Birthday Dress

Baby's Birthday dress made of chilly-weather corduroy. The color is lovely but a bit plain on its own. So I made a yoke with some pleats underneath and a bit of embroidery. Here it is holding still:


My attempt at embroidery:

Aaand here it is modeled and blurry:

Thrifting

We stopped at our (sorta) local thrift store today and found some treasures. Tuesdays are 20% off and they add that to their tag sales, so you can really add up the savings. Like the alarm clock I got for 90 cents. WooHoo! And I do specifically want one, I didn't just get it because it was a sweet deal. I'm trying to set up an Etsy shop and find there just isn't enough time in my day if I get up when I hear the baby's first holler. But I'm not much of a morning person so...
Buggy (oldest daughter) picked out a bag of pop beads (I'm a sucker for anything I remember from my own childhood). And my favorite? Its a toss-up between my new handbag ($2.29) and this: