My After projects...

Over at the Inspired room there was a little before and after challenge for all the procrastinators out there.

My first project...this cute hat. My second knit hat, here is my first knit hat. I have been wanting to learn to knit for a while, and I am finally doing it. Love my little cute nephew more than the hat though.... and I made myself a promise, must finish completely a knit project before starting a new one!

My second project are these cardboard magazine boxes I got from target $1 spot like 7 months ago because I could recover them cute. Finally after like $8 in decorator papers (I sort of messed up and didn't cut out for opposite sides of the box...they are done. All I did to cover them was decopauge...may favorite! Not a cheap project, but love the finished result...

Here is the finished result.... They look so cute in my craft room that I am almost ready to unveil to you all... (that is one project that requires more husband help, so I will blame it on him!)

Hope you like my projects, small, but sometimes it is the small ones you never get to!

A new Dress for Sophie!

Okay, do you love her face better or the dress???? This is the same Sandi Henderson Claire pattern used here. The pattern was so easy and cute and fun, I decided to make a dress for Sophie out of the leftover fabric from a quilt I recently finished (you will see this soon...). This line was probably my favorite of last year. It is called House by Annette Tatum for Freespirit. So pretty and vintage. Blues and browns, and pinks and browns...LOVE IT!

I just added a little pinafore to this by serging it into the waistband. I cute a simple rectangle, did a rolled hem around the edges, and sewed on two strips of ric rac. Was not any harder, but much cuter, I think I will add one to any more of these dresses I make.

The fabrics in this line are so soft and sweet. Vintage florals, ticking stripes, sweetest colors LOVE!


Just a little close of of the top. The elastic thread is magical, the shirring is SO simple, check out Sandi Hendersons blog for an easy how-to.

A good supply of binky's is what makes this little girl happy. What could be better? I wonder how long it will take her to completely destroy this dress....hmmm, don't underestimate this little pip squeaks power!

I will be linking this to A Soft Place to Land

A Beautiful Quilt

We are linking up with Beautiful Life Friday at The Inspired Room. We hope you like our quilt and our blog, take a look around!

As Heather showed with Sophie's Quilt, our mom makes gorgeous quilts for our babies. She made this quilt almost 2 years ago and I love it! The fabric is mostly Shagri La by Moda. I love the greens and blues together on a cream background. She adjusted the pattern a little to make it longer instead of square, and I love that because I will be putting this on his soon-to-be toddler bed. Here is a close up shot, we put his hand print on it, which I adore of course! He was several months old when we did it, so no, that's not a newborn's hand.
This fabulous quilter, our momma, has designed a new pattern for us, and it is amazingly cute! You can see the pattern and picture on our sidebar, it's called Snakes, Snails and Weiner Dog Tails.

Bulbs in my yard!!!!

Southern Hospitality is having a linky party too....and I guess I just like going to parties (at least in cyber world...) Anyhow it is for "what I found this weekend" and I think most people will post their shopping goods, but I am posting my bulbs, because they made me really happy :) I cut just one of these pretty pink tulips down, because I couldn't dare cut the few I have. It looks so pretty in my kitchen, just a single tulip...

I think these tulips are called "Queen Mary?" Or "Queen of the Night?"

My first year for the pretty Hyacinth....smell yummy too!

Love daffodills, but only butter yellow ones, I don't love the bright yellow ones...

And my crocus (Ugly name, but cute little flowers too, first ones up, through the snow!)

And don't feel bad about my garden, the reason I took these photos at such a wide aperature is so the background would fade out and you wouldn't see the rest of my weedy ugly yard...( and I am not just saying that, ask Megan!) And PLEASE come visit the rest of our blog FRESH POPPY DESIGN...we have tons of decor, crafts, and of course quilts! (was that a bit desperate?)

Makeover Staircase...

This is going up my staircase and before it was just a huge wall because it is all the way up to the top of the second floor. I knew I wanted to do something here. I took my favorite photos, made them black and white and got them printed. Then I waited for a fantastic sale on some frames I liked, and finally JoAnn's had a clearance on all these frames that are sparkley and vintage looking. I bought them all. Hope you like this makeover. We would love you to come check out the rest of our blog and become a follower! We have a lot of decorating, crafting, and quilts!

PS I am also linking up with The shabby chic cottage

also The Stories of A to Z, check them out!

Thrifty decor ideas

My son's room has tons of decorations in it, and it was all done very inexpensively. I use a lot of scrap fabrics and papers when I decorate.

