Kays Birthday Package

So my little sister Kayleigh turns 22 today and I wanted to whip up just a bunch of fun random gifts for her birthday, I ended up not making one thing (a tote), but its all good because I'm pleased with the rest.

So first up is the flat iron travel case, I posted about this project two weeks ago. It was my first one and there are definite flaws, but I like how it turned out and she loves me so she'll like it with all of its flaws.

Next up a rosette headband. I have made these before and love them, but this one is in her signature color. I actually made my rosettes differently than I have in the past this time. Instead of twisting, wrapping and gluing periodically with fabric tac while trying to hold it all together, I knotted the beginning and glued to the center of a piece of felt and twisted and glued down (with a glue gun) on the felt so when your circle was completed it was already on the felt. They are definite pluses and minuses to doing it this way. I liked that you are able to put it down and walk away right in the middle of it, I like that using a glue gun you are less likely to get burned this way, I like that you leave out a step this way. I don't like that you are more likely to see glue in my opinion and I don't like that when you are finished and cutting out the felt around your rosette your circle isn't always that round.

Next another rosette headband, but I added some tulle and a little bling this time and I LOVE the vintage look and can't wait to make more of these!

And last but not least a fabulous rosette necklace also in her signature color! This photo is not great as it was taken by me in the mirror so the rosettes appear bigger and at a strange angel, but I love the necklace.

As I wrapping up her goodies, the song from Sound of Music was running through my head "brown paper packages tied up with string these are a few of my favorite things" So here it is all wrapped and ready to go

And this is the cute little mama

She actually has twins so I can't leave Kenzie out, but the above was the most recent photo I have so here I am with her babies, Kaden and Kenzie

Can you tell who I was already holding and who got handed to me :)

ANYWAYS:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE SIS!!!

Valentines Day outfits

My husband says that I am weird because I make Valentines outfits for my girls, but I love an excuse to put them in matching clothes. The thing is I make the outfit for valentines day, but they wear them all spring and summer. My pics are not very good, we were fighting early morning sun, we were running late for church and my darling A just wanted to spin and dance. Every where my more poor girls stood there were shadows or the sun was shining right in their eyes.

I made the girls matching circle skirts using MADE's tutorial, the material is from Joann's its a tie dyed pink, with white tie died hearts on it.

They were just going to wear white shirts but A's brand new white shirt that she had worn once, had a stain on it front and center. So I decided to sew a rosette out of the same material as the skirts to cover it, and I love how it tied it all together. I offered to put 3 rosettes on the color of T's but she didn't want it, she wanted to wear her shirt plain.

Lastly their hair. I made a rosette headband for T's hair and I LOVE it. And for A's hair she got two small rosette hair clips for her piggytails (the only way she wants her hair these days).

I love Valentines and creating for my girls.

Happy Valentines Day to all of you and Happy Crafting!

Pom Pom Necklaces and Headbands

So a week ago me and my good friend Malarie had a craft day where we made pom necklaces and headbands, ate burgers and drank diet cokes; because that's how we roll. Oh and I guess you could say we also took care of our two toddlers too.

Anywho we had a great ole time laughing, talking and crafting and these necklaces and headbands are not only super cute, they are a great quick project even with kids under foot :) We got the idea for the headbands from this great website here, called Little Miss Momma,

great sight with many cute ideas.

I made this great necklace as a treat for myself.

Necklace

And I made this bundle of fun headbands for my 10 year old daughter in her school uniform colors, and the one with two little pom poms I made for my 2 year old.

Headband



So now go hop to it and get busy making your kids some fabulous new headbands and yourself a fabulous new necklace.