Playing Catch Up

I discovered a few pictures on my camera card earlier this week, and figured I needed to share them!

We actually left for Branson on St. Patrick's day, but I still wanted to make the day fun for the girls. I decided to fix them an easy breakfast since we were leaving early, and decided upon Lucky Charms, "gold coins" (banana slices), and green colored greek yogurt. The girls loved their breakfast!

I also surprised them with more 'gold' on the drive, by packaging up dried pineapple slices for a snack.

When we came back from Branson, my parents came up. My stepdad trains labrador retrievers for duck hunting, and he had a hunt test about 45 minutes from our house. It worked out perfectly that they could come up for a few days. MC and papa really bonded while he was here:

G actually told my mom that she doesn't understand why papa actually comes because he's never here when he's here! (The last few times they've visited, he's had hunt tests.)

DJ and I also decided that we needed to start with the transitions for MC before baby A arrives in July. Our first step was getting her to sleep in her toddler bed. DJ took the front of her crib off on the Friday of spring break.

The first two nights she did surprisingly well! She layed right down like always and went right to sleep. 

But, Sunday and Monday nights and the nights to follow were not fun! It took several nights of her crying and us trying to help (unsuccessfully)  for her to sleep in her bed.

There were several nights where we found her sleeping on the floor behind her bedroom door. G also decided to sleep on her floor one night- but, at least she had pillows and blankets!

When we left for Easter at my mom's this past weekend, MC still wasn't doing well in her big girl bed. I was super nervous coming home, but thankfully she's done great!  We've only had 1-2 minutes of her fussing, and then she's out! 

After the first week of bad nights, I later found out that she had two top teeth coming in, and I think that's why she did so great and then so horrible, and now so great again!

Our next obstacle, will be getting rid of her "dee dee" (paci) and i'm not looking forward to those fussy nights!

By: Unknown On 12.00

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Recent Custom Orders & a RTS {ready-to-ship}

Last week I put off all sewing until this weekend, which meant that Saturday night and Sunday were full of sewing and crafting!

I absolutely love how each of these orders turned out, and I feel more and more blessed every time I work on a custom creation for your child. I've found the passion again, that I seemed to misplace last year, and I'm just so thankful that January and February have been amazing months for my family and my business.

This first shirt is a custom order for a good friend of mine, whom I've never met- ha! She has two daughters and her oldest is right around G's age... She's one of my best customers and I love that customers become friends! She requested a shamrock shirt and matching pigtail hair bows for her daughters to wear at their St. Patrick's Day celebration at preschool.

 These little Hello Kitty piggy sets are going to be so cute! I just love how they turned out.

 This next piece, is a new line for me. I call it "Hair Flair". It's not really a bow, but it's a gorgeous hair piece that can be worn in portraits, or just to accessorize an outfit.

This one is made with a deep green nagorie feather, and features two lime chiffon flowers, and a handmade green and white chevron flower puff, as well as a chiffon rosette with a pearl in it's center. This flair is ready to ship, and is $15.00, but I seriously think you can wear it all year, and not just for St. Patrick's day! You'll just need to let me know if you want it on an elastic headband or on an alligator clip.

 I also had another custom request for a Dr. Seuss shirt. Because my applique's are 100% hand made, I had to come up with something doable, but spectacular. How about Cat in the Hat's Hat?! I ordered this whimsical stripe fabric and paired it with a matching bow and bottlecap.

 Here's a close up of the hair bow.

 This chevron Minnie shirt is to die for! I sent it to my mom to monogram, and this is the picture she sent to me last night. I cannot wait to take my girls to Disney and deck them out in clothes like this!

 As I was searching for supplies one afternoon, I came across these rosette bunnies. Um, can you say adorable?! I added eyes and a button nose, as well as a sequin hair bow and attached it to a white elastic headband. I cannot wait for my girls to wear these on Easter- unless of course, you snag them for yourself, because they're listed on my facebook page as ready-to-ship. In which case, i'll just have to order more for my girls!

 Hair Flair pieces have been so inspiring to me lately. I don't know if it's because my love for photography is growing, and I can totally see these as newborn photo props or if it's because of the bambino in the oven right now. (Not a literal oven.) I am swooning over this newborn headband in pink and grey satin with tiny sequins and an adorable broach. This is aslo ready-to-ship on my page.

Are you totally in love with these like I am? And, what do you think of the new line of "hair flair?"

By: Unknown On 08.56

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St. Patricks Day Ribbon & Fabric

I am so excited to share with you the items I have found in order to customize a St. Patricks' day piece for you and your little honey pie(s). I have always loved custom orders, and I have found that this may be easier, than making tons of sample bows, shirts, etc. and them not selling. It's also a great way for me to keep my production costs down, and in turn keeping your purchasing cost down!

As always, Honey Pie Accessories strives to be your go-to online boutique with affordable and adorable custom creations!

