little vintage style v.25

 Welcome to Little Vintage Style, a place to show off your sweet little ones wearing vintage! Link up every Wednesday, and make sure to click around and say 'hello!' to all of the other vintage lovin' mamas like you!

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Every day this week I have wondered if today will be the day. Lark is this close to crawling. LM and I have been placing enticing objects just out of her reach, and cheering her on as she maneuvers unto all fours, rocks back and forth with a determined look in her eyes, and stretches her chubby little hand out as far as she can... then she pushes her legs, and flop! roll. grab. insert object in mouth. So close!

Oh, Larkie, you will start to crawl soon enough I know, in the meantime I think you are just teasing us... I mean, look at that face!

 On Lark: vintage 50's romper, thrifted

On LM: vintage top, thrifted // pants, Gap thrifted

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patterns, and let's sew!

Hope you had a nice weekend! I sorted through a fair stack of vintage children's patterns, checking to make sure all of the pieces were still there and in good condition, while listening to my church's conference. It was a lovely way to spend time - feeling productive and inspired at once. I enjoyed all of the talks, but especially this one - I could use that reminder weekly. 

"and when i am taller, i can sew too!'

You may have noticed that I added a new vintage patterns section to the shop last week. I will be adding more patterns to it soon, including some fun Halloween costumes, so stay tuned!

When I came across this pattern it told me to sew it, so I will be looking for fabric this week. I want to make view C (the red one). It will probably be a little big on LM, but that just means she will be able to wear it longer. I'll be looking for fabric that can easily translate from fall/winter to spring/summer. I thought it would be fun to show you my progress along the way.

Want to sew something too? Choose a pattern and fabric, and I'll meet you back here next Monday to start cutting!

our favorite summer haunt

Lately, we have been spending a lot of lazy hours at our favorite summer haunt. A little lake near our house where the kids can dig in the sand and the mamas can relax on the beach while babes sleep in strollers. It is a little muddier than an ocean beach, but we will take what we can get - this spot has been my life saver more than once on long summer days!

Are you holding onto summer as long as you can too?

(As you can probably conclude from my instagram photos, I got an iphone last week. I would love to hear suggestions for fun and useful apps if you have any!)

1 week to 6 months

Lark turned six months old a couple of weeks ago so I am late posting this, but I thought it was fun to see how much she has grown! The only real scale is her brooch - it looks so big on her in the first pic!

She is sitting up, rolling all over the place, and eating solid foods. But, what makes me so happy is seeing her really start to interact with her sister. I can see in her eyes that she adores her. Their new favorite game is tag - I hold Lark and we chase LM, then LM chases us and the giggles are non-stop for both of them. Love my two girls, here's to the giggles continuing throughout their whole lives.

little vintage style v.24

Welcome to Little Vintage Style, a place to show off your sweet little ones wearing vintage! Link up every Wednesday, and make sure to click around and say 'hello!' to all of the other vintage lovin' mamas like you!

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Sorry if you stopped by earlier and LVS wasn't up yet! To be honest, I have been feeling a little off lately and this Wednesday really crept up on me. I realized late last night that I needed to post this week's LVS but I didn't have any new pictures of my girls, oops! I tweeted my dilemma and Bri came to my rescue, taking these photos of her sweet little girl Rilo this morning. Thank you for stepping in at the last minute Bri!

Hi! I'm Bri and I blog at {collected}! I'm happy to be participating in Little Vintage Style, since I happen to have a soft spot for all things vintage.

If I had my way, Rilo would have worn this dress every day this past summer.  Yellow is one of my favorite colors and I love to dress Rilo in yellow too.  It's just so bright and happy!  This dress actually came from Stacy's shop.  I think due to her recent growth spurt, we'll have to retire this dress until our next little girl comes along!

My favorite type of vintage clothes for Rilo are the ones with sentimental value. My Great-grandmother MeMe (and Rilo's Great-great-grandmother) was and still is an avid sewer. I have loved dressing Rilo in some of the outfits that MeMe made for me when I was little. This coat was actually made for my Great Aunt and then passed down to me. I love the classic shape of the coat and the sweet little lace detaling on the collar.

Thanks for having us Stacy and letting us take part in such a fun feature!

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felt cloche

I am guest posting today over at Sparkle Power while Candace is enjoying some time off with her new sweet baby boy. Remember this hat? Well, head on over to find out more about it!

Want to make your own? You can find the pattern here.

her first sewing project

It all started when LM came up to me holding a needle and thread. "I want to make a monster, mommy." Instead of being alarmed that she had somehow acquired a sharp dangerous object, I smiled - my little girl wants to do a sewing project!!! I sat her down with a crayon and paper and told her to draw what she wanted the monster to look like, and I thought what she came up with was so cute and funny. This is the first time she has ever drawn a picture complete with arms and legs, let alone nostrils and a beard (that is what she said the scribble under the nose was - just like daddy, ha)! 

(she added the other eye on the drawing later, after we were already done)

She helped pick out the fabric, I sewed it all together, and then she carefully put the stuffing inside. Once the monster was all done she was so proud and excited that it looked just like her picture! I accidentally put the glitter ribbon on backwards, but it doesn't really matter since they all twist and turn anyway. She named him Snarfy and when I asked her why she answered, "Because he is a Snarfy mom." I guess I should have known :) 

I am so glad that she had an idea and knew that she could make it a reality with a little help from mommy. I think it is such a blessing to be able to express yourself through creativity, and I hope she continues to come up with many more projects for us to work on together!