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Hi everyone!

Happy Monday! We hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. It was Spring Forward yesterday, so although we will get the benefit of having more sunshine throughout the day…getting up to having lost an hour on Sunday was definitely not fun. Alas, this only means that Spring is coming soon! :)

Let’s start off this week with our Moody Monday! Today we are inspiring you with our Fox Friends by Allison Cole collection, from Winter 2014. Fox Friends is another one of our kid-friendly, novelty collections that we just absolutely adore!! The main hues in Fox Friends are pink, mint, red, and brown creating a very sweet and ethereal feel to the collection. The adorable foxes, friendly clouds, and gentle birds make this a very happy and quirky collection, perfect for all the tiny adventurers you know! Fox Friends would make the prettiest dresses and skirts, or a woodsy themed bedroom! Imagine some lovely curtains, pillows, or girly quilt with our Fox Friends collection…oh how cute right?!! You can check out the full collection here!

One fashion collection that is inspiring us this week is Calvin Klein’s  Spring 2014 RTW collection. The colors in his latest collection are soft and subtle, but with tiny splashes of color that make a statement. The main color palette of this collection is green hues, pinks, creams, and browns. The mixture of these soft colors are very springtime and vacation appropriate, with a very relaxed and beach-y feel.

We especially love this outfit, as well as this one and this one as they especially encapsulate the mood of Fox Friends. The feel of this collection and choices in hues reminds us of our Fox Friends by Allison Cole color palette. You can check out the full collection here.

Thank you so much for reading today’s Moody Monday post! We hope we have inspired you :) Have a fantastic day!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

Happy Friday! We hope you are all having a great end to the week. We are in our first week of March already! This weekend is Spring Forward…not looking forward to waking up an “extra” hour earlier on Sunday but very happy about more sunshine! Spring shouldn’t get too far along now, we hope! :)

Today is our Fan Friday blog post, and we are sharing a fun project with you all today. Fellow Canadian, Tiffany Skogan, is a stay-at-home mommy with a new baby boy and an avid crafter. She loves to create her own sewing projects, more specifically baby-inspired, and started to make these projects for herself and friends! All of her projects are soft and cuddly, and things that she uses on an everyday basis – but with an adorable twist!

Having gotten lots of positive feedback from her friends, she decided to open up a small Etsy Shop (BugInARugBC) to showcase her items around the world. Sewing and creating is a hobby and a passion for Tiffany, and it definitely shows in all the things she makes. She has now expanded her list of items to baby blankets, hooded towels, crayon rolls, strap covers, and lots of other baby essential items!

Tiffany absolutely adores our Imaginarium Collection, and used it for lots of her baby essential items. She shared some her favorites with us, and we definitely had to share them with all of you! We adore the strap covers and baby blanket with our Imaginarium fabric!!

Thank you so much, Tiffany, for sharing with us – We absolutely adore all your baby products! We hope you have enjoyed this week’s Fan Friday. Until next week, have a fantastic weekend everyone!! :)

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

Happy Wednesday! We hope everyone is having a great week so far. Have you seen yesterday’s How To’s Day yet? We show you our tips & tricks for easily sewing buttons to any project. Be sure to check it out here!

It’s time for our first Winsday for the month of March! This Winsday is very special, because we are giving someone the chance at their own Roonie the Raccoon!! Do you remember one of our past How To’s Day posts where we shared a tutorial on our coral fleece raccoon plushie/pillow? Today we are giving away a Roonie the Raccoon Kit – including all the supplies to create your very own plush friend. Roonie is soft, cuddly, and super friendly!! And we’re especially excited because now our Design Studio Roonie can have a new friend :)

How to win your very own Roonie the Raccoon Kit? That’s super easy! Because Roonie the Raccoon is made from our Plush Fleece – Black, Stone, and White – we wanted to know what your favorite Plush Fleece color is! Click HERE to see all of our Plush Fleece options, and let us know your favorite in the comments below! Once you do, you’ll be entered to win your very own Roonie the Raccoon Kit! We have lots of stunning colors to choose from, that we are sure you will love.

A Recap of the Giveaway Rules:

1. Click HERE to see our Plush Fleece options and choose your favorite!

2. Let us know in the blog comments your coral fleece color choice

3. The prize is for a Roonie the Raccoon Kit, which includes all the necessary supplies to create your own raccoon plush (pillow form not included)

4. The giveaway runs from March 5th, 2014 and ends on March 12th, 2014. The winner will be announced on all our social media platforms, as well as on next week’s Winsday post.

5. You can follow our blog, twitter, facebook, instagram, and pinterest to stay connected!

6. Good Luck!!

We hope you enjoy this week’s Winsday prize! One lucky person will be winning their own Roonie the Raccoon Kit, and we are very excited about that! St. Patrick’s Day is coming up this month as well, so we’re wishing you all lots of luck :) Have a great day everyone, and happy plush fleece perusing! :)

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

Happy Tuesday! We hope everyone is having a terrific day. The countdown to St Patrick’s Day is on, and we are pretty excited for all the fun things to come! We’ve also got one of the most adorable dress tutorials ever coming up today.

Get excited, because we are sure you will agree on its ultimate cuteness factor!! For now, we are sharing with you our simple tutorial on how to sew a button, with a sneak peak on what’s to come later today…

Yup, that’s an overall dress…in corduroy! Sewing on a button may seem like the easiest thing to do, and it can be if done correctly and with a couple of pointers. Today we share with you our tips and tricks for making sewing on a button super easy! Click more to see the full tutorial.

Hi everyone!

Happy Monday! We hope everyone is having a wonderful start to the week. It’s officially March, and we are very excited for Spring to arrive. That means warmer breezes, luscious greenery, and pretty flowers…okay, Mother Nature? :) Meanwhile, St Patrick’s Day is coming up and we’re conjuring up some fun and lucky things in the office.

Today is Moody Monday on the blog and we’re here to inspire you! This week we are showcasing our What’s Cookin’ by Allison Cole collection. This is a very vibrant and vivacious collection, with a mixture of tomato red, dark grey, mustard, and blues. Kitchen tools, vegetables, and flora combine together to make this collection very kitsy and eclectic. Mushrooms, tomatoes, carrots…this collection is making us hungry too! It is the perfect collection for a modern kitchen – imagine tea towels, aprons, and a little one’s chef hat with our What’s Cookin’ by Allison Cole collection! Oh so much fun, right? :)

The fashion scene is always two steps ahead of its time, and the colors in What’s Cookin’ are perfectly in tune with autumn. One collection that particularly sparks some contrast is Manish Arora’s stunning collection. This RTW Fall/Winter 2013-2014 collection enthuses rich hues of that greatly resembles What’s Cookin’. The richness of the colors of blues, yellow, red, and grey are stunning, along with the amazing embellishments of each piece. Each outfit is very much a work of art with jewelled collars, exquisite prints, and wonder uses of color. Manish Arora’s collection is luxurious, just as a woman should feel wearing any of these pieces. You can check out the full collection here.

Thank you so much for reading this week’s Moody Monday. We hope you were inspired! Have a great day! :)

Happy Sewing!