UPDATE: The contest is now closed. The last counting comment is ae’s “sunshine.” Winner to be announced soon.
In less than a year’s time I have gone from not owning a sewing machine to sewing ruffles on everything. What happened to that girl that was shell shocked about having a girl in her house? She’s not here anymore! Just to refresh you, here are some of my ruffle projects over the last 8 months…click on the title to find a link to the original post:
Ruffled Amy Butler pillow for my daughter’s nursery
Ruffle Bottom onesies…man oh man did her little newborn bum look cute in these!
T-shirt fabric ruffled pillow. The easiest thing ever to make. (sorry no tutorial)
Well now that she is all over the place, she doesn’t really like anything on her legs – slows her down. Heaven forbid she crawl around in a plain ole’ diaper cover like her brothers did. Well they actually didn’t have diaper covers, but we can pretend. Again, no tutorial for this. I feel funny about doing sewing tutorials. I don’t know anything technical about sewing so I am afraid to post a tutorial knowing so many great seamstresses read this. Basically, I just cut strips of scrap fabric, folded over the edges, sewed them down and then layered the ruffles on some bloomers I already had. I did the cutting one night and the sewing in about 20 minutes one morning. Super fast project.
This little thing crawling across the floor is just so much cuter than the diaper.
When I found out I was having a girl (after 3 boys) I talked to a lot of girls I knew that grew up with older brothers. Some had awesome experiences, others not so great. Among the things that stood out to me was that some older brothers gave their little sister a hard time for doing ‘girlie’ things….like painting fingernails, wearing pink, makeup, etc. It seemed very natural for a lot of my friends to be more ‘tomboy’ than ‘girlie girl’ because they loved their brothers and naturally just embraced that. I don’t care if my daughter grows up wearing converse or heels. I don’t care if she likes hot pink or orange. I don’t care if she sews, crafts or hunts. I want her to be who she is uniquely created to be. I do care, however, that her brothers never make fun of her if she does decide to be more of a girlie girl. For that reason, while she is young I am celebrating the girlie girl stuff in an effort to teach her brothers to celebrate her unique role as their little SISTER. So by bringing on the ruffles and letting her brothers see her crawl around in her cuteness hopefully they are learning that being a girl isn’t ‘gross’, but can be pretty cool and special.
I hope while she doesn’t have an opinion that her girlie hats, headbands and ruffles will help teach her brothers (and her) that the desire and ability to climb mountains, camp and make the biggest splash in the mud puddle have nothing to do with whether you have Spiderman or ruffles on your rear.
One place I have not attempted to add a ruffle is on my camera…well Shey[B] came to my rescue. Ruffles on camera straps. CUTE, STYLISH, FUN RUFFLES ON CAMERA STRAPS. Can you believe these things!
Visit her blog here and her store here
Contest Details:
Prize is one $30.00 gift certificate to the Shey[B] store
Contest ends Saturday, February 27, 2010 10pm central US time
Winner chosen at random
To enter: finish this sentence in the comment section “I’m dreaming of…….”
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For those of you that can’t wait to order one, Shey[B] is offering 10% to Under the Sycamore readers. Just type PHOTOG at the checkout!
by AshleyAnn
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Shannon Arnold - Hi, I’m hoping to make a ruffled baby bloomer. You are inspiring. I am having trouble finding plain bloomers, though. Can you help me?
Shannon
Mindy - i’m dreaming of owning a canon 5d mark II camera
MelissaM - Sorry, I missed the contest, but I gotta share about this post. My 22 month old daughter, Lily, is officially a fan of your blog. When her daddy is gone during meal times, we sit together and eat, and look at your blog together. She squealed with delight at the ruffle bottom pics of baby sister tonight! She kept doing her “more” sign and pointing to the computer! So of course we had to scroll through previous posts of baby pics sis so she could squeal and smile some more. Thanks for sharing!
Nicole - I am dreaming of the morning, when my little ones will wake and we will begin another day together…
ae - Sunshine!
sirje - spring!
