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Mother’s Day = Clean Slate

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Happy Mother’s Day! Sending a little love to all of the wonderful mothers out there!

I’m thankful for my wonderful mother…who I appreciate more than ever now that I have my own child.


I’m also thankful for the most wonderful mother-in-laws: Kathy and Gale. They are both the most accepting, supportive women and I am so blessed to have them in my life.

Most of all I’m thankful for my little spitfire princess Boo. Being a mother to her has made my life complete.


Of course I’m not relaxing on Mother’s Day….I’m doing what I love to do! Mr. Lil Blue Boo and Boo spent the weekend cleaning out my new Lil Blue Boo sewing studio, installing lighting and building shelves….the BEST Mother’s Day present ever. We have an attached guest house that has always been storage and I’ve decided it is time to move all my work into there since I’ve taken over the house.


Here is what it looks like now…..a big clean slate!


Now I get to move all of THIS in there this week!

A letter from an imaginary friend…..

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A few months back my friend Shari asked if I could write a letter to her daughter Finley from her imaginary friend Soren Lorensen. I finally got around to it:


It took SO long for me to get to it I had to come up with an elaborate plan to explain the delay! “Soren” explains to Finley in the letter that he was traveling the world and forgot about the letters in his backpack.


I included letters and postcards that “Soren” wrote while traveling the world (complete with fake postmarks and stamps)……


…..plus a little metal box of trinkets and gifts he picked up for Finley along the way.

Each letter corresponds with a trinket or gift and has a story behind it:

Letter 1: Soren visits “the beach” and collects seashells
Stamped and postmarked from Canada (you can get fake stamps and postmarks at your craft or scrapbook store), the envelope features a generic beach photo


Letter 2: Soren visits an “elephant” store and purchases some elephant gifts


Letter 3: Soren visits a farm, befriends a small mouse, and they both clean out a smelly pig pen.
Soren mentions in the letter that they had to wear clothespins on their nose, one for Soren, one for the itty bitty mouse!


Letter 3: Soren visits Australia and picks up some stickers and animal medallions in the hotel gift shop.
Stamped and postmarked from Australia.


Letter 4 (postcard): Soren runs out of money and gets a job at an eraser factory for a day, they pay him in erasers
I designed and printed out the company logo and pasted it to the front of the postcard.


Letter 5 (postcard): Soren visits Japan and China and picks up some origami paper.
I made the postcard by pasting a note card to the back of some pretty origami paper. Used a sticker for the stamp/postmark.


And a few extra trinkets just for fun: a superhero necklace (see tutorial here) and a tiny origami crane.


I had so much fun putting this together the last day or so. It is kind of like a scavenger hunt in an envelope…..Finley will have to guess which gifts go with each letter!

Lil Blue Boo Citrus (and ZERO waste!)

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I’ve been working on some spring silk screens for my clothing store. I put the question out there on Facebook and the overwhelming requests were citrus and ladybugs! So I did both. Here are some sneak peeks from a citrus photo shoot my friend Lisa and I did this morning at the park! Lady bug photo shoot to come soon! The “orange fairy” came just in time for some photo props too!





Here is how the dresses looked on the hanger:


Have I mentioned that EVERY little last scrap of t-shirts and knits gets upcycled?! Lil Blue Boo is trying to go to ZERO waste. Pieces that are too small for dress sleeves I send to my friend Shari for use in her adorable Soren Lorensen Design creations. Pieces that are too small for her? Those go to my friend Lisa of Ellebows and More for her new line of upcycled hair pieces to match my Lil Blue Boo dresses! They are so cute I can’t stand it….she leaves pieces of the seams, stitching etc. Each one is limited and unique! She’ll be adding more mis-matched pieces as she gets dress scraps…..so if you are looking for pieces to match your dresses there will probably be a delay before they show up in her shop. OR send her photos of your LBB dresses and see if she has some coordinating scraps to match a few of them! More products to come as well!


There have been a few recent improvements to LBB dresses too…..a more refined neckline and a hidden seam at the neck for those kiddos that might have sensory issues like my little one!

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