8 Hour Doll…

O.K. so it’s not supposed to take 8 hours, but it did!  Add 3 kids, 2 babies, 1 sewing machine, a short intermission for dance class, and it ends up taking 2 moms 8 hours to make one doll each.  We noticed there weren’t a whole lot of girly baby toys, so we decided to make our own.  We decided to make the always adorable Black Apple Dolls.  I’m in love with this little doll!  It’s going to be hard to wait until Christmas to give it to her.  I added a tulle hair bow and some shoes to give her a little more character.A close-up on her face. And her feet.  They didn’t turn out exactly how I wanted, but I do like having them. 

Princess Party…

I had so much fun putting things together for Daylynn’s princess party! I ended up making a lot of things, and what better place to post it than here!
Table Cloth
I bought this crown flannel and scalloped the edges to add a little extra touch to it. SO EASY!Princess Wands and Prince Swords.

Wand: I wrapped ribbon around the wood dowel, added some sequence strands and glued felt stars to the end. I finished it off with a little glitter!

Swords: The swords took some creativity. I wanted to buy them, but they were so expensive! So I wrapped the dowel with tin foil, cut a “blade” out of cardboard and wrapped it with tin foil. Then I bought some sturdy felt and cut the handle out of it. Tissue Paper Puff Balls Frog Prince bean bag toss.

This was one of my favorite projects! I love how he turned out. I found a frog prince on-line and managed to cut him out of the felt. I glued the felt to cardboard, and there you have it!I loved this adorable castle flannel, and made bean bags for the frog. This is the only time I used a sewing machine.

Pin the Crown on the Princess

I wish I could take credit for this one, but I can’t. Tyler and Megan drew and colored this. Thank you!

Felt Crowns to pin on the Princess.

Princess Cupcakes.

Sugar Cookies.

My mom gave me this set of cookie cutters last year, and it became my inspiration for the party.

All Decorated at the park.

Fall Felt Projects…

We used scraps of felt to cut out an empty tree, and lots of different colored leaves to glue into the tree.   I loved how creative she was with lining the leaves in the grass. Jack-O-Lantern
Scarecrow.

Addison modeling a re-fashioned creation…

Last March as I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of Baby Addison (she’s a little over 5 months now) I was busy refashioning onesies for her.  This particular one didn’t have a whole lot of umph to it just hanging on the hanger back then.  Now with with our cutie to fill it, some baby legs and a puff ball it has come to life!   
Things I’d do differently: 
- I would probably use elastic thread for this project.  When I put this on her this morning, some of the thread started to break.  I now have to glue (I’d re-sew it, but my machine is broken) it back on. 
-I’d make the skirt fuller.  It’s cute as is, but it would definitely be more fun that way.
-I’d sew the skirt at least an inch higher up on the onesie, so it would sit around her waist. 

Side Note:  Gerber onesies run small!  These are 6-9 month, and she has been wearing them since she was 4 months!  I’m glad I tried it on, or else we might have missed wearing it.

I WON!!!!

I’m so excited about this…I won the Cozette Couture Giveaway!  I received it today, and I love it!  Thank You Suzette!!! 

It was pretty impossible for me to get a great self-portrait.  The important part is showing!
P.S. If I look bald on my left side, it’s because I am.  I have hardly any hair left after having Addison.  The full headband.
My favorite thing is that it stays on my head.  Other wrap headbands always slip off my head.
And the other GREAT feature…it fits Daylynn too! And she looks adorable in it

Cozette Couture Giveaway!

Cozette Couture is having their first giveaway.  She will be giving away this darling lace wrap.  The winner will be announced TOMORROW!  Visit her website for all the details to enter. I LOVE the things I have from her, and my shipment came super fast! 

*Click on the picture to go to her blog!

Princess Wands…

Sorry for the lack of posts, my machine is still broken.  We have a princess party coming up in November, so I wanted to practice making some of the princess items for the party.  The first being a princess wand.  I think it turned out pretty cute, and will probably be making a bunch of these in the next month and a half.  Here is a very basic tutorial. 
Wrap stick with ribbon (in my case a pencil…remember just practicing right now).Let the glue dry.  I let Daylynn mod podge the stick and sprinkle the glitter.  (shortly after I had mod podge all over my carpet…ahhh!)

All glittered up.  Now let it dry before adding anything else (I didn’t, and my fingers were a mess!)
Add embellishments.
Cut strips of tulle however wide you want it, and scrunch it up.  I wrapped it with a plastic hair tie. Now fluff it up to a make puff ball.
   Add to stick. (I wish I had added more tulle to this one.  It looks pretty sad.  I didn’t have a whole lot of extras to add to this since I just decided to make it on a whim.  The ones for the party will be much prettier.)A purple version that I like 100 times better than the first one.