Kirsten - SPRING! But we’re supposed to get more snow this week instead.
Somer - … sunshine and kisses.
Nicole - a day where I can look out my window and not see snow.
Megan - … Spring! Warm weather, cool breezes, fresh flowers, long walks, BBQs with family and friends!
Teresa - our family finally getting into our own home.
paige - i’m dreaming of …. more girl scout cookies. I tried to use discipline and buy 1 box and I wish I’d bought 20.
maegan - an extended family vacation to the beach this summer! Can’t wait to watch the cousins play together.
Ruth - I’m dreaming of having a little girl, myself, someday…after four boys!
melanie - our family being complete and together…
Donna - help for my son’s ADHD.
marie - my baby girl due in August!!
Brittany - I’m dreaming of warmer weather so I can have sunshine on my face!
Leslie B - sleeping in on Saturday mornings!
Jodi - I am dreaming of Spring…..planting seedlings and my garden! I am dreaming of it every day!
I own one of these straps, I absolutely love it. If I win one, I will give it to one of my friends!!! They are all catching the DLSR buzz.
Emily - …of winning one of these straps! Love them! Ok and a nap too…
Savannah - I am dreaming of holding my precious baby for the first time!
Michele V. - I’m dreaming of a warm summer day sitting outside
drinking a tall glass of strawberry lemonade.
Heather - I’m dreaming of a ruffle-bottomed baby girl or lego-obsessed little boys of my own! I just can’t stop dreaming of being a mom one day.
meg duerksen - this post is supposed to make me like ruffles….and i i do. but what it really makes me want is a big chubby baby and white painted floors!
i think the third floor or or the craft room NEEDS painted floors.
and shey b….she rocks.
i have one made from selvage or is it slevage? i love it. it’s going to africa. oh yeah!
Jenn McQuate - I am dreaming of…HEAVEN! What better thought while we are waiting here on Earth.
abbie - amazing growth as a photographer this year…and every year after.
alidegraff@yahoo.com - eating bags of cadbury eggs that won’t add to my exploding muffin top!
betsy - I am dreaming of white dresses, family, and friends gathered together.
Rachel - …. summer!!
Rachael - I am dreaming of the perfect wedding (12-11-10)!! And one of these perfect camera straps!!
casey! - …beautiful spring weather and cute ruffly dresses to go with it!
Meg - …of a new job.
Amanda Mc - …visiting NYC in just 2 weeks!
Erin Kirby - i am dreaming of a happy ending.
Julie - being married one day
Rachel - laying in the grass with my kiddos and husband and soaking up the sun…(oh spring, I am ready for you)
Heather King - … the first day that my two sons play together in the sand box… Austin is 4 days old, its a ways away, but it’ll happen
Emily - …being a mom!
Stephanie - health for my son.
STACI - those camera straps are too cute! the ruffles make them even better!!
Liz - warmth.
Julie GM - … the new project a handful of us (hubby & I included) are working on together will become a success!
bopha - …all the cute ruffles and bows I’m going to get to put on our baby girl!
Katie - … moving into a place that I can make my own.
Kate - …for a baby sometime
Mandy - a new lens for my camera – - and warmth, like the rest of the world
Allison - being content with what today holds, and not in looking to the future for the happiness today should bring
Beth - …somewhere WARM and flip flops!
Becca - I’m dreaming of my newborn baby girl’s tush in one of those cute ruffle onsies! LOVE THEM! I must make her one of those! Really, I am just dreaming of more sleep right now…she is only one week old so the sleepless nights are still upon us!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these camera straps! I have been wanted to buy one forever!
whitney freeman - holding my sweet new baby this fall!
Suzanne - a lazy Saturday with my family.
rachel - …another baby girl! and for the one i already have to finally get those darn molars through the gum.
Liz - ….planting my vegetable garden (even if it’s only February!)
Jen - …another snow day in Texas!
