Their clothing is quality made, I still have some of the Friedknit and smocked outfits and dresses from my oldest children, and they still look great. They make the kind of heirloom clothing, that can be passed down from one generation to the next, with hand embroidery and smocking that is beyond beautiful.
The timeless style is a favorite to wear for portraits and photographers, even hobby photographers, like myself, love taking photos of children wearing their clothing. I loved dressing up my kids in their smocked dresses, smocked shortalls, sailor suits and more. Nothing has changed, they are still my favorite brand for beautiful children’s clothing, that creates those picture perfect memories.
This year’s holiday collection is white and wonderful. I especially love the Short Sleeve Holiday Pearl Flower Bishop Dress. The dress features hand embroidered flowers and leaves all over the dress, on the cuffs, collar and hem.
The smocking features flowers, pearls and bullions in traditional holiday colors. Dreamy feather stitching lines the neck of the dress and is in a beautiful scalloped design along the bottom. This dress is everything you would expect from Feltman Brothers, the quality is second to none.
Bonnets seem so hard to find these days and it is a shame because they look so beautiful on baby girls. At Feltman Brothers you can find the Holiday Smocked Bonnet that is available in a range of sizes up to 24 months.
For little boys their holiday creepers, Bobby Suits and longalls are reminiscent of yesteryear and look absolutely adorable with hand smocking and embroidery.
How cute is the Tree Bubble Romper for baby girls? I just love this look with its beautiful hand embroidery and smocking.
The Holiday Knit Longall will keep even the newest babies, looking festive and keep them warm.
If you love dressing babies and toddlers in heirloom clothing, you need to check out Feltman Brothers. They have clothing for all occasions and even have an outlet shop on their website where you can score some good deals on their quality designs. Let me know if you love their clothing as much as I do.
The holidays are upon us, I love Christmas, especially seeing it through my children’s eyes. I look forward to decorating our home inside and out every year. This year will be different, a few weeks ago a leak in our kitchen wreaked havoc on our lives that will change the way we celebrate this season. Our entire kitchen and basement has to be demoed and all of our belongings are being packed up and put in storage.
It will be a long process. We live in a rural location so there are no hotels nearby. The insurance company paid for a travel trailer to be put on site for us to live while our house is being repaired. This means that we will not be able to decorate the way we usually do. I want to make the holiday season special for my kids but most of my decorations have been packed and brought to a location to be cleaned. Anyway, we are making the best of things and that is why when I was approached with the opportunity to work with Boscov’s on their holiday home tour, it was a big blessing.
Recently, we all headed off to Boscov’s and rode the escalator straight up to the Holiday Shop. My kids’ eyes were as wide as my husband’s and mine. There were so many beautifully decorated trees and displays.
A member of the helpful staffed named Linda told me she decorated all the trees and many of the displays. There were indoor decorations, outdoor decorations, ornaments, village houses and so much more. The first thing that caught our eye was the Santa in Sleigh with Reindeer outdoor display.
I laughed because it was the same one from the movie Christmas Vacation. My husband said it was a great idea since we can still decorate the outside of our home. We also picked up a vintage looking outdoor lighted Snowman with Pipe.
I found some cute little cardinal and bluebird shelf sitters and a “Have Faith” block sculpture with a cardinal that coordinated. Cardinals are very special for me so I knew these were going home with me.
Then I found 2 Annalee dolls I loved, a mouse ornament and a mouse standing figure.
Next, I picked up a tablecloth and headed off to find a ceramic tree that is reminiscent of the vintage kind I remember as a kid. I had to decide between green and white and went with the white.The pictures don’t do it justice. I also picked up a beautiful Lenox silver-plated Christmas tree ornament and a train for our village.
They had so many nice ornaments, we picked out several that we really liked for our tree.
Soon we were ready to go and load our purchases in the car.
Here is a video of my Boscov’s haul:
The tree makes a cute little display with the other ornaments in the travel trailer.
I did get to at least try my tablecloth on my kitchen table before they took it away. I love the vintage look of this tablecloth.
The train is so detailed and will look awesome when we add a few of our village houses. Our village will be smaller this year but it will still be festive.
The outdoor decorations are very nice and with the new fallen snow they look just fabulous.
The kids really love everything and I guess this all goes to show us that home is where the heart is, especially at Christmas!
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If you are looking for a fun way to take in the sites of New York City and celebrate the holidays, you have to hear this! How does a warm and cozy cruise tailored for friends and family sound? Step inside Manhattan’s toasty solarium which is decked out in holiday decor for a 90 minute cruise to see the lights of New York City! Of course delicious hot cocoa, cookies and treats for all guests are included. Then join in on 20 to 30 minutes of live holiday carols or enjoy 2 live Jazz Trio Sets!
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Let me share what we have made so far.
I purchased a roll of burlap, cut two pieces and folded them in half
Then I trimmed the tops to look more like rabbit ears.
