Aprons, Aprons, Everywhere!

Ok, well, maybe not EVERYwhere. But they're definitely on my brain.

After the girls & I visited our brand-spanking-new remodeled & big-city-lookin' library yesterday, I drooled over an apron book I brought home. I'm already picking out fabric & trim to stitch up my very first WhiMSy love handmade apron!

Speaking of aprons...Last night I finally sat down to make one of the many little project ideas I have rattling around in my crafty noggin. It's so fun when I actually have the time to work on something new.

The apron I worked on last night was a little one for sure: A wee owlie apron! It's only a prototype. And I realized... it's not gonna work. It's too big. And if I make it any smaller, it'll look too wide & squatty, like the sweet owlies themselves. I envisioned a new owlie with an apron. The Summer Owlie is just trying it on for size below. And I love-it-so because it's made from vintage fabric & vintage rik-rak. I'm not giving up on the owlie/apron combo. Maybe I need to whip up some bigger plushie owlies, hm? With aprons?

So, I'm back to the apron drawing board. It looks like Barbie snatched this one anyway. Why does everything look cuter on Barbie? I hate her.

Then again, is there a market for cute vintage Barbie aprons?

♥

P.S. Do you usually hear happy music when you arrive to my blog? I adjusted the music playlist so it won't automatically play. You'll have to manually click the "PLAY" button to hear tunes. I was getting too many {anonymous} complaints about my "annoying" music.

Hankies & Aprons & Ties...Oh My!!!

I meant to show ya SOME of the goodies I got while thriftin with my granny on my recent train trip. The first thing I found was this amazingly cute & 70's little suitcase. I actually packed all my sweet finds into this bag on the trip home.

I also purchased 2 ties & then granny gave me a bunch of grampy's old ties. I'm not even sure he knows there gone. It's granny's fault. I blame her.


This sweet sheet will look adorable on my wee ones bed--as I love mixing all styles of vintage floral sheets.

Not thrifted, but equally as exciting, were all these hankies granny gave me. I took pics of my favorite patterns. I should've ironed them. Wrinkly shcminkly.

This was one of the coolest finds I got. It's an unopened package of puzzle invitations from 1969. You write the information about your party on the puzzle, separate the pieces, toss the bits in the envelope & mail it! This will be in the shop later this week.

A couple gingham aprons were also plundered & they'll be dolled up with my usual vintage fabric cupcakes & tossed lovingly in the shop pretty soon. I also found a couple lengths of vintage fabric. I'll be using them to....

...make these adorable 1" pinback buttons! I have loads already made & samples for trade ready to send to some of my Eastern Washington Etsy Street Team members. They'll also be the freebies (with every order) at WhiMSy love for the month of September. I'll be packaging & selling sets of 4 as well!

I also stocked up on vintage forks for my fork easels as Christmas is approaching. Oh, speaking of Christmas, I've NEVER done a show in my life, but I recently applied to do a really popular show around here called The Badger Bazaar. It's at an elementary school & I was told by a fellow Etsian that she does very well there every year. I should hear after August 30 if I'm accepted or not. I'm keeping my crafty fingers crossed. (And I'm also panicking at the thought of "What if I DO get accepted?" I have nothing extra made besides what's in the shop. I'm gonna be craftin' til the cows come home. What does that mean anyway?)