Monogrammed Spa Slippers

More great gift ideas! You may think it is "only August" but the gift giving season will be here before you know it! I have these extra comfy monogrammable slippers in several colors including, black, white, hot pink, lime green, navy blue and purple! Check out the website to order or email me at karla@dezignsbykarla.com

Oh and a big thanks goes to Christy with Castellani Photos. We met Christy and her husband through their son Drew who is in class with Bailey. Christy is another "small business chic" working to grow her photography business. She is graciously working on some product photos for me and I am very excited!!! You can check out more of her work on her website HERE.

Fun Projects...Busy Weekend

I have had a fun productive weekend! The weather was nice after the rain stopped Saturday morning and the kids went out to play! I stayed near my machines creating all weekend! This is just a sample of what I finished up! I forgot to take pics of one set of burps before I packed them up and then another set went out the door as soon as I finished them! There are koozies going on the embroidery machine right now! But I had to take some time to post these pics!!!

These were a lot of fun to make!


I had to show off a close up of this adorable little monkey! He/She is sooo precious ....a bow could be added to "her" head to girl her up a bit!!! Also, as you can see all DBK gifts come packed and ready to give! This helps when you need to order something and have it shipped direct to the recipient!


One of the newest things I have been doing is pillowcases! There are so many creative possibilities. These are 2 seperate birthdays gifts!

This pillowcase ROCKS!!!

A friend at work wanted to get something extra cool for his daughter for her birthday next week. Like most girls (and a lot of boys) these days she LOVES Hannah Montana! She is a little old for a dress or something so I made her a pillowcase! I just love the way it turned out with the zebra print!!!!





This is me playing around with my photo software at 11 pm! I have NO clue what I am doing but I will figure it out!!!

Pillow for Bailey

A couple of weeks before Christmas I was in the fabric store and Bailey was rummaging through the scrap bin. As usual she "just had to have" something! When she found this particularly soft bundle of fabric quite a bit of begging ensued! I told her no and she went off to look at some other things. While she was away I had the clerk put the fabric in my bag and ring it up with great intentions of making something for her before Christmas. Well, here we are....2008..but I am pleased with how it turned out and Bailey was thrilled. She always oohhs and ahhhs over most of my creations but she especially loves the soft snuggly stuff and seems to really like things with the trendy pinks and browns! The fabric is almost like a faux suede and I paid $3.00 for it!!!! What a bargain!

Throw Blanket for Grandmother

Here is the 2nd Grandmother blanket custom made for a client!!! It is sooo soft and warm I wanted to snuggle in and keep it for myself.

What a great Idea!!!

How cute is this?? What a great gift idea for that picky teenager or the older one going off to a college dorm!!! (or just give yourself a gift). This was a special request that I had so much fun with!

(P.S. The 2nd picture shows off the true color of the pillowcase)