A love to create

Jewelry Organizer

2018-04-20T08:18:00.000-07:00

Made to order. This is a beautiful jewelry organizer. Pick your color: white, black or stained wood. The one in the picture is black. Comes with 4 hooks to hold rings, and 17 hooks for necklaces and a bar for bracelets. Holds a lot of jewelry. Measures 20 1/2 inches by 14 inches. Please contact me with any questions. Thank you for looking! $45 plus shipping

Stuffed animal blanket

2011-09-23T09:02:00.000-07:00

My good friend just had a baby and I wanted to make her something cute.
I was in Porters and saw these darling stuffed animal blankets and thought I would give it a try!

The hardest part was finding a stuffed animal that you were willing to murder...in cold blood!!

This really did feel wrong!!
For a great tutorial on cutting animals and if you want to see how to make this into a scarf go Here!

After you cut your animal in half, take out some of the stuffing and pin it inside your blanket. Remember to put your fabric wrong side out, and leave several inches to turn it right side out once your blanket it sewn all the way around.

And now you have a darling stuffed animal blanket!

Temple blocks

2011-07-11T15:55:00.000-07:00

I made these temple blocks for Christmas presents last year....yes you heard me right,
I am just getting around to posting it!

I found this awesome tutorial, and you can use the pictures that she has already!!!
They are super easy!

I just printed the pictures at Costco, mod-podged them on a already painted wood block and added some ribbon!

So cute!

Sponge Balls

2011-07-05T14:38:00.000-07:00

I saw these somewhere.....I honestly can't remember where!
But my kids have had so much fun with them!

They LOVE to have water fights and this is the perfect way to have one!

So you start with some sponges, I later bought some from the dollar store that worked great, and cut them into strips.

Then I took some yard and tied it around the middle of the sponges and double knotted it!And there you have a sponge ball!

So easy and fun for the kids!!!

4th of July tutu

2011-07-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

I love these cute little tutu's and decided to make a red white
and blue one for the 4th of July!

If you want a tutorial on how to make it you can check out my rainbow tutu tutorial Here

My other daughter wanted a piece of the tutu action too!!

She was totally not cooperating in these pictures, and she was not happy with me.
You see my pertty blue flowers there she is sitting next to...well, she was so mad that I was taking a picture of her, that she grabbed a handful and ripped them out!
Naughty baby!!

4th of July outfit!

2011-06-30T08:02:00.000-07:00

I made this 4th of July outfit for my daughter last year actually, so I don't have a tutorial on it.

It was super easy though.

I just took a love sleeve shirt and cut of the sleeves then made some bias out of the star knit and sewed it around the arm holes.
And added 3 strips of ruffles to the front.

For the skirt:

I just made a simple skirt and added a ruffle to the bottom.
So easy!

I think it turned out cute!

I had to add this picture, I think she had the cutest profile ever!!

Happy 4th of July!

Home-ade playdough

2011-06-28T07:00:00.000-07:00

We love playdough at our house! It entertains my kids for hours...okay nothing entertains them for hours, but for awhile anyway!

This is before we added the food coloring!

Play dough recipe:

Mix together dry ingredients:
2 cups white flour
1 cup salt
4 tsp. cream of tarter

add 2 cups of boiling water, 4 T. oil, and 1 tsp. food coloring.

pour liquids into the dry ingredients and stir well. When slightly cooled, knead for a few minutes until smooth.

(I had to add quite a bit more flour so it wasn't so sticky, just play around with it)

This is just an easy idea for a gift!
Add some cookie cutters and you have the perfect inexpensive gift that every kid loves!
We gave this set to a nephew on his birthday!

4th of July banner

2011-06-27T09:28:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to make a banner for a long time and finally did the other day!
This is no way my original idea, but I still wanted to try!

I love how it turned out and the best part was it took just a few minutes!

First I figured out how long I wanted my triangles and cut a strip

Then cut into triangles

Then I just hot glued the triangles onto my ribbon, and that is all!
Soooo easy!!!

I also took some of the left over fabric and tied strips around my candles.

Now we are a little more patriotic!!

Cute 4th of July decorations!

2011-06-24T12:54:00.000-07:00

As I have mentioned, I love the 4th of July and while browsing around I found these darling decorations over at The Happy Scraps

4th of July Decorations

So cute and easy!!

I really am heading out of town tonight!! I just can't stop blogging!!!

Happy birthday to me!

2011-06-23T15:37:00.000-07:00

Guess what! Yep, you guessed it! It is my birthday today!!
And I am the big 30!!!!
So, I am taking the day off, and maybe the next few,
because we are partying and heading out of town!

See ya in a few!!!

My crafty little daughter!