Catie - my half done home improvement projects to magically be finished
Caitlin - Warm days at the cottage…
Casey - I’m dreaming of a non stressful day
Alison R - a good cup of coffee and at least 5 minutes of some simple, quiet, “me” time! Here’s to dreaming!
Amber - so many things! A fully potty trained little boy, summer, a house to myself, a crate of raspberries to eat (with help) and sleeping in again… some day!
Rachel - a family vacation with no phones, computers or tv
Amy - …warm springtime walks with my husband!
sherry - I’m dreaming of the summer…playing outside in the sun, (seattle is a bit wet) and taking a trip home to visit family and friends.
Chelsea Beck - temperatures above 50 degrees!
Mindy - a white Christmas… no, JK! … More like, SPRING AND SUNSHINE!!!
Kara - …going for walks again!
Beth - I’m dreaming of Hawaii!
Mary - planting a garden with my girls…hope we have a green thumb!!!
nichole - …May 11th, Graduation from nursing school. I’m dreaming of life after that day & a rhythm to my life. One that involves un-rushed quality time with people I cherish & miss often (hubby, daughter, sister, & bestie, Shan). Yeah. That’s what I’m dreaming of.
Erin Jones - …a warm vacation!
Debbie - I’m dreaming of building my etsy business, fruitofmyhands, to a successful business so I can be a ,”stay at home grandma”
Lissy - …some cooler weather….it has been 104-108F the last few days…we have had a very hot dry summer…autumn starts in a few days but March is usually pretty hot too…
Em - an organized house, dozens of incomplete crafts completed, a pile of ironing done and hung, and not sacrificing a single minute with my girls.
Jen - I’m dreaming of a relaxing night with my hubby and friends tomorrow night…love my 3 active boys, but it’s time for a night without them!
Samantha - …my hubby coming back from a 2.5 week TDY at Red Flag! One more week to go!
Susanne - Playing outside on a sunny day!
the inadvertent farmer - A waist…Kim
Kristina H. - of warm weather,spring flowers, and planting my summer garden!!
theresa - I am dreaming of financial security
That way I can buy all the cute stuff I find on here! And also have more babies!!!!!!
Erin B - Sunshine and warm weather!
patti - …a much deserved night out with the girl friends and no kids!
Rachel - taking pictures of our little boy with his little sister arriving in July! (Maybe with a fabulous camera strap around my neck!)
Christian @ Modobject at Home - Today I’m dreaming about the baby girl who will be joining our family of boys in just 5 or 6 weeks. I’m thinking she’ll have lots of ruffles!
Meagan - the beach!
Heidi - ….a new camera strap!
Amber - a day when my world is not totally covered in snow.
Jamie - …sunny, warm weather!!!
Shannon J - sunshine, spring and baseball season! (and by the way, I’m a girly girl who works for a baseball team… so she can definitely be both!)
Mandy B - ….a nice, quiet, warm, sunny Spring Break.
jen@odbt - I’m dreaming of warm summer, popsicle dripping days.
Mara - holding my newborn baby son is just a few more weeks!
Sara - …..the sun dancing on my skin.
Beatrice Killam - …spring (which is still a ways away here in Bozeman, Montana)
Jodi - of summer!!! Can not wait for this yucky, long winter to end!
Denette - Just a few minutes of quiet…
Amanda G - …warm spring days with butterfly’s flittering and tulips sprouting. I’m ready to be done with winter.
Courtney H - snuggle time with my husband tonight sans kids!
Hayley - meeting the little baby inside of me in 4 weeks.
kat - a good life!
christina larsen - I’m dreaming of a little girl in S Korea.
Alisa - warm weather so we can play outside again!
Mandi Smith - getting my new Canon 30D in the mail!
Callie B - I’m dreaming of sleeping the whole night through!
Jackie - warmer weather, flip flops, skirts, kids in the pool, should I keep going…
Autumn - Spring break…..a whole week away!!
Jill - a nice, loud family dinner full of laughter.
