Coasters

A little set of liberty coasters for a lovely bride to be.  We enjoyed her vintage garden party bridal shower on the weekend, and I thought I'd make her something along those lines.

My coasters are inspired by the design of Kate's gorgeous summer coasters, but a little different in construction and finish.  I was delighted to use my new Vintage French laundry labels for the first time in this project - they suited this little set perfectly, don't you think?

At our place.

Things we've been seeing at our place of late...

Hope you have a great week.

Bamboo baby blanket

This week I finished a simple little blanket for Violet.  Before I know it summer will be over and she'll be sitting up on chilly days in the stroller, so I'm stowing this away for a few months time.  I used some lovely bamboo fleece from here and some floral Voile from my stash.  Both delightfully smooth, soft and lightweight - perfect for keeping little bodies warm.

Love this vintage...

Blue suit from Belle Heir.  Adorable.  Can you tell I have lovely things for little people on the brain?  

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Monograms

A tiny package from France wrapped beautifully and delivered to my place this week.  

The contents?  A gorgeous box of vintage french laundry labels with my initials.  Love them. I've been on the watch for some monogrammed labels like this for ages and I finally have them.  Can't wait to find a project to use them with.

Love this vintage...

Photograph of Grace and Audrey, backstage at the Academy Awards, 1956.  Stunning.

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Five little bibs

Five little bibs, fresh off the production line for my littlest girl, and a really fun way to use up some of my fabric samples and scraps. I had so much fun going through my scrap box, which in my pregnancy nesting phase underwent major culling and is now only "favourite and useful scraps".  So much nicer than sifting through rubbish and fabric bits I'll never be able to use.

Fabrics I chose (left -right) were a turquoise Moda print; some vintage cotton, floral Voile from my local Lincraft and a couple of pink Liberty prints (below).  I've been hoarding my liberty sample stash for so long and I thought what better person to use them for than my own sweet girl?  The pink, grey and apricot 2011 seasonal is my absolute favourite.   So pretty up close.

These bibs are more suitable for 0-6 months and a smaller size than my regular feeding bibs, and I'm thinking it might be a good idea to pop some smaller ones in my shop at some point too, so you may see some like this appearing soon.

I hope you're having a lovely Sunday.  I'm celebrating that I survived week one on my own with toddler and newborn and made it safely to the weekend!