Saturday, February 18, 2017
Hanging Toiletry Bag by Yofi Nurture Yourself-Review
I purchased this bag for additional storage for my grandson's baby socks and hats. We all know when you have a baby, those little socks and hats always seem to go MIA in the dark depths of the dresser. So I saw this idea on, where else?? Pinterest! And let me just say, it was a WIN!!
With limited space, we needed something that could be hung or laid flat and this is the perfect storage for that! It's roomy, yet not bulky and the pockets are the perfect size to keep those lil' buggers tucked into one place.
I'd say this is definitely a worthwhile product to purchase. Whether you're using it for your baby's socks or for what it's actually intended for, the sturdy design will give you exactly what you need!
You can purchase yours here for only $12.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FQSIW0K
#promotion
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Blogging Fail!
UGH! I really need to keep this thing updated! Hopefully after the holidays I can be more on top of things. But in the mean time, just wanted to show you this adorable hat I made! I can't wait to see it on a little one!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday Season!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday Season!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
I really need to blog more often
Life just happens, you set up a blog, then life gets crazy and the blog gets neglected. My poor blog. I'm hoping that I can keep it going.
Since I'm a new blogger, I have NO idea what to write about. LOL So I guess for now, I'll let you know that I've opened 2 shops for my crocheted items. One is on Etsy and the other is on Artfire
Feel free to check them out!
Since I'm a new blogger, I have NO idea what to write about. LOL So I guess for now, I'll let you know that I've opened 2 shops for my crocheted items. One is on Etsy and the other is on Artfire
Feel free to check them out!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Yea!!!! It's Friday!!! Can't wait to get started on some new purses and get my goodies ready for the show tomorrow!
This morning's tutorial is a super easy pillowcase dress brought to you by: Baby Rabies
I always start with a yard of fabric and have never actually used a real pillowcase for one, but you can do it either way.
If you are using a pillowcase, cut it off, leaving the hemmed end, based on these measurements:
6 months -14 1/4″
12 months – 16 1/4″
18 months – 17 1/4″
2T 18 1/4″
3T 19 1/4″
4T 20 1/4″
If you are staring with a yard of fabric, cut it to the length specified above, and a width of 28″ for 6 months, up to 33″ for 4T (adding one inch in width for each size up). This, however, can really be based on your own judgement, depending on how wide you want/need the dress to be on the girl.
While you are cutting fabric, go ahead and cut one piece 1 1/2″ wide and 30″ long and set aside for later.
Fold up half an inch along the bottom of the large piece of fabric (will be the bottom of the dress), press with iron, and fold again. Stitch along the top fold to hem.
Fold the fabric vertically (lengthwise), right sides together, pin and stitch 1/2 inch from un-joined edge to create a tube of fabric.
Use pinking shears to trim excess fabric from the seam.
Lay the tube, seam side up, with the seam in the middle and press to one side with an iron.
Fold the tube in half vertically to cut the armholes. From the top (un-hemmed) edge, measure 1.5″ in and 3″down for sizes up to 2T. For 3 and 4T measure 2″ in and 4″ down.
Using your marked measurements, cut a J shaped armhole through all 4 layers of fabric. Don’t stress about perfection.
Okay, this next step, for me, is the most difficult, but once you figure it out, it gets much easier. (That’s why I included a ton of pictures.)
Unfold the dress (guess we can stop calling it a tube now) and line the 1.5″ x 30″ piece along one armhole, right side of the strip to wrong side of the dress (dress is still inside out at this point). Fold down the top of the strip about 3/8″ and meet the top of the fold with the top of the dress. Stitch the strip all the way around the armhole. I tried pinning this, but it’s really much easier if you just freehand it. Maybe pin the top to help you get started.
When you get close to the end of the armhole, cut off the extra fabric, leaving enough to fold down 3/8″. You will use the remaining fabric on the other armhole.
Fold down the 3/8″ and finish off the armhole.
Repeat on the other side, then turn the dress right side out.
