Are You Ready for Some Football : Daddy's No. 1 Draft Pick

It's almost fall, time for wonderful fall weather, pumpkins, Halloween and in Western Pa, where we are from, there is nothing like the start of football season. I have to admit, I don't catch all the Steeler games with 2 three year olds roaming around, but most of my friends and family bleed Black 'n Gold.

One of my highest selling designs is now Daddy's #1 Draft Pick. It's available in any team/color and the back is personalized with a name and number. You can also add the lil' ones name to the front along with birth date. What a perfect new baby gift for a fall baby or for your favorite toddler! So far, I've created this for fans of the 49ers, Cowboys, University of Texas, Steelers, Saints, and slew of others.

And for our true Steeler fans, the Black + Gold = 7 design is in hopes that this year we get ring number 7!

Shirts for Sesame Place!

We visited Sesame Place, an amazing children's park just outside of Philadelphia, in June. I just had to make the girls shirts. After some research, creative thinking and some inspiration from some fellow bloggers, I ended up making them dresses. Emma is in the red, E is for Elmo dress and Mady was a little non-cooperative, she's in the blue M is for Mady and ME LOVE COOKIE dress.

I made skirts following this blogger's advice for Halloween and thought I'd incorporate the ruffles in the girls dresses...

 

I bought them white shirts that were a size larger and used the ruffle to hide my stitching at the bottom of shirt. I got the idea for the dress skirt from a bunch of random photos on the internet. 

I used iron on adhesive for the letters and then hand stitched around them for a little extra finesse.

While the photos don't do them justice, these are finished products! 

All in all, I learned a lot from the process. One of the biggest lessons learned - when sewing, always double, triple check you have removed ALL the pins. We found a few still in their dresses they day they wore them! OOPS! I hope to improve upon my sewing skills with each project. I would love to offer some hand sewn products to my Lil' LJ site - eventually! :)

So proud - made the Etsy Treasury!

Visit this link and check it out! @ Etsy Treasury

Father's Day - FREE Printable!

Remember the adorable tag I made for my girls to give to my husband for Valentine's Day?

 

Well, I thought it would make a great Dad's day gift too! Just click on the image to view it larger and print! Punch a whole a the top, string ribbon through it and tie it around a Starbuck's Card. What dad wouldn't love that :)  Or have the kids make dad a mug and tie it to the handle.

 

And don't forget the adorable bodysuits and tees dad would love to see his lil' one in. Lil' LJ

Congratulations to our Winner!

Melissa C. won our giveaway! Thanks to Melissa, our customers, friends and family, we've raised over $1300 this year for March of Dimes.

Welcome Baby!

I created these birth/welcome home announcements when my twin girls were born over 2 years ago. We were so very happy to welcome home our "Perfect Pair."

This announcement was created for my nephew whose parents wanted something different and fun!

Check out more designs at my Design Blog and look for Lil' LJ to start selling Lil' Stationary later this year via www.lillj.com.

Bunnies and Chicks

I just had to share some of these super cute finds for Easter.

First, these are the super cute outfits my girls will be wearing for Easter. Great buys at Old Navy as usual! 

 


They'll be sporting this super cute Lil' LJ design at school Easter week ;) $17.95

 

Check out this adorable bunny headband, only $5! Go "Like" Two by Two Creations on Facebook and see what other great handmade accessories she has! 

And looking for an alternative to the traditional Easter Basket? How sweet is this handmade bag? $16

And how cute is this for a little boy? What a great way to carry toys from room-to-room after Easter! $15

Looking for an even more budget friendly basket idea? I picked up pink easter buckets at Walmart for $1. My 2.5 year olds will use them over and over again!