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pinterest overload

2012-02-14T10:46:00.000-08:00

WOW, it's been a while!

I find less and less time to blog now-a-days. That and I have been swamped with orders. My guess is that it's because of the new LDS primary theme being CTR this year.

Anyway, let me run through the long list of projects that Pinterest basically handed to me and said "Here. Make this."

I made these night owls for a girl party for my daughter. They are filled with rice and you pop them in the microwave and heat them up to keep you warm at night, or keep them in the fridge to put on an owie!

These candy cane mice were for all the kids in my son and daughters classes at school this year. Adorable and no sewing required!

My oldest is in 3rd grade and for school they had to make a valentine box with their parents. This was our end result.

The next few pictures are the kids valentines this year. Macie had a Valentine gun and holster with gum.

Connor's are Army guy Valentines that I LOVE!!

And I helped Ellie make friendship bracelets for her class. I love all the options out there now for sugar free Valentines.

There we go.

All caught up with the Pinterest projects. Next, I may have to do a post on all the recipes I have made thanks to the all mighty Pinterest!

little gnome

2011-10-29T17:08:00.000-07:00

For Sawyers first time trick or treating I decided he needed a new costume!

It needed to be simple and comfy, so I made this gnome costume that I have to say I kinda adore on him!

Those curls coming out from under his hat kill me.

I knew he wouldn't keep a strap-on beard on his face at all and I found a infant gnome costume online a few months ago that had the beard sewn onto the onzie and I loved that idea.

He loved the attention we gave him when he put the hat on so he actually wore it all night to a school carnival and at our ward party last night.

My little gnomeo!

Great KIDS Giveaway!

2011-10-14T10:53:00.000-07:00

I have a great giveaway over HERE for a 50% off your order coupon for cute things like this:

and this:

Come enter to win, and support a stay at home mama!

Review and Giveaway..

2011-09-29T14:19:00.001-07:00

I was sent this adorable outfit for Macie from a great little shop called Splasheroo. It is the cutest thing ever and if those ruffle tights fit me I would totally wear them!!

Anyhoo, they also want to give away a $25.oo store credit to one of my followers over at The Dress-up Drawer.

Come over and enter!!

Serious DVD makeover!

2011-09-13T15:40:00.000-07:00

My dream is to walk into every single room of my home and every little thing has a place and is organized. Because it will be 17+ years before I have all my mess makers out of my house....I just like to dream. But when things start to look something like this:

...(a close replica of all of our family DVD's) then things have got to change.

Husband brought home a bunch of these awesome storage boxes and we got to work pulling DVD's out of their cases, put into sleeves, labeled and alphabetized.

When all was said and done. ALL of our massive collection fit nice and neat into these 2 boxes.

I'll tell you, I loved this project so much I went around the house looking for more things I could downsize.

I love it. My kids love it. Project 1 of 3,497----DONE!

can.not.stop!!!!!

2011-08-12T09:11:00.001-07:00

Crap to Craft- bookshelf entertainment center (a work still in progress)

2011-07-19T23:44:00.000-07:00

Last month my handy hubby took on the project of creating an entertainment center. We had previously been using my in laws and now we needed to fill the HUGE empty wall where it once was.

I wanted something light! I have slowly been going in different directions in my decorating and I really just wanted to de-clutter and brighten things up a bit.

Loverbuns, (he would die if he knew I called him that on here) started with white bookshelves from IKEA. Oh lovely, lovely IKEA.

And then he went to work.

This boy amazes me. So far this is the finished entertainment center...

It isn't quite done because as you can see 2 shelves are pretty empty and I am planning on lining the back of the shelves with a grey print contact paper or even wall paper if I can find it, just to add a touch of color. And then I need to figure out what I want hanging on the wall behind this whole thing?

So many options, I am loving it.

Big pat on the back to my very own handy manny.

Crap to Craft~nick name T-shirt

2011-07-04T00:56:00.000-07:00

I didn't have a ton of time to put together a birthday present for one of my sons best friends so it was a little last minute. But I actually think is is one of my favorite gifts that I have ever made.

We went to the store and got him a fun little Nerf gun and I bought a plain white T-shirt.

I love thinking up projects for my Silhouette and I was determined to think of a gift idea for this little boy.

His name is Ryan, but in his family he is called by a bunch of cute nick names. His mom even wrote up a post about them all on her family blog so that's were I headed to find them.

Once I had them all saved I entered them into my program for my Silhouette and organized them all cute with different fonts.

Then all I had to do after they were cut out was set them where I wanted them and ironed them on.

Easy peasy and the birthday boy ended up LOVING it!

Camp Flag

2011-07-04T00:33:00.000-07:00

I am the Young Women's president in my ward at church and girls camp is something that I have always looked forward to. As a teenager it was one of my favorite parts about summer.

Some things have changed since I was a young woman at camp and now each ward is in charge of making their own banner or flag.

Fun! So I got all excited when I found out that this years theme is the 13th article of faith, specifically "We seek after these things" and it was a PIRATE THEME!!

I enlisted the help of my uber talented mother who was the artist behind it all and we worked out a design.

We went with 3 girls, all piratey and in the cabins color.

They are seeking their treasure which includes
scriptures and the temple.

I made sure to sew on the name of our ward and at the top I used our color's bandanna to make tie tabs so it can be adjusted to whatever it is hung on.

I love it! And I think the girls will to.

I heart girls camp.

Crap to Craft~ shabby apple inspired skirt

2011-05-25T10:26:00.000-07:00

**BTW, I have started a new summer project- HERE- and would love your help!:)**
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Ok, first off I have to explain that this project DID NOT start off as "Crap" that's just the name of my refashion posts. We got that straightened out? Great, In fact, this project actually started out as a beautiful dress.

A beautiful dress given to me by my sweet friend Tiffany who made it a little small so she mistakenly thought that I was small enough to fit into it.

Not the case.

I apparently have what some would call Swimmers Shoulders and couldn't even put my arms through.

I didn't want this beautiful fabric to go to waste and I remembered this beautiful skirt I saw over at Shabby Apple and I had to make it!!

I cut the top off the dress. I totally reshaped the bottom turning it into a pencil skirt and....believe it or not....put in MY VERY FIRST ZIPPER!!!!

I can not tell you how excited I was. I have been sewing for about 6 years and have always been afraid of zippers till now. Dumb. I have missed out on a world of possibilities.

