You Can Make This!

I recently teamed up with my good friends Karen of Growing Up with Rosy and Christy from Little Shamrocks to create a Spooktacularly Comfy Halloween outfit for YouCanMakeThis.com

If your in need of a quick and easy outfit to make for upcoming Fall Festivities
You can't go wrong with an adorable set like this

My eBook "Spooktacular Bling" includes 4 Halloween themed Hot Fix Dot patterns
Perfect to add sparkle to Tee's, Treat Bags, Pillows and More


Besides selling eBooks, I'm a You Can Make This customer.
I love that I can choose any one of the hundreds of patterns or informational ebooks and download it for use right away.

This past month I did just that to make Bella an outfit for her very first picture day at preschool.
The day before picture day I downloaded my eBooks, got to work and in a short time had a one of a kind outfit.
Here's Bella doing her Rock Star pose to model her outfit before heading to school.


I used a peasant top eBook by Dainty Designs to make her shirt and an eBook by Marymo Handmade to make button pony o's.
I sewed buttons on her knee high socks and followed an Etsy Labs tutorial to turn a pair of recycled jeans into a funky skirt.

~Patricia

The most Famous Reindeer of All

Yes, it's almost that time of year!
RMXdesigns, One*Boy*One*Girl*Boutique and Sweetie*Dumplings
have teamed up to bring you a Holiday Spectacular with the
Most Famous Reindeer of All

RMXdesigns made the super twirly skirt and of course I made a matching Rudolph Bling Tee

Bonus* If you win both the auction for the skirt and bling tee
RMXdesigns will give you a FREE set of Red Fur Cuffs
The Perfect adornment to your Holiday outfit!



Both the Skirt and the Bling Tee have starting auction prices of .99
Hurry get in and Bid!

Sweetie*Dumplings created a matching set of fluffy, curly bows to top off your holiday set



Ending eBay Auctions:
a Recycle Themed collaboration with luvnstitches
Organic “Trees in Green” Bling Tee
Ready to Ship size 6
Gaucho pants by luvnstitches


Organic “Earth/Recycle” Bling Tee
Ready to Ship size 6


The Perfect Dress by luvnstitches to go with the Earth Tee


Green Swirl Pony O’s


I have another "Go Green" outfit that I will list next week!

OBOGB Website News:
The website is busy right now with custom orders
Just in case you didn't know...
Yes, I do take Custom orders
The holiday's are just around the corner
Get your orders in early for special events and family portraits
Currently I have a turn around of 7 days to 2weeks for custom orders

Sale:
I haven't taken down the Summer Sale yet
Stock Up and Save for next Summer!
up to 30% off select Summer Collection

Where to find my me:
eBay Auctions
Website
email me at info@oneboyonegirlboutique.com

~Patricia

Dazzle for the Ladies

I have been adding Dazzle to Tees for over 4 years and this is the first shirt that I designed for women.
Yes, I have made shirts for women but never intentionally made a design geared for an adult.
I was invited to take part in a special launch on eBay celebrating Sandi Henderson's Farmers Market fabric line.


I love the fabric along with her previous Ginger Blossoms line.

With the launch of my website I plan to include women's tees and more but wasn't sure what direction I wanted to take the tees. I would like them to be sophisticated and fit in with current fashion trends. I'm sure I'll include the usual cute sayings for mom's too but I wanted to start off the line with a statement.

The Farmers Market fabrics inspired me to create a coordinating paisley design on a soft chocolate brown tee.


To complete the look I created a Stripwork Fabric Belt made out of Sandi's Farmers Market, Ginger Blossoms fabric lines and a faux Tortoise Shell Belt Buckle.


The Belt and Tee look fabulous with a pair of jeans!
I love it so much that I'm keeping mine :)
But you can have your own by checking out my listings on eBay
I have the Belt and Tee available in the same listing.
They will be recreated in a custom size for the winner.

I hope you like it as much as I do!

~Patricia

New Items on My Website & on eBay

First up, Website News
I have new shirts listed on the site that are Perfect for Back to School



As well as Hair Bling!
I have taken the popular Button Pony O and added a little Dazzle to them



One the site up to 30% off select summer items...Don't Miss Out

Stop by oneboyonegirlboutique.com
New items are added weekly!

I've gone Kitty Krazy on eBay
I took part in a collaboration with my good friends
Karen of growing*up*with*rosy
and
Jamie of RMXdesigns

Say...Hello to pretty Kitty!


