Little big man

Just like this blog, this project is because everyone was doing it and it looked like fun! And it was! :) Here is Jack in his little tie shirt on Easter...

I used the tie pattern from this awesome tutorial here!
I've come to love applique, so as long as I can find a pattern (or freehand one)- I'm going to applique it, so watch out!

And here is my nephew, Will, in the one I made for him... his was WAAAAAY more difficult because I couldn't find a long sleeved plain white t shirt - so I MADE MY OWN! (still can't believe I did that)- I bought two short sleeved t shirts from Meijer and took off the short sleeves of one and made new long sleeves out of the other and sewed them on! It turned out pretty good!

Okay, so the sleeves may be a little long :)

Some Easter Love!

I love doing cute little decorations here and there rather than massive (read: expensive) decorations! Here are some of my Easter decorations...

I saw this idea for Easter carrots here. I fell in love! So adorable- and everyone needs utensils to eat with! Here is my version:

And a Happy Easter banner- I had been loving this fabric for a while but never had a use for it- until now!

And finally some table decorations... a use for all those baby food jars I've been saving! :)

Happy Easter~ He is Risen!

Spring Wreath!

Made with items I had laying around (and my husband was glad to see me finally use)...

A straw wreath (I couldn't remember why I even bought this!)
Yarn
fabric scraps

Oh, and some more of my Grandma's buttons!

Some Tinkerbell Love

For my Tinkerbell loving neice's third birthday, I made her this crayon roll and tote bag; with a Tinkerbell coloring book inside of it too of course! This was literally my first time ever sewing anything more than a straight line or the applique letter's for Jack's wall hanging.




I followed this tutorial exactly and they both turned out so good that I made 3 more for 3 more little girls! Thanks Skip To My Lou!!

Here are pictures of the other 3... 2 more Tinkerbell and 1 Disney Princesses.

Grandma's Bench Re-do

Last fall I inherited a bench from my Grandma... I had been wanting one for our entry way so I was really excited to score this for free! Unfortunately, it screamed 'Grandma recovered this in 1984'. So, I went to work... little bit of black paint... new fabric for the cushion (and DO NOT look closely at this- I've never recovered a pillow or any such thing before this!) and LOOK, beautiful new bench! I LOVE it. Here are the before and afters:


Aw, yea, not my style.


Ah, that's more like it.

My First Applique

This project was actually over a year ago now! I had no clue what I was doing...my sister told me to iron on some fusible webbing... I had no idea why. Now I see that your letters will pucker a little if you don't use it. Anyway, I was looking to make a name decoration for my baby's room that was just a little different than the usual wood letters. I also wanted to incorporate some buttons from my grandma into his room somehow. So, this is what I came up with! The best part is that not only are my grandma's buttons on here, but everyone who came to the baby shower was asked to bring buttons that either they sewed on or my family sewed on later. I think it's adorable!



And by 'I came up with', I really mean, my mom, sisters and even my husband had some input on the final design!

Jack is after my Grandpa Jack and Warren is after my Grandpa Waldo Warren. Yea, we went with the middle name on that! Hubby gets the last name :)

Baby Room Decor

So here it is! My first post on my new blog that is private so I am the only one that can see it.

Today I'm going to show you some pictures I made last year for above my baby's crib. I was inspired to make these because we were going for a non themey (pretend with me that that is a word) baby room and I was not into any of the pictures I found. Well, some I loved, but couldn't afford!



This was such a simple (and cheap) project and I think it turned out very cute. It's kid friendly (not too baby) so I'm hoping he will dig them for a few years?! All I did was buy 3 canvas', the pre-painted wood shape cut outs and glue them on! I already had the paint for the the borders which I freehanded the designs and I bought a blue paint pen for the writing. That's it! Easy as can be and I had fun making something for his room.
Here is a close up of the ANIMAL one:

A close up of the SPORTS one:

Oh, and I am aware that 'BUS' isn't a sport (hehe), it's just they didn't have any other sports to choose from... so I picked a school bus since school is where he will most likely be playing sports! Clever, right?

And a close up of the TRANSPORTATION one:


And 'baby' Jack is now 11 months old and he likes to point at each picture and waits for me to tell him what they are!