So this is the finished project:

I think I am in love!

Pretty darn close to the one at Shabby Apple and custom fit to my rear.

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More zippered skirts are in my future. Love. LOVE them.

Giveaway!!

2011-05-20T08:12:00.000-07:00

I have a great giveaway going on over HERE for anyone who has a little girly girl.

Maybe a dancer;

Or one that likes fun custom outfits;

Come enter to win!!

Crap to Craft- fun summer sandals

2011-05-13T10:42:00.000-07:00

It's cold here. I had a swimsuit sent to me to review about a month ago (review and giveaway on that soon to come to Leelou) but it has been so windy and overcast here I haven't been able to get some sun on my pasty skin to take pictures in it.

I'M READY FOR THE SUN!!!

And to get me in the mood, I had to make some fun summer sandals for my girls. My mom made some of these the other day for them and I had to make more. I'll have to take pictures of the ones she made they are multicolored and fun for all the birthdays I have next month.

You start with a simple pair of flip flops.

Buy a pack of small water balloons and tie them on. You need 100 balloons for each shoe. I tied them twice to make sure they held.

They end up something like this:

You can pull and poke them to shape the way you want them. Adorable and the whole project cost $3.00!!!

Bunko Mama's

2011-04-24T22:54:00.000-07:00

I got a big fat package in the mail a while back from Silhouette that was full of their newest addition. Rhinestones!!!

So I had to try them out and decided to make something for my Bunko group.

We have a bunch of dice and little extras that have to be passed around from host to host every month so I made a great little bag that is opened an closed with little tabs that you pull and you would never expect it but there are pieces of a tape measure that holds the bag closed tight.

It is the coolest thing and very easy to make. I got the pattern from my friend and I plan on making a massive bunch of them for a craft fair coming up.

These rhinestones were fun to work with.

There are so many different designs to choose from and so many ways to bling things up a bit!

Need a new cute dress for summer?

2011-04-13T10:36:00.000-07:00

. . If you would like to win a super cute pattern/e-book of your choice...I'm giving one away!!

Over 40 different styles to choose from.

Come enter over HERE!!

Crap to Craft~ maternity shirt refashion

2011-04-11T12:43:00.000-07:00

I have been organizing my closet and trying to downsize. So I came across a few shirts that I thought would be great to refashion into something for my girls. I was inspired by this adorable $40 skirt from JCrew.

I assure you this project does not even need a tutorial it is so self explanatory but here goes.

Oh, and because I despise doing tutorials this is the step I was on before I remembered to take a picture.

It was just a plain maternity Tee when I started out. I measured the length on my daughter to see where I wanted it to hit (plus a little over an inch for a casing) and cut the shirt straight across the top leaving the hem of the shirt as the bottom of the new skirt.

I grabbed some elastic and made a casing on the top of the shirt.

Wala....plain skirt done. But now I wanted to make it girly and nothing says girly better than ruffles. I didn't have any chiffon like the JCrew skirt used so I decided to skip it and just do the ruffles.

I cut one inch strips of fabric out of the rest of the shirt leftovers and sewed down the center with a long stitch and pulled the bobbin thread to make the ruffles

.I layed them where I wanted them...pinned and sewed them right on.

That's that!

I loved it so much that I grabbed another shirt...

and made one for my littlest daughter.

Comfy

Easy

and FREE!!!

need a cape

2011-04-08T11:51:00.000-07:00

I am giving away one of my own custom capes this week on my other blog.

Come enter to win!!

for baby

2011-03-24T22:49:00.000-07:00

So I have been doing a bit of sewing the last few days. Thought I would cross another "gotta make this some day" thing off my list.

This baby blanket/play-mat is one I just finished.

Idea and tutorial found here.

Even though all the cutting took forever, this thing actually was really quick to put together.

I didn't find the exact background material that I wanted so I had to pick another. Besides the fact that it might make your eyes cross a little after a while I LOVE it.

To be honest, after I made it I kinda wanted to keep it for my own. :(

Great project, fun for a gift.

baptism towel

2011-03-23T12:26:00.000-07:00

My daughter is turning 8 this year along with about 5 of her best girlfriends. One of them had a birthday last week and so I thought a baptism towel would be fitting.

I have had these towels in my "things to make" folder for so long I was actually really excited to get to start making some.

The poem that goes with it is so perfect and sweet. I have been gathering tonz of ideas for baptisms and can't wait till it's Ellie's turn.

Idea found here.

monster tooth pillow

2011-03-16T14:49:00.000-07:00

I don't know what it is about monsters but boy do I LOVE them.I made this monster tooth pillow for my sons friend for his birthday. Every little boy needs a "boyish" tooth fairy pillow.Or just a super cool pillow that holds stuff in his mouth.

Shoe shapes

2011-02-28T08:02:00.000-08:00

I thought I would through this in here even though I already posted it on Leelou.

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Here is just one of the projects I have used my Silhouette for. My 3 year old daughter is in a totally independent phase and wants to put on her shoes all by herself. Because of this, she often puts her shoes on the wrong feet and her toes hurt after 3 minutes. So I thought I would use my new fancy schmancy Silhouette to cut out an image onto vinyl.

I then cut the image in half and stuck half in the left shoe and half in the right shoe. Now she just has to line up the picture of the butterfly correctly to put her shoes on the right feet.

She loves them and has been bringing me every pair of shoes in the house to put an image in. I'm sure my hubby would love to one day find a caterpillar in his shoes right?

Speaking of Silhouette.....

2011-02-26T08:19:00.000-08:00

I am giving one away today over HERE!!

And if you don't win I have a fab. discount for ya.

fun with the silhouette

2011-02-25T14:32:00.000-08:00

I have been playing with the silhouette non stop. I keep thinking of fun new things I can do with this thing. Here are some of my first attempts at heat transfer paper on T shirts.

I made this one for my daughter for Valentines Day.

And this one for my son, this may be my favorite.

kids valentines of 2011

2011-02-15T13:24:00.000-08:00

3 different Valentines for 3 different kids= pain in the neck!!

I used my Silhouette and made these cute little candy envelopes for my 3 year old's friends in her music class. I used paper I already had and spent 2 dollars on candy to fill it. Easy to make and I saved some $$

I was crazy and thought I would make my son some easy chocolate suckers for his Kindergarten class. When I found my sucker molds, the only Valentines one I had was one with HUGE hearts and again I only had ONE mold pan (six at a time). It takes more chocolate than you think to fill those things. It took all night.

And finally my 7 year old is I guess "to cool" for regular valentines and wanted to make these super cute iPod Valentines. I loved these and they are put together rather quick. I got the idea online but they don't let you print out a ton at a time so my sweet mom made her own version in memory mixer and I think they are even cuter with the heart and Ellie's name.

*Note to self...Fred Meyer Valentines next year*

Valentine yarn wreath

2011-02-07T09:15:00.000-08:00

In the spirit of wreaths, I tried my hand at a yarn wreath. Thinking it would take forever to make I was super surprised that It was done in about an hour.
Not fancy. Not detailed, not even cut out well, just a fun quick project that can be done whilst nursing a baby.

TMI? Sorry.

coffee filter wreath

2011-01-11T21:37:00.000-08:00

Wow.

It's been a while. I can't seem to get 10 minutes to myself without baby for any kind of crafting or sewing of anything besides capes. Well, besides the 40+ scripture cases I made last week (more on that another time)

This post is about my beautiful baby sister and her crafty little self. She made this super cute coffee filter wreath.

I love it!

I want to make 10 in all different ways....and I'm gonna. But if you would like her tutorial head on over to her blog.

Magnetic Tin Advent Calendar

2010-12-01T22:54:00.000-08:00

Christmas is in sight and coming at us fast.

I have seen tonz of fun advent calendars out there and wanted to try my hand at a new kind this year. Actually I am giving this one as a gift so I wanted to package it all cute too.

I started with 25 little tins that have see through windows on the lid and come in a clear little bucket.

Next ,I had planned on finding cute vintage Christmas pictures to put in the little windows but ended up just printing off some pretty numbers because I didn't have my number stamps at home. I made them a bit smaller than the lid so I could sandwich them between the window and clear contact paper...making them all sealed up and protected. (also you get a sneak peek of the next days goodies)

I used the paper inside the bucket they came in as a template and quickly cut out some Christmas paper to make the gift self storing and cuter.

Then I stuck a STRONG magnet in the center of each tin before I filled them all with some of my favorite Holiday treats.

I could have stopped right there but thought it would be fun to include a strip of paper inside each one that lists one activity or idea for you (or someone your giving it to) to do that day.

Some of the things I thought of were:

- Build a giant fort & have a tasty snack!
- Make a Christmas craft for your teachers at school.
- Christmas dance party! Listen to Christmas music & dance away...
- Curl up under a warm blanket & read a Christmas book.
- Hot cocoa & games night!
- Nail painting party! Paint your nails Christmas colors or paint someone else’s for them.
- Go for a drive to see our neighbors Christmas lights
-Christmas coloring & craft night!

-Etc...

All done! I packed them all in and they are ready to go.

I figure you can stick them on any magnetic surface, like a fridge, in any shape you want. But here is a tree:

and in rows:

Hallowen craftiness

2010-10-31T19:34:00.000-07:00

It's been so long since I've had something creative to share. I have been smooch'n my wee babe!

But I do have a few Halloween items to show. First, my mom made these adorable Witch Treat Jars and my kids got to give them to their teachers on Friday.

Super cute.

Next, I have a little window in our toy room that I like to switch out the curtain on depending on the holiday. I got some extra fabric from a lady I know and I decided to make a ghost curtain.

Kinda plain, kinda boring so after a few days I decided to revamp it.

I turned it into a skirt for my daughter. And since Halloween was on a Sunday this year I decided to make another..

Added a little spooky fun to their outfits for church.

I love this Holiday.

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

2010-09-10T10:38:00.000-07:00

. Let's go SHOPPING!!

I'm giving away a $25.00 shopping credit to My Baby Clothes Boutique over HERE!

happiness first aid kit

2010-09-06T13:32:00.000-07:00

A week or so ago my kids had 3 friends having birthdays during the same weekend. So with only 2 days, not enough time to sew something, and a "need to be held at all times" baby I had to get creative!

I took a look around my house and tried to pull something out of thin air..... or my cupboards.

I had tab top cans..

scrapbook paper....

tape, scissors...

and candy.

Thus was born- The Happiness First Aid Kit!Inside each can is candy, with either little trinkets, jewelry, a little paint kit, or bath fizz balls. (You can find my tab top tutorial HERE.)

I also had my kids choose some sweet things they would say to the Birthday Person if they were sad to help cheer them up. Then they wrote their little messages down and I placed one in each can so when the can is opened that is the first thing they see.

Each can has a "Open Me If...." scenario on the front and on the back is a cute little word.

They are all placed into a Kit and are to be opened as needed!

Fun, inexpensive,different and sure to put a smile on a sad little face.

Fang Dangles Giveaway!

2010-08-18T22:22:00.000-07:00

I LOVE these Monster Tooth Fairy Pillow Pockets so much I had to give one away. HERE.

I am also gonna have to try my hand at making them too. But for now, come on over and win one.

Fabric Dollhouse GIVEAWAY!!

2010-08-13T01:24:00.000-07:00

I LOVE these fabric Dollhouse's and I am giving one away right now on my other blog.

To enter,

Click HERE.

Fisher Kids $50.00 giveaway

2010-08-09T23:14:00.000-07:00

I Love Fisher Kids products. Just so you know, right now they have a $50.00 giveaway going on. I WANT TO WIN!!!!

Naartjie inspired Crap to Craft!

2010-08-05T16:50:00.000-07:00

We are slowly sifting through clothes and making piles for a future Garage Sale. I came upon this shirt which is a size 14. Our oldest is 7, so it would be a LONG time before this shirt would have fit.... but I love me some owls and couldn't bring myself to toss it out.

Being the huge fan of Naartjie kids clothes that I am, I took a closer look at this shirt and figured I could save it, mix it up and turn it into a comfy Fall dress and leggings for my 3 year old.

I started with the leggings, I cut the thermal fabric sleeves off of the shirt and sewed them onto a pair of size 4 panties.

Leggings-Finished!!

For the dress, I turned the shirt inside-out and took everything in about an inch and a half. Neck (on both sides), sleeves (I also pleated these), and sides. And for more of a fitted look I put a pleat in the back of the dress also. Dress-Finished!!

All in all this project took about 45 minutes.

p.s.- click HERE for an Awesome package Giveaway!

Giveaway!!

2010-07-29T08:44:00.000-07:00

Fun Newborn Package Giveaway over in my shop.

