"Family" blocks

I made these cute blocks recently when I was in Utah visiting my family. I was a little nervous when picking out my colors as everyone else chose to go a little muted with their colors and I had to go bright and bold. I am glad I did because they look so cute in my house.



Here is my Grandma's blocks, this is my aunt Alice, my mom and my Grandma Ann.

bracelets...

I recently made some fun birthstone bracelets, I love them. I made them with my mom, grandma, aunt, and sister. I even made one as a gift for someone I love. I haven't taken a photo of the one I made myself, weird I know. I will have to do that .

Felt hair bows

Just for fun to go with the girls Valentine's Day dresses I made some cute felt heart hair clips. Super easy and they loved them. Ava is always pulling hair things out of her hair and she actually let this one stay in. Instead of gluing them or using the sewing machine I decided to use accent hand stitching to hook them together, figured it made them more cutesy and playful looking, but to make Katrena's look a little older I added a cute heart charm.

So what can you do with...

2 bandannas, some elastic, 3 yards of ribbon, and some thread, all for around $5, and 90 minutes or so of your time!!!



You can go to Joy's hope and follow this tutorial here and make a simple bandanna dress (the picture is of the back)!!! It will fit a girl ages 6months to 5 years, or it can be a cute shirt for older girls. The best part is that it can be a summer dress or worn more as a jumper with a shirt under it for the colder months. This one is for my 18 month old for Valentines day. I had planned on making a matching shirt for my 9 year old, but at her request...

I used the same pattern and idea and made a skirt instead.

I love Joy's hope's simple tutorials they are great for the beginning sewer and also for the sewer that doesn't have much time to sew. I had to hem my bandannas because the pattern could go only one way, and I had to get rid of the stamped wording on the bottom, so it took a little longer than another pattern would.

I already have a few more bandanna's ready to go for additional summer dresses for my 18 month old.

Skinny Scarf

One of my absolute favorite blogs to visit is Joy's Hope. She recently did a tutorial for the skinny scarf which can be found here.This link is for all posts pertaining to the scarf along, so scroll down to the bottom the last post is actually the first and enjoy making some skinny scarves!

I thought the scarf was so cute, fun and funky that it would be perfect for my 9 year old Birthday girl and her friends. So I made one that is slightly smaller using 7 fat quarters instead of 9, and instead of using all different one's I used two of each color, except my odd one.

Here it is being modeled by her adorable 18 month old sister. Her Birthday isn't till tomorrow so she doesn't get to see it till then.

The four scarves, all using same material only in a different order.

Close up of the trim

11 days late, or 354 days early...

I have not had much crafting time this last year, but I was finally able to take the time to make this cute advent calendar for our family yesterday. I am happy to have this cute decoration done for next year.

I Heart Faces

I decided to join in the fun at I heart faces photography. Its a fun website obviously dedicated to photography. Each week they have a photo contest in either kids or adult category, it has to have a face in it, and its for amateurs and professionals. You should go check it out!


This is a picture I took of my girls on Easter Sunday. My youngest was eating grass and something was said that had my oldest really laughing.