Next fold the strip in half so the raw edge is touching the raw edge of the armhole.
Then fold again over to the other side of the armhole, creating a binding. Pin as you go along the entire armhole (I use about 4 pins and just keep most of it in place with my fingers while sewing).
Stitch along the binding and then do the same for the other side.
Thread 1 yard of ribbon (or less for the smaller sizes) through each casing. I like to pin a safety pin to one side and use that to guide it through the casing, then trim the ends of the ribbon when I’m done.
Gather the ribbon and tie bows on the shoulders and you’re done! You can also secure the ribbon by stitching it in the middle to the inside of the casing (wrong side of the dress) by hand.
Now, even though these dresses don’t make appropriate winter wear by themselves, they do look adorable over long sleeve shirts and jeans or leggings! So you can make and give these all year, even for the holidays
This morning's tutorial is a super easy pillowcase dress brought to you by: Baby Rabies
I always start with a yard of fabric and have never actually used a real pillowcase for one, but you can do it either way.
If you are using a pillowcase, cut it off, leaving the hemmed end, based on these measurements:
6 months -14 1/4″
12 months – 16 1/4″
18 months – 17 1/4″
2T 18 1/4″
3T 19 1/4″
4T 20 1/4″
If you are staring with a yard of fabric, cut it to the length specified above, and a width of 28″ for 6 months, up to 33″ for 4T (adding one inch in width for each size up). This, however, can really be based on your own judgement, depending on how wide you want/need the dress to be on the girl.
While you are cutting fabric, go ahead and cut one piece 1 1/2″ wide and 30″ long and set aside for later.
Fold up half an inch along the bottom of the large piece of fabric (will be the bottom of the dress), press with iron, and fold again. Stitch along the top fold to hem.
Lay the tube, seam side up, with the seam in the middle and press to one side with an iron.
Unfold the dress (guess we can stop calling it a tube now) and line the 1.5″ x 30″ piece along one armhole, right side of the strip to wrong side of the dress (dress is still inside out at this point). Fold down the top of the strip about 3/8″ and meet the top of the fold with the top of the dress. Stitch the strip all the way around the armhole. I tried pinning this, but it’s really much easier if you just freehand it. Maybe pin the top to help you get started.
Repeat on the other side, then turn the dress right side out.
Next fold the strip in half so the raw edge is touching the raw edge of the armhole.
Turn the dress inside out again.
Fold the top of the front and back 1/4″ and then again 5/8″ and press with an iron to form a casing with no raw edges. Stitch along the bottom fold, similar to what you did for the bottom hem.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
TGIFeve
What a day! My day started out with remembering that the toothfairy forgot to put the money under my son's pillow...so "she" had to sneak into his room and put the money under there before he woke up for school, then to take the kids to school, then it was off to work for my 1 day a week of work, then after work, I had to go to my mother in laws to fix her computer...that took 3 hours and we're stil not done. Then to pick up the kids, home, remember to grab the tooth that the toothfairy forgot to grab (thank you to my teenager for remembering and grabbing it before he found it), dinner, kids in bed, son getting up to have me take a splinter out of his finger, teenage daughter continuing to bed to go out Sunday and me saying no...and now it's nearly 10pm and I finally get to sit down with a glass of wine and RELAX! My days are just too crazy sometimes. (insert crazy eyes smiley face here).
I've got a craft show coming up on Saturday, so tomorrow...after I take the kids to school, meet a friend to pick up her tent for the show, finish MIL's computer...then I get to sit down to finish up some last minute purses for the show.
So with all this going on, I don't have time to post a new favorite tutorial, but I'll be sure to post extra this weekend! I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!
I've got a craft show coming up on Saturday, so tomorrow...after I take the kids to school, meet a friend to pick up her tent for the show, finish MIL's computer...then I get to sit down to finish up some last minute purses for the show.
So with all this going on, I don't have time to post a new favorite tutorial, but I'll be sure to post extra this weekend! I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tutu Dress...SUPER EASY TO MAKE!
