Party, Pig and lots of red and white.

So we recently celebrated my daughters 4th birthday party. She had requested an Olivia party, you know that pig that dresses in red and white stripes. Well I thought why not. I love party planning and making all the things associated with parties. So began the planning and searching for all the things required to make this an awesome party.

I love ebay and especially etsy. I was able to source some Olivia fabrics, the great old fashioned paper red and white stripe straws and some other little bits and pieces. Oh and who can go past those discount stores? I know I can’t.

I made all the labels and stickers on Photoshop and bought some cheap headbands to make pig ear headbands. My little one helped cut out some piggy noses to attach to some long ice-cream sticks.

The table display started with a simple party table cloth, the plastic type. Then a roll of white with black spot wrapping paper was used on top.

The paper ware was from paper Eskimo- which I bought from Myers. I used all kids of red, clear and white serving dishes to display the foods. The cute little piggy heads came from the nickjr website- they have heaps of things on there.

To decorate I made
-some tissue pom poms a la Martha Stewart,
-ruffled streamers (these were also used to decorate the piñata- store bought and covered with ruffled streamers)
- The Alyssa banner was super simple and printed off
- pin the ribbon on Olivia’s ears was very popular too.

I also bought some paper lanterns to decorate with.

Oh and the food--- all red and white of course- I quickly decorated one, normally I would do more BUT the inside was red and white striped too!

I love parties and my little girl LOVED this one- she is still talking about it all the time.

Check out the photos ……………………

Stay tuned.

I am going to try to blog more often. I am also going to shift this to not just being about the sewing creations but just what happens here in the Skip Chasey crazy house. I feel like I need to write about things but then just get sidetracked.


So what is coming soon- posts about- Parties, cooking and what my little Miss 4 gets up to as well as the normal what is happening with Skip Chasey and when sales and new items will be release.


See you soon

Easter time at Skip Chasey Headquarters.

Well I have been creating all forms of easter goodness here at Skip Chasey Headquarters. Gifts for nieces and nephews and of course for my little girl too. Here is the line up.

a collage of Alyssa's easter outfit and her bunny


Little bunnies for the little ones


and the easter baskets that are reversible so can be used other then for easter for the bigger kids



I hope to have some tutorials for you all soon along with a few new things happening at Skip Chasey

Busy Busy Busy

Yep that is me- well probably should be doing more- don't we all think that way too?.

We get the keys to the house tomorrow and then the movers Arrive on Monday. Hubby leaves for America for a week on the Sunday so we have a few days to get everything sorted with the house. That was my plan for today, to get phones and internet looked at. Hard when it is a brand new house. But hey we will get there.

I have also been working on things for my little ones 4th birthday. She decided she wanted an Olivia birthday party- for those of you who don't know who Olivia is she is a pig that has heaps of funny sayings and rules of life. Her favourite colour is Red. Here is the invite I designed for the Party.


I have been looking up amazing party ideas. I hope she loves it all.


Anyway off to the new house and being able to sew properly and have things ready for sale soon.

What's New at Skip Chasey Headquarters.

So I have been working on new ranges and accessories. With my sewing machine and overlocker in a port in Brisbane being looked over by customs I really want to wait so that the clothing I sell will be up to my quality standards. So what am I selling in the meantime???

Headbands, Necklaces, clips, key fobs and more. I am currently waiting on my untreated wooden beads to arrive from the US so that I can work on my new range of teething necklaces that mums can wear and still look stylish.

Here are some photos of things that I have been making. Also check out my Facebook page for more.





So in other news- I am honored to be a part of a supportive, caring and inspiring group of wonderful Stay at Home Mums that Sew. We share our thoughts, designs, and finds and even have fun with challenges every month to suit a certain theme- this months was Easter- check out what we have all made at http://thesewingsisterhood.blogspot.com/

BACK IN OZ

Well it has been a long time between posts and we are living back in Australia. At this time we are living with my parents until we find a house and also our things to be cleared with customs.

I have already started selling in Australia and I think for a relaunch with out all of my things it has not gone too bad. I have so many new ideas and creations waiting to come out.

I am also on the journey to a better me and have started at Weight Watchers again and so far in 7 weeks I have lost 5.8kgs. Many more Kgs to lose but I will get there.


I really want this blog to be about everything not just my sewing/crafting but life and all its wonderful milestones and struggles. Stay tuned for more from me.

Oh and go check out my FaceBook page- this is where I sell what I make-http://www.facebook.com/SkipChasey

Getting ready to relaunch in Chile

Hi all,

Well a lot has been happening and I am looking at relaunching in Chile (date to be advised). So what does this mean? I have been fabric shopping. Lots of beautiful fabrics are heading my way, when I said lots I mean lots (somewhere around 25yards). I have written a plan of what I would like to sell and will start crafting soon. There will be some of what I have already made but a lot of new products too, including some designs for Christmas. At this stage all designs will be available only to the Chilean market as postage overseas is too costly. Keep watching for sneak peaks of fabrics and items to be announced for sale soon. I have even designed a new logo. Fingers crossed all goes well.

I am getting excited, hope you are too.

Sarah