Announcing the latest addition to the “Curbys Closet” selection of baby shoes. This time it’s a fun Cowboy Boot! And just in time for all the summer rodeos and western BBQ’s!

You can purchase the easy to make pattern on our website or on etsy for only $9.00. Wholesale prices for quilt shops available on the website also.

Or you can buy a pair already made on etsy for only $16.00!

Here’s a couple of fun options and styles to choose from. Perfect for little baby girl or boy buckaroos!

They also come in a comfy rounded  toe style.

You’ll have a “yippie ki yay” good time making or purchasing these little darlings!! So mosey on over and take a peek!

Welcome to another fun Vintage ABC Party at Etsy Cottage. They are always so fun to participate in. I love to see what treasures every one shows. Come join me…

C is for China… My favorite is an English china set I got at a wonderful antique shop. I love the tiny pink flowers.

It looks pretty great with my blue transfer ware. Don’t you just love mixing and matching?

C is for centerpiece… I loved doing this English garden centerpiece, starting with a pretty vintage tea pot, lovely flowers, vintage china and vintage tablecloth. All for a garden tea party for my friends.

D is for Dolls… some of my favorite treasures are my 1940’s Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls. Such as Goldilocks and Little Bo Peep.

One year I participated in a Valentines Day Tea Party featuring several of my Vintage Dolls. This picture shows my adorable Cupie doll from 1967, a darling unknown doll from 1961 and of course another sweet Nancy Ann doll.

D is for Dresses… Vintage baby dresses that is. I have refurbished and restored vintage baby dresses for several years now and here are a sampling of some of my favorites. Take a look at this peach one with all the sweet embroidery details. It is from the 1940’s.

This fun bubble bum pink checked dress is from the 1950’s. I just love the details of buttons and lace on the bodice.

Let’s not leave out the little boys! Here is an adorable sailor set from the 1940’s. I like the cute little anchors along the front and of course the sailor collar!

There you go… that is my Vintage ABC collection for today.

Thanks for stopping by. Please feel free to leave a comment.

Now off to visit yours.

If you want to make super precious quilted baby shoes, but you don’t quilt or don’t want to quilt up some fabric well….

I just added adorable pre-quilted 12X12″ fabric squares to my Etsy Shop and to my website. These fabric squares are perfect for making your Curbys Closet Quilted Baby Shoes. Just buy a Baby Shoe Pattern (choose from 3 unique styles) then buy a pre-quilted fabric square and you will be ready to sew adorable baby shoes in 45 minutes or less! They are so fast and so easy!!

The first square (shown above) is the Pink Posey print with a pale green stripe on the back. It would look so cute made up in the original pattern #101 or the new little Mary Jane pattern #110.

Or how about this cute Blue and Brown Stripe with tan on the back for little boys? It would look adorable made in our Baby Shoe Loafer pattern #105

This is a darling Pink and White Paisley print with a fun stripe on the back. It would be so sweet made in one of the little girl pattern styles.

And who can resist a wild and fun Brown Zebra print with dark brown on the back. I think that it would look so cute in any of the 3 Curbys Closet patterns. Don’t you? You pick!

Come join in the fun as we celebrate February with our love for all things Vintage (that are lavender or purple) at the Etsy Cottage Vintage Purple Party! Let me share with you some of my vintage favorites. My 1940’s  lovely Nancy Ann doll. She is “Beauty” from Beauty and the Beast. I love these dolls they are so cute and have the sweetest little faces. Another delight of mine is collecting tea sets and cups and saucers. These are precious sets that have been given to me as gifts over the years. Here are a couple of little florals I’ve had placed around the house. The dried heart wreath is from the early 1980’s. And I still love it! I almost forgot about this cute little bear that I bought back in the 80’s from a darling little tea shop in Monrovia, CA called “FRILLS”. My girlfriends and I, used to just love to go there for their yummy tea sandwiches and to die for scones. ( complete with a lit sparkler on the top!) There antiques and gifts were wonderful also. And last but not least…. an old vintage white birdhouse that I adore. It is embellished with a vintage hankie and lots of lovely flowers. Even purple wisteria!! Here’s a closer look! I hope that you have enjoyed seeing some of my Vintage Purple treasures as much as I have enjoyed sharing them with you. I’d love to hear your comments. Now off to check on all your blog posts!!!

This one is an absolute dandy cookie recipe!!

They are easy and yummy too!

SUPER EASY CHOCOLATE MINT COOKIES

1 Devils Food Cake Mix

2 Eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

Approx. 2 Boxes of Andes Mint candies

Mix the first 3 ingredients together and drop in spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet. (For best results line cookie sheet with Reynolds “release”foil.

Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. It’s really important that you don’t over cook them.

Remove from oven and place an unwrapped Andes Mint candy on the top of each cookie.

After it starts to melt, use the back of a spoon to gently move the Andes Mint around on each cookie until it is completely melted and cover the top of the cookies like frosting.

Allow to cool before serving or stacking on a plate. Or go ahead and eat immediately for a delicious rich warm cookie. Don’t forget the milk!

TRUST ME EVERYBODY LOVES THESE!!

I hope that you all do to!

Best wishes and Happy Holidays!!

I hope it’s still bragging Monday, cuz I’m so excited to tell you all, that I just finished my first CURBYS CLOSET QUILTED BABY SHOE Pattern. WhaaHoo!!

Here is a peek at what it looks like.

