Wood Star for July: Door Wreath

My handsome husband cut and put this together for me....thanks to this idea I saw.  It was super easy and inexpensive to make and is just what I wanted to make a statement on our house for the month of July.  

We are so blessed to live in America!

 And yes, I made the banner as well.  

Chevron July 4th Banner: Stars and Stripes

 Here is a sneak peak at my newest banner coming to my etsy shop!  It's a smaller version of my regular banners because this one is meant to be hung above your front door.  My front door is getting ready to display one!

Ruffled Knit Maxi Shirts

With the beginning of summer upon us, my girls and I were in need of a new summer skirt.  So I made us all a ruffled knit Maxi skirt!  They turned out super cute and the girls LOVE the ruffles.

The cost was only $15 for knit to make all three of these skirts.

I used this tutorial as a guide.....with some minor changes of my own.  They were very simple to put together!

Transition Door Wreath: for your front door

 What?  A Transition Door Wreath?  What is that??

For me I decided it would be a wreath or Letter in this case, that I could hang on my front door while transitioning onto the next Holiday or Season.  Take this year for example......Easter came and went in March and I was not going to keep my Easter Wreath on the door any longer.  It was driving me crazy. And here in Utah you can have spring and winter weather all in the same day during the spring months.

So I made a Transition Wreath.  Something that does not have any Holiday or Season theme but is still cute and functional.

I bought a Giant Letter from Hobby Lobby, painted it and then made the Chevron Tie out of some fabric I had on hand.  Ah, I am feeling much better already!

 I do not know about you but I think I am more excited to transition into spring and summer weather now!

Spring Mantel: He is Risen Banner

 My Mantel has been decorated for a few weeks now and I love it.  

I am super happy with my new addition this year: My HE IS RISEN pennant banner.

I made it from paper pennants, sticker letters and some yarn.  It fits perfectly on my picket fence.

 All of the other decorations are from years past.  

Fabric Bunnies, Wooden Blue Bird, Fabric Easter Eggs , Fabric Carrots

Mini Heart Pillows: So many uses

 I made up a bunch of these mini heart pillows to use for Valentine's Day.

I plan to do several things with them:

*place them all over the house and have a scavenger hunt with the kids

*hide them in fun places for my husband to find...so he knows how much I love him

*send one to loved ones who live far away

*they make sweet little pillows for your kids dolls

*leave on the doorstep of a neighbor

 I just simply drew a heart shape, traced it onto my fabric, sewed around it leaving a small opening to fill with batting then I used liquid stitch to close them up.  Fast and easy!  A great way to use up fabric scraps!

Happy Everything Pennant Banner: teacher gift idea

I wanted to make something special for my child's Kindergarten teacher.  She is a great teacher.  She loves what she does and does a great job at it.  

So I made her a Happy Everything Banner that she can hang up in her classroom.

 Instead of waiting until the end of the school year to give this to her, we are giving it to her for Valentine's Day.

I am wrapping it up and attaching a note that says, "Thank you for teaching me so much about everything!"

I have made it easy for you if you want to give one away as well.

I have added them into my shop.

Go HERE for details.

Chevron Tote Bags: for a friend

I have a dear friend that I grew up with that I love dearly.  She and I and a few of our other close friends that I love just as much got together over the holidays and had a gift exchange.  It was fun.  The gift I  made was a chevron tote bag and a cake stand.  Well, there was some stealing that happened....for fun of course and this one friend who had opened my gift went home without the tote and cake stand.  

 I heard her say how much she loved chevron and how perfect that tote would be to help carry some of her boys things around.  She has a special needs child......and so do I and so my heart can relate.  So I told her that I would make her one.  So she and I hopped in the car and we went to find fabric.  She is just like me....could not decide on just one so I told her to buy the fabric and I would make her 2 totes.  Now she has one in red and one in yellow!  

I hope they come in handy Shellise!  Thanks so much for letting me make them for you!

Love ya!

Valentine's Day Hair Clips

I made my lovely girls these Valentine's Day Hair clips this year.

For sweet kisses, I made them some lips:

and because I love them a lot I made them some hearts too:

Valentine's Day Envelopes: The Tutorial

I first posted these Valentine's Day Envelopes for my family in This Post a few days ago.

I have since had a few emails asking me for a tutorial, so here it is:

Here is what you need: 1 sheet of stiff felt for each envelope (hobby lobby), some fabric ( 1/4 yard is great for 2 envelopes), ribbon, sewing machine and thread, heat n bond for letters is optional.

First, make a lid shape.  I simply folded a piece of paper the shape I wanted.  Trace around the lid shape on to your fabric that is folded right sides together.

 After you trace them onto your fabric, pin the fabric.  You are going to now get ready to sew.

 Make sure to mark an opening.... you will not sew in between these markings.  This is so you can turn your fabric inside out.  

 Sew right on top of the lines....this way your envelope lid is the exact size you need it to be!  Just make sure to leave an opening. Cut out your lid.

 Turn your lid inside out so your fabric is right sides out.  Press with an iron.  Now would be a good time to add any embellishments that you want....name or letter using heat n bond. You will now sew all around the lid part. 

  Once you have that sewn (look closely), you can now pin the lid to your stiff felt like this below.

 Sew 2 lines....one on the bottom and then one towards the top of your felt.  This gives it a nice finished look.

 To add ribbon, pin it like below.  I cut my ribbon to around 24".   Sew the ribbon in place; back stitching a few times.

 I then cut out a couple of small squares of felt scraps and sewed them the the backs for a nice finished look.  I then folded up my stiff felt and I sewed up along the 2 sides like pictured.  

There you have it, all finished!

 I hope that helps those of you who wanted to make some!

Valentine's Day: Family Envelopes

 I made up these fun Valentines Day Envelopes for my little family to use this Valentines Day.

They are made from stiff felt and fabric and they came together 

so so so easy.

 You can tie them to your kitchen chairs.....

 or you can hang them from your banister.....

 These are taking the place of my advent calendar this year.  Each of us will write a little love note to each other or put a fun surprise in each person'e envelope everyday starting on Feb 1st and going to Feb 14th.  Then we will have a fun family party and open up our envelopes to see what is inside.

I have added some fun new Valentine's Day Banners into the shop!

Check them out by clicking HERE.