Click Here to head on over!

FHE Wheel's

2010-07-15T10:12:00.000-07:00

Aren't these AWESOME!! There Family Home Evening Wheel's!!

Want to win one for your family?

Click HERE!!

Picture Presenter review and Giveaway!!

2010-06-16T23:51:00.000-07:00

Are you sick of Giveaways Yet??

I have a good one if you are a:

Primary Chorister

School Teacher

Homeschool Teacher

Music Teacher

It's for one of these

Go HERE to enter.

P.S. I have a good Crap to Craft project that I am working on, coming soon.

Giveaway!!

2010-06-10T09:45:00.000-07:00

I'm hosting a giveaway for $40.00 to spend at Cap Creations!

Click HERE to enter.

Teacher Gift

2010-06-09T10:37:00.000-07:00

My daughters last day of first grade is today! Last night I was racking my brain trying to think of something fun I could make for her teacher for the last day. We LOVE her teacher, she is amazing. This is what I decided on.

I remember seeing one like this awhile back and loved it. In fact I think I might do one for all my kids to go on the wall in my toy room.

All you need is:

An 8x10 shadow box, cardstalk paper, a box of crayons, elmers glue and a sharp knife.

I could have printed off her teachers name onto the paper but decided to use up my letter stickers. You could also print the big initial in light colored ink out on the paper as a guideline but I just drew and cut out the letter F on another paper and traced it lightly onto the cardstalk.

It's pretty self explanatory and is done in no time. A fun teachers gift that will stand out among all the teachers mugs she is probably going to get.

What has been keeping me so busy?

2010-06-01T17:54:00.000-07:00

This little man!

Now that he is here I hope to be back to sewing and all my other projects that got put on hold. We'll see.... it is pretty tempting to just sit and look at him all day! :)

Scroll down for a fun tutorial!

Doorway puppet theater- Tutorial

2010-06-01T10:31:00.000-07:00

I am finally getting around to posting the tutorial for the Doorway Puppet Theater I made a few months ago. It really is pretty simple and can be changed easily to fit the child it is going to.

*So to start you will need a large piece of fabric or a curtain that's at least half an inch wider than your door frame, and cut out an opening for the "stage" (for mine I measured about 18 by 16 inches). And I just used up some old fabric.

*Next, to make the stage's "curtains," I grabbed a contrasting fabric that I had on hand and cut out a square that's slightly larger than the opening. Snip that square in half, then pin both pieces to the back of the opening at the top.

*The one I saw had these super cute triangles so I decided to do the same but it is optional. I cut triangles from all of the fabric scraps and also added a few more fabrics and pinned them to the front of the opening at the top.

* Pin two 12-inch ribbon "tiebacks" to each side of the opening's front.

* Next frame the stage- and then I sewed the curtains, triangles, and tiebacks in place — by stitching a thick ribbon around the opening.

* Sew a loop of ribbon onto the curtain's top corners, then hang from nails (I used tac nails) on the door frame. If you don't want to use nails I think it would also be cute if you made it a tab top and put a shower curtain rod, or the smaller ones that go in closets, through the tabs.

And your done!! A fun gift idea for little to no cost!

Giveaway-aholic

2010-05-12T08:28:00.000-07:00

I can't stop... these giveaways are too much fun!!

Do you want to enter to win all of this from Seventh Generation:

Then come on over to HERE and enter!

Fun giveaway!

2010-05-08T19:56:00.000-07:00

I have a giveaway going on right now for an awesome necklace of the Winners choice!!!

This one is my favorite!

Come check it out

HERE!!

Have to make this!

2010-04-27T15:54:00.000-07:00

I have a little (almost) 3 year old who is more than OBSESSED with ponies and horses so when I saw this:

I about died!!

I have made tonz of those fun car cozy's you see all over the place but this is just so perfect for a little girl.

I have to make it. (I need more mini ponies)

Friday Giveaway....

2010-04-15T22:45:00.000-07:00

I have another AWESOME giveaway going on over HERE!!

You could win yourself or someone you love some of these....

Lovely!!!!

burp cloths

2010-04-07T21:54:00.001-07:00

Time has flown by and I am having this baby NEXT month!!! AAhhhhh. So I made "the list" and checked off all the things I have and need. These were in the need category. I love finding fun funky fabric and paring it with chenille...yummy. I can't wait for baby boy to puke all over these. :)

Doorway puppet theater

2010-04-03T12:54:00.000-07:00

My niece is having a birthday this next week and I tried something new....

it is a doorway puppet theater. I am in love, and will probably be making it for the next few birthday parties my kids attend!!

I have the tutorial, just haven't gotten around to posting it yet, let me know if anyone is even interested in it! It is one of the easiest DIY projects!!

Do you sew?

2010-04-02T07:58:00.000-07:00

I have a fun giveaway going on over in my shop!!

And their will be 5 winners!!!!

Go check it out! HERE!

April Fools Dinner

2010-04-01T14:00:00.000-07:00

This is what we did last year for April Fools and my kids LOVED IT!!

We had a fun dinner where I had each of the kids, and grandma and grandpa come sit down and eat...split pea's and ham soup and mashed potatoes and gravy....

Or was it dessert? Of course it was dessert because on April Fools you have to do things a little backwards. Then everyone had to pick a number and then received a sack with that number on it.

Inside were their eating utensils for dinner...click here to see more from my family blog last year.

It is a Super fun tradition for the fam!

This is what I am gonna try this year...

it's been forever!!

2010-03-31T10:16:00.000-07:00

Wow, we have been crazy busy!!

We all just got back from spring break and now I am getting everything ready for baby. So I'll have some fun baby projects coming up and also a project I have been working on for...yep, about 3 months for my girls room.

Thanks for all the sweet emails I have been getting from other awesome crafters!! xoxo

Mister Monster

2010-03-07T22:36:00.000-08:00

My son, who is crazy grumpy in these pictures, had a birthday party to go to this weekend.

The birthday boy turned 4 and I figured that any 4 year old boy might need a monster pal. I found this tutorial online and loved the idea.

I adjusted the size, I wanted a BIG one, and I added different detail for the eye, beans in the body and fuzzy hair for the tummy.

Very easy, very cute!!

Giveaway!!

2010-03-07T22:31:00.000-08:00

I am giving away a super cute dress, winners choice, from Mikarose over HERE!