I made one of these for my daughter's birthday! It was SO easy! I had never made one before, and now I want to make a ton more! So I thought I'd share this tutorial I found here: Sweet N Sassy Girls
1. First you need to decide how long to make the bottom part of the skirt. Using a measuring tape, measure from the chest where you want the dress to start, down to where you want it to end on the leg. Double that number. Then add one inch to one and a half inches depending on how big the elastic is that you use. (If you are using a thicker elastic, add the 1 1/2 inches. If it’s a thinner elastic, add one inch) This is to allow for the knot.
5. Then place the elastic around something, like a lampshade. I used a CD tower, because I didn’t have any lampshades that were small enough. This makes it so much easier to tie the tulle on.
6. I gathered three layers of the red tulle for each knot, so after it was folded in half, there were 6 layers. I would try it with just two strips, and possibly even just one next time to make it a little less poofy. I only did 2 layers of the green. Now there are a couple of different ways to tie the tulle on. I did a square knot to tie it on, because I wanted to make sure it really stayed. Basically you just thread the tulle under the elastic and figure out where the middle is. Then tie a square knot. Here’s a great guide to tying a square knot. Or you can use this method as an alternate method to the square knot. It’s completely up to you. You’ll want to alternate the long tulle strips and the short ones, so here I tied the red, then the green, etc. I then pulled the red down, so the knot was near the bottom, and the green up, so it had two distinct layers.
7. Make sure you squish the knots together on the elastic, so you can fit more tulle on. You don’t want any gaps where you can see the elastic.
8. Keep alternating the short and the long layers until you have filled the elastic.
9. Then you take a piece of ribbon that is long enough to wrap around the neck and tie in a bow (I just estimated, but you can measure with the measuring tape, and then add an inch to 1 1/2 inches for the knot!) You will tie this on the same way as the tulle, and pull the knot to the top of the elastic, so the ends of the ribbon face up.
10. Voila! You are all done! You can add a bow or a flower at the base of the ribbon if you want by gluing or hand sewing it on. Or you can do this without the short layer of tulle, and then add flowers or ribbon around the chest line. There are lots of different ways you can customize this. You can even add a ribbon or belt at the waistline to make it look like an actual dress. Get creative!
1. First you need to decide how long to make the bottom part of the skirt. Using a measuring tape, measure from the chest where you want the dress to start, down to where you want it to end on the leg. Double that number. Then add one inch to one and a half inches depending on how big the elastic is that you use. (If you are using a thicker elastic, add the 1 1/2 inches. If it’s a thinner elastic, add one inch) This is to allow for the knot.
2. Then you cut your tulle in strips that are as long as the number you got in step one. I like to use the 6 inch rolls of tulle as opposed to the yard of tulle. It’s so much easier, and you can usually find it on sale at your local craft store. Now, for this one, I wanted it really full, and it was my first time doing it, so I ended up using 100 yards of the 6 inch tulle for the red, and part of one 25 yard roll for the green. After doing it like this, I think I didn’t need it quite as full, so I could have used less, but you will want at least 50 yards, if not more! (remember this is using the 6 inch wide rolls, so if you did use the tulle by the yard, you would have to cut it into 6 inch strips, then the length you want it)
3. Then you’ll want to decide how long too make the top layer of tulle, if you decide to use this. I think mine was a little long, but oh well, it was my first try! You’ll do the same thing figure out the length, double it, and add an inch to 1 1/2. Mine was 12 1/2 inches total, just to give you an idea. I think I would shorten it next time.
4. You’ll want to measure around the chest where you want the dress to start to figure out how long to make your elastic. I would take that measurement and subtract one inch from it. The elastic will stretch out as you tie the tulle, so you don’t want it too big. Then either sew the ends of the elastic together to form a circle, or if you don’t have a sewing machine and don’t want to hand sew, I’ve heard that you can staple the ends together. If you did this, I would make sure to put the sharp points out, so it doesn’t irritate the skin. You will be covering this with tulle, but still, just in case.
