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Feature Friday-Rosy Red Buttons

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Hello A Little Tipsy friends! My name is Camilla and I am so excited to be here on A Little Tipsy! I LOVE Michelle’s blog, she has so many good ideas. She is also such a great person and I am so glad she is letting me take over her blog today! (hopefully she feels the same…;) ) Here goes!

I am married to the greatest man EVER (I know you’ll probably throw in the vote for your husband, but its just not true) 😉 and we welcomed our first child, a girl into our lives on January 20th. We just can’t seem to get enough of her. I take pictures as a profession. And yes, my poor daughter has already been subjected to countless photo shoots in her short three weeks of life. My husband digs in the dirt for his profession. Seriously. They even pay him for it. 🙂 I have a little blog called Rosy Red Buttons that I started in Septemberish and it has been all kinds of fun to do. I started it just because I was going to be doing so many remodels and projects in preparation for our little girl.


I also enjoy decorating and then re-decorating my house, so some of my projects involve that. I recently finished the master bedroom with all the furnishing and decor I wanted and said to my hubby, “Look it’s finally finished!” He looked back at me and said, “We’ll see.” It has sat for 3 months relatively untouched, so I’m pretty happy about that. He is too. Here are some of my favorite projects from this year:

DIY Bed Canopy. Quick, easy, AND cheap. Music to my ears. 🙂

Personal Picture Clocks. These were so fun to make and they are excellent anniversary, wedding, christmas, birthday, you name it gifts!


Nursery Makeover! Ok, I realize that most of my projects involve baby-ness, but I can’t help myself. I love that she’s here to fill up this sweet space!

Coat Skirt. A quick way to fancify that old coat.

Ruffled Table Runner. Yea, I’m kind of obsessed with ruffles. These can be made as short or long as you need!

Custom Canvas Frames. I smile everytime I see it on my staircase.
I think that is enough to be sufficient for you. Um, did that sentence even make sense? Probably not. I’d love to meet you and see your fun ideas and blogs and have you follow along in my attempts to be a first time parent while crafting. Uh Yikes. Come by and see me at Rosy Red Buttons! Thanks again Michelle for having me over. You rock! Have a great day!!

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Isn’t that nursery to die for? Almost makes me want to have another baby. Ok, maybe not quite yet! Thanks Camilla for sharing some great ideas!

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Babybjorn Carrier Review & Giveaway

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If there is one thing I have learned making the rounds with baby number two it is that you can’t skimp with baby products. If you buy cheap diapers they leak, discount bottles will give baby’s tummy bubbles and economical carriers will make your back hurt. When it comes to baby I have my favorite brands and I do not stray. Straying causes stress and who needs more stress?!

Babybjorn makes my carrier of choice. I tried a couple of carrier brands with my first son. I borrowed a carrier from my sister and when she had a baby a few months later, I borrowed my sister-in-law’s Babybjorn carrier. I had no idea what I was missing. The Babybjorn carrier was so much more comfortable! It was easily adjustable to fit like a glove on anyone who wore it. I love that it has lumbar support for me and proper support for my little guy’s wobbly head. There are also little loops by the legs that can hook to make the leg holes smaller for newborns. Love! It makes me feel like my little one can sit comfortably without being flailed about as I move. He loves being all snuggled up and toted about.


(I didn’t put his arms out the holes because he is still little and likes having them close by his face.)

So, guess who has her very own Babybjorn carrier now. Yep, me! It is super festive in bright red. One of the few things for this little guy that aren’t hand me down from my first. Happy new carrier buddy!

What is that you say? You wish you had one too. One that was made from mesh so it is cool and breathable? It should have a cool name (well, besides Bjorn which is a pretty cool name in and of itself!) too like trifecta or verve or synergy. Well call me Fairy Godmother because …



We are giving away a Babybjorn Synergy Carrier to a lucky Tipsy reader! ($170 at Target)

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Giveaway closes Wednesday, December 22nd. Good Luck!

Disclosure: Babybjorn provided me with a carrier for review and one to share. Aren’t they swell.

