After a week of gray and drizzly weather the sun finally decided to show itself and made it possible for me to snap a few photos of Mabel sporting the new dresses that I sewed for her. Mannequin photos are good but just not the same as actually seeing someone wearing them. Plus it gives…
Last week I posted about the first ever vintage dress that I made for Mabel. And I felt that I had been successful so I decided to have another go at it. Take a gander (that’s a vintage word that fits, right?!) at Simplicity 2388: I purchased this pattern a few weeks ago on Etsy…
A few weeks ago, before I fell completely down the rabbit hole into the world of vintage sewing patterns…I thought sewing clothes would be a breeze. I mean, I had sewn one child’s dress before from a new PDF pattern someone created on Etsy. It was pretty easy to follow with lots of photos and…
I teamed up with my friends at Zappos.com to bring to you today’s post. We spent the last two weeks hustling to round up all the necessary back to school items (seriously, why do chubby pencils have to be the hardest thing in the world to find?!) Mabel needed. The summer seemed to fly by,…
So you might have noticed I’ve gone a bit crazy lately with pinning vintage patterns…and as you can see in the photo, I’ve gone overboard with buying them too. I’ve had people ask me, “Why not just buy new patterns?” Well…I have. 🙂 I LOVE Violet Field Threads. They have tons of cute dresses that…
Today’s post is a collaborative post with The Children’s Place! Preschool has officially been underway for two weeks and Mabel has been loving it! And of course I’m loving it because she’s been having so much fun! All moms know that when school starts, it also means the addition of some cute new clothes for…
This post brought to you by Stride Rite. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Modern Mommyhood. *I wrote this post two weeks before Mabel started school…so I apologize that it’s posted late! She actually wore her new shoes 4 out of the 5 days last week!* 😉 Back to school shopping is…