Come see how awesome these dresses are and enter to win yourself one!!

Re-fashion: T-shirt dresses

2010-03-04T16:01:00.000-08:00

I have 2 girls and about 20 t-shirts that are either to short for them or have a big stain on the front. I have had a few of these such shirts set aside to make dresses with and it just never happened. Then my friend Suzanne gave me a great pattern and now I can't stop making them. This is a picture of the first one I did, not quite finished.
This is the second, I put the flower over a stain.. and yes had I had more than 5 minutes to finish this I would have used blue thread instead of pink for the stem of the flower. Oh well.

I LOVE them and plan on making tonz more, I think some with tank tops for summer!!

Another baby girl shower...

2010-02-19T09:40:00.000-08:00

I have a baby shower to go to this weekend and it is for a girl who has 2 boys already and this is her first GIRL!!

So of course I had to make something SUPER girly!

Valentines candy cards

2010-02-09T20:16:00.000-08:00

I just had to try out these SUPER EASY and fun Valentines for my kids!

It only took 4 easy steps:

#1- Take pictures of adorable kiddo's with fists out....

#2- Add the magic of photo shop.........

#3- Print and cut 2 teeny slits.........

#4- Insert sucker!!

Daddy's Tie Snakes

2010-02-03T16:25:00.000-08:00

If you have any of your husband's or brother's or grandpa's ties laying around and they don't get worn...DON"T THROW THEM AWAY!!!

Make these for someone instead.

I took the tie (sorry forgot to take pictures) and cut it about mid-way then layed it out on coordinating fabric, pinned it and used it as a pattern. Cut.

After coordinating piece it's cut, pin both pieces (right sides together), not forgetting to stick in a pre cut tongue, facing in. This is where it was a little tricky... I sewed all the way around but left a 3 inch opening about 4 inches away from the end of the tail and another one half way between the head and the middle of the body. It is really Hard to pull that tail right side out, but if you take your time it is possible. A large chopstick helps. Once the snake is turned right side out you should still have 2 openings. Blanket stitch the one by the tail closed. Then comes the filling. I used beans and made sure to push the beans all the way down the tail. Don't over fill!! You'll want this snake to be bent and coiled when played with.

Once it is filled to your liking, blanket stitch the 2nd opening shut. For eyes you could have sewn on buttons before sewing the 2 pieces together but I just made it simple and cut out small circles of felt, sewed on a button and then hot glued the felt to the snake after it was put together.

All done! Fun, Easy and a hit for my 4 year old.

Getting ready...

2010-02-01T16:29:00.000-08:00

We are expecting a new baby boy in our house at the end of May so I have been in full on baby mode. I just made this fun car seat cover. And I am praying that it is gonna be the right length since I didn't have the shade thingy for the car seat, it's in storage, so I shoved pillows in to what I think is the right height.

I LOVE it and cant wait to have a little baby under it!

Follower Favorites Giveaway!

2010-01-25T00:43:00.000-08:00

It starts today! Come enter to win some awesome stuff!

I'll put up all new items each day this week!!

sleepy dolls

2010-01-18T13:23:00.000-08:00

Once again, I have found a new obsession! I have never tried to make dolls until I found this cute doll pattern.
I made the first for my daughters friend's birthday, and this one for my son's friend's birthday.

And I figured that every sleepy doll needs a bed so I made each doll a sleeping bag and a pillow that's just her size.

I have to much fun making these. I think these dolls need some extra clothes now!!

Robot memory game

2010-01-16T10:50:00.001-08:00

My son Connor's birthday is coming up and he is really into games. So I thought I would make him a memory game.
He loves robots and I found this super cute paper and the round box at Michaels.
I actually found these chipboard circles first and they inspired the whole project.
I painted them, and mod podged the paper on the backs.
And did the same for the front of all the circles. I love them and have plans to make some for church with faces of the prophets.

Such a fun gift!!

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

2010-01-11T08:45:00.001-08:00

Another SUPER giveaway coming soon. You still have time to enter your favorite shop or Etsy and I'll see if I can get them on board.

It's gonna be great, I have a huge line up of all of your favorites!!!

Stop by.... giveaway starts on the 25th!

New dress for Macie!

2010-01-05T10:30:00.000-08:00

It's back to sewing capes for me, but I thought I would get in one more project! Love this dress! And she does to apparently, she won't take it off!!

Crib bumper

2009-12-25T19:52:00.000-08:00

This project started out as fabric from a garage sale, then I transformed it into the cutest darn crib bumper for my new soon to be niece. I seriously covet this project for my own. I LOVE this fabric and have envisioned what a nursery would look like with it in it. I made it different than other bumpers I have made in the past and love it so much more as individual sections instead of one long strip. And I had so much fun with the colorful ribbons on the ends that tie it to the crib.

Sadly I only have about 3 pictures of it before I shoved it under the tree for my sister in law. I'll have to put up pic's of it in her nursery if I get some.

Snowman poop treats

2009-12-20T14:28:00.000-08:00

I made these for my kids to take to their class at school. If you cant see I attached a pack of hot chocolate to the backs of all of the marshmallows.

They say; " You've been bad so here's the scoop, all you get is Snowman poop!"

They were a huge hit because what little kid doesn't want a bag of snowman poop!!

Christmas Pull Tab Cans Tutorial

2009-12-15T16:16:00.001-08:00

I had seen cans like this all over the internet and thought they would make a great gift for my kids to give to their teachers.

This is what you need:

~A soup can that has a tab top. At first I bought another brand and realized the bottom of the can didn't have the right kind of lip. Campbell's soup's do!

~Cute Christmas paper and paper cutter

~Glue gun

~Ribbon, ric rac, ect for decoration

~Your choice of candy to fill the can.

