Sewing frenzy

I've been feeling very crafty lately.... it comes in waves. I actually got a LOT accomplished in the past couple days while my girls played with every toy they own, all over the house. (They had a camp out in the living room.) Now my house needs a lot of work, but I have some cute stuff!

Ruffle tank for Roma. 

Ribbon tank for ME!!! 

I haven't made myself something in quite a while. I LOVE how this turned out. Doesn't it make you want to go to your Grandma's house for some ribbon candy??

Dress for Roma.

I'm in love with ribbon ruffles!

Cool camera strap

I've been wanting to make this for a while. I saw some on etsy and thought they were cute. I made a sleeve so I wouldn't have to sew through the actual camera strap. Now I can easily take it off when I'm ready for another pattern. Notice the ruffle, I'm very into ruffles lately.

Repurpose your trash...

So, Roma recently had a birthday party that I decided would be "green." I served Capri Sun drinks to the kids and kept the drink bags with the intention of making something out of them. I finally got around to it and they turned out really cute! It was really easy to do. I taped the bags together in the shape that I wanted, then I sewed them together on my sewing machine...yes, it worked! I wasn't sure about the sewing part. It was an easy, fun project that I might try again!

I made a pencil bag....

and a little clutch. I wanted to put a handle on it but Maren didn't want one.

Faux Slumber Party

My daughter had a pretend sleepover party for her 5th birthday. I got the super cute idea from a friend. I made "sleeping girl" cupcakes, with teddy bears. The table was decorated to look like a bed with two sheets and a pillow.
I decided I wanted to make it a "green" party. I didn't buy any paper products, I used my plastic Ikea plates, cloth napkins, sheets instead of a disposable table cloth, and we had Capri Suns instead of juice boxes - I plan to make a bag or something out of them soon.

Paper Necklace

This was so easy! Cut out circles or squares from paper. I used card stock and my Sizzix. Thread them onto a cord, put some beads in between, and you're done!

Under the Sea

The "Ariel" bedroom is finished. I made felt fish, seaweed, seahorse, even Ponyo (my kids LOVE that movie.) I didn't want to paint the walls blue, so the pink walls are more of a mermaid grotto with the blue water flowing down. My daughter loves it.

I'm going greener...

I've been gradually making "green" changes in my home for the pat three years or so. I started recycling, trying to use cloth grocery bags, clean without chemicals, and buy safer cosmetics and toiletries. This year I am going to start using cloth napkins. My "green" friend got me thinking about this. She started using them in her kids' lunchboxes, which got me thinking creatively, which led to me making cute and fun "kidkins." Ger your kids in the habit of using cloth. If they take a lunchbox to school they can easily put the napkin back in the box and bring it home. Just think of all the trees you'll save! www.lilybloom.etsy.com

I'm in LOVE!

I love all things handmade and crafty and this is too good not to share. I just found these HANDMADE wooden shoes on etsy... Mohop is the name of the shop. They are handmade in Chicago, by a woman, of course. They have loops on the sides and you can change out the ribbons, or use scarves, and tie them in many different ways. SO COOL! I think I found my birthday present....

I impressed myself AND my daughter

This is the mural I painted on my 4 year old's wall. She's in love with Ariel and wanted an "under the sea" theme. I wasn't so sure about how it would turn out, but I have to say I really like it. I got the mural  from Wish Upon a Mural. They have tons of characters and scenes. It came as a big black and white poster that I traced on the wall with carbon paper. It seemed easy enough to paint, I just looked in one of our Little Mermaid books, but her eyes and mouth weren't very defined. I had to really stretch my creative muscle there, but it turned out great!

I'm a blogger...

along with everyone else on the web. The hardest part has been deciding on a background and trying to get the header to fit in the box. Why won't it fit in the box? Oh well, that's the best I can do for now.