Today is brought to you by the letter P

Today is my Creative Team Spotlight on The Button Shop blog! I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love these projects. I chose the Spring Poppies buttons to make Kennedy a Poppy dress for her birthday in August.

I couldn’t resist. Once I laid my eyes on those buttons I knew immediately what I was going to do! If I’m having another girl I’m going to have to stock up on more buttons, they just make the outfits. Visit Tessa’s blog for close-ups of the dress and more details. I made the dress with my own pattern and plan on doing a tutorial for it after I tweak a few things so stay tuned!

Next up I thought I’d tell you about my friend Bethany’s adorable daughter Storey. Isn’t that the cutest name? Bethany entered a photo of Storey in a contest and would love some help with the votes. I think it’s the cutest one so I gladly helped her out. Today is the last day to vote and if you have a facebook or Twitter account she would love the help. In fact she would love it so much she’s offering everyone who votes a free pattern from her shop! Just leave her a comment here and let her know which one you’d like after you vote. You can vote *here*.

It’s so rude of me to show you my pillows in progress and then not give you the skinny on how I made them. Sorry Des! For my pillows I used this little video from Martha’s site. The site drives me absolutely insane but I love being able to watch a video and pause it if I need to. It’s called freehand machine embroidery (basically scribbling with your machine). So fun, and easy after some practice.

So there you have it. Poppies, pictures, patterns, and pillows. I love Monday!