I was encouraged by my sweet friend Gina Halladay of  “THREADED PEAR PATTERNS“, QUILTERS BUZZ and “FRESH PICKED FABRICS”( a darling new fabric shop in Orange Co. CA) to make a pattern for my baby shoes.  My first thought was “No way, I have no idea how to make a pattern”. So I turned to the wonderful people around me. The front cover was originally designed by my artistic son Brett and myself for my website and then adapted for this pattern by my amazing husband Roger. Thanks dear!  My talented sister Cindi Hatch and I wrote the instructions. I could have never done this with out her. Luckily she has done this before with other quilt patterns. What a gal! Other valuable and awesome helpers were my sweet niece Cloey Hatch and my wonderful friend Kathleen Goodman. And last but certainly not least my fantastic Mother who encouraged me to do it and donated a little “seed money ” to help me get going.

So ladies…if you love to quilt, sew or give adorable, unique baby gifts this is a pattern that you will really love.  I would say that this pattern is for beginners with some sewing and/or quilting experience. This pattern would be awesome for quilt groups too!

These are what the baby shoes look like finished! In an afternoon you could totally make these! If you like to sew, but don’t quilt “no worries”. Just purchase a quilted table topper, or place mat and cut out your baby shoes from that. I have made many, many totally adorable baby shoes from both of these items.

Now if you are excited and ready to sew. Head on over to the right side of this blog. The patterns are sold on my ETSY and LOLLISHOP stores. Oh… and also, wholesale orders are welcome by contacting me at chris@curbyscloset.com.

Oh and I almost forgot… FREE SHIPPING offered to the US and Canada! (Not offered on wholesale orders)

I apologize if this was a bit too much bragging, but this is a HUGE deal for me. I am just so excited that it’s finished and ready to go!!

Best wishes all,

Chris

I was totally unsure as to what to “Show off” or “Brag” about so I just thought that I would share my final look at our Summer flowers that I blogged about a couple of days ago. Gardening is a hobby that my husband and I share and we enjoy doing it together. We love to watch things bloom and grow and try each year to add some thing new.

Flowers have always been such a joy for me and spending time in the garden is truly a labor of love and at times a healing kind of therapy.

So please feel free to take a little walk in the Anderson Garden and enjoy some of natures beauties and our favorites!

Is there a Wedding or Special Occasion coming up for the adorable baby girl in your life?

Well if so… be sure to check out the lovely and detailed specialty vintage dresses at Curby’s Closet.

They are soft and sweet!

They are layered and full.

They are accented with ribbons, bows and roses.

They are in fantastic mint condition!!

And…they are available now on our Etsy and Lollishop sites. Come on take a peek! You’ll see lots more photos of each dress with a detailed description too.

Click on the banners to the right.

Remember Etsy and Lollishops are fantastic places to shop!!

Trust me I’m a shopping Queen!!

Introducing the summer line of quilted baby shoes from “Curby’s Closet“! They are light, bright and oh so adorable!! Here’s your sneek peek.

You’ll see lots of yummy colors of pink, blue and green!! Fun names like: Candy Striper, Cabbage Rose, Sweet Posies, and Butterfly Kisses. Look for them soon in my Etsy and Lollishops.

Now think of what adorable baby girl you could put them on. Hummmm Lets See!!

What makes you get out of bed early Saturday mornings? What makes you giggle when you find it, specially at a good price?! What makes your heart skip a beat??? and Why?

This is the theme of todays blog party. So be thinking about your answers to these questions, while I share with you some of the special things that I came up with.

Please feel free to comment. I love to hear from you….

The first thing that came to mind was getting up early for Garage and Estate Sales. They can be SO much fun and you can find SO many treasures here in California. Let me share a couple of vintage finds with you.

This is a country shed that I found at a Garage Sale several summers ago and we use it in our yard for a garden shed holding pots, seeds, sprays, and a few tools. It was a brown color when I got it  and I just had to paint it a sweet country blue. They were asking $125 dollars for it,  but I just kept waiting and coming back and at the end of the day and they sold it to me have it for $50!! I was so super excited!! What I forgot was that  it was  over 6 feet tall. How was I going to get  it home? Let’s just say where there’s a will there’s a way!!

Some other fun vintage treasures I love to come upon are old sewing notions, buttons, quilt squares, etc. I think they are so neat and I love using them in my craft and sewing projects.

Now on to Antique Shops and Thrift Stores. Two other places that make my heart skip a beat and where one of a kind treasures are always sure to be found.

I really feel lucky when I hit it just right and I stumble upon some vintage linens. They are near and dear to my heart! I have found wonderful hankies, doilies, napkins and lovely tablecloths like this one. They are bright and fun and really add to any table scape. This one I believe was $8 dollars! Score! They can sell on ebay for like $15- 45 dollars.

And now for my greatest find and biggest deal EVER!!

Take a look at this beautiful country cottage English China I bought for only $75.00. That’s right …I’m not kidding! $75.00!!  It is a 60 piece set. I’m talking 12 dinner plates, 12 salad plates, 12 bowls, 12 cups and 12 saucers. And here’s the killer… they are in mint condition and they even wrapped them all in paper and provided a box for me to take them home in. How awesome was that? I was so excited I could hardly breathe. If you are ever in Southern California you MUST go to Down Town Temecula. It is an antique or vintage lovers dream!!

Well gals, these are some of my “heart skip a beat, great deal, giggle” vintage finds.

What are some of yours?