Barbie House

Wow! I didn't realize it had been a month since I posted! And I had such good intentions when I started!

Well, THIS is what occupied part of my time yesterday. I have plans of making a bigger, new, and improved one for the girlies in the future.

Art Museum: Exhibit A

This materpiece is by Princess (4 1/2). It's called "Me Taping Up a Picture of a Monster Scaring a Girl"

Winner!

We have a winner!

I used a free random number generater to draw the number, and the winner is #12 - Lindsey!

I will email you soon with intructions on how to use your $10 credit.

Thanks to everyone who entered!

Childhood Sewing

My mom taught me to sew starting when I was about 8 years old. I thought I'd share a picture of a couple of things I sewed as a young girl. The pillow was a project for 4-H. I entered it the fair, and if I remember correctly, I got a blue ribbon. The two rag dolls I sewed for myself just for fun!

What's in a Name?

I'm often curious about the story behind a shop or blog name, so I thought I'd share mine!

Now, I'll warn you . . . It's not clever, sentimental, or even very personal, but it is what it is! Sophie Lynn is not my name. My name, well, it just wouldn't work. Neither is Sophie Lynn my child's name, or grandmother's, or anyone I know for that matter. Actually, I didn't start out to use a person's name at all!

Late one evening, I went to Etsy to sign up for an account. Time to choose a username that no one else uses. I'd been brainstorming for several days and had a couple options I liked. Unfortunately, they were already in use. I started typing in other name ideas. Everything I could think of was taken! Everything with "rose," "cherry blossom," "princess," "angel," "pumpkin,"  or "lane" was taken. I guess I wasn't very original.

I had just been reading my all time favorite book series Anne of Green Gables, so I thought maybe I could use a name from a person or place in the book. Would you believe it? Everything I thought might work was taken! Idlewild, Anne Cordelia . . .

Then out of frustration, I started trying things that I thought no one would ever want, such as names with "boogers" in them. Even some of those were taken!!!

I tried making up a word. No go!

Ate some chocolate. Didn't help.

Asked the hubby for suggestions. Umm, nope!

Finally, I set out to find a name you would call a person - that way I wouldn't be limited to a certain style or even a certain type of item if I changed my mind. I love the name Emily Grace (can't name a daughter that - poor child would have EGG for initials), but it was not to be. So I just started typing in names until I found one I liked that was available.

And so, much, much, much later, Sophie Lynn was born! That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. What's yours?

♥ GIVEAWAY! ♥

Sophie Lynn exceeded 100 fans on Facebook, so I am giving away a $10 credit to my shop! It will be good on anything in the shop and valid for 6 months!

There are 3 ways to enter:

Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

1) Leave a comment on this post!

2) Become a follower of this blog!

3) Spread the news of this giveaway on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter!

Easy Peasy!!!  A random winner will be chosen Friday, Septemer 3rd!

I will post the winner here and on Facebook, but please make sure I have a way to contact you as well!

Spread the word!!! When Facebook gets 150 fans - or "likes" - I will give away ANOTHER $10 credit!

Coming Soon!

This is my blog for my Etsy shop Sophie Lynn where I sell lovingly handmade clothing for little girls. I'm not ready to fully start blogging yet, but you can visit my shop HERE and my Facebook fanpage HERE!