This first ribbon is my all time favorite. I am in love with the leprachaun children and the chevron background! I can totally see this in a simple pigtail boutique style bows or added with orange for an over-the-top hair piece!.

Chevron is all  the rage right now, and this green chevron ribbon is perfect for St. Patty's day! I can make a simple boutique style bow and it will be perfect paired with a chevron shamrock applique shirt, and this bow can be continued to be worn long after March 17th.

I already have an order for a stacked boutique bow using these ribbons, so i'll have all of them in stock! I love the various shades of green and would die to make an over-the-top hair bow using tiny side bows or glittery bows as accents.

 The classic Shamrock ribbon is a great addition to any bow or to any outfit on St. Patty's day. It's simple and makes the perfect statement.

And, what little baby wouldn't be adorable wearing this ribbon on her head- love it!

I only made little girl Valentine shirts, and I knew I wanted to give you a "boy" option for shamrock applique's. This chevron fabric in various shades of blue and green is perfect for your little boy on St. Patty's day! I can stitch the shamrock in blue, green, or white.

Rainbows are a classic sign of St. Patrick's day, and this chevron fabric would be adorable combined into a shamrock applique, stitched in green and on a brightly colored shirt!

I can't wait to custom create pieces for you! As always, please leave me a comment, or a message on my facebook page to create your custom listing.

I'm also offering a 5% discount to the first person who makes a shamrock applique shirt order!

These fabrics can also be utilized for "tie" applique's for boys, baby bibs or burp cloths for your baby's first St. Patrick's Day, or as a baby gift!

By: Unknown On 12.23

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St. Patty's Weekend

I really did try to narrow down these photos, but we had such a fabulous weekend, it was so hard! We sent the girls to daycare on Friday, and I worked a half day. DJ was off, as the start of his Spring Break. I was suppose to have a dentist appointment that afternoon, but I cancelled it, because I wasn't feeling well. I came home and slept 3 hours and had DJ go get the girls. I then slept another hour while they were eating dinner! Thankfully, I felt better Saturday morning for our St. Patrick's day fun!We made a trap to catch a leprechaun. G made a 4-leaf clover to 'trick' him and we put a pot of 'gold' (popcorn) to help lure him to the trap!

Then, we went outside and enjoyed the sunshine while DJ used his new smoker to smoke brisket!
We took MC outside, because she had been feeling better (although, she now has another cold.)
I think she was happy to enjoy some sunshine and get some natural Vitamin D.
G just played and played. The neighbor behind our house came over, and she played with their 20 month old, and then she explored our wide open back yards. She said she was "queen of the mountain."
And, she played with Bailey.
The girls flew around in the air.

G ran over and had to have her turn.

Then, we got out her trike, while MC took a nap. She rode it about two houses down, decided she was done, and drug it back to the house.

When she's riding and she feels like she's done, she always expects that one of us will take it back for her, but I always tell her that she wanted it, so she has to take care of her toys and put them back where they belong.

Then, we went inside to check on our leprechaun trap.
She was really excited, but then I think G became really scared to think there would be a real leprechaun in there.
But, we didn't catch him! He left goodies for the girls instead. G got a green slinky, a princess cup and "gold" candy (caramel hershey kisses). We let her open one, and it was so cute, because she kissed it before she ate it. She told us that you had to kiss it, since it was called a hershey kiss.
MC received a cup and green puffs.

We had our neighbors over to eat, and MC was screaming during dinner, so I didn't get any pictures. But, we had fruit salad, mac-n-cheese, garlic mashed potatoes, and brisket.

I typically don't like brisket, but it was mouth watering. G even asked for seconds!
After dinner was cleaned up, I put MC to bed and we went outside to start a fire in the fire pit and make smores!
DJ helped G roast her marshmallows.
And of course the neighbor kids joined in with us!
G loved her smores and after we each had one, we ate burnt marshmallows!

On Sunday, we got up and went to church. We almost didn't go, because MC was running a slight fever and was fussing. I decided that we would take her with us into the service since she didn't feel good, especially because the last time we visited that church, she cried the entire time she was in the nursery! MC loves her momma for sure!

G did great in her class, and MC did very well in the service. I was so thankful that this church actually allows kids under 5 in their service. We have actually visited two churches here, that do not allow or prefer kids under 5 in the sanctuary, and I just think that's a shame.
It was warm, so we broke out one of her spring dresses, and i'm glad she was able to still wear it, since it's a 6 month size.
G wore a dress that I purchased at Rhea Lana's consignment sale for a steal. It's a cute navy dress, and it was too long, so I know it'll last her through early fall as well!

After church, we went to eat at Red Robin's.

G played outside some more and met our new neighbor across the street (they're only 2 months apart!) while MC and I took a nap!

It was such a wonderful weekend, and I was so glad that it wasn't going to end, because DJ's off for spring break all week and I'm off most of the week as well!

By: Unknown On 18.08

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