Jess - …Spring. No more cold and snow!
Liz - …warm summer days!
Jill J - of… a clean house!
Tonia - …slowing down and playing more with my 3 boys and 1 little girl!
Lindy Taylor - I’m dreaming of shooting my first out of state wedding this summer in Ventura, California!
Jaimie - i’m dreaming of living where it’s warm.
kristi - there being no more snow around here- maybe someday!
Stephanie - Summer! (And snowcones, and swimming, and shorts, and flip flops and pretty toenails and sunscreen)
Chelsea - …a nice WARM summer day!
Michelle - a warm summer day outside by the pool!
Liz - … spring!
ps – thanks SO much for the cute hoodie for my own little girl – I LOVE the ruffles!!!
kate m. - warm weather!!!
Ashley Cangelosi - the sun roasting my pale skin, into brown bliss!
Sarah - no more snow!!
stephanie - …sunshine, open windows and some fresh air with my little ones!
Trinity - …clean house, laundry done, folded and put away, and me sitting with a starbucks…children are kindly playing together, sharing their toys…yeah…good dream!
Meredith - spring!!! This southern girl is tired of the snow.
Taylor - ….a warm, sandy beach!
mindy t - Spending time alone with my hubs again. Having a 2 yr old and a 5 month old keeps us busy.
Celeste - …chocolate chip cookies!
Shelby A - I’m dreaming of yardsales and flea markets!
Lacy - …the first taste of spring, sunlight and warm weather, so I can take my daughter outside and enjoy it with her!
Erin - Warm sunny days, the smell of fresh cut grass, and long summer nights!!
Amanda - …snuggling with my two year old and six month old girls on a blanket in the warm sun (there is currently still snow on the ground here). Ahhh…to see their cute little legs again.
Jenny - I’m dreaming of a grandbaby that can wear one of those diaper covers…
Kathy Ward - I’m dreaming of warmer weather and green trees!
Katie H. - The joy and excitement of watching my boys run and play in the house we just purchased yesterday!!
Jaclyn - SUMMER!! I need a break from my students, to spend more time with my kids, travel, relax!
amy jupin - suntan lines on my shoulders, pool parties and the sound of lawn mowers.
ASH - I’m dreaming of the day I can stop being a software developer and be a seamstress instead.
Btw .. your ruffled baby bum is ever so cute!
Pins + Paper - I’m dreaming of… my husband returning from his deployment
~ Kristen
sarah - …starting a portrait photography business, thanks to Ashley Ann’s tips & inspiration
Karen - A nice quite weekend.
evie - Spring and traveling to the beach!
Kathleen - I’m dreaming of finally moving closer to family! And I know a photo and fashion loving sister in law who would love one of these camera straps… so cool!
BriBedell - I am dreaming of flat abs and toned calves…lol
Robyn Lee - the next place that God will lead my military husband and I. I’m praying it will be somewhere warmer than North Dakota.
Katrina - I am dreaming of the end of this school term. Almost done, then I can relax and concentrate on the last of the unpacking in my new place.
LaurenS - warm weather please!
Jennifer F - I’m dreaming of summer and pedicure dates with my BFF’s!
allison waken - Summer!
Mary - being settled, in my mind.
Brandi - I’m dreaming of a vacation for my 30th birthday in a few weeks!
Morgan - …sunshine, sun dresses, sun tan!
Stephanie - …sun, sand, hammocks, and Red Stripes awaiting me in Jamaica for my Honeymoon!!
Jenna - A girl’s trip to St. John in less than two weeks that my mother-in-law surprised me with! Ahhhh…
Lesley - oops, I got distracted and missed the whole dreaming thing, mine is dreaming of what it will be like to see my little baby for the very first time!!!
Ashley Dougherty - I’m dreaming of….my first baby due in July!
Lesley - I love this post and I totally agree that ruffles and puddles and mud all go quite nicely together!
Kristin - … the weekend!
Jill - …sunny days and warm weather so I can play outside with my kids!