This was a gift my sister made, a growth chart we can take wherever we go. Her husband cut and built the frame, she decoupaged paper on the inside and painted the numbers. Now I added the vinyl lettering of my son's names, and I'm keep track of their height on the sides! I absolutely love this. I made these flags from leftover fabric to go across the rail of the "loft". I just used pinking sheers to cut the flags and sewed them into double folded binding that I purchased for a couple dollars.

This is the reading nook under said "loft". We put white Christmas lights underneath, which my son loves and it absolutely brightens the space. The trunk is my hope chest which had already been painted, so I painted over it to add the argyle. I made the pillow and doggy from leftover fabrics from his bedding. And in the frame is a picture of him pondering, and it says "The Adventure's of Sawyer".

Here is his crib, where I did make all the bedding. I won't say it was easy or fast, but it definitely was cheaper than buying! The frames are mirrors from Ikea, $1.99, I painted them and glued in my own photos. I spray painted the shelves to be brown. The "S" was plain from JoAnn's, I added the paper and ribbons...let's see, anything else? And no, I didn't make his blessing outfit that is hanging, I wish I did though :)

I really love Sawyer's room! It is kinda jam packed with decor, but it makes me happy whenever I walk into it! Thanks for visiting our blog!

And this, my quilting friends, is my very first quilt! Looking back there are some changes I'd make, but I do love it.

PS Check out Decor Mama and her fabulous site, she links up every Friday to show off your fabulous thrifty finds!

I made a knit HAT!

I made this hat!!! I am so proud of me!

You know sometimes you start a project with big ideas in mind? Lots of the time (at least in my case, the final project is not as cute as it is in my head). Well you knitters out there are probably embarassed for me and how proud I am, but I love this little hat! I learned basic cast on , knit, and pearl stitches from Grandma, but never learned to read a pattern. Anyhow, I did this without any human help! Just a fabulous book (I will post it next hat,) and you tube videos (who knew?)

I learned to knit on circular needles, learned about double pointed needles, learned to make pom poms too. The stitches were just basic knit and decreasing, a perfect starting project...Now I just need a cute little guy to put in this hat (counting down the days...)

What projects have turned out as cute in real life as they are in your head?

Winner winner

And random chose...

Kasey said...
oh, me..me...me please.how fun.xo
April 15, 2009 7:21 AM

Kasey please go ahead and contact us!

Thank you everyone for entering, and especially those of you who posted about it on your blog! We will be having more and more giveaways so keep checking back!

GiVeAwAY

Ta-da! Another giveaway! Aren't they the best? The giveaway is for THREE handmade fabric headbands! We really love these ourselves, espeically for the days you don't have time to get totally ready, you can feel a little cuter with som adorable fabric on your head :) And, pardon me, they're so FUN!

Here's the deal....if you post this on your blog for us, you'll be entered in an additional FIVE times! And you can use any of our photos if you wish when referncing us.

We will use random generator for the winner on Friday April 17th. Also, when we reach 51 comments, we'll do an additional drawing for three more! So tell your friends for more chances!

Please leave a comment and tell us your newest craft adventures or what you wish you were crafting! As for us, we're going to be pro knitters very soon :)

Mommy's Quilt for Sophie

My Dear sweet Mommy made this quilt for Sophie when she was born a year and a half ago. So sweet huh? It is called "blooms for Annabelle" by Vicki Bellino of Bloom Creek.

I love this pattern. And Mom did such a great job, and it will stay in this condition, because Sophie isn't allowed to touch it! (she has about a thousand others she can touch.)

Check out the gorgeous quilting! It is done by my Aunt Wendy. She is super fabulous at what she does. I love getting my quilts back from her. She makes any quilt 100 times gorgeouser (is that a word?)

Sophie is the 28th of my Mom's grandchildren (i think) And this little boy in my tummy only 2 years later be 34! We are a bunch of rabbits!!!

Oh, and the nicest thing about my mom and her quilts, she actually lets us pick it all out. She lets us pick the patterns and fabrics for our babies quilts, so we are sure to love them. We highly recommend this strategy! Thanks Mom.

PS Ladies! We are having a GivEaWaY of something fab in the next 48 hours so you better check back! Thanks for visiting!

Cute Easter egg craft....

Easter Craft

How cute are these? There are tutorials on a few sites, but I liked this technique at this site...super easy, and cute.

You will only need cute scrapbook papers, probably lightweight, mod-podge, and glitter. I glued little paper flowers and rhinestones to cute them up a little more...

Plus these are great crafts for kids (not too young, pretty messy) probably 6 & up. My girls had fun making them. Hope you like them, and Happy Easter! Check out This is the year for other mod podge projects!

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