3. Then you’ll want to decide how long too make the top layer of tulle, if you decide to use this. I think mine was a little long, but oh well, it was my first try! You’ll do the same thing figure out the length, double it, and add an inch to 1 1/2. Mine was 12 1/2 inches total, just to give you an idea. I think I would shorten it next time.
4. You’ll want to measure around the chest where you want the dress to start to figure out how long to make your elastic. I would take that measurement and subtract one inch from it. The elastic will stretch out as you tie the tulle, so you don’t want it too big. Then either sew the ends of the elastic together to form a circle, or if you don’t have a sewing machine and don’t want to hand sew, I’ve heard that you can staple the ends together. If you did this, I would make sure to put the sharp points out, so it doesn’t irritate the skin. You will be covering this with tulle, but still, just in case.
5. Then place the elastic around something, like a lampshade. I used a CD tower, because I didn’t have any lampshades that were small enough. This makes it so much easier to tie the tulle on.
6. I gathered three layers of the red tulle for each knot, so after it was folded in half, there were 6 layers. I would try it with just two strips, and possibly even just one next time to make it a little less poofy. I only did 2 layers of the green. Now there are a couple of different ways to tie the tulle on. I did a square knot to tie it on, because I wanted to make sure it really stayed. Basically you just thread the tulle under the elastic and figure out where the middle is. Then tie a square knot. Here’s a great guide to tying a square knot. Or you can use this method as an alternate method to the square knot. It’s completely up to you. You’ll want to alternate the long tulle strips and the short ones, so here I tied the red, then the green, etc. I then pulled the red down, so the knot was near the bottom, and the green up, so it had two distinct layers.
7. Make sure you squish the knots together on the elastic, so you can fit more tulle on. You don’t want any gaps where you can see the elastic.8. Keep alternating the short and the long layers until you have filled the elastic.
9. Then you take a piece of ribbon that is long enough to wrap around the neck and tie in a bow (I just estimated, but you can measure with the measuring tape, and then add an inch to 1 1/2 inches for the knot!) You will tie this on the same way as the tulle, and pull the knot to the top of the elastic, so the ends of the ribbon face up.
10. Voila! You are all done! You can add a bow or a flower at the base of the ribbon if you want by gluing or hand sewing it on. Or you can do this without the short layer of tulle, and then add flowers or ribbon around the chest line. There are lots of different ways you can customize this. You can even add a ribbon or belt at the waistline to make it look like an actual dress. Get creative!
Birthday Party Madness
I can't believe my sweet baby girl will be 1 in just 2 weeks! With that said, her birthday party planning is in full bloom! I want to go BIG...but I'm too cheap, so I've scoured the internet looking for ideas to make things less painful in the pocketbook area.
Since I've decided to do cupcakes instead of a cake (Pink and Green of course), I found this great tutorial to make a cupcake stand!
Total credit goes to this awesome website! The Cake Journal To view the tutorial, you can go here: Cupcake Stand Tutorial or just look below!
I think when serving cupcakes or mini cakes they look so much better when served on a cake stand. In this tutorial I will show you how to make a cake stand that is very easy and quick to make. You can adapt it to the color or pattern on your cakes. I have used thick gift wrap paper to cover the cake boards. But you could ice your cake boards with rolled sugarpaste/fondant icing instead. Only remember to ice the cake board a few days in advanced so they can dry throughly.
Note: remember when you have assembled the cake stand with cakes on it, not to move it around too much.
This is what I have used:
Cake boards: 1×8″, 1×10″, 1×12″
Note: if you want two more tiers on the stand, you will need 1×14″ + 1×16″ cake boards. Polysthyrene cake dummies each 2″ high in the sizes: 2X6″ and 2×7″ (or if you can get 4″ high dummies, then you will only need 1 of each size)
Note: You will need 2×8″ 2×9″ polysthyrene cake dummies for two more tiers.
Thick paper or sugarpaste/rolled fondant icing
Glue stick and craft glue
Metal pins
A pair of scissors
A pencil
Step 1:
Start by glue the dummies together. So they can dry completely.
