Lucky Cousins!

Three lucky kids are going on a cruise with their Grammy and Papa Tom. What fun they'll have! And what a cute keepsake it will be when they get their picture made in their four matching tees embellished by Little Sew N Sews. CUTE!

Don't forget to dress for Santa!

Santa loves theme-dressers!

For my Holland Fans....

All over Europe, children are wearing Little Sew N Sews creations!

Okay, maybe that's not exactly true, but there is at least one family in Amsterdam that has lots of LSNS designs!

This shirt is a Christmas surprise for little Tobias from his Texas cousins. He loves pirates. ARGH!

Trick or Treat!

I have a friend who claims that her daughters wear a different Halloween outfit every day of October. Really, DeeDee? I couldn't keep up! But here's a great way to start...LSNS Halloween tees!

California Little Sew N Sews

I love making things for my cute niece and nephew in CA! They're wonderful models for my shirts. I actually made these shirts a few years ago but I miss these sweet kids, so...here they are!

Happy Birthday, G!

Happy Birthday to a sweet little girl who will have no "terrible" in her twos. :-)

Gol!

Right now, my life is soccer. Soccer practice, soccer games, team mom duties, soccer hair ribbons, and soccer fan tees. My oldest son's team is The Rowdies. I made this tee for the baby brother of one of the players on the team. Cute!

I'm also working on new soccer mom shirts for a few teams and some embroidered hair ribbons for some soccer and cheer teams as well. I'll have a photo of the ribbons in the next few days. They're so cute...I can't wait to share!

Dinosaur Sweet, Dinosaur Grumpy!

I'm off to Canton to hang out with the Pink Princessas for a weekend. I'm really looking forward to it.

The truth is, the Pinks like having me around because I bring in the "boy" factor. I felt a little pressure to bring in some more boyishness so tonight I worked up this little tee. Too cute!

Roar!

Daddies!

Previous Father's Days have found the factory quiet and peaceful but not '06!

Holy Daddies it's been crazy 'round here! I have already completed a whole round of Daddy-lovin' tees but here are just a small sampling.

My Favorite Soccer Moms

The newest thing in the factory? Soccer Mom shirts...check 'em out!

Happy Mother's Day!

I got the news first! I found out yesterday that one of my favorite Little Sew N Sews is going to be a big sister! So to make the announcement to her Grandma, she's wearing this adorable tee-shirt I made last night for their Mother's Day outing. Isn't that a cute and clever way to let everyone in on the big news?

Of course since no one else knows, I'm keeping tight-lipped about who the lucky big sister is!

I'll give you a hint: her mom's a good customer who I've known for almost 16 years. And her dad looks adorable in red. :-)

tie a yellow ribbon...

I'm too tired to come up with anything cute to say. Here's the scoop: my friends Amy (yes, another one) and Deb (the Princessas, you know!) have a booth at Canton. I wanted to make a few things to see if they would sell so here's what I came up with. I'm thinking of making new ones with ribbons that go all the way around and tie in the back.

Dressing Royalty

Just a quick post to share a little outfit I made Princess Emma. Too cute! I was so pleased with how well it turned out that I'm thinking of doing a whole line of princess monograms.

The Big FOUR

My oldest So N So turned four today. He's so big! I know, he's still little but he's no baby anymore.

As I appliqued the four on the back of his tee, I thought..."that's wrong!" But alas, he is indeed four. Just four years ago after Thanksgiving I said to my husband, "I want a baby for Christmas!" But we both thought that there was no way since I wasn't due until late January. Well, Jack gave me my Christmas wish and the best Christmas surprise ever: a healthy, happy sweet baby boy!

Anyhoo -- here are pics of his tee. He wouldn't stand still so this is the best I could do! He loves trains so I made a train shirt. We rode a train to downtown Ft. Worth with all of his little buddies where we ate cake and chicken nuggets (his two favorite foods!) at the train station before re-boarding and heading home. A very stressful party: I don't suggest it! But the kids had a great time!

Little Turkeys

I've been so swamped with projects that I haven't taken any time to take any pictures of them! Luckily I managed to wrangle my own So N So's for pics of their Thanksgiving tees. Turkey tees for Turkeys!

Back to my roots!

After dedicating so much time to my new love, fringe; I've recently gone back to some good old fashion (machine!) applique.

The first shirt I made for a customer who is about to have #2. Congrats, Kristi! The second one I made for a little boy who, obviously, is turning one. I'm making one for his 3-year-old brother too, but haven't quite gotten it camera-ready yet!


I took both of these to Soutlake Oktoberfest this past weekend and they generated several orders. Woo Hoo! Also, after the exciting weekend I read something disturbing about some of the goings-on there.

Man arrested after taking photos at event

SOUTHLAKE -- A 60-year-old North Richland Hills man was arrested during Oktoberfest festivities Sunday on suspicion of using a camera to take "inappropriate or improper" photographs of women and children, police said. Louis J. Vogel was observed taking the photographs at Southlake Town Square, Lt. Ashleigh Douglas of the Southlake Department of Public Safety said Tuesday. "This, in addition to information officers obtained once they made contact with the subject, indicated the pictures were inappropriate or improper, and subsequently led to the arrest," she said. She declined to describe the specific content of the photographs because the images are considered evidence in an ongoing investigation. Vogel was arrested about 5:15 p.m. Sunday and released Monday after posting $5,000 bail, Douglas said. Vogel could not be located to comment Tuesday. Improper photography or visual recording is a state jail felony punishable by up to two years' imprisonment. The charge applies to photographs or images taken without a person's consent, with intent of sexual gratification on the part of the photographer. -- Ben Tinsley

boo!

I'm hurriedly trying to get some holiday shirts going for Octoberfest this weekend. Thus far all I have is a Halloween shirt or two...oh, and more fringe. Maybe the heart shirts could be for Valentine's Day?

These pictures also serve as a reminder to me that I should really take a photography class.

Fringe Frenzy!

It seems I've gone a little fringe crazy. Today I worked on a shirt for a customer who is very soccer-keen. She'll definitely be the coolest little lady on the practice field in her cute new shirt with fringe-y hair.

On the fringe!

Little Sew N Sews has really been making the birthday party circuit lately!

A customer recently asked me to make a horse tee for a 7-year-old who is a great horsewoman and a fashionista to boot.

At first we looked for a cute applique design but never came up with the right look. I stumbled upon this design which uses machine embroidery to create fringe for the horse's mane and tail.

Since I've never tried the fringe technique, I went through several pieces of fabric testing out the sewing and trimming and finally felt confident enough tonight to sew out the real thing. I think it's adorable. And I hope Landree thinks so too!

Revisiting the Not-so-little Sew N Sews

Maggie's Mom brought her by the factory last week to show off how adorable she looks in her LSnS-made birthday gift. These applique monogrammed tees are the current best seller! I've already made two more this week and have 7 more to go!

Kaylee's mom tells me that her "K" tee will be her first-day-of-first-grade outfit. Perfect!

9/7/05 update: Kaylee's mom was at the factory last night and showed me a professional photograph of Kaylee in her LSnS applique-monogrammed tee. Too cute!