New Blog to Read

I found this new blog to read today. She is giving away two fabric bundles, yea! Click below for details.




I love her "Bee in Love" pillow. Absolutely adorable. And if you keep going through her flicker pictures, you will see that she is a talented lady.

Hat for Tinker Bell

This is Tinker Bell the Hello Kitty Build a Bear. I love it!

My niece is sweet and creative and helpful. She wanted a hat for Tinker Bell so Aunt Beth had to deliver! It was so simple, seriously!

I just draped a piece of fabric over her head, traced her head and cut it out. sewed up the seams, made an outer fabric, made some bias tape using this tutorial, sewed it together and there you go! A reversible hat with flowers: just what the niece ordered!(The flowers DO NOT go with the Halloween dress that I bought her, but it should go with some of her other clothes.)

Lots of Love (Bugs)

The bugs are mostly done! (2 more to finish as of 4am.) I used this tutorial here.
Here are some pics because I couldn't wait.

(This little guy is my favorite!)

One Love Bug

I had to make these Love Bugs from taidye. They are just so adorable. This is my first one, and he's a bit wonky, but I like him and he will be loved!

I call this a "Genius Moment," where I decide to take on a huge project. But there's more than JUST the project itself that makes this so special. In fact, there are many factors involved for this to truly be a "Genius Moment." For example:

• It is a big project. I'm making 32 total of these bugs.
• I've convinced myself that everyone will love it.
  
• I only have two days to complete ALL of them.
• I DIDN'T EVEN THINK about it until three days ago. AND...
• I really am going to do it!
  

Now, on to make the next 31 bugs to hand out to my sons class on Monday morning.

It's here!

Oh my, oh my! I am so excited for "Celebrate the Boy" month, hosted by Dana from Made and Made-by-Rae.

I have some ideas up my sleeve that I hope make it to the front; that is, if I can get them completed! So superdy-duperdy excited, as my 5 year old would say!!!!

More shots of the Suspenders

The original suspenders post is two posts down or you can click here.

I finally got a few photos of my son IN the shirt! I know that is always a plus. He actually hammed it up for me this time. Usually I get grunts and moans and "Are you done, yet?"The ribbon puckered a bit, or I think I pulled the shirt too much. Either way, they are still cute and I will use iron on stuff next time to keep the ribbon in place while I stitch. Back view:

Valentines

Valentine advertising seems focused on the flowers and the jewelry for the women; stuffed animals and candy for the kids; chocolate for the "I'm sorry." But what about the guy!? What do I get my guy that will last? New boxers? A bottle of wine?

A few years back, I put together this mini album for my guy. He was feeling blue (about who remembers what) and I wanted to remind him that he was still MY GUY!

Mini album was from the dollar store, 6x6, now my favorite size. Big enough to see, small enough to be done relatively quickly.

Here are some shots of a few of the pages I did up. Enjoy!

Below, was the day we found out we were pregnant! Oh, the memories!

I thought up different adjectives and put it all in my own writing for that personal touch, like a love letter!

I didn't put them in any order, I just put them in! We've been together since 1998. Where has the time gone? This is the first picture taken of us as a couple. We hooked up July 4th, 1998!This shot is from our wedding invitations that my husband actually made for us!

I ended with our professional wedding shot (not shown) and on the back cover, this:

Suspenders

I was inspired by some vintage, retro looking, painted shirts. I remembered that I had these thick, rainbow shoelaces.
There was a little puckering of the ribbon/shoelace, but I love how they turned out. Even crossed the back like real suspenders would be! A size 5 undershirt turned into a fun top.

I will be posting to this group. Thanks for the inspiration!
And here as well: