Heart & Sow's Artistic Designs Blog

Cupcake Birthday Pillowcase Dress

2014-08-17T12:15:00.000-05:00

Cute cupcake birthday dress

Cute cupcake dress handmade by Heart & Sow Designs

Matching headband makes a cute added accessory for this cute dress.

Sweet baby Jenny in her birthday dress!

Crochet Stripes

2014-06-03T09:05:00.000-05:00

This lovely collection features items crocheted and others from the Self Made Artist Team

Self Taught Artists Team Spotlight honoring Gloria of LittleFlowerByGloria !

Thank you Sera of Seragum for making this lovely treasury

and for including my French Maid Apron.

All items can be found at Etsy

Appliqued Shirts

2014-06-01T22:58:00.002-05:00

Custom made tie t-shirts, can applique other designs too.

A heart, flower, Micky, Minnie, guitar, animal.

Sibling shirts, or parent and child matching shirts.

Many options available.

Brown - Boho - Beguilling

2014-05-29T14:22:00.000-05:00

This is a pay it forward treasury for Donna Baugher Sellers.

Thank you Cathy of Caffy Leather for including my cowboy apron

All items are found at Etsy

Happy Customer Sporting Hunk Apron Set

2014-05-28T13:03:00.000-05:00

Happy Customer Cleta wearing her new apron she received as a gift fro retirement.

Red Hearts

2014-05-27T21:53:00.000-05:00

Cute fun black, white and red treasury

by Jim and Gina of Hummingbird Studio Pottery

find this items at Etsy

My French Maid Apron was featured too.

New Creation Memory Bears

2014-05-27T17:53:00.000-05:00

Cute bears made from your loved ones shirt, dress or article of clothing.

It also can have embroidered name and date of your special loved one.

Bears can be made for special occasions like

birth of baby, birthday, graduation or other special event.

Black & White and Red All Over

2014-05-26T10:20:00.001-05:00

Fun treasury challenge #22 with black, white and red.

My lovely Minnie Apron is included too.

Special thanks to Kathi Demaret of Lily Bead Designs for creating this treasury!

This treasury is at Etsy

Name Meaning Certificates

2014-05-24T14:10:00.000-05:00

Adding a new line to my business name meaning certificates.

They make great new baby memorial, birthday, special occasion gift, the ideas are endless.

This is an example of a baby memorial certificate

Tie dyed paper makes a great teen gift for birthday and makes a great bedroom wall plaque.
Custom certificates with scripture, name meaning and
even personal information like baby birth date, weight, and length can be added.

Celebrate Mom with Gifts

2014-05-23T08:00:00.000-05:00

Even though Mother's Day has passed it's still nice to think of mom with lovely gifts.

Here are some pretty unique gifts just for her or any lady.

To find this lovely collect go to Etsy.com Just click on the link provided here.

Great artisans are feature here and all part of the On Fire Team.

Cowboy Stud Apron Set

2014-05-22T20:15:00.002-05:00

Fun novel creation for a customer!

I do many custom orders to customer's specifications

Set included chef hat, pot holders and mitt.

My first mitt, I will modify next mitt I make to look more like a hand with a thumb.

A Heart Felt Thank You Treasury

2014-05-21T15:03:00.004-05:00

This lovely treasury was created by Janet Long of Janet Long Arts

A beautiful collection of browns and blues.

You can find these lovely items at Etsy

My cute child's apron and chef hat was featured here too.

Dress a Girl Newspaper Article

2014-01-28T20:34:00.000-06:00

Local sewing circles from the Payne County, OK area gather together weekly or mGlonthly to sew and make dresses for girls from impoverished areas around the world. The local sewing groups are part of a larger group called Dress a Girl Around the World. Dress a Girl brings hope to the girls with prayers and a new dress to help them feel a sense of worth.

"The dresses send a message to predators that the girl is being looked after... someone is caring for them so they are less likely to be abducted by human trafficking and sold into the sex or self market," Gail Metcalf.

All dresses are hand carried to the girls and personally distributed with a prayer of hope. They sent 196 dresses to Haiti with missionaries from the Glencoe Church of Christ. The dresses included hair bows and cloth dolls for the pockets. The local sewing circles are Sew Sisters of Life Church.tv, Stitches of Love of the First United Methodist Church and the Piecemakers of Glencoe.

Full article: Stillwater Newspress

I personally am so blessed to be apart of the wonderful group of women. ~ Gail

Picture 1- counting and sorting dresses for the missionaries to take

Picture 2 - Sew Sisters and Missionaries from Glencoe gather together to give dresses to missionaries.

Key to My Heart

2014-01-28T08:00:00.000-06:00

Sweet treasury of love, Key to My Heart

Created by Dr. Batsheva Gillat of Bold Folds

Interactive pictures

Red Hot!

2014-01-27T12:00:00.000-06:00

What is Valentine's Day without some red hot gift ideas? Here are some just for you!

This treasury was created by Anne of Metalworks Jewelry Designs

Pictures are interactive just click the picture.

Gifts for Her Treasury

2014-01-26T22:02:00.000-06:00

This lovely gift treasury for her was created by Bonnie Sernesky of Bonnie's Sew Crazy

All pictures are interactive so you can go to the site for more information.

My red waist apron was featured in this gift treasury.

Oh So Pink

2014-01-25T11:20:00.000-06:00

Lovely treasury featuring items that are pretty pinks.

A Sweet for Your Sweetie!

2014-01-24T10:11:00.000-06:00

Valentine's is such a sweet romantic holiday, and our children are a special blessing to us.

Your lovely little one will look so cute in this Valentine dress.

This cute dress is fully lined with red Dotted Swiss trim and white rick rack.

All dresses can be custom ordered with you special specifications

to make your little one feel so special.

Contact me HERE

Reds for Your Sweetheart

2014-01-23T23:50:00.002-06:00

Reds for your Sweetheart is this weeks Great Finds Theme at On Fire for Handmade

Check out these lovelies and vote for your favorite shop.

This Weeks Entries

Vote HERE for your Fav!

Recycling in the New Year

2014-01-03T23:10:00.000-06:00

Great way to reuse and recycle items for going green!

Thank you Anne from Metal Works Jewelry for creating

this great treasury and including my apron.
All items in this treasury above are interactive, do check these out.

Recap 2013

2014-01-01T20:28:00.001-06:00

Reviewing 2013, I find it was an unusually slow year for business but believe it was due to lack the right
items for sale and the limited time to create items as I was helping my daughter a lot with her new baby. With all this in mind I must remember and reflect on what is most important. Is it my small business or spending special time with my new grandson. I value the time this year I had with him and cherish every minute for soon in this new year they will be moved, daughter and family to another state. I'm thankful for the time I have had with him.

Now, as I think about life and business changes and going through up and downs I need to reflect on what to improve upon or keep the same. I found that I needed another medium to sell besides aprons. I added collars and cuffs that were Victorian style for weddings or special occasions.

Later in this year, I began two Life Groups, one group for making dresses for girls around the world and the other for making blankets for cancer patients. With these in mind and with my daughter's help gave me the idea of making children's clothing. This idea was such a hit I made many holiday pillowcase dresses. So even though it was slow at times it did pick up and turned out to be a good year.

No Rhyme, Only a Reason Treasury

2014-01-01T12:18:00.003-06:00

Fun Treasury created with no rhyme or reason involved. This is an interactive link.

Thank you Catherine Cyko from Beautiful Bags Etc for creating this interesting treasury.

Brother & Sister Matching Sets with Dresses and T-shirts

2013-12-30T11:31:00.001-06:00

We now can make matching brother and sister sets

with pillowcase dresses for girls and tie applique T-shirts for boys

Matching T-shirt and onesie sets available for boys or girls.

For Your Sweet Heart at Christmas

2013-12-29T19:55:00.001-06:00

Lovely pastel blues and pinks featured in this interactive treasury.

Christmas Pillowcase Dresses for Little Girls

2013-12-16T21:39:00.000-06:00

Holidays are so much fun with special dresses for those special parties or holiday gatherings. Here are just a few of the recent dresses I made for my customers.

Sophie modeling her reindeer dress. Dresses come in sizes from 6 months to 10.

Minnie Mouse holds a special place in every little girls' heart.

Cute little 12 mos. dress with Santa faces and cheetah trim.