jessie & I split a bottle of Sangria over Chicken Salad in the shade. The Perfect compliment to a perfect day!

And some pictures from the festival:

That is about how much of a taste you get of each wine -


People lined up at the wine tents:


Me & James


Absolutely worth the $20 ticket - check it out next year!