Monday, April 1, 2013

Easter Time

I can't believe  Easter has come and gone already this year. It always messes up my brain when Easter falls in March. I love making Easter clothes. My aunt always made me an Easter dress when I was a kid and it is a tradition I hope I never grow out of.
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That's me on the left! This particular dress might not have been an Easter dress but you better believe I had one very similar, ha.
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Again, I'm there on the left. This was one of my favorite Easter dresses. It makes me look so long! For those of you who don't know me personally, I'll tell you straight up, I am s.h.o.r.t. haha.

Enough about me, I know you are really here to see what I have come up with for my kids. Without further ado, here they are!

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I told Lorelai if she gave me beautiful smiles I would only take 10 pictures but if she was frumpy or did duck faces we would take at least 100. It was very effective incentive and I think she knocked it out of the park! I captured some new favorites. You might remember my Easter inspiration board from this sneak peek and I am so thrilled it turned out EXACTLY as I had imagined it. Brett thought it was missing something but Lorelai thought it was perfect and I agreed!

 Unfortunately we had to take these pictures after church instead of the day before like I had planned so Kent looks a little wonky from his two hours of serious play in nursery. He was also dying to get home and impossible to get him to stand for pictures. 10 vs 100? Forget it mom, you can't get any if you can't catch me! That is what inspired the Kent in the tree pic. The tree picture doesn't provide much detail and I really wanted to share this with you guys. 4.1.2013.8
{Please forgive the visible tape. I am learning!) I can be honest with myself and say the shirt shows signs of being my first ever attempt at making a boys dress shirt, but that being said, I think I did a really good job especially since I didn't use a pattern. I know the things I would do to fix it and have big plans for Kent clothes in the future. It's kind of funny, Kent's outfit came off looking like it was from the 70's but I don't care he was still too cute to boot and I'm really loving those pants! The vest came out just as I imagined it and I am still lovin' on those buttons :)

I hope you guys enjoyed it all and had your own Happy Easter!

If you want to see more of Easter from Lorelai's lifetime you can check out this post here. Have a happy day, I'll see you back here later this week.

I'm linked up at the Train to Crazy & Ladybird Ln.

18 comments:

  1. I love how you coordinated them both! I wanted to make something for my little guy but I ran out of fabric :( Great job on the outfits, they look adorable!

    -Ash P
    http://distractedashley.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks ash! I'm trying to include my son in more of my projects :)

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  2. I love both outfits! And the boy's chevron vest is super cute. ~Major Moma

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    1. Thanks! The vest was the first piece I was certain I wanted to make :)

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  3. Those old photos are classic! Great outfits :) I especially like the yellow necklace, my daughter would love a necklace like that.

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    1. Those pictures crack me up :) I'm glad you like the necklace. It made Lorelai very happy

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  4. hey look. one picture where you're taller than me, another where we appear to be the same height. what a crazy blog post!
    super digging the zig zag chevron-ness

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  5. Haha. Seriously. You use to be sooo short! I'm loving the chevron too. I have a lot of fabric left over so there will be plenty more in the future.

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  6. I love it. I am especially happy to see that you sewed for your son, for some reason I have a much easier time sewing for my 2.5 year-old daughter than my 1 year old son. The pants are my favorite. What pattern did you use? I also think the yellow and pink chevron make a good combo.

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    1. For the kids clothes I used patterns I've drafted before from clothes that they already have and then went from there. I think boy clothes are more intimidating because for the most part they involve more tailoring than girl clothes :) Thanks for stopping by.

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  7. Very fun looks for Easter! Love the flash back too!

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    1. Thanks :) I enjoy "dated" pictures I think they bring more joy to the memories.

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  8. Aw those are so cute& the chevron was such a good touch.

    Mae

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    1. Thank you! I've been wanting to use chevron for ages, finally got to :)

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  9. Oh my gosh! I am in love with the photos of you at Easter! That is so much fun! Your aunt must be AWESOME!!!!
    The outfits you made for Easter this year are wonderful I love how they coordinate!
    liZ

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  10. Chevrons on a boy's vest and you made it work! Awesome job. I love it! And you can never go wrong with a tutu :)

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