The Cute Scotty

What do you think?

Everyone loves little Scotty Dogs, don't they?

Especially the Mary Engelbreit Scotty!!

I am sure they do.

I have an assembly line of sorts consisting of four A-line dresses I was working on this evening.

This Scotty Dog A-line dress is the first of the four fully completed.

I used the collar pattern from another dress and I am pleased it looks this good.

Three more to go!!

I can not wait to finish them up so Lily can model them for us.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Six Legs and More

I am SO tired tonight.

I have an early morning

So

a very fast

My Day in Pictures

Grant's new peeps.

A few of Joel's friends escaped

A jar of pretties

A beautiful dress and a princess

Sorry for having to go when we just said hello.

My eyes are almost pasted shut.

A 75 + degree day tomorrow.

Awesome!!

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Scenes From a Twelve Year Old's Birthday

And the twelve year old just happens to be

Naomi Genevieve Frye

♪♪♪♪♪♪ Happy birthday ♪♪♪♪♪♪

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

A Little This and That on a Saturday

Joel and Loki enjoying the warmth.

See, didn't I tell you this little chair was an awesome buy?!

I had an idea to add a little texture to one of my girl dress patterns. I just wanted to see if I could add little tucks to a bodice without an actual pattern telling me how to do it.

This is what I came up with. I still need to add the skirt but I was pretty pleased with the results so far so I wanted to show you.

I just love the fabric. It is from Joann Fabrics. I bought it a few years ago and have been holding onto it for the perfect dress look to use it on. I am pleased because Joann's still carries this fabric on their Calico wall. That means I can offer other sizes in my shop if I like. Cool.

I also made homemade bias strips for the arm holes.

I will hopefully get the rest of the dress done this week or maybe next week.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

A Few Bargains

I scored a few fun bargains at a 4H garage sale that was held in the 4H building at our local fair grounds.

I really like bargains!!

Especially the ones that run in the dollar or less range.

What kind of bargains do I look for, you are asking yourself.

Awesome ones!

I might use this in an up-cycled skirt or something in my Etsy shop.

I might resell it in my fabric shop.

I might just use it as is.

All I know is it is very pretty.

One can find random jars at most sales but one like this?

I think not!

Should I repaint it and put new glass in it?

Or

Should I repaint it and maybe use some of that chalkboard paint on the part where the glass goes?

Or

Should I repaint it and make a fabric tack board?

Not sure but it will be very cool when I finish it!!

Ok, this was just cute and tiny.

I am a fan of cute and tiny things like this chair!!

This chair is wonderful just the way it is.

No changes needed!

*Notice the tiny crib in the back ground? That was a terrific find from a few months ago. You can smile at it. I do. It rocks. Not really. It is just a crib, not a rocking crib...but it totally rocks!*

These are my kind of bargains!!

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

And Now Five More...Oh,Not Again!

I think in some cat bathroom somewhere there must be "For a fun time call Skittles" etched onto the stall door.

Well, I suppose it could just have been a very strategically thought out early Mother's day gift Skittles wanted to give to herself.

I know it was not a gift meant for me. I do not remember 'five more baby kitties' being requested by me as my Mother's Day gift.

~SIGH~

But they are pretty cute...

Why do baby kitties have to be so darn adorable...

I do have to compliment Skittles on her choice of 'Toms', though.

She has not made one un-pretty baby cat...and she has made many.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Patchwork Primers

I was looking around on Ebay for nothing in particular and I came across these two home school unit study type books.

I was pretty curious.

I had never heard of these books and I have been around the homeschooling block about a zillion times.

I bid $15 dollars and came out the winner.

Yah!

The more I look through them the more excited I get.

Too bad the author only wrote these two volumes.

Don't they look pretty intriguing?

I might or might not get around to incorporate them into our schooling this summer.

It all depends on how organized I am, but I really want to try.

I will let you know what I think of them if I do!!

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

A New Richland Photo Shoot

Yesterday, after New Richland's 2014 Prom Grand March (which was very well done by the way) our youngest five who went with to watch and Jeff humored me with an impromptu photo shoot.

Enjoy the results!!!!!!!

Lily and Grace

Anya, Naomi, Joel, Grace, Lily, and Jeff

We stopped by The Yellow Mushroom for ice cream cones when we got back into Waseca.

It was a fun time.

Interesting is this group of five children are our 6th grade and younger group.

How can that be??!!

Remember when all of our kids seemed so little?

Where did the time go?

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy