Laundry basket makeover

My littlest babies garbage can was in desperate need of a makeover! It had holes all over it and I decided to just throw it out. I looked everywhere to find a laundry basket that I liked that would match her room, never could find one.

I found this empty white laundry basket in our garage and decided to do a quick inexpensive makeover, its amazing what $2 worth of tulle can do.

My two year old thinks its super fun and that's all that matter to me :)

Flat Iron Travel Pouch...

My little sisters birthday is coming up and I wanted to make her something fun, so I came up with a combination of projects for her. Kayleigh's birthday is not actually for another 1 1/2 weeks but I am pretty confident she doesn't look at my family blog, let alone my craft bag :)

So this is the first of the four presents I am making her, a flat iron travel pouch, I love it and can't wait to make one for me too. I found a great tutorial over at Crap I've Made, super easy to make you read the tutorial once and you are good to go.

Like all sewing projects for me, it is so fun to watch the project come together. I am still relatively new at sewing so all projects feel like a great accomplishment and that I am trying something new. At one point you are sewing through 4 pieces of material, 2 layers of bating (I did use insulin-bright and found it at my local walmart), and 2 layers of double fold bias tape, I thought my needle would break for sure, but it didn't! This was also my first time sewing with bias tape, much easier than I anticipated.

Open and empty

With just the flat iron tucked inside

How it looks opened with the cord wrapped

All folded up with flat iron inside

These cases are a great gift for friends, sisters, nieces, cousins, etc. And they whip up in less than an hour, and that's the best kind of project! So head over to Crap I've Made and make one today!

4th of July wreath

So my husband often makes jerk comments about my crafts and I ignore them, but his comment about my 4th of July wreath actually made me laugh. He said it looks like I am campaigning for Obama, I assure you I am not, but it gave me a good laugh.

So here is my fourth of July yarn wreath their are 13 stripes beginning and ending in red, just like the flag, but there are only 23 felt stars.

USA ...

I picked up these letters at the wood connection in UT last spring and just got around to painting them. I love how they turned out! The only thing I would change would be the color of the "A" I used midnight blue because its what I had on hand and I wish it was a little more navy, but I still love it. And I loved watching my littlest monkey helping me to paint it.

4th of July banner...

I saw a much smaller version of this banner on Etsy and new I had to make one! It is super cheap and looks rustic, patriotic and adorable above my fireplace.

Navy, red and white felt 6" stars strung on twine from Dollar Tree. The whole project literally cost less than $2!

As seen on the Bachelorette...

I had been wanting to make some sort of a hurricane candle for my bathroom for awhile but couldn't decide if I wanted sand or rope in the bottom and then I was watching the season premiere of the Bachelorette. At the beginning of the show before she met the men for the first time Ashley and Chris Harrison sat down for a one on one and the mood was set, they were in living area with flickering candle light of hurricane with candles and rocks it was so pretty that I knew that was what I wanted to do, so the next day I ran to walmart and bought a $5 vase and candle and then picked up a $1 bag of rocks at the Dollar Tree. I think I am going to make another one for my entry table, as soon as I get one.

My new favorite craft to make...

I found a great tutorial for a tote bag over at Homemade by Jill, they are super simple to whip up in a day, and they make great gifts. I added pockets to the inside because I am a pocket girl, Also she used tea towels and I just used fabric, these bags are a great size. I use mine as a church bag, travel bag, library bag and an every day bag.

My favorite, the bag I made my mom for Mothers Day.

A Birthday gift for someone

My everything bag

So run and make yourself a simple, inexpensive fun Spring Tote!