Today, we're getting to know Stephanie from The Tip Toe Fairy. If you haven't checked out her blog yet, click over and follow her! Stephanie posts a great variety of recipes, kid crafts, book reviews, and sewing projects. She even has a section of free tutorials! It doesn't get much better than that, in my opinion.K: Describe yourself in 5 words or less.
S: Mother, wife, artist, baker, dreamer
K: How and why did you start your blog?
S: I actually began a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Way back in 2006, I began blogging as Sewing Chick. I started right around the same time that some of the other bloggers who seem rather famous to me now began their blogs. Before that, I was an active member of a sewing/mothering discussion website for years and years. I lead sew-a-longs there and posted lots of projects and patterns and tried to help other mamas learning to sew. But, as my children got busier as they got into school and activities, I just couldn't find the time to keep up. I wanted to keep sharing things with other moms, so I thought starting a blog would be a great way to keep it all in one place. It was fun. Soon, I was getting projects published in magazines and getting sponsorships. Then, life upended itself a couple years later, and I had to put it all on the back burner. Just in the last couple of years I've been able to come back and restart my blog again.
K: What are some of your favorite posts/projects you have done?
S: One of my favorites was a project to make your own shopping cart cover. You know those adorable little things you see moms put in the front of a grocery cart? I wanted to make one of those so bad to use for myself, so I looked to buy a pattern. But, I was too impatient. I did not want to wait for it to arrive in the mail. Then, one night while playing around in my sewing room, a light bulb went off. I realized I could make one of those things without a pattern, and it was so easy to do I had to share it. I remember being just giddy at it all coming together.
Some others I love are my machine applique tutorials - the cupcake and ice cream onesie came out just like I imagined. I have a new machine applique project coming very soon that I'm guest blogging for someone else. I'll give you one hint -- it's Disney themed! I can't wait for everyone to see it. It is just so adorable!
My other faves are the cupcake recipes. I love designing weird cupcake flavors. The coke floats, bubblegum, grape soda, the cotton candy, etc. -- I'm always surprised that they come out the way I plan, and that my taste testers like them so much.
K: What do you do when you're not blogging?
S: I love to read, so we go to the library a lot. My older children are on a swim team, so I like to take the little one swimming while they go to swim practice. I love to engage my children in creativity, so we are always making something weird. Recently, we were using lollipop molds to make brightly colored chocolate mustaches and monster mouths.
K: Which craft supply could you be accused of hoarding?
S: The more appropriate question might be which craft supply am I "not" hoarding. But if I had to narrow it down, it would probably be fabric. I could probably start a fabric store out of my house.
K: Tell us something random about yourself!
S: I'm a lactivist, which means I am a big supporter of breastfeeding. With all three of my children, I've nursed for more than 10 years of my life. It's something I feel very passionate about, and I have taken active roles to promote breastfeeding in public as well as in legislation. Prior to having my third baby, I worked at the Mother's Milk Bank of North Texas, which is a local human milk bank. I was in charge of the laboratory where we pasteurized donated breast milk to send to premature and sick babies. Apart from being a mom, I think it was the best job I ever had.
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Krissy,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the feature! I hope you have a great day!