2011-06-21T13:21:00.000-07:00

I was so proud of my daughter Megan! She is a mini me!
She loves doing crafts and this Father's day she told me she had this great idea she wanted to make for her dad.
So we went to the dollar store and she picked out a few things, went home and I helped her spray paint the pot and the rest she did all by her self!
I think it actually turned out pretty cute!!
So proud!!

Super easy 4th of July decor!!!

2011-06-20T07:26:00.000-07:00

I wanted something for my front door for the 4th of July,
so I whipped this together in maybe 10 minutes!

I was at Joann's browsing around the other day and saw these 4th of July gummy things. (They are the things you stick in your window) Anyway, they were 60% off, so I grabbed them.

I got home and found this old frame that I had stored away and threw thing window clings on it, then added some ribbon and it was done!!!

I love it!!
And the best part about it was, it cost me maybe $3, and took maybe 10 minute...and that is pushing it!!

I absolutely LOVE the 4th of July!!!

Happy Father's Day!

2011-06-19T10:03:00.001-07:00

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Star wars Father's day gift idea

2011-06-18T09:24:00.000-07:00

I ran onto this darling idea for a Father's day present!
We totally love Star Wars in our house, this would have been so funny to do for my husband!
You can find the tutorial over at Sandy Toes and Popsicles!!

So funny! You could totally use these ideas for a Star Wars birthday party!! Score!!

My Father's day gift!

2011-06-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

I finally finished my gift for my father-in-law!
I love how it turned out!
Every man loves a BBQ basket!! Right???

Here is how I did the apron.
I used my silhouette and the heat transfer on it!
Super easy!

I got my idea from UCreate!!!

re-purposing: Long sleeve shirt to soccer shirt

2011-06-16T08:49:00.000-07:00

I know I am on a sewing, re-purposing kick lately!
But I am slowly trying to make my way through my stash!

This was a super easy way of taking a long sleeve shirt and making it into a short sleeve,
then I just added the soccer ball with my silhouette using heat transfer.

I think I paid $1.00 for these shirts at Walmart in the early spring!
I love to stock up when they are on clearance!

I cute the sleeves off where I wanted them to be.

Then I cut a strip off the top of both of the sleeves (the sleeves I just cut off)

fold in length wise and pin all the way around

Then I slid the circle part I just made on top of the sleeve with raw edges together!
Does that make sense???

a closer look!!

then sew all the way around the sleeve, and you can iron it down to give it a more crisp look!

Now you have short sleeves!!! Awesome!

Then I added the soccer ball using my silhouette and heat transfer.
For more info on the heat transfer you can follow my steps Here

The best part about it is she loves it!!!

cupboard door art desk

2011-06-14T08:02:00.000-07:00

I came across this darling idea over at icandy handmade!
She took a cupboard door and made these darling art desks from it!

Cupboard door art desks

Now I wish I would have saved the cupboard doors off of my old bathroom set when we re did our bathroom! Dang it!

Re-purposing: Dress to ruffle shirt

2011-06-13T14:13:00.000-07:00

Another re-purposing post! I have been in the mood to sew I guess!
This has been my favorite so far though!

My mother in law was getting rid of some clothes,
and let me look through the bag before it went to the D.I.
and there was this dress that looked hardly worn.
The wheels started turning....
and this is what I came up with!

So first of all I cut off the bottom and had to take it in.
After I cut several inches off I turned it inside out and pinned it where I wanted to take it in.

Then on the seams I did a zigzag stitch to give it the surged look!

Then from the part I cut off, I cut it into strips,
then sewed the strips together and made ruffles out of it.
Then sewed the ruffles all the way around the neck and down the front!

Here is the back view!

I love how it turned out...now I have to do one for myself!!

Re-purposing: Shirt to Cardigan

2011-06-11T07:06:00.000-07:00

I have a HUGE stash of clothes that I don't wear anymore, but don't want to give away (Heaven's no)...and have an idea of what I want to do with every single last one of em!!

But they have sat in a pile for months....and months....

But I am proud to say this week I have gotten several of them done...this being one of them.

I took this plain Jane, black, long sleeve shirt and cut it right down the middle!

If you couldn't picture that...well here is a picture to show you!

Then I took this other black polo shirt that I haven't worn in months...maybe years and cut it up!

I cut it in strips, starting from the bottom...oh and I saved the top part, because yes, I have a plan for it too! Waste not...want not....
I sewed all those strips together and then ruffled them by sewing a large basting stitch at the top and pulling the bottom thread to create ruffles.
I did it in about 2 foot increments. Don't try and sew it all the way down and think you can pull that bottom thread for the whole thing...won't work! I have learned this the hard way!

With what I had left over in ruffles I made this flower and pinned it on!