~Filler for the very bottom, I used tissue paper.Start with your soup can.Empty or eat soup. Peel off label turn can up side down and open the BOTTOM of can with a can opener leaving about a half inch still connected. See picture above. Wash can well and dry..don't cut yourself!Decorate! Measure out paper to fit around the can and cut. Use glue gun, at various points, to glue paper to the can. I found it easier to lay the can on it's side and roll the paper on. Add ribbon and extras to your liking.Fill can with candy. I did mine in layers.Once you have about an inch left of space in the can stop putting candy in. Fill the last inch with a filler so that when you glue the lid shut you don't melt the candy.Using the glue gun hold the lid in its original position under the lip and lay a thick layer of glue all the way around the lid.I held the lid in place for a second to make sure it didn't pop back up above the lip.I didn't like the look of all the glue so I cut circles out and glued them on top so you couldn't see the glue mess.Tie a tag to the tab top and let the glue harden and Wala, you have a super cute gift to give to any teacher, bus driver, or mail man.

try, try, try

2009-12-11T18:50:00.000-08:00

I have been trying my hand at baby booties for an upcoming shower I'm going to.
I don't know why I don't just wait till morning to take pictures they are always terrible at night but I wanted to finally post one of the projects I have been working on lately.
I love how they turned out! I want to make 10 more, I'll post pictures of those as they evolve.

Gearing up for GIVEAWAY!!

2009-12-02T15:28:00.000-08:00

Who wants another GIVEAWAY???

So as promised, I am starting to get ready for our next giveaway over at The Dress-up Drawer! An end of Winter giveaway that will be taking place at the end of January!

And this time I am making it personal. I want to make this giveaway all about YOU, my followers!! I want your input on the items that you want to win, things you Love. It's a Dress-up Drawer Followers party!!

So start sending me ideas, Etsy shops and blogs that you have seen and love their items, I'll do all the contacting to see if they are in. Feel free to submit your own blog or shop.

The faster I get the requests, the faster I can get everything organized! So, remember...this is YOUR giveaway....you want it, I'll make it happen!!

Please leave a comment or send me an e-mail @ JloMamaJama (at) aol (dot) com

Christmas tradition book!

2009-11-24T13:35:00.000-08:00

I have been sewing for weeks and have some knots in my back that are going to require a masseuse. Yikes!

Anyway, so I am taking a break from that and going to post about some fun Christmas gift and craft ideas that don't involve a needle and thread.

First up, Family Christmas tradition books.

I posted about these here on my personal family blog last year, and thought I would share.A few years ago one of my best friends called me up and said she was putting together a book of traditions for Christmas. She had a large number of people submit their favorite family Holiday traditions along with their families favorite Christmas movies, recipes, crafts, stories and songs.

She took all of the information and turned it into a fantastic book. There is a page or two for every day and each day has a scripture, a story, a song, a craft and a treat idea/recipe. This pic is from the 2nd day where we learned about the nativity and made a marshmallow baby Jesus wrapped in swaddling clothes (taffy). My kids thought this book was just the coolest thing last year and we made sure not to miss a single day. This is the last day where we put on our family tradition of the nativity with all the grand kids and grandpa reading it from the scriptures.
The best part is that in the back there is a whole section of kids games and a list of movies and several pockets full of everyones favorite Christmas music!!

This would be a pretty inexpensive gift and would definitely be a part of the Christmas memories for years to come!

Blog Swap!

2009-11-20T00:01:00.000-08:00

Well, it has been a while since I've been a'bloggin'. But thought I would get back on the horse today with a BLOG SWAP!!

Meet my friend Tiffany!!!

Hi Hobby Enthusiasts!

I am so excited to be swappin with Jaime today, she is one of my most favoritest people on the planet! We live in the same town, we craft together and our kids all play together.

I am so lucky! :)

My name is Tiffany Hewlett, and I blog over here...

I am married to this super hot guy right here...

And I am a mom to these ridiculously cute kids right here...

I really like to take pictures, and you can see some of my work here....

But here is a peek of some of the photos I have taken lately....

I also like to do crafty things like...

I also like to cook...and bake...especially cupcakes....

Some other things about me...

I homeschool my kids

I love Peanut Butter M&M's

I love hanging out with my husband

I like to draw, paint and do any other form of art

I talk to my mom at least once every other day, about...?

I am doing online school and getting my Associates in Web Design

I love to organize anything and everything, a place for everything...

I'm new to twitter, and I'd love it if you followed me and tweeted hello!

I love to dance with my kids, kiss Chad in the rain and watch mildly and some wildly inappropriate sitcoms some musical, some not...

I generally share way too much information :)

Somethings you will find over at my blog...

Talking about stuff I'm putting up on my Etsy shop pumpernickelbuttons.handmade

Making the World Cuter Mondays, where you get to link up your cute blog posts every Monday, and peruse the other cute stuff going on!!!

Toot Toot Tuesdays-A new Tutorial every week!

Stories and lots of pictures of my cute kids

The gushy thoughts about my smokin hot hubby

And finally a BIG old giveaway starting on November 30!

There are a lot of really awesome, creative, making the world cuter kind of people already participating with some adorable things to win!

If you or someone you know wants to give something cute away, sorry, I am not accepting children or live animals :), then contact me and we will get you in!

It's going to be super fun, with lots of fun stuff to win, so come by and grab a button to remind yourself!

Thanks Jaime, see you tomorrow?

Come over and say hi!

Thanks Tiff, and I will be back soon with some great Christmas gift ideas I've got!!

Create

2009-11-13T18:15:00.000-08:00

Whether you are LDS or not, these are beautiful and profound words about creativity!

long time no blog

2009-11-09T11:43:00.000-08:00

Wow, it has been a busy month. I have cape orders coming out of my ears :)

I will be posting what I have been up to soon, I promise, but first I wanted to give a shout out to my little sister who just started her new Swag Blog. She has got some AMAZING swag lined up to giveaway and she kicked it off with a bang.

Go give her some Leelou love!

More felt clippies

2009-10-17T11:59:00.000-07:00

I made these at a girls craft night a few days ago, they are so fun to make...I want more!

sweater dress

2009-10-09T21:51:00.000-07:00

~Crap to Craft~

I have had this old sweater since high school and held onto it because I love the colors.

*note- this picture was taken after I had already started to cut into it. I always forget to get my camera out*

It has become smaller and smaller on me it seems so I wanted to re-fashion it and thought a yummy fall sweater dress for Macie was perfect:

I should have waited till morning to snap some pictures but knew I would forget.

I love how it turned out and am now running off to my closet to find more old sweaters to chop up!

Tutorial over at Get your Craft on.

Blog Swap!

2009-10-08T08:41:00.000-07:00

Sumo's Sweet Stuff!

Hello! I am so excited to be blog swapping with Jaime today! We have known each other since we were in elementary school and I have been blown away by how talented she is!

I'm Summer, or Sumo as my husband lovingly calls me. (And now consequently has all of my family calling me. Doesn't Aunt Sumo have a nice ring to it?)

