ROLL TIDE BABY!!.

Well, it's been a long time but I'm back. My oldest daughter Magan gave birth to our first grandchild, Chandler. This has put a new twist on the name "Chandler Heirlooms".

Front of the shower invitation given in Greenville, Alabama

 

I have so many things to share with you that I made for the baby shower before he was born and then all the things I've made since.

 

 

Diaper Baby Centerpiece

 

 

This was one of the centerpieces for the table at the baby shower. Doesn't it look just like a baby laying there? It's made of diapers and the little blanket was so easy to make and I monogrammed it with the family initial.

 

First quilt I ever made!!

 The quilt above was given to Magan at her Sugar Land, Texas baby shower.

My Second quilt ever. I tried my hand at stippling.



 

Coming home outfit

I made another quilt for the shower given by family in Greenville, Alabama. The outfit chosen to bring Chandler home from the hospital was given as a gift at the shower and I brought it home and monogrammed it and made a blue and white hounds tooth bonnet to match.

 

Of course there is no way I could have a grandson and not make him an heirloom daygown with matching bonnet.

 

 

 

 

 

 He wore this when he met his Great-grandmother for the first time.

 

 

 

The gray chevron boppy cover turned out nice and has gotten lots of use.

 

Being huge Alabama fans, we have to start Chandler out right. I created a quilted bib using scrap fabrics in the "Tide's" colors and a little monogrammed "passy" holder. 

 

Had to have a Bama onesie!!! Roll Tide!

 

 

It looks even better on him!! He has outgrown this for sure!!

 

 
 
 
Now that it's college football season, I've been up to my eyeballs in crimson and hounds tooth. I created this little Jon Jon and mailed it out in time for the Texas A & M game.

 I also had fun creating a little bishop dress for another Alabama fan.

A matching bow as a "Thank You"
 

I have a lot more things I've done but that's at least a glimpse and an idea of what I've been up to. I'm excited about being a new grandmother and wish I could see my little Chandler more often. But in a small way, I can be with him when he wears the things that I've made especially for him with more LOVE than he can ever imagine. My heart swells with pride for him.

I'm proud of him and I'm proud of our University of Alabama football team on their win over the Aggies.

ROLL TIDE ROLL BABY!!!!!!



We're "Bonafide"!!!

We have reached a milestone!!

 I'm so excited to unveil our official business logo.

It's been a while coming, but I'm so happy with how it looks and how it came to be. I don't have time to tell the story now but I'm excited about the progress of this new venture. One of my favorite movies is "Oh Brother Where Art Thou". If you've seen this movie then you'll recognize the reference in the title of this post about being "BONAFIDE!"

 I'll now be able to put my own label in my designs and have business cards/price cards printed for my items I'm creating for an Alabama boutique. (Another exciting thing I'll need to post about later)

I'd also like to share that I finally got 3 of the 5 Little Dresses shipped. These are two of my nieces on Mother's Day, right before they were to sing at church; hence, the nervous looks on their faces.

Here they are after their singing debut and enjoying lunch.

I've got so much I want to write about. I actually have a couple of drafts "waiting in the wings" that I've been working on for weeks. There is one that includes some beautiful day gowns I've been designing. Keep checking back for that.  For now I must go work on my collegiate "game day" wear I've been designing. Here is a sample I just completed yesterday.

Our key chain seems to be pretty popular with the AL fans. An Auburn one is in the works along with the "game day" clothing.

Please let me know you stopped by. Any comments are encouraged. I hope somehow I am able to motivate someone to follow their dreams and not be afraid of at least trying. You'll never know what you could have done if you don't start somewhere.

 Remember ... "You can do everything WRONG with the right ATTITUDE and SUCCEED. You can do everything RIGHT with the WRONG ATTITUDE and NOT!!"