Easter and Spring Accessories

Easter is quickly approaching!  Stores are filled with spring dresses and pastel suits.  Now is the perfect time to find a sweet ensemble for your little tyke.  And don't forget to accessorize with GouldThreads!

Here are some of my Easter (and spring) favorites!

Girl's bucket hat (silk flower not included)

 

Bucket-Bottom Bag (perfect for holding lots of Easter eggs!)

 

Girl's Flower Clutch

 

 

Girl's Scalloped Hat (with ribbon or crocheted flower in color of your choice)

 

Newsboy Cap

 

Floppy-Ears Bunny Hat

 

Easter Chick Hat

 

my beautiful babies wearing their GouldThreads Easter hats. 

Easter 2012

 

 

Too warm for hats?

 

  Large Flower Headbands dress up any outfit!

(Top right photo: my daughter's first Easter)

 

Handmade Ties are all the rage!

 

 

If you would like to place an order please email me at gould.threads@yahoo.com

 

 

Dresses, purses, hats and ties are lots of fun;

but let us remember the real reason we celebrate the Easter season. 

 

"This is what is written:  The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem."  Luke 24:46-47

 

Happy Easter Everyone!

 

 

One Angry Hat!

Recently one of my best friends called me up with a special request.  She wanted me to make a Piranha hat for her friend's baby shower.  Now that might sound strange to most people, but I couldn't think of a more fitting baby gift for her to give.  You see my friend and the mother-to-be are both players on the Pittsburgh Piranha's Ice Hockey team.

 

 

So what exactly does a Piranha look like? 

Here is a close up of the team mascot:

And here is my version of a Piranha hat

 

 

Now that is what I call one angry fish! 

 

 

 

I would like to extend a warm welcome to the soon to be mother and newest little piranha fan!

which came first?

Which came first the chicken or the egg?  In my case it was the egg!  This egg to be exact

While playing "kitchen" with my daughter last week this egg caught my eye.  I had visions of cute little chicks peeking out from their shells.  Suddenly I had an idea for a new hat. 

Isn't he adorable!!!!!

 

Then I decided to add a little bow for a girlie little peep.

 She is pretty sweet too :)

 

my daughter agreed to model for me! 

 

The hat can also be made without the little wings (I personally prefer it with wings)

 

 

 

This little guy is available and ready to ship in size 1-3T.  If you would like to buy him (or her) in another size simly place a custom order:

 email me at gould.threads@yahoo.com or visit my etsy shop.

Train up your Child

"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."  Proverbs 22:6. 

I love that I can work from home to bring in a little extra income for our family but GouldThreads is just a part time job.  My real full time job is to raise my children, to "train (them) in the way (they) should go." 

As a mother of two young children this verse gives me so much hope and comfort.  The scariest thing that I can think of in raising my children is that there is nothing I can do to give them salvation.  That is a choice they will need to make for themselves.  But what a relief to know that their hearts are in God's hands.  As their mother it is my job to train them- to the best of my ability and to trust God with the rest.   That really helps to take some of the pressure off!  So how do you train a 2 year old to love and obey God?  In many ways it is easy because they thirst to learn new things are eager to accept.  My daughter is 2 1/2 and loves to read and loves crafts.  So after using the curriculum from the truth in tinsel's e-book for our Christmas advent I decided to continue with weekly Bible readings and crafts to further teach my daughter about God and his love.  She has many different children's Bible's but after looking through each of them I decided to use This Bible called God's story for me storybook Bible.

The first couple of weeks focused on creation.  I cut out large numbers 1-6 for her to decorate to correspond to the things God created on that day.  To teach her about God's rest on day number seven I thought it would be fun to make a pillow together.
I let her pick from a small selection of material that I had laying around and used Heat n' Bond to "sew" the sides.  Then she helped to fill her pillow with stuffing.  She really loved this part. 

stuffing her new pillow

She was so proud of her new pillow.  She even removed her big pillow from her bed (and hid it in her brother's closet) and asked to use the new pillow for her nap that day! 

We are planning to do Resurrection Eggs to count down to Easter this year and hope to continue making our way through her Bible with crafts the rest of the year. 

If you have any ideas that have worked for you to share God's love with toddler's I would love to hear from you! 

 

 

Zebra hat and Raggedy Ann Set

I LOVE making new items for customers. Its so much fun to try new things!  I have been waiting for a chance to make this adorable Zebra Hat for someone so I was thrilled when one of my customers asked for ideas for her 6 month old daughter.  I adore the color scheme and everything about it.  I hope that she loves it as much as I do :)

 

Isn't it adorable?

 

I also had a request to make a Raggedy Ann hat and legwarmers set.  I had a hard time finding a tan colored yarn for her face and ended up enlisting the help of a good friend.  I am pretty pleased with how it turned out as well :) 

 

 

hat and legwarmers

 

What do you think about my newest creations?  Is there something that I can make for you?  If you would like to place an order or have a new idea for me to try out contact me at gould.threads@yahoo.com

 

 

cozy up with a warm scarf and a hot tea

Winters in western Pennsylvania are cold and I hate being cold.  But I do love sipping a hot cup of tea (or coco if its been a rough morning) while watching the snow fall silently out my window.  Its even better if my babies are both napping :) 

Earlier this winter I created these adorable tea cozies.  Of course I fell in love with them so I had to make one for myself.  They are perfect for keeping drinks hot and hands from getting burnt. 

 

 

 

I recently had a go at making some homemade biscotti to go with my tea.  It was surprisingly simple and so yummy.  I will be making another batch soon!  I used this recipe from Martha Stewart.

 

Another one of my favorite cold weather necessities is this soft and cozy knit cowl neck scarf! 

my beautiful friend Carly agreed to model for me

 

 

But if you are a little more trendy you might prefer my newest creation, an infinity scarf. 

 

 

the scarf can be worn long...

or doubled up

 

 I made this beautiful scarf last weekend using Lion Brand Tweed Stripes Yarn in "marble." I fell in love with this yarn instantly.  Make your own scarf by following this pattern from Fiber Flux...Adventures in Stitching's blog.  Don't have the time to make your own or don't know how to crochet?  Email gould.threads@yahoo.com to place a custom order!