Kelly - …green grass! I haven’t seen our grass since September 30th…boo.
jody - I’m dreaming….of a day when my boys can ALL dress themselves & a day when we say GOODBYE to diapers!!!!!
Shannon - actually having a new house in the near future…another six months to go until ours is finished….
amber fischer - …finding a really fabulous chair that is both comfortable and stylish that would make a good desk chair. For very inexpensive. Yes, I’m definitely DREAMING. ( ;
Rachel Ridd - im dreaming of warm weather and planting my garden
tiphaniefaith - ….a white sandy beach, with lots and lots of sunshine. Bright sweet sunshine! And cool refreshing water.
Can you tell I’m tired of winter?
Crystal - …the first warm spring feeling day that I can open up my windows and let the breeze blow in!
Christina S - …planning my nice WARM summer vacation with my family at the lake.
Erika - No more snow and the warm sun!!
Lindsay Thomas - Celine Dion. Ha! I just saw her movie last night and can’t wipe the smile off my face. I don’t know whether to break into song and dance or cry because she’s so great.
… oh! and seeing my family who’s coming to visit this weekend. But c’mon … it’s CELINE.
Kara - seeing the sun again. I really don’t even need it to be warm just to see it!
Teresa J - I am dreaming of the day I get bring my baby home!
Jenny - …my baby boy due in May!
Faith - ….date night with my hubby tonight!
Meredith - I’m dreaming of Spring, sunshine and picnics!
robyn - I am dreaming of being thinner and trimmer before spring!
Kristina - …warm weather and carefree days, ice cream sundaes and blowing bubbles, and being able to take a walk in the evenings!
Cassie - …floating in the ocean in a hot pink raft with jewelry-wearing monkeys & violinists…because those are the crazy dreams I have every night now that I’m prego!
Elise - …planting (and documenting w/photos!) my first veggie garden this spring
This is my first visit, love the blog so far!
~abi~ - …a white christmas. just kidding!
i’m dreaming of my trip to vegas in a week for wppi!!! 
Jennifer Campo - ….the summer & the lake!
Abby - …spring! Days without snow! Playing outside!
Jessina - …graduation and summer and starting college next fall!
Emily - 5 oclock so I can start my weekend getaway to my brothers-in-law in New Haven!
Lori Danelle - . . .getting to quit my day job and pursue my personal creative ambitions.
That and getting my mid-remodel house finished. That would be pretty great too.
Sarah D - …springtime turning into summertime, refreshing glasses of lemonade and iced tea, changes that are coming into my life, and whipping out my camera to capture it all with the knowledge I’m going to gain from attending a SnapShop!
Cath - …my date with my bed tonight
Tess S. - of spring time. new flowers, big mud puddles, dogwood tree’s, tulips, green grass, sunshine, flip flops, and on and on and on. in a way i’m thankful for cold winters. it gives me a reason to be oh so thankful for all the great things that spring brings.
Karla - ….green grass!
Rebecca - a nap and maybe a massage.
Christy - SPRING!! or warmer weather. I want to get outside! It’s snowing here as I speak.
Luv the Ruffles!! I’ve added them to everything myself my curtains in my kitchen and tank tops. My camera strap needs some ruffle love.
Awesome giveaway!
Emily - I’m dreaming of the day that…I can shop on the girlie side of the store, the day that I can put ruffles, headbands, huge flowers, pinky lacey, frilly girlie girl things on a tiny baby girl of my own.
Elizabeth - I’m dreaming of…..my five older brothers and how, being the youngest and the only girl, shaped my life in more ways than they can image…..they were such wonderful role models for me and shaped me to become the person that I am today!
ashlee - Im dreaming of the farmers markets….its almost time!! Little sisters ruffles are too cute!
Susan - sleep! My two year-old is going through a bad spell of waking up in the middle of the night.
Robyn Farmer - making fun ruffle cuteness for etsy.
