Wedding Save the Dates!

I designed these Save-the-Dates for my upcoming wedding. I printed them on my home computer and probably saved around $150 by doing these myself. I designed them using Microsoft Publisher and simple photo editing software that comes with every computer.

I love them and they really captured "us". Relaxed, casual, and simple.

Even little Rhubarb made it on! We treat her like our child, so it only made sense to include her cute little mug on the back of the save-the-date.

Star Wars Baby...There is no try, only do.

A friend of mine brought me an adorable Onesie that features the Star Wars logo. It no longer fit her daughter and she wanted to know if I could turn it into a bib for her. As a big Star Wars fan myself, I said yes and set to work. The material itself was a super thin knit and tough to work with. I used fusible interfacing on the back of the knit to keep it from stretching while sewing and to prevent the edges from curling. I backed it with white terry cloth.  Here is the final product, it turned out well despite the sizing and fabric issues.

The neck came out a little on the small side, so I opted to use thin elastic rather than a snap closure.

After making the bib, my nerdiness couldn't be contained. I needed to sew her baby the ultimate girl accessory to go with her awesome new Star Wars bib....Here is what I ended up with.

I am not exactly sure how they will fit a baby's head yet. I wanted the buns to fit over the ears and not having a baby myself, and it being late at night when I made the headband, I couldn't think of a way to test it out at my house. I used scraps of fleece and the buns came together in no time. Two tubes of brown fleece with a strip of scrap blue fleece in the middle to make them more full looking. 

 They took me a little while to sew together by hand, but I didn't trust hot glue when I was giving them to someone. I will try glue on the next one and report back. Hopefully they work out and I will have a picture of baby Princess Leia soon. If it doesn't fit I will take it back and rework it. It was a fun experiment and I think they are hilarious!