I LOVE Fabric!

A few months back a came across a sale that I just couldn't pass up! I am addicted to beautiful fabric.

My intentions were to make several pieces for my business Hattie Mae and make birthday outfits for my twins and my niece! I did make a dress for my nieces 5th birthday. I used the precious purple fabric below!



Shortly after that I found myself uninspired! I know what you're thinking! With all of that beautiful fabric how could you lack inspiration?



Well I've been a little out of sorts lately. I guess that you could say I've been a bit blue! The twins had to wear store bought Birthday outfits this year! I know, I dropped the ball. :(



I'm feeling like I'm getting back to myself this week! You see last week I spent our first week of Summer vacation in Cancun with my family! It's amazing what a little R&R can do to the soul! I feel so refreshed and ready to tackle all of the to dos on my list!



I now find myself full of inspiration and I'm ready to get to work! I have a Trunk show to get ready for and I'd love to have several outfits for the girls to start school in! By the way the twins will be in Kindergarten in the Fall! I have so many plans for my time while they are in school!

Have You Heard Of Thirty-One Gifts!?!

If you haven't heard of Thirty-One Gifts you are missing out! My fabulous friend Liz joined a little over a year ago and I had not heard of it until then! The first time I saw the products I fell in LOVE! 31 offers adorable bags, totes,thermal totes, purses, stationary and so on! The best part is that you can personalize most of it! Since then I have been thinking of joining! Well I finally took the leap! It's a Christian based business and everything that I've seen so far is phenomenal. The benefits are fantastic!



If you are looking for a home based business to join that's fun to help make ends meet, to pay for extras for the kids or just need some extra Mommy time this could be a fit for you!



If your interested in checking it out this is my link.
www.mythirtyone.com/julielollar



I would be happy to mail you a catalog too!



I'm also having a Launch Party if you live in the area and are interested in stopping by. You can also order directly from my website from the link above or the Launch Party link below!

http://www.mythirtyone.com/shop/eventhome.aspx?eventId=E193976&from=DIRECTLINK

The Rich Tooth Fairy!

So I have been MIA for 2 and half months now! My husband grounded me form blogging! I wasn't getting anything done around the house. Guess what! I'm still not getting anything done! So back to blogging I go!

A couple of weeks ago Brinley lost her first tooth! At 6 and 3/4 I was wondering if it would ever happen. That tooth was loose for, no kidding, 6 weeks or more! Brin is my timed cautious little girl. She was so afraid to pull that tooth. She wouldn't even let me talk about it! I thought that it might pop out while eating or maybe even come out in her sleep. Not Brinley, she decides to pull it out at school! I have a suspicion that she did that on purpose. She got to go to the nurse who gave her a nifty little tooth chest the hold it in and several toothy stickers!

We were very excited for the Tooth Fairy to come! However, I'm pretty sure that she was not prepared! You see the Tooth Fairy left Brinley a $10 bill. I'm pretty sure that I only got a quarter for my teeth. I know it's gone up but I'm pretty sure that $10.00 is over kill! So that Brin wouldn't expect that every time we told her that the first tooth is special and are worth more money!





So I will be out of town all next! We'll be going on vacation to Cancun Mexico with most of Aaron's side of the family! Look for some fun posts on that we when return!

Refashioned Skirt

So I've been looking for a skirt to re purpose into something for my girls to wear. I can't take credit for the idea though. Have you checked out the Ruffles and Stuff Blog. If you haven't you should! Disney is fantastic at "rehabbing" old clothes and making fabulous jewelry. Anyway I found an old skirt that I got from Urban Outfitters a few years ago. It's to small now but I just couldn't part with it!



First I took it in on one side so that I could preserve the zipper that's on the other.



Then with the extra fabric ( I used the hemmed edge that was left over) I cut out my straps and attached them to the top!



This is how it turned out! I love it! The best part is it was super easy. Please disregard the polka dot pajama bottoms. Brin was not happy about modeling and I wasn't about to ask her to change pants.



There was even enough fabric left to make a sweet Barbie dress!

If you're interested in the tutorial that I used to make this please check out Ruffles and Stuff here http://www.rufflesandstuff.com/2009/10/tutorial-cheaters-guide-to-fancy-dress.html!

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A Tribute To Alice

Back in February my husband took Miss Brinley to Frisco's annual Daddy Daughter Dance! The theme was Alice in Wonderland! Which I absolutely love! Brinley even had a Mad Hatter tea party for her 3rd birthday. See how easily I get off track!





Anyway, in honor of the theme and the New Alice movie I came up with this wonderfully twirly dress in Alice blue! My batteries were dead when the dance happened so I just had her model the dress this morning. (She looked much cuter for the dance by the way!)







I love how it turned out! I used a pattern that I already had for the top and then I added the tiered skirt on my own. Brinley loves spinning and she had to be able to spin BIG on the dance floor! I hope that you like it! Happy Monday!

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I Admit It I'm a Follower!

In an effort to expand my followers section and find some more awesome blogs to follow I've been linking my blog this week! It's been a lot of fun looking at all of the fun, creative and inspiring blogs out there and I can't say that I'm not happy about the new followers that I've gained! I'm super excited! If you want to link your blog here is the on that I'm using today!

5 Years Ago Today .... Well last night anyway!

My sweet girls Madolyn Rose and Gibson Bella were born! They were born at 35 weeks and had to spend a little time in the NICU! We have lots of hiccups along the way but we've made it to 5 healthy and strong! Here are a few pics over the past 5 years!



























We won't have their party until next month! It's a DR. Seuss theme. Check back for pictures and details from what is bound to be a fantastic party!