Colorado Bliss

How do you know you live in Colorado? When it's 80 degrees out on Wednesday and snowing on Thursday. Oh well, I'll enjoy the weather today and hope for the best for tomorrow. But who could deny that it's worth it living here?



Last week we ended up with a three foot dumping of the white stuff. It was one of those days: husband out of town on business, go to fire up the plow and it's out of gas, fill the tank and get going on it and then the plow broke. Not only did it break off, I went ahead and ran the sucker over. So then I decided to be an idiot and tried to move the car...only to have it slide sideways over the side of the hill (thankfully missing the truck that was parked at the bottom). So, as I was shoveling out the car, the snow still falling on my head (the same snow that was supposed to have stopped falling two hours before that) I cried out loudly to God "Please help me out here! Just let ONE thing go right! Just ONE!", and that was when I heard the beautiful sound of my neighbor's bobcat at the end of my driveway. Life has been okay since then!

Being snowed in allows me to exercise my creative muscles. I had quite a few orders to fill but when inspiration hits I am powerless to stop it. Thus, I ended up spending a good amount of time making cute little summer outfits for my girls (and, yes, I did work on my orders as well). I had to run all over the west Denver area last night to take pictures - there is still at least 2 feet of snow all over my property so it's not the best backdrop for a little girl in a summery top! I think CPS would be knocking on my door if I posted those pictures. Though, today is absolutely stunning outside it would look pretty bad if I had my daughter posing in a snowbank with a halter top and sandals...

Anyway, I know it's been a while since I've blogged. Whenever I'm lacking photos I tend to wait longer between blogs. Well, now I have photo OVERLOAD! :D Hope this makes up for my lack of blogginess!

Let me first start with the cutest of cuties. Y'all are going to be like me soon, dying for more Rhiana pics! Her little one is so freaking cute and I crave her pictures like I do a nice cold Mountain Dew (anybody who knows me in real life knows just what that means!). I can't post them all here, but here are a few. If you want more go to her Facebook page. Become a fan! And I've said this before, but if you're within a million miles of Minnesota she is worth the drive to get some knock your socks off awesome photos :-) I can't wait to see what else she has coming!







I finally got my hands on a picture of the Original Sophia Mae dress today! We're on our 3rd version of this dress and when the fabric runs out on this one there will most certainly be a 4th!

See the progression?







And now, what some of you have been waiting for...the new tops! These can now be found on Etsy! My website will take a little longer to update...

















Until next week (or the week after...or the week after...lol) have a sunny spring and wish me warmer weather!

Butterfly!

Yesterday, while out on my walk with Natasha (my overweight Siberian Husky), I saw a butterfly! Now, I know that isn't big news for everybody. Most of you are thinking "Big whoop, lady" but when there is still 3 feet of snow in most places on the ground up here that's HUGE news! It means that even if we are not finished getting snow yet (and we most certainly are not) at least it'll be warm enough that it will melt quickly instead of adding to the 3 feet - woo hooooo!

The other interesting thing that happened while on that walk is that I realized I am using Natasha to help me get up the mountain, and really nothing else. I used to think that I was using her to help me fend off predators (we have a bit of a mountain lion issue up here in these parts) but when a really old man (at least 85 years old) walked by us she ran behind me and cowered. I now understand that should a mountain lion cross my path the most use Natasha will ever be to me is bait.

So, with the nice weather means nice pictures! Well, as nice as I'm capable of, anyway. I'm still plugging away at my daughter's school wardrobe so I decided to poke around my remnants bin and make her a patchwork skirt. Obviously, I will not be reproducing this thing since it's made of scraps, but since it is skirt season now I will be making more skirts in the coming weeks so keep a look out!



Last week I had to say good bye to the Sophia Mae dress. I guess I have just enough fabric for a little dress (about 6-12 months) maybe, so if you still want a vintage Sophia Mae and you have a wee one let me know - but I'm not likely to relist it because I can only make that size. I decided that the Sophia Mae dress isn't ready to die just yet, though. You all may not realize this, but this is actually the second iteration of the dress. The original used much of the same fabrics but in different places. I'm going to keep the dress alive, capturing the vitality and spirit of the old dresses, so here is the NEW Sophia Mae dress!






I have no idea why, but I matched it up with a pair of Oxford Striped Stretch Knit Ruffle Capris. It just seemed like the thing to do so I went with it!

And a little more eye candy for you this week! I LOVE seeing pictures of other people's kids my my clothing. It brings such a smile to my face!






I'll try not to let it take so long in between blogs, but I can't promise anything! I'm at the mercy of my stupid camera and the weather!