Raechel - I’m dreaming of holding our own ruffle-wearing daughter in my arms very soon. (She’s due in 2 weeks and we have ruffles EVERYWHERE in anticipation of her arrival)
Love the ruffle bloomers, by the way. It’s encouraging to me to see you doing things for your girl now, once she’s here. I keep thinking it’s do or die right now – that if there’s anything I want to make for Hazel, I have to do it now, before she’s born. Good to see that I can relax and make her some ruffle bloomers in a few weeks or months. That squishy little bottom isn’t going anywhere for awhile!
Love all the cute things you do! Thanks for sharing!
Brooke - I am dreaming of babies
and the time when God will allow that in our lives.
I love the ruffled bottoms! I have always loved Shey B’s camera straps, but I want to try to do it on my own. Yea right..I doubt I can make anything quite as cute!!
I am not a great seamstress either…but I try too. It’s worth it to try!
Jill R - I am dreaming of SPRING!
Deanna - My husband coming home from Iraq.
janie - a new ruffled shower curtain for my bathroom!
Candy Foster - a fun-filled camping trip w/ the family!
heidi - pink blossems, dew on the grass (instead of frost), rolling down windows and opening my sunroof, concerts in the park, and long runs without a sweatshirt.
jennifer - sunshine!
Amy - my littlest sleeping through the night!!
robyn - im dreaming of all things spring… flowers, allergies, greenery, mud puddles, playgrounds, dirty clothes from days outside playing, windows open, walks outside… i could keep going! and i secretly dream of having a little girl to dress up in ruffles… boys are fun but ruffles would be really fun!
Bobbi Jo - snow melting and tulips sprouting up!
Andrea Jett - spring photo shoots! being outside with my camera again…
Allison - …the day when we can give our boys the house and yard of our dreams so they have more space to run and play….and I can have my garden!!!!
Rebecca - …the feeling of my barefeet in dew drenched grass. Right now we have more than a foot (and no end in sight) of the white stuff. March isn’t even “in” yet and he is already roaring.
I love your ruffle butt bloomers~I think I have some of those in store for this “maybe girl” here…and if SHE is actually a HE, I’ll have a few good baby gifts (seems like EVERYONE is pregnant these days around here.)
Sarah - SPRING!!!! Flowers, sunshine, warm weather, and pedicures
kribss - s’mores, bonfires, pudgie pies, fishing, long walks, cool drinks, frisbee playing, sprinkler running, flip flop wearing, fresh mowed lawns, pretty flowers growing….*sigh *
Jessica - vacation in San Fran in Sept.
Tracy - Spring, green grass, sunshine, smell of rain, and flowers! Great giveaway…LOVE her camera straps!!
Margie - my husband coming home today…after being gone all week and then stuck for 2 days extra due to snow. dream dream dream!
Katie - joining up with a new church plant. Lots of exciting possibilities if that is where God is leading us.
Jennifer - I’m dreaming of sunshine and warmer weather! Enough of the cold and snow!
Melissa - …a craft room full of Amy Butler fabric, lots of yarn, and scrapbooks as far as the eye can see!
Colette Amey - I’m dreaming of going more than two weeks without someone in our house getting sick! Warmer weather come quick!!
Kathy - I’m dreaming of another baby.
Kristi - the day I can wear flipflops again!! Oh how I have missed them!
Emily - I am dreaming of summer Fridays
allison - …this little baby inside of me being a girl!
keely - …the next date day with my husband.
Sally - I’m dreaming of nights in the distant future where my baby boy sleeps through the night!
Kari - a warm place where it doesn’t snow, children are not sick and the Sun always shines! (can you tell I have cabin fever?)
Shannon Phillips - the day that my husband finishes school and we have lots and lots of time TOGETHER!!
Annie - holding my baby bean for the first time (due in 6 days!).
Erica - …warm summer days and playing outside with my kids!
Lisa - warm weather!
Melissa - I am dreaming of a whole day to myself to just create.
laura - sandy beaches in april…