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Baby Announcements-$50 Tiny Prints Giveaway

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I’m sure many of you have already heard of Tiny Prints. They are no strangers in the blogger market. I recently had the opportunity to work with them and let me tell you it was a total joy! I was able to design, print and send my baby announcements through them and let me tell you it was so nice to have everything run smoothly and easily with a task like this during the holidays!


All I had to do was pick a theme (there were a ton of adorable ones to choose from) and then alter the wording and upload my pics (taken by the amazing Tamra from Modern Expressions Photography). It was fast and they turned out just perfect for our little guy.

Tiny prints even has a mailing service where you can upload your address list and they will do all the work of addressing and sending them out for you! This is a huge bonus in my book. I did not want to sit and address envelopes while trying to keep two kiddos happy. I had them mail most of mine out and had a few sent to my house to hand deliver to family I knew I would be seeing in the next couple of weeks.

The announcements I ordered were printed on a heavy duty cardstock (for some reason I thought they would be on a photo paper of some sort) and came with good quality white envelopes. I can’t wait to hand them to family and friends as they are a product I am really happy with.


Flat Holiday Photo Cards Happy Moments - Front : Dark GrayFlat Holiday Photo Cards Burst of Color - Front : Aqua


And guess who’s giving you the chance to try them our for free, yep, they are! Tiny Prints is giving away a $50 gift code to a lucky Tipsy reader! Use it for your holiday cards or some other fun printing idea you have up your sleeve!

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Boy Week: Kid Suspenders

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Hello Tipsy Readers! First, congratulations to Michelle on her new addition!!! Also, thank you to Michelle for allowing me to share my tutorial to her lovely readers – all of you!!

This is my second tutorial for suspenders, when I first started sewing again (after years away) I made this tutorial for suspenders. Now that I’ve sewn some more I decided to rehash it, pretty it up, and re-post it. Here goes:

To start, gather your supplies:

  • Tape Measure
  • Rotary Cutter
  • Scissors
  • Thread
  • 3/4 or 1 inch elastic x 7 inches (5 inches finished length)
  • 3 Suspender Clips
  • Fabric:
  • 1 piece 3×5
  • 2 pieces 2.5 x length needed

Step 1: Measure your child for the suspenders. For this step, I had my husband help, cuz my little guy can be a wiggle worm! We started on the front right, and brought the tape to the middle of his back. I like my elastic to be about 5 inches long, so we measure 5 inches up from his pants line. If you measure straight to the pants line, you will have too much fabric.

Step 2: Cut cut cut. Take your measurement for the suspender fabric and add 2 inches, 1 inch for extra for seams on each side. For my son, we measured 16 – so I cut my fabric 2.5×18.

Step 3: Put your elastic end through the suspender clip. Fold end over the back 1/2 inch.

Stitch once using straight stitch, then I use a zigzag stitch over the raw edge.

Step 4: Iron your 3×5 fabric piece. Fold and iron short ends back.

Fold and iron long ends back.

I did iron both sides, and didn’t realize I didn’t have the picture until I was done. Sorry!

Step 5: Fold 2 1/2 x 18″ fabrics in half long ways – right sides together.

See my pins?

Sew 1/4″ seams along edge and turn right side out.

I use a dowel to help me turn.

Iron with seams in back.

Step 4: Fold raw ends of fabric inside 1/4 inch. Iron, then sew.

Step 5: Attach suspender clips to fabric. Like we did previously with the elastic, insert fabric through suspender clip, and fold back 1/2 inch.

Sew once using straight stitch, and then use the zigzag stitch. Do this for the other fabric strip also.

Step 6: Sew the two fabric strips together. Match up your edges and pin.

Sew in a square for durability.

Step 7: Wrap 3×5 piece over elastic. Leave a small gap at the top of the fabric, where you will connect to the “Y”.

Step 8: Sew “Y” and elastic together.

Step 9: Put them on your little man, and try and get a picture with him holding still! 😀

He wasn’t too happy with me or Daddy 😛

Hope this tutorial works for you! If you have any questions you can email me here. Also feel free to visit my blog with my lovely sister here, or my quilting blog here.

If you use this tutorial for suspenders, I’d love to see them in the flickr pool here!!!

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I just love these suspenders and how perfect would they be with a Trendy Tikes boys tie!! Thanks Tiffany for this great tutorial!

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