Next, I just took it to my sewing machine and sewed each side up to right under the ear.
Turned it right side out.
Then I stuffed it with fiberfill. If you want you could also used dried beans.
Off to the sewing machine where I sewed around the ears and in between to securely hold the filling.
You then tie with a ribbon of your choice. Next, you can paint, color with markers or paint pens the inside of the ears and make a face. I added buttons for cuteness, you can really have fun here and the kids love to help! You can add a white cotton ball tail to the back side of the bunnies. These make adorable country inspired decorations or you can make one for everyone with their name as place holders for dinner. There are so many great ways to use them and they are simple to make.
Next, I wanted to make a bunny to hang on the door. This nearly turned to a Pinterest Fail but I turned it around. I just found a basic bunny template online and printed it out. I had to extend it because it was too large for the paper. I pinned and cut the pattern out of the burlap.
Then off to the sewing machine to sew around the bunny. Leave a part open so you stuff it.
After you stuff it, just sew the opening close and trim your threads.
Here is the almost Pinterest fail. We had wanted to put polka dots on the natural burlap with the spouncer brushes but it did not go as planned. LOL
Back to the drawing board and we painted the bunny purple, leaving the edge natural and adding pink polka dots.
Then you want to find a ribbon to hang it with.
We decided to continue the polka dot theme.
I attached the ends of the ribbon to the bunny some machine stitches.
You can add a ribbon around the neck or other embellishments. I chose to keep ours plain country simple for the side door. Let me know if you try some burlap bunnies and how they turn out. If you want to make things really easy they have burlap already printed with polka dots or you could make egg shapes and use with multi color burlap or chevron stripe. Happy Easter! Please if you are in a warm part of the country would you send some spring our way! Let me know what you think and if you tried any of these crafts.
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Are you looking for the off button on the clock like I am? I cannot believe how fast the days are flying by. It seems it was Thanksgiving and now we are already at the last shopping weekend before Christmas. I am so behind on absolutely everything. If you are still looking for some last-minute holiday gift ideas, Walmart has Disney Planes merchandise on Rollback.
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Three pampered pooches left to guard the house on Christmas Eve become fearless DOGATEERS when thieves break in and steal every present, every ornament—even the yuletide tree! Vowing to save Christmas, the three canines set out in search of Santa, the only one who can help them on their quest.
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Prepping and sanding, that’s what my weekend has been like so far. We are working fervently to get our front porch finished before the snow flies. Wait, what did I just say? Before the snow flies? It isn’t even Halloween! I know, but in upstate New York, the weather can change faster than you blink. We just need to get the porch floor stained and then put the rails back on and we’ll be good. Flying snow reminds me of Christmas and the upcoming holiday season will soon be upon us. I am really excited to share a great site I just found called Minted. Have you heard of it? Minted is the world’s premier marketplace for independent design. Their mission is to find exceptional artists and designers all over the world and bring their work to consumers who appreciate great design.
Minted crowd-sources design and art from a global community of independent designers, then sells their best designs as fine products such as stationery, wall art, and décor for the home, holidays, and occasions. I love their site and what really caught my eye are the great Holiday and Christmas cards that are available. Some I really like are:
Minted also has party decor like Party Banners, Invitations, Menus and more. They have Save The Date and Wedding Invitations as well as these Mommy Cards:
Business Cards:
Limited Edition Art Prints, Custom Art, Photo Gifts and these adorable Room Signs for kids:
Minted also wants to save you time this year and will print recipient addresses on your envelopes at no charge when you order holiday cards. You can also take 10% off right now with the promo code JOY2014 but hurry it ends Monday! You can follow Minted on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Check it out and let me know what you think. Right now it is bedtime for me, the morning comes fast and I have a porch to finish.
I am kicking off our 2014 Holiday Gift Guide with Ornaments With Love. For the last several years I have had the great privilege to work with Ornaments With Love on reviews and giveaways. I have to say the beautiful personalized ornaments and table top decorations are such a treasured pieces of our Christmas decor. The personalization makes them so special and we look forward every year to a new ornament to celebrate the season and our family.
You may remember the fireplace tabletop decoration and multi-car train I showed you in the past. This year I decided to get an ornament with all our names we can hang on the tree and went with the Personalized Fireplace Family Christmas Ornament with Stockings & Candles. It arrived fast and with great communication. The ornament is finely crafted and beautifully personalized with our names and the year as well as Merry Christmas on the hearth.
You can personalize the ornaments with the names, years and messages that you want. The site is so easy to navigate and the extensive choice of ornaments and decor will astound you. Ornaments for families big and small, grandparents, teachers, sports fans, expectant parents, pets, new parents and much more. You can also find Ornaments with love on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube.
You can also find Ornaments With Love in Mommy Ramblings 2014 Holiday Gift Guide!
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