Let's Hear it for the Boys!

I have been scratching my head for awhile trying to find something to make for my sweet nephews. You see, I've only had nieces to make outfits for and now... well I have two nephews. But what do you make little boys... and then FINALLY... brownie goose patterns published the clam digger pants. 

OH MY GOSH! How cute are these. So, the day she published them on etsy... I bought them and that very night, Nolan had a new pair of sail boat clam digger pants. YIKES. So cute. After I figured the pattern out, I went to the fabric store to find some more boy fabric. All my flower, polka dot, paisley- girly fabric was not going to cut it for these handsome manly-man boys.

I'm still working on picking out fabric for boys, but I'm getting there... moms of boys, help me out! 

Here's what I found: 

• Joel Dewberry- Aviary 2 - Woodgrain in bark
• Michael Miller- House Designer - Ahoy matey - ship shape in clementine
• Carolyn Friedlander Architextures - Ledger in Ivory
• Dear Stella- Anchors Away - Sailboats in White

Pattern Cover

Nolan in his clam diggers

Here's Cooper! 

Something fun must be up on that night stand! 

#1 Callout: Mark the "Front" and "Back" in the inside of the fabric. This will help you once you start sewing figure out which sides to sew on. My first pair of pants, I couldn't figure out which was the back or front and ended up sewing them incorrectly. Hello seam ripper! So, take 5 seconds and mark the front and back of both. You'll thank me later, promise.

Markings of Front and Back= life saver

Finished product --> HEART

My brother, Ryan, is a civil engineer. This fabric brought back memories of him studying in our kitchen during college and spoke to his crazy math brain. I had to snag it up and make something special for Nolan with it. 

Top stitch detail

YIKES.... so cute. 

Happy Sewing,
Jen

Lei Making 101

 I sit here, 12:32AM, wide awake after only 5 hours of airplane sleeping between the last 48 hours. UGH. This time zone difference thing is killing me. My Garnier eye roller will be out in full force tomorrow for my 8:30 meeting at headquarters. OOOOEEEE.

So, as I was laying in bed willing myself to sleep, I started to reminisce about my wonderful time in Maui. I can't put into words the stunning views. Wow. They were nothing short of spectacular. Below is a pic since words expressive enough are not forming in my tired brain. Definitely, not to shabby. ;)

Of course, I had to sneak in some creative time on the trip. Lucky for me, the hotel offered free lei making classes. I had so much fun visiting with the other ladies while making my lei. Did you know that these are simply strung flowers? One long needle and a long piece of thin rope and voila: one beautiful lei coming right up!

Table of beautiful flowers ready to become a stunning necklace

My lei in the making....

A little goofy of a pic, but here's my Lei! :)
 Here are also the straps of my bathing suit that the MEAN ocean stole from me.
Minus 100 points for Jen... plus 500 for the men around.

And because I couldn't pass up adding this precious giggling face in her Aunt Jenny mermaid outfit.  This pic marks one of my favorite moments of the trip. She was just giggling for a good 30 mins and just lighting my heart on fire.  

Happy flower sewing! Aloha!
Jen