Friday, April 22, 2011

EASTER SALE!

SALE, SALE, SALE!!! Let's celebrate Easter (and my 10000 sales :-))) ) together! GO TO MY SHOP ENTER THE COUPON CODE - EASTER30 - AND YOU WILL GET 30% DISCOUNT! ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT! :-)

HAPPY EASTER! :-)


Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Zara...

Did I ever mention I am a big fan of Zara?! Well, I am. I love their line for home zarahome.com and I love their clothes zara.com ! And since I have a baby girl I am just obsessed with all cute things they have for babies! Especially for girls! If you live in Europe you should absolutely have a look! Here are some of my favorites for ladies and baby girls!

How to make baby booties “stay on”?

Sometimes I receive questions about how to make the booties stay-on. Finally I decided to put together all advices I have so you can use them. If you discovered your own "tricks" you are welcome to share them! :-)

1. The most important thing is to make the booties in the right size. If they are too small or too big most probably it will be very easy for a baby to take them off. If the pattern offers only one size you can adjust the size using different kind of yarn – thicker or thinner, and bigger or smaller crochet hook.

2. It also depends on which kind of yarn do you use. From my experience best “stay on” results are giving natural yarns – cotton, wool. The worst – 100% acrylic. You should avoid using 100% acrylic yarn for baby sandals and low booties.

3. Make the strap shorter. If you see that the bootie is getting of baby’s foot too easily make the strap shorter.

4. Sew on a piece of elastic on the back of the heel. You should do it in the following way – first attach both ends to the bootie, then stretch the elastic and make a seam.

5. Work an extra row along the back of heel and work 2 sc together as many times as you can, like this the back of the heel will be tighter and the bootie will stay on better.

6. First put the socks and only then booties

I hope these advices will be helpful.

By the way here is my newest pattern for baby sandals - Foulard Baby Sandals

I hope my little girl will wear them a lot this summer! :-)

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Is it already Friday???

Well, my big plans for this week failed... simply because my little angel had her own "big plans"! But can I complain?! I don't think so...
Sophie wearing Girly Ruffle Pants - diaper cover. Pattern available here!

Monday, April 11, 2011

Happy Monday!


As I am an "official photographer" of our family usually there are very few photos with me. But since my little boy is very interested about computer and especially about making photos with webcam (we always have to laugh about his self portraits with all possible funny faces) lately I get many such photos: "what are you doing there... ???"... :-)
Have a good week! If I am lucky there will be many new patterns this week! :-)

Friday, April 8, 2011

Pee Wee Pilates...


I bought this book while I was pregnant with my son. I enjoyed reading it and dreaming how I will make all these exercises together with my little boy. But when my boy arrived I was so overwhelmed with all new feelings and duties that I completely forgot about it. Besides I was in better shape than ever (seriously!)... Now, almost 4 years later, after my second pregnancy I can't say same words about my body... I can get in all my before-pregnancy trousers but I am just not happy with how I look in them... and then I had "click" in my mind and remembered this book...

"Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head."
Carol Burnett

It is not only about how to make Pilates, but it is like speaking with someone about how you feel and how your life (and body) has changed...
It was a good book to "clear" and "put in order" my mind, now it is time for exercises and I hope my body will be back in shape very soon too... :-)
Have a good weekend!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Beautiful weekend and new patterns...

Spring is here! At least to Italy it finally arrived. And we enjoy it a lot! We had beautiful weather this weekend and spent wonderful time... here are some pics from our Sunday walk to Piazza Unita - main square of Trieste.



My children didn't have right mood for making photos - my little boy was trying to escape each time we took the camera in our hands, but Sophie slept all way long... and of course we didn't want to wake her up... :-) I hope you had beautiful weekend too!

And here are some new patterns:

Chocolate Baby Booties and....




... Ruffle Mary Janes!
Enjoy and have a wonderful week!