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.

Yummy Dinner…

I never thought this blog would include recipes, but cooking is a craft too, right??? So I found this recipe for creamy chicken taquitos on I heart Naptime. I halved the recipe, and I got 13 toquitos from it. They were very yummy, healthy and a more appetizing way to eat taquitos. Happy cooking and eating!!!We added salsa and sour cream to ours too…so good

Curled Flowers…

So…just when I get back to crafting, my sewing machine gives me grief.  It is something with the bobbin case, and could cost $40.00 to replace…ugh.  In the mean time, I plan to do crafts that don’t require sewing (Addison’s shorts are on hold).  I found this adorable curled flower accessory at I Heart Naptime (love the name of this blog!)  I got started on mine and really had a fun time with this project.  I plan to make many more of these especially for the shirts that get stained, but are still in good condition.
I cut circles of different sizes.  I didn’t have any rhyme or reason with it…just cut the next one a tad smaller than the one before.  Used fabric glue to glue them together.  After this step, I added an embellishment.It’s hard to see, but I glued a piece of velcro to the onsie as well as the flower.A close-up on the flower attached to the onesie. The whole thing. Then I made this hot pink one (every girl needs pink!) I put these side by side to show the difference between the two. The first one I made (blue one), I used matches to burn the edges.  The pink one, I used a candle.  You can see that the blue one did not curl near as much as the pink, and it took twice as long!  I also didn’t use as many circles as the blue one, and has more life to it.   I’ll definitely be using a candle from here on out.I also did what I heart Naptime did by adding velcro to a clip, so it can double as a hair bow.  I just love it!

Shorts…

I haven’t had a whole lot of motivation to craft the last few months, but I finally got it back!  I was searching through my blog roll, and found these adorable shorts that someone had made for their daughter.  I was instantly in love, and decided to make some for mine.  You can find the printable pattern and directions at Create and Design.  I added some pictures as I went along, but I won’t give instructions as it isn’t my pattern.  Happy short making…oh the possibilities with these!  
P.S. these are super easy to make and only took 1 1/2 hours from start to finish.Cutting out the materials (I made mine the 3/4T size, and they are plenty big).Sewing the pieces together. Half of the shorts.The full shorts sewn together.Ruffling the legs.  I stopped taking pictures after this, so I don’t have a picture showing how I attached the leg band.  Just follow her instructions and you will be just fine!    I love how they balloon a little before the leg bands. One happy girl, lovin’ her new shorts! *I’m in the process of making some for baby Addison.  Watch for a matching pair in baby size.

Cozette Couture…

Please check out my friend’s sister’s company Cozette Couture.  She has the most adorable accessories for all ages!  I have a couple of the hats with flowers, and just bought this bracelet for myself.  I can’t wait to get it!  Be sure to Become a follower of her blog, because she will be doing giveaways soon.  And become her friend on facebook for updates on her things!  For those who live in Utah check out her blog for a listing of  local stores that sell her products.  This stuff is seriously to die for…enjoy and happy buying!!!