Craft Item Pricing

When I attend shows and fairs, I like to have an idea of what's available and the costs, so I bring enough moolah to purchase my treasures (most vendors do not accept checks). I hope that you plan on coming out, so I want to extend the same courtesy to you. 

• Tie only Onesie: $12
• Tie & Vest Onesie: $15
• Dress Onesie- Short Sleeve: $17
• Dress Onesie- Long Sleeve    $18
• Audrey Cape: $23 - $25
• Pinafore & Diaper Cover: $18
• Neck Accessories: $10 - $12

* Special order requests follow similar pricing. Contact me for a more exact quote.

Sinclair Lewis Days Craft Sale

I hope you have a chance to come out and see me at the Sinclair Lewis Days Craft Fair. I'll be selling adorable baby couture and some women's accessories. Click here to see some of the Turbos-n-Tiaras items that will be available. Other items being sold by my uber talented mom are crocheted baby blankets and hats and sewn aprons and table runners.

Where: Sinclair Lewis Park, Sauk Centre MN

Date: Saturday, July 21st

Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Booth # 34

 

Wood Letter Plaques

Great photo prop or even as a wall hanging

As you might be able to tell by my previous Tutu post, I love celebrating my children's birthdays! I especially have fun designing custom party invites. The mission for my little girls' birthday party invite was to scream pink, pink, pink and that she's turning 1. For the invite I took some pictures of her in the pink tutu onesie and for an added splash of cute, I made these lettered oval wooden plaques - an "O", "N" and "E". I tried to get a picture of her holding each separately. I had all the supplies except for the wood plaques, so again, a pretty thrifty project.

Here's what you need to round up:

• Wooden Plaque(s) - These were 5" x 7" oval shaped found at Wal-Mart for .97 cents each
• Fabric - Enough to cover one side of the plaque(s)
• Mod Podge
• Foam Brush
• Glue bottle
• Foam - Enough for the letter(s)
• Picture hanging strips - Optional depending on what the use will be

Easy as 1, 2, 3...4...and 5. But still super easy :)

1. Place plaque on wrong side of fabric - trace and cut out
2. Smear decoupage on plaque and place fabric, right side up, on top. Press and apply more decoupage right on top if it doesn't look like it's adhering. The fabric will look a bit white, but no worries, it dries clear.
3. While the decoupage dries, trace letters onto the foam and cut out.
4. To make sure that the fabric doesn't fray, I ran a strip of glue around the edges, and it dried clear. 
5. Get the decoupage back out and brush onto the back of the letter and press onto fabric covered plaque. 

There you have it - a cute prop or wall hanging!

Tutu birthday bodysuit

If you can't stop time, might as well make a dress to commemorate it!

My baby will turn 1 year old in a month and a half. Believe me I'm not particularly thrilled about it - I wish for her to stay my baby forever! But being that it's inevitable that the day will come, I figured I best make a dress for our little princess' Pretty in Pink birthday celebration. I've seen some easy DIY tutu tutorials, but I wanted something that would not move and twist... plus I never make things easy for myself :P

I used the general idea/pattern for my craft show onesie dresses as a go by (sorry, I'm not so eager to offer those details up!) In short...

1. I measured the chest circumference of the bodysuit and multiplied it by two.
2. I cut a strip of fabric that length and about 2" wide and drew a line all the way along the middle - this is where the center of the tulle is placed. 
3. Then cut nearly 70 strips of 6" x 16" tulle, because it wanted it super full.
4. The next step involved pinching the middle of the tulle, placing it on the center line drawn on the fabric strip and sewing right over it to secure it in place. Repeat again and again and again.
5. Make a casing with the fabric strip the tulle is now one, add elastic (same length as the bodysuit chest circumference measurement) and sew to bodysuit.

As you can see I also dabbled in applique. I'm not a pro just yet. I cut out all the shapes and used Heat'n Bond Fusible Web to make it all stick together. The "1" was fused to the circle first, then appliqued. Next the letters were fused to the circle and "1", then appliqued. Finally the entire circle now containing the "1" and her name were fused to the onesie and appliqued. 

And that about covers it. This was a little more tricky and time consuming than the other onesie dresses I've been working on, but definitely worth it - anything for our little girl!