Pinsperation.

No. Not Pintrest.

Pinspiration.

Short for Pinafore Inspiration.

See the other day a friend and repeat customer placed an order for her daughter's 2nd Happily Home Sewn Birthday Pinafore. I made her 1st birthday one and I hope to continue the tradition until she's 40. Adult pinafores are coming you know. They're the new black.

This order made my day because my friend gave me the following instructions:
"I'd love for you to pick something new and special and work your magic. I totally trust you."

Color me happy!

I stewed on it for a day or two and a clear front runner fabric came to mind: 

I got these little birdies at Fabric Bliss a while back not knowing exactly what they would become. They waited patiently for this perfect project.

Then the complimentary fabric all but leapt off the shelf. It's a thin soft butter yellow cotton that the fella bought for me in a stuffy fabric shop in London. Perfection.

Miss Lily's 1st birthday pinny had a one on it and this one was to have a two. It was almost like elves went up to the sewing room ahead of me to design, cut, and layout the appliques. Everything flowed so easily. I love it when inspiration works like that.

The butter yellow thread was even already loaded on the machine. The elves...they know. 

Oh my gourd. It make me so happy.

So I just kept right on a goin'. I made a sweet little fluffy flower pin to wear on the non-birthday side.
Orrrrrrr...Her Mama could wear it to match Lily! Not that I condone wearing matching clothes with your baby daughter. Nay. Never.

 And to top things off, literally, a wee hair bauble. Yes please. 

 I hope they love it! Happy Birthday Lily!

And a peek at what we did last night:
Back Yard Movie Night with Friends.

So, the take away from this post:
1. Happily Home Sewn LOVES custom orders!
2. Right now you can get them on the cheap because we're having the Welcome Fall Sale for Facebook Friends! So, go find us on facebook...become a fan...and go shopping at Happily Home Sewn with the coupon code NEWFBFRIEND for 20% off your whole order!
2. Then grab a blanket, sit in a comfy chair and watch a movie. You've earned it.

Welcome Fall

We're getting excited about welcoming fall around here.

It's by no means here yet. But it's coming.

Fall means layers and pumpkins (pumpkins!) and hot chocolate and leaves.

In the sewing room and in my shop it means cords. Some new ones...

(Like those? Limited quantities available. Here they are in the shop.)

And some oldies... 

That shot of Eli will just never get old. And those cords are now onto to Amos and in their 4th season and going strong. They're available in my shop in lots of color combinations so get creative!

Know what else fall means? That's right. The Welcome Fall Sale for Facebook Friends. In the 1st day of the push to double facebook fans of Happily Home Sewn we're a quarter of the way there! Woot!

The first Giveaway has been given away and the second one is close. It's a two-fer because Fan number 265 and the person who recommended us to them ((ahem, tell your friends!) will get a special coupon code for 50% off anything in the shop! Could be you! 

Like Happily Home Sewn on Facebook and even if you don't win one of the giveaways you will get 20% off your entire purchase in the shop with the coupon code NEWFBFRIEND. Win. Win.  

New Leaf. New Listings!

Hazel and I have been hard at work this morning waking up from our Happily Home Sewn hibernation. Click back to yesterday's post if this is news to you. 

She spent the morning baby modeling the newest items that need to get listed in my etsy shop asap.

I spent the morning singing and goofing and wrestling and dressing and undressing my baby model and talking softly to her and massaging her ego as you must do for all models. Babies especially. 

And then I listed about half of the new items. Woo and hoo! See the newest goodies here.

But first go find us, Happily Home Sewn, on facebook, become our fan and use the coupon code NEWFBFRIEND to get 20% off your whole purchase. That's right!

As payment for her job well done Hazel got to keep the above onesie because as I was photographing her in it for the listing she just looked so durn cute that I couldn't bear to part with it. 

She's napping in it now.

Just for fun, a few outtakes from our shoot:

I started wondering if I should put the clothes on backwards to actually see the fronts.

Baby models always have hidden snacks.

And here are a few of the new items from Happily Home Sewn's fall line up:

Check out all the goodies here! Many are one-of-a-kind so if you see something you must have, act fast! But not too fast that you forget to head over to facebook so you can use your coupon code NEWFBFRIEND for 20% off!

Hibernation Over.

(source of cute bear photo)

Yawn. Stretch. Eye Rub. 

Time for this Mama Bear to come out of post-new-cub hibernation. I realize the above picture is of a cub, not a Mama, but go with it. 

I'm giving Happily Home Sewn (my etsy shop and the partner to this humble blog) a kick in the britches. 

You may have noticed that recent posting has been sparse and of the familial variety (i.e. containing no content referent to sewing or crafting of any kind). Those trends are about to be reversed. Expect frequent posting of craftastic finery worthy of pinning and reposting throughout the land.

Also, we pushing to double, yes DOUBLE Happily Home Sewn's facebook friends! Seemed like the right thing to do since we're currently liked 200 times and I'm terrible at math. The 400th friend (and some others along the way) will get free HHS goodies! So, if you're not our friend, go like us by clicking here or searching facebook for Happily Home Sewn!

Then once you do that, we're having a Welcome Fall Sale for Facebook Friends! Woo Hoo! After you friend us you can use the coupon code NEWFBFRIEND for 20% off your entire order! Woo Hoo!

So, got friending and go shopping!

The shop is full of fun goodies and I'll be adding some groovy new stuff in the next few days! Some pieces are last items in a series and once they're gone, they're gone, so don't tarry!