Karen made the "Big Ruffle Knit Pants"
This comfy outfit can be worn all year and won't your little girl dazzle the classroom with her matching sparkly Hello Kitty Tee by ME


Now I did say I went Kitty Krazy...so I also made
Kitty Pony O's


and a matching adjustable Kitty Button Ring


Jamie of RMXdesigns made adorable Hair Clips


and a sparkly bracelet to match


I've also relisted my Custom Scaredy Cat, Flying Witch and Prep School Apple Bling Tees on ebay with Buy it Now prices.

Where can you find me?
eBay http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/one*boy*one*girl*boutique
and
my store http://oneboyonegirlboutique.com/

~patricia

1st Day of School 2008

Summer vacation is over and I sit here childless thinking about all the fun we had.
It went so fast, so fast that I didn't blog about many of the exciting trips and adventures we went on.

This morning was crazy but we made it out on time!
Trenton is starting the 4th grade and Bella is going to pre-k.
Here they are ready to go...new clothes, new school bags, a new start to a great year

Miss Bella even let me get a snap shot outside of school wearing her brand new Little Pet Shop shirt custom made for her by Bear*Threads*Boutique
The picture was taken moments before the tears came.
I don't know when this is going to stop. Bella has attend this school for camp 3 days a week all summer. But still everyday she cries.
It's heart breaking and I have to promise her that I will wait in the car for her ALL day! I'm not allowed to go home.
Rest assured everyday when we pick her up she is chatty and excited to tell us all about her "Great Day at School".
Soon she'll be begging to get away from me but for now I get tears

After dropping Bella off, Trenton and I head to his school.
He likes to get to school as soon as the doors open, that's 30 minutes before school starts.
That's a good aim for me since I am late for everything.
He likes to have time to get settled and relax before school starts.

Here's a shot of him while we wait in the car line for drop off.
Can you see how thrilled he is that I was able to get in an extra back to school pep talk.
He's getting so big that I have to take these moments that he can't escape my locked car to share quality time with him.

Now I'm off to my craft room!
~Patricia

Ouick & Easy Meal Planning

School starts next week and soon we will be back to a busy schedule with after school activities.
This week I decided to test out a few recipes that will work during the hectic school year.

First up was Saucy Italian Port Chops from Kraft Foods
I thought this would work for our family of diverse eaters because the non meat eaters could just have the veggies and rice.
The rice and veggies were so tasty in the sauce and the pork chops were juicy.

My only changes to the recipe was to add an extra 1/4 cup of balsamic vinaigrette reduced fat dressing and to kick it up a notch I threw in crushed red pepper flakes and garlic powder.

We also tried Shrimp, Tortellini and Spinach from Kraft Foods
I doubled the recipe so we'd have leftovers.

The shrimp dish was a Hit and liked by all
I even have visual evidence of Mr. Food Amnesia eating it


Next time I'll record him saying he like it, too!

My kids are big fruit and berry eaters and all summer they have been asking for a Blueberry Pie.
Where their obsession with Blueberries has come from I don't know but every time we go to the store they must have them. Could it be because our cat is named Blu, we even have a Webkinz named BluBerry
Blue is also one of Bella's favorite colors!

After seeing the Pioneer Women throw together a seemingly easy Blueberry Pie I thought maybe I could do it too.

Just to get it over with now...I didn't make my own crust.
I have made my own crust before but when trying a new pie I'd prefer to use a crust I Know will turn out right. Otherwise I might never make the pie again simply because the crust wasn't good.

I chose the Forth of July Blueberry Pie recipe from the Martha Stewart Baking Handbook
(my signed copy of the book given to me by my big sis Liz ~Thank You Again for waiting in that looong line)

Luckily I just found the recipe on Martha's site so I don't need to type it out.
My only variation was to add a 1/4 cup of sugar to the un-crushed blueberries before mounding them in the pie shell on top of the crushed berry mixture.
I also added sugar to the top pie crust.

Here it is


We were all impressed with my first blueberry pie
I will definitely make it again!

~Patricia

Ready or Not

I was going to wait until the end of the weekend so I could get a few more items uploaded on the site, But Why?
Today is 08/08/08
What does that matter?
Those calendar numbers will never be seen again in our lifetime.
According to numerology (which I don't follow but today I will)
The number 8 is associated with good fortune
and today it's at the power of 3...that's gotta be good luck

So today may be better than other's to launch One Boy One Girl Boutique!

I'm jumping in with my Summer 2008 Collection
The graphic above is just a few of the shirts from that collection.

I will continue to stock the store during the month of August
in preparation for the launch of our
Fall 2008 Collection

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Lots of Fun & Games for the Fall Launch so stay tuned!



~Patricia