I'm the blogger from Sumo's Sweet Stuff!

I use my blog to share my projects, tutorials, recipes, host giveaways, and shamelessly promote my etsy shop!

I AM:
- married to my best friend
- mother to the most beautiful baby girl (and a babe on the way!)
- daughter and sister to the best family ever
- friend to some of the greatest people out there

I LOVE TO:
- play piano
- sing
- read
- craft
- go on walks
- spend time with my family
- drink Diet Coke
- bake/cook
- exercise (well, sometimes)
- crochet

SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS:
- Diet Coke
- popcorn
- chips and salsa
- anything that involves peanut butter and chocolate
- public library
- fall
- craft stores
- black and green
- Christmas
- historical fiction
- cats

Here are some of my favorite baking projects:

From left to right:
- Easter egg no bake cookies, bon bons, multi-colored cupcakes
- Chocolate bowls, jello cupcakes, s'mores cupcakes
- White chocolate cheesecake cookies, pretzel truffles, bon bons

Here are some of my favorite crafts:

From left to right:
- Nylon headband, notebook/pen set, personalized bib
- Fabric covered hangers, bow holder, wood frame
- Fall wreath, re-purposed formula cans, birthday banner

Here are some of the bows in my etsy shop:

And a few more items from my etsy shop:

I recently set up a blog schedule so you can find something different being posted each day of the week: Market Yourself Monday, Tutorial Tuesday, Mouth Watering Wednesday, Things to Try Thursday, and Feature Friday.

I am hoping to be featuring some holiday crafts and projects for the upcoming holiday season, so be sure to check in with me! I am sure Jaime will have lots of great things to share with us, too! I can not wait to try her advent calendar!

Come on over to Sumo's Sweet Stuff and let's be blogging friends now!

Thanks for doing the blog swap with me Jaime!

Connors costume

2009-10-02T15:54:00.000-07:00

Here is a sneak peak at Connors "unique" costume.

Can you guess what he's gonna be??

bright new pillows

2009-10-02T15:25:00.000-07:00

I recently bought a canvas painting that I love and I put it in my living room. (you can kinda see it in the corner of this picture) I needed to tie the colors together in the room so the quick fix was to make some cute pillows for my couch. My super smart mamasita thought they would be easily cleaned if the back of the case was done in a slipcover style. Adorable.I love how they turned out. Especially this red polka-dot one...

Christmas Cookie Cans

2009-09-29T23:09:00.000-07:00

I have Christmas on the brain. As soon as it starts to get cold all I want to do is curl up in my comfy socks and drink apple cider.

These are a few gift idea's that we had for sale in my sister and I's booth at the crafters market a few years ago. I love them for friends or the ladies you visit teach. Easy and adorable!

These cans are available at most any craft store, add cute Christmas scrapbook paper and matching ribbon with Pod Podge. Add in a cute fabric napkin, cookie mix or two, choclate chips, wooden spoons and some fun cookie cutters hanging from the handle.

Walah!! This next can was on the less expensive side. A Hot Cocoa Can. The can is smaller and just has the cocoa mixes, chocolate and candy canes.And I had to throw this one in as well. Not Christmas-ish at all but it was so fun. It's a can fit for a girlie girl, it is packed with girl stuff and what princess wouldn't want one of these for their birthday?

If I had a million dollars...

2009-09-29T14:09:00.000-07:00

Brace yourself................

Amy Butler has a new line of Floor Rugs!!!!!

Halloween spirit...

2009-09-22T12:21:00.000-07:00

At my daughter Ellie's school, the rule is that kids are not allowed to wear their Halloween costume to school on Halloween. I'm not quite sure why, but in our family we LOVE Holiday's and they are a big deal every year. So, I made a pinafore style shirt dress out of this super cute fabric my friend and I found last week that has fun Halloween colors for her so she would still feel like it was a fun dress-up day.

Pictures of Connors "interesting" costume coming soon!

sneak peek

2009-09-21T09:13:00.000-07:00

This is a little peek at my daughter Ellie's Halloween costume I am making!

Have I mentioned HOW MUCH I love the Fall!!

Awesome sandals!

2009-09-20T15:03:00.000-07:00

I came across these super cute Sseko Sandals and just had to share them. They are beautifully handmade by women in Uganda. The ribbon is made to be interchangeable and can be worn lots of different ways. I just love them!!

Blog Swap!

2009-09-17T22:07:00.000-07:00

~Today I am trying something new!! Becca over at Blue Cricket Design asked me to do a blog swap with her and being a huge fan of hers, naturally I agreed!

