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Hello everyone!!

Happy Tuesday! We’ve officially been getting a trinkle of snow here, which only means one thing. The holiday season is officially here! Well, Christmas is 42 days away (but who’s counting, right? ;)) but there is still lots to do and prepare for before the big day. But likewise, it’s those days leading up that makes the holiday magical and special. Putting up the glistening decorations, singing carols with your friends and family, building snowmen and drinking hot cocoa, baking lots of scrumptious holiday treats, reading Christmas stories by the fire, and of course going out in the hustle & bustle to shop for all your loved ones. Seeing a person’s face light up when they open up their present from you, there truly is no better feeling.

And speaking of gifts to give, we’ve got some fantastic DIY projects you can use for this upcoming holiday season that are beautiful and thoughtful. There truly is something very special about receiving something that someone took the time to make especially for you. Today we share with you another great DIY project that would make the perfect gift or stocking stuffer: our Coin Purse/Card Wallet, using our Allison Cole What A Gem and Portland collections.

In this week’s tutorial we featured a couple of patterns by our licensed designer, Allison Cole. For our Portland card wallet we used 8140504 #1, Bikes & Vespas in Grey. For the What a Gem coin purse we used 8140603 #1, Navy Gems.

Click to see the full tutorial after the jump!

Hi everyone!

Happy Monday! We hope you are all having a great start to the week. As well, Happy Remembrance Day! We want to thank all the brave men and women who serve and have served our country. Lest We Forget.

Another amazing group of people we want to commemorate are all those partaking in Movember! In summary, thousands of people (both men and women – hey mo sistas!)  around the world collaborate together in bringing awareness to men’s health in an entertaining and engaging way. On November 1st, the razors come out and men begin clean shaven as they endure the month of November growing out their ‘staches. The movement to grow out their mustaches began as a way to prompt conversation, which in turn would lead to the education on men’s health. It now touches thousands of people worldwide who join in spreading the awareness and raising funds. To find out more on Movember and how , click here! Be sure to support all those involved with Movember this year.

Our Portland by Allison Cole collection that came out for Fall 2013 includes some pretty dashing ‘staches. Portland is an eclectic and hip collection of donuts, bicycles, scooters, and polaroid cameras – everything to satisfy the needs of all hipsters (and hipster-ettes!). We mustache you a question though…what is your favorite print from Portland? Shave your answer, and tell us below in the comments!

Our moodboard encapsulates the essence of a true hipster perfectly – over-sized glasses and all! Our Portland collection would make the sweetest dress or bow-tie for any future hipster in your life. Be sure to find out more on Allison Cole’s whereabouts by following her on twitter, facebook, and instagram. We really hope you enjoy this week’s moodboard post, but alas until next time…we mustache! ;)

Happy Sewing!