Step 2:
Take your chosen ribbon, and attach it on the dummies with a metal pin.
Note: you can also glue the ribbon on the dummies if you like.
Step 3:
When the dummies are dry, start by wrapping the ribbon around them so it slightly overlap all the way to the top.
Note: the metal pin on the picture, was only put in so I could take the picture.
Step 4:
Attach the ribbon with a metal pin.
Step 5:
Lay the cake boards on the choosen paper. Take your pencil and draw a line around the board on the paper. Cut out with a pair of scissors.
Step 6:
Take the glue stick and add glue throughly all over the board.
Step 7:
Place the paper cirkel on the cake board and rub it lightly.
Step 8:
Now it is time to attache the ribbon to the side of the cake board. Add a metal pin to just keep the ribbon in place.
Step 9:
If you like you can rub a bit of glue on the side so the ribbon stays in place. End by taking the metal pin and attach it to the overlaps.
Step 10:
Now your cake stand is finished.
Note: I have not assembled my cake stand with glue, but you could do that for an extra safety. If you use iced cake boards you can use royal icing to fix it if you like.
On this cake stand I have used 7″, 10″, 13″ but I would recomend to use the cake board size’s above.
Since I've decided to do cupcakes instead of a cake (Pink and Green of course), I found this great tutorial to make a cupcake stand!
Total credit goes to this awesome website! The Cake Journal To view the tutorial, you can go here: Cupcake Stand Tutorial or just look below!
I think when serving cupcakes or mini cakes they look so much better when served on a cake stand. In this tutorial I will show you how to make a cake stand that is very easy and quick to make. You can adapt it to the color or pattern on your cakes. I have used thick gift wrap paper to cover the cake boards. But you could ice your cake boards with rolled sugarpaste/fondant icing instead. Only remember to ice the cake board a few days in advanced so they can dry throughly.Note: remember when you have assembled the cake stand with cakes on it, not to move it around too much.
This is what I have used:
Cake boards: 1×8″, 1×10″, 1×12″
Note: if you want two more tiers on the stand, you will need 1×14″ + 1×16″ cake boards. Polysthyrene cake dummies each 2″ high in the sizes: 2X6″ and 2×7″ (or if you can get 4″ high dummies, then you will only need 1 of each size)
Note: You will need 2×8″ 2×9″ polysthyrene cake dummies for two more tiers.
A 5 TIER CAKE STAND CAN HOLD ABOUT 51 REGULAR CUPCAKES.Satin ribbon for the cake board and the polysthyrene cake dummies
Thick paper or sugarpaste/rolled fondant icing
Glue stick and craft glue
Metal pins
A pair of scissors
A pencil
Step 1:
Start by glue the dummies together. So they can dry completely.
Step 2:
Take your chosen ribbon, and attach it on the dummies with a metal pin.
Note: you can also glue the ribbon on the dummies if you like.
Step 3:
When the dummies are dry, start by wrapping the ribbon around them so it slightly overlap all the way to the top.
Note: the metal pin on the picture, was only put in so I could take the picture.
Step 4:
Attach the ribbon with a metal pin.
Step 5:
Lay the cake boards on the choosen paper. Take your pencil and draw a line around the board on the paper. Cut out with a pair of scissors.
Step 6:
Take the glue stick and add glue throughly all over the board.
Step 7:
Place the paper cirkel on the cake board and rub it lightly.
Step 8:
Now it is time to attache the ribbon to the side of the cake board. Add a metal pin to just keep the ribbon in place.
Step 9:
If you like you can rub a bit of glue on the side so the ribbon stays in place. End by taking the metal pin and attach it to the overlaps.
Step 10:
Now your cake stand is finished.
Note: I have not assembled my cake stand with glue, but you could do that for an extra safety. If you use iced cake boards you can use royal icing to fix it if you like.
On this cake stand I have used 7″, 10″, 13″ but I would recomend to use the cake board size’s above.
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