So WELCOME Becca!!!

~~~~~

Hey there soon to be friends! I first need to thank Jamie for letting me invade her totally awesome blog! I'm a huge fan and I can see why you guys love hanging out over here!!!

I'm Becca. The Creative Director behind Blue Cricket Design!

I'm all about discovering new ways to express myself! Crafting, cooking, sewing and painting all have become my creative outlets. Being a mother to three girls is inspiration enough
and with the Holidays just around the corner I am sure to busy!
I love anything that gets my creative juices flowing! Come see what I've been up to. You'll find my collection of craft projects, sewing how to's, photoshop tutorials, recipes, giveaways and more!

Here's a few of my favorite projects I've got ready for you to enjoy...

Adult Skirt revamp

Retro Pattern Greeting Cards

Dresser Draw Ribbon Organizer

I'll also be drawing a winner for my Heather Bailey Giveaway this Sunday so come sign up to win either an autographed fat quarter or an autographed Pin cushion kit!

And be sure to check back next week for a giveaway from my favorite, Kitchen and Restaurant Supply Store Orson Gygi!

Lot's is happening!!

So consider yourself personally invited to Blue Cricket Design! Come and join in on all the fun! I can't wait to meet you!

Thanks Jamie for sharing your amazing space with me! Take care!

Dress-up's closet

2009-09-15T15:42:00.000-07:00

~Crap to Craft~

I am a huge collector of dress-up's. All kinds, I can't get enough. But my kids had overflowing drawers and baskets of them so my husband actually came up with the solution, Mr. Smartie Pants. I took this:

Old, broken dresser. And knocked out all of the drawers and their frames. (Forgot to take pictures of it before I knocked out the drawers) Painted it, and added one of these rods:

And this was the end result:

It de-clutters my girls room and it is very useful. I didn't paint the back of the inside of the dresser because I want to Mod Podge some cute paper on it but didn't have the right color on hand so that will be fixed later.

So next time you drive past a garage sale with an old dresser....think of the possibilities!!

Christmas Advent Calender

2009-09-10T12:54:00.000-07:00

I have seen a million Advent Calenders, but this one is my favorite. It is so cute and it is easy and fast to make. (again sorry for the pictures they were taken before I had a good camera)

What you need:

- metal mini muffin tin

- Christmas themed scrapbook paper, at least 4 different patterns and a few solid.

- Circle punches, in all different sizes ( for the one I made I didn't have punches so I cut them out by hand....no fun, but works just fine.)

- Coordinating color of ink to ink the edges of circles.

-Rubber stamp set of numbers, or you can print them.

- Magnate strips, and scissors to cut it into little squares.

- Embellishments: brads, ric rac, ect.

- Mod Podge

- A handy husband to drill 2 holes in top of muffin tin, or just a drill and your own muscles.

- Coordinating ribbon.

- Small circle peppermints or treats to go inside each day.

Birthday Tea Party

2009-09-04T23:36:00.000-07:00

At our house Birthdays are a big deal and we go all out...and a little overboard. We switch off doing family parties one year and a big friends party the next.
This one was Ellies first friend party and at the time she was HUGE into tea parties so we made that the theme. Ellie is also All Girl so everything was pink and pretty. I made purse invites for all the girls telling them to make sure they all wore their favorite pretty dress..(Mind you, all of these pictures were taken before we had a nice camera ;) When the girls arrived we played a butterfly catching game and then the girls got to decorated sun hats. Then we went down stairs where I had set up a table with fancy china and tea cups. This is a horrible picture but we draped sheer fabric up to the ceiling to for a tent like area and filled it with balloons.
The girls had brunch downstairs while the mommies ate upstairs. We opened presents and then ate some cake. It was a huge jewelry box that the girls got to pick some jewelry from to put on and keep. As the girls left they took home purses filled with make up, stickers and fingernail polish. It was our first big Birthday party and the one that made me wish we could do it every year!

Birthday tins

2009-09-01T13:20:00.000-07:00

Another favorite project for birthday presents. I love starting with just a blank white tin lunch box and making it fit the personality of the Birthday girl.

You can get these tin lunch boxes at any craft store usually, I get mine from a scrapbook store in town.

Photo Blocks

2009-09-01T11:04:00.000-07:00

These are such great gift ideas and with Christmas just around the corner I am trying to plan in advance!!

Get your Craft on!

2009-08-31T13:43:00.000-07:00

Look at all the fun creative ladies out there!!

Love September Favorite Skirt Pattern GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

2009-08-28T23:41:00.000-07:00

Love September Favorite Skirt Pattern GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Teachers Pet Cardi, Simple Tee and Poppy Skirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

2009-08-28T23:39:00.000-07:00

Teachers Pet Cardi, Simple Tee and Poppy Skirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

Millie's pretty pillowcase skirt.

2009-08-27T15:45:00.001-07:00

I went garage sale hunting with my good friend....oh 2 summers ago. She bought these beautiful pillowcases with this amazing embroidery on the hem.I told her pillowcase dresses would be so pretty made out of them, but when I made one... it looked like just that. A plain pillowcase! So I opted for a skirt for Millie. It turned out pretty too all because of the beautiful design!

whewww!

2009-08-27T15:33:00.000-07:00

Wow, what a week! The giveaway is now over and done and I can relax!

By relax I mean start sewing! First I had to finish another cape order for this sweet woman who got a Captain Moroni cape for her son

and a Super Sister cape for her daughter.

So fun, I love the new helmet for Moroni!

It's Here......

2009-08-12T08:19:00.000-07:00

birthday girl handbag

2009-07-29T09:56:00.000-07:00

I forgot to post the cute bag for the Birthday girl.

summer skirt addiction

2009-07-29T09:38:00.000-07:00

I love making these skirts that have stretchy bands at the waist. I made one for myself, (garage sale sheets fabric) and made this one for a little girls Birthday party that Ellie went to. But an hour before the party I was putting it into a gift bag and looked at it a little. I decided I didn't really like how the white-white band made the fabric look dingy. Even though you really wouldn't see the band when a shirt was put on top of it. So I looked in my fabric stash and quickly made her another one. It was a little longer than the first but one she will hopefully grow into. So, now Ellie has a new skirt too. I want to make 20 more, they would be great for a comfy maternity skirt.

Apron for Cookie

2009-07-25T13:13:00.000-07:00

I was asked to make an apron for the Cook up at girls camp as a thank you gift for being such an awesome cook. She has been helping out up at girls camp for years, in fact she was my first year cabin mom. I love this women, she is so funny...yet not the girly girl type. So making an apron that was not girly girl was a challenge for me. I was given this fabric to use and I love it because of the mushrooms.

It turned out a little plain jane but the pocket is my favorite part.

reversible headbands

2009-07-22T11:32:00.000-07:00

My friend Nicole asked me to make her some headbands but I never found a pattern I quite liked (sorry we never got those made Nicole) so I took pieces of different ones I had seen and then cut my own pattern. These are made to be reversible however I tried to just use my scraps so I only made one that has 2 different fabric's. I like these because they have elastic so you don't get a headache from the hard ones that sit behind your ears.

Bracelet handbag

2009-07-22T11:13:00.000-07:00

I have had these little girl handbags on my "to make" list for months. I found the tutorial here at one of my FAVORITE blogs The Object Project. I added buttons on the one, but I'm making a flower for the other. Easy and fast, one bag takes about 10 minutes. They would make great birthday party favors, no?

Garage sale score!

2009-07-18T19:55:00.000-07:00

2 sets of Full bedding in the cutest print!! $2.00 each!!

Thinking of making a skirt for myself, and some headbands.

I heart garage sales.

Message board

2009-07-16T10:11:00.000-07:00

~ Crap to Craft~

Scott got this for me, I think at a garage sale, and it definitely was not "crap" I love it but it somehow got a few holes poked into the cork. I really wanted to put a message board up in my kitchen so I thought this would be perfect.

This is the before:

And this is the after:

Lately I am so into into the color turquoise. I think that's why I picked that fabric for my kitchen, it has my red that I LOVE, brown and turquoise!!

Moon sand

2009-07-15T14:20:00.000-07:00

Fabulous Moon Sand tutorial over at Skip to My Lou!