I HATE modeling...and I think all my neighbors think I am weird...or vain. I feel funny having my daughter take pictures of me, I am sure they think I am so vain!

I do love how it turned out though...even if my husband said I look like I am going to play in a concert...what a weirdo! :)

Ice cream in a bag, jello ice cream and more!!

2011-06-10T07:45:00.000-07:00

More fun things to do this summer!

We made ice cream in a bag, and it turned out so yummy!!
You have to try this with your kids...they would love it!!

It is so easy!

Ice cream in a bag

1 cup whole milk
1/4 tsp vanilla
3 cups crushed ice
1 gallon size Ziploc bags
2 sandwich size Ziploc bags
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup rock salt

In one of the small Ziploc baggies, mix together the milk, vanilla and sugar. Add additional toppings if desired (for chocolate ice cream, use chocolate milk). Squeeze excess air from the baggie and zip baggie tight. Double check for a tight seal. Place this bag in second sandwich baggie and close bag, also squeezing excess air from the bag. Then place the ice and rock salt (we used table salt and it worked) in the gallon sized bag and place your small bag in it and start shaking. It takes about 5 minutes! Enjoy!

This is another awesome idea!

Easy homemade ice cream from Jello

You can find the recipe Here

I had to throw this in just because it looked so good! I love ice cream!!

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More fun things we have done this summer!

Peanut butter Playdough

2011-06-09T13:50:00.000-07:00

More Kid Fun!!

Honestly my kids loved this!!!

It has kept them entertained for...well...awhile!!

They loved this...not only is it fun to play with, but it tastes good too!!
This is an old recipe that my mom use to make when I was a kid!

Recipe:

1 c. creamy peanut butter
1 1/4 c. dry milk
1 c. light corn syrup
1 1/4 c. powdered sugar

Blend peanut butter and syrup in large mixing bowl. Sift dry milk and powdered sugar together and all at once. Mix all together with a spoon, then with hands, knead in dry ingredients. Use as you would any play dough and you can eat it too!

Hand print quilt

2011-06-08T07:20:00.000-07:00

I am going to veer away from this weeks theme of fun kids summer ideas
because I happened onto this super fun quilt idea!

Hand Print Quilt Teacher gift idea

Mandy over at Sugar Bee Crafts did this hand print quilt for her daughters teacher!
It has all of the kids hand prints from their class!
She is more ambitious than I am!!!

Sooo cute!

Strawberry sprinkles

2011-06-07T08:23:00.000-07:00

Another thing that we have done that my kids absolutely
loved was dipping strawberries in white chocolate and sprinkles.

You could dip them in regular chocolate as well, and use any kind of sprinkles.

The nice thing about this is they get a serving of fruit while doing this!!
(a serving of sugar too)

More kid fun tomorrow!!

Summer activities for kids!!

2011-06-06T07:48:00.000-07:00

This week I will be posting some fun things to do with your kids since it is summer break!
If your kids are like mine,
the more things you have to do with them...the less you hear them fight!!

My girls really like to do crafts,
so I am going to try and be a better mother
and spend more time doing fun things this sumer!!

This is a fun craft to do with them.

supplies:
Paper
water colors
water
tissue paper
a straw
glue

The first thing you do is get your paint brush fairly wet and dab a good amount of paint at the bottom of your paper.

Then take your straw and blow the paint up...making your tree or flower stem

Then take some glue and dab it where you want your leaves or flowers to go

Then wad up a small amount of tissue paper and stick it on the glue!
Your kids will love it!

My daughter did this one, and I thought it was so cute...and creative!

another idea for a tree...

This is my favorite...think of how darling this would be in the fall with orange, brown, yellow and red!!!

I will see you tomorrow with more fun summer activities to do with your kids!!

Batman Cape

2011-06-03T07:00:00.000-07:00

Remember the super hero cape I made a couple of weeks ago for my nephew??
If not you can check it out Here

Well, my son really wanted a cape too, and he has some batman pjs that were missing a cape, so I decided to make one to fit them.

Here are the pajamas....minus the cape.

I took my material and laid it over the pjs marked where I wanted the cape to go.

Then I cut out two identical pieces and sewed them together...set aside.

I turned the pj's over and traced the bat onto some tracing paper and cut it out.

Then I pinned it to some black felt.
I chose felt because it doesn't fray

Then I cut out an oval out of yellow felt and sewed the black onto the yellow, and then I zig zagged the yellow onto the back of the cape.
Then add some Velcro onto the corners of the cape making sure it matches up to the Velcro on the pjs.

My baby actually loved it as well.

I took a piece of black ribbon and added some velcro to it, so they can still wear the cape without the pjs.

A super easy batman cape!!!

Makes a happy little boy!!!