I'm a Big Girl Now

Goodbye Crib!

Hello New Bunk Bed!

The Girls are excited!

Hang Man

 I made a felt version of Hangman that we could take with us when we travel or need something to keep us busy while we are waiting.  I used the Melissa and Doug Hangman for inspiration and came up with this little guy.

I have a flat piece of red felt glued to a piece of cardboard for the backing.  I made the little man out of felt that I hand stitched then made a bunch of letters using puffy paint.  The great thing about felt is that things will stay in place on them pretty well (just like a felt board).  I looked up how many of each letter they had in a standard scrabble game as a guide.   We recently went on a long car trip and the kids enjoyed this little guy.

New Skirts!

I've had some new skirt ideas tucked away, waiting for one of my girls to need them.  They are all pretty easy and I'll even show you where you can find tutorials and patterns to make your own. (by the way, sorry the skirts are all so wrinkly - I had already washed them once and was too lazy to iron)

First is this tiered skirt.  Break out your calculator because you'll need to do some math for this one, but then piecing it together is pretty easy. You can find a tutorial on Crap I've Made.   (or countless other websites if you google it)

Second was the Starboard Skirt found on Simple Simon & Co.  Next time I'm totally doing a cute print like hers for me.  My daughter, however will not wear such cool colors, so I did hers in jean.

For the third skirt, I was inspired by Make It and Love It.  I wasn't brave enough to use the elastic thread and try shirring, though.  It's on my list of things to try, though.

I did a simple flat waistband and side zipper instead.  These are all great easy projects that take very minimal sewing ability.  Seriously, if you haven't tried sewing a skirt, these would be great patterns to start with.

Holiday Baby Bibs

In this set, you can pick your favorite 3 for $12.

Crocheted Headband with Peacock Feathers and Rosettes

Headband + Rosettes + Dyed Peacock Feathers = cute.  I was so excited about these cute headbands.  So pretty.  Wish I had tried this before (when my baby girl could benefit.)  Now she just rips off the headbands.  Some day she'll appreciate it again.

You can find these ones here and here.

Crocheted Headband with Felt Flower Clips

Super fun to have choices and different color combinations with your hair clips and head bands.

I love having the alligator clip backed bows for easy versatility Just change out the flowers to match what you're wearing.

(You can find this here in my Etsy shop)

Also I tried something a little new with these hand stitched felt flowers.  Layered circles with button centers.  Cute, right?

As seen here.

Baby Gift Sets

I'd like to show you what I've been working on in my Etsy Shop lately.
Instead of trying to guess what people want in a baby gift set, I am trying something a little new. I posted up my baby items and am going to let the buyer choose which items they want.  You can pick your favorite 5 items for $20.  

Here is the boy set:

And the girl set:

Which items would you choose?

Big Pile of Leaves

I finally got around to cleaning up the front yard. We have a huge tree that's been littering the lawn with leaves. It was about time.  And so, we had a huge pile of leaves all gathered up.  The kids had a blast jumping and throwing them around until I had to throw them all away.

New Flower Bobby Pins

I had fun making some new bobby pins out of different colored circles the other day. Thought I'd share.  They are super easy - just stack some fabric circles in the color of your choosing and sew together with beads.  Attach to a bobby pin and Voila!  You can find these beauties in my etsy shop.

Green Eyes

I love Terrick's green eyes.

So pretty. Click on the picture to see a close up.