appliqued all the way!

long ago, when i discovered the wonderful world of ebay, i found an amazing woman... she hand appliques everything from purses, to pants, to jackets. i love so much about what she does! i wanted a pair of pants for kamryn, but was unable to afford the steep prices she charged. it has been in the back of my mind ever since. well, today i was feeling a little creative and decided to take a stab at it. this is the fruit of my labor (and now i've decided it would have been worth every penny... this takes forever and i used my machine to applique them on!)

sheered shirts/skirts

after finishing this order i need to make a trip to the shop to pick up more material. i have to make kamryn a few of these for school. they look darling layered over a long or short sleeved shirt. the straps can also be tucked in and it can be worn as a skirt.

slacking days are over... i hope!

well, i've been in a bit of a funk, so forgive me for not posting in forever. i hope not too many of you have given up on me.

i made this dress from a tutorial my friend showed me. it turned out so cute and i thought i was pretty handy to get this done in time for kamryn to wear on father's day (the dress is made out of her dad's old church shirt).

and the best part... i didn't have to do any button holes! the buttons on the back are from the front of dad's shirt. you can't get easier than this project!

and the flower is only because my little girly girl didn't think it was prissy enough... and i had enough gathering left over from the bottom of the dress.

samples for the store...

last week i was asked to make a few samples for the quilting cottage. it took a few days, but i've had a few orders (and they take priority over samples). i finished it last night after my kids were in bed and my hubby was gone playing cards with the boys. i was waiting by kamryn's bed when she woke up... i couldn't wait for her to try it on, take pics, and post them. she is such a good sport for her mama!

the skirt and top can both be special ordered by emailing haley@hayleaves.com.

do you know me?

crazy thing happened this weekend. my family went up to a nearby reservoir to play for the day with some friends, the smarts. they also had a few other friends up there and some family we had never met. i was introduced to kenzie's cousins and she asked if our family had blog and if kenzie had a link to it on her blog. yup, yup, and yup. and then kenzie told her i had another blog called hayleaves. no way! your hayleaves???? yes, that's me. she has been wondering who i am cause everyone she knows has a link to my blog on their blog. how funny that all those people are my family or jeff's family or our friends. so thanks to everyone out there that has my link on their blog! i felt famous for a minute... well until i put the connection together that her little brother is married to jeff's cousin. but still- people are starting to recognize the name and every little bit helps in this business!

oh, and here is a picture of the little skirt i made up for kamryn from the valance i bought at the di. it turned out so cute! and the first person that saw it bought the other skirt on the spot.

my work to good use!

this is the blessing dress from an earlier post. i love to see my creations on the wee ones. just thought i'd share pictures of this cute little angel.

and this is my best friend from high school and the little squirt that grew up down the block (he's not so little anymore), their 2 kids plus the little angel. i would have never pictured these 2 together back in the day, but they are just too dang cute, and don't they make the cutest little kids!!!!

another one of a kind special order...

today i put the finishing touches on the blessing dress i made for an old friend. i'm very excited how it turned out. blessing dresses are so much more fun than wedding dresses!!!!! a fraction of the time and all the vavavoom! hope you like it mare!

i love the way the yoyo flowers turned out!!!

an's big day

lets start off by giving you the link to the dress an fell in love with:

http://www.moniquelhuillier.com/webcollection/bridal/runway/2007fa/02.html

today was the big day. the day to show off all my hard work. i only got a few pictures with my camera and of coarse kwynn (an's daughter) wouldn't cooperate with me and my canon. an promised me pictures from the photographer of her and kwynn in their dresses- there will be more to come, but for now, this is what i have...

she found a another picture of the dress she wanted on the web- different model- different pose- same dress. in the picture above she was trying to remember the 'awesome' pose the model was doing. i don't know that she quite found the right stance... this is what she was going for...

http://www.moniquelhuillier.com/webcollection/bridal/adcampaign/2007/05.html

and here is the true little princess for the day!

she ran away from me after i got this shot off.

another down...
today i'm finished with all an's wedding stuff. no more wedding dress, no more flower girl dress. it's almost sad to see it be done... or is it??? and just in the nick of time- she gets married on thursday. i'll post pictures of both her and her daughter in their dresses thursday or friday.

All Tied Up

I'm just trying to finish up a few small orders before I dive head first into the wedding dress again. I have the top finished, but the bottom is screaming at me to "get 'er done" (my 'Larry the Cable guy' coming out in me). My poor dress form is going bottomless. Ann- I promise I'll finish your dress this week!!

But until then you can check out the ties I made today.It is a father-son set that was special ordered. The baby tie Velcros in back for easy removal after being spit-up on. Also, they are both machine washable. I suggest you hang to dry and iron as needed.
And if you can't tell, I'm playing with my camera again.

Baby's Ties- $12

Men's Ties- $20