baby girl – Elizabeth Smillie

Introducing …

November 2, 2015 Elizabeth Smillie

Introducing…our newest member of the team, Ruth Ann Smillie!

Our new baby girl joined us just before noon on August 6 (which is the excuse I’m using for the lack of blog content recently :D). The birth went perfectly, different and yet the same as the three before her. She has been welcomed by enthusiastically loving arms of her siblings (they’re just about loving her to pieces!) and has been such a joy.

Our baby girl is here! We have named her Ruth Ann, and our family is utterly in love with her. #ruthannsmillie #smilliekids

A photo posted by pltmarket (@pltmarket) on Aug 9, 2015 at 9:11am PDT

We are so incredibly thankful for this new little bundle. And, now that she’s here (and we are sleeping again! YAY!) you’ll see some more fun things around here. So much to share! So many new things in the shop! And perhaps even a giveaway in the near future. :)

I’m so happy to be back blogging again, sharing thoughts, ideas and updates with you lovelies,

crafting for a baby

April 24, 2015 Elizabeth Smillie

Crafting for a sweet new baby is always a joy! A few weeks ago I had the privilege of making this entirely custom, delicate name banner for my precious new niece, and I had so much fun. Her mama is decorating the baby Cora’s new space in blush and glittery gold, so I even got to use some of my current favorite papers. :)

Her mama is decorating the nursery for this babe in gold and pink, so I had a ton of fun making a sweet, girly and glittery name banner for baby Cora using some of my favorite papers and ribbons. I went with scalloped circles in a vintage rose print for the background and gold glitter for the letters, all strung on a light rose satin ribbon. So feminine, and suitable for both a baby and a growing girl.

I am experimenting in making our the name banners in our shop in this double-layered look, and enjoyed doing the same for little Miss Cora, giving her special garland an extra bit of style and texture. The glitter gold played so beautifully off of the vintage rose print!

These multilayered banners are something I love making, and there are so many options!!! We are planning to add a variety of them to the shop in the next little while, and are just having a bit of trouble deciding exactly which options to offer {there are soooooo many!}. If you have something in mind that you’d like to see, we’d love to hear about it. :)

What do you think? Would you like to see more of this rich, layered look in our pieces? I’d love to hear!

customer love – Winter ONEderland Birthday edition!

January 31, 2014 Elizabeth Smillie

Do you remember the custom snowflake cake garland I posted the other day?It was part of a batch of things I put together for a darling “Winter ONEdarland” themed first birthday, and I was so excited to open the email full of photos that the mama sent after the party! Look at how darling it was!!! The colors she used were pink, blush, cream, white, glitter gold and aqua. Jaclyn emailed asking if the Confetti Circles Garland‘s colors could be tweaked a tad (my answer – “of course!”), and from there we added some Large Snowflake Garlands, a few custom garlands that were a combination of the two others (love this idea! and when I get a free day or two I might add a version to the shop – they’re so sweet!)

For the cake topper, Jaclyn had the idea of combining two of the Snowflake Dessert Toppers with a mini version of the Confetti Circles Garland and the result (again!) was absolutely gorgeous and had me wondering why I hadn’t added something like it to the shop already. Amazing job Jaclyn! I love everything about this! :)

Do you have photos that you’d like to share? If so, you can either email them to me at elizabeth@pltmarket.com or tag them with #thepathlesstraveledmarket on Instagram – we’d all love to see your ideas!

p.s. I often send “thank you” coupons to the lovelies who let me share their photos with you – so if you’re looking for a coupon for your next order, sharing photos is a great way to get a discount!

lace onesie {part three}

August 12, 2013 Elizabeth Smillie

I’m so excited to share this with you today! Do you remember the lace onesies that I’ve shown you how to make {here and here}? And how I mentioned that we welcomed a sweet new niece into the family {my first niece!}?

I packaged up a few of the onesies that I had embellished as a welcome gift for Baby Brooke, and her mama was just tickled to be able to use them in Brooke’s newborn photos! We have a sweet, sweet friend who is quite a talented photographer, and she did an amazing job! Of course, Sarah had some gorgeous subjects to work with, and the result is a set of precious keepsake photos <3

If you’re in the Ohio area and would like to contact Sarah regarding a photo session, her website is Living Joy Photography, and here’s her Facebook fan page. She also made the darling head band Brooke is wearing {love it!!!} and has an Etsy shop where she sells others like it. Even if you’re not close enough to have her capture some memories for you, you can still enjoy some of her amazing talent!

some darlingness {because, well, photos of babies just make the day better}

August 10, 2013 Elizabeth Smillie

oh. my. goodness. the darlingness of this wee one just does not stop!

she just gets cuter, and sweeter, and more darling as each day goes by. did I tell you that she has four teeth now? and army crawls? and prefers to be in the center of the action? she has learned to clap, and now loves to cheer her siblings on! her laugh is the sweetest thing in the world, and her sister and brother dote on her, watch out for her, and are incredibly proud of each of her new accomplishments. miss Olivia has grown our hearts. and even though I can hardly bear to see her move out of the toothless infant stage, I know that this next one will be full of even more joys.

{photos taken by my mom}

Elizabeth Smillie

The Path Less Traveled

Browsed by
Tag: baby girl