i saw these cute fabric flowers(and a full tutorial)here:
http://iamalongfortheride.blogspot.com/2010/03/handkerchief-necklace-tutorial-giveaway.html
they are the perfect kind of sewing project for me. all you need is fabric scraps, scissors, beads and a needle and thread!
i sat down on the couch and did them while watching the real housewives...i need a distraction when i watch those crazy ladies.
anyway....
i thought they would dress up these tank tops.
finished flower
i hot glued a pin to the back with a scrap of felt
here are the finished shirts. not the best picture, but they are super cute and made a great gift for a special little friend.
disclaimer: this party was thrown a week after my sister's wedding, when i had a newborn and a week before ella started kindergarden so...
this was not the prettiest party i've thrown, but it was one of the most fun!
the invitation
(see disclaimer above and then go look at everything we made for the wedding!)
she had to have the pinata...
cupcake balloons
i set up play stations based on different curious george books around our yard:
curious george goes to the beach
i was thrilled to see the kids so excited to listen to the different stories! they kept grabbing different adults to come and read to them.
curious george and the puppies
(we brought out all our stuffed dogs. the kids had a lot of fun making up games with them.)
curious george goes to school
curious george takes a train
curious george goes camping
curious george plays baseball
so back in december my cousin asked me to make some special save the dates for her. she was visiting her fiance's family in ireland and wanted to hand some out while they were there.
since it was a small amount, we were able to do something a little more special:
i used this beautiful champagne shimmer paper as the background.
the layer that i printed on was a vanilla cardstock with a black inked border.
to tie in eamonn's irish heritage, i used an image of a celtic love knot drawn by my sister cathy. i embellished this with some pearls.
now that she has decided on a color for her bridesmaid dresses, she asked me to make something a bit more simple for a larger amount of out of town guests.
i found this more intricate knot design and created a save the date that could be professionally printed.
i love that we could stay with the same design but make it work for two different budgets!
i love to use the kids' handprints to make things.
i'm happy that i'll have a keepsake like this to look at every year!
i bought 3 wooden circles at hobby lobby.
i covered them with scrapbook paper, used paint for the handprints and then drew the shamrock on with a brown sharpie. i then used mod podge, sanded the edges and used distress ink around the edges. next, i hot glued the circles to ribbon and added stickers.
ella had to make a leprechaun trap for school, so we decided to make one for delaney at home too. the leprechauns were too tricky and got away, but they made a big mess and left us a treasure to find!
above and below you can see the leg warmers i made using women's knee socks.
this was so easy and i think they look so cute.
at target you can get knee socks for $2-$5!
i learned how to do it from: http://sewingdork.blogspot.com/2009/10/diy-legwarmers-and-giveaway.html
(his shirt says "I'm a McCutie"!)
we also made rainbow cupcakes topped with a whip cream cloud.
i saw this idea in family fun magazine, but also saw the directions here:
http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/05/cupcakes.html
so this is our powder "room".
when we looked at the house this was almost a deal breaker.
you can actually sit on the toilet and wash your hands at the same time, so it's really a time saver.
the previous owners were big birdhouse fans, which is wonderful.
but not my favorite!
when we (someday) remodel the house this will become a hallway so we didn't want to put much money or effort into it. so i decided to paint over everything!
there was even wallpaper on the windowsill and inside the soapdish thingy!
first i primed over all of the tile and wallpaper.
if you try this yourself, i would've sanded over all of the tile after the priming because the brush stokes showed through the paint in some areas when i was done.
and here is the after:
ta da!
those are metal flower kissing balls in the soapdishes above, because who uses real soap anymore?
this was the light fixture that was already here! i never realized it was so pretty!
here's a close up of the tile
and here's my butterfly art from my last post
i think it's a pretty big change!
i'm redoing our "powder room" and in my next post with the before and after you will see how calling this a room is very generous. i wanted something light and airy over the toilet and couldn't find anything i liked so i decide to see what i could do on my own.
my supplies were: a canvas, burlap, and scrapbook paper
i had seen this tutorial on how to make 3D butterflies
http://www.maryjanesandgaloshes.com/2010/02/3d-butterflies.html
so i made those and they turned out great.
i stapled the burlap over the canvas and hot glued the butterflies on.
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