Shower Gift

A long time friend of ours welcomed their first baby into the world last month.  I was very late getting them their present but better late than never right?  Above is a matching burp cloth and bib and a mobile for the baby's room. I just love the mobiles:)

tag blanket, Easy beginner sewing project

 a gift for my sister-in-law.  I made this with fleece and fun ribbon.  This was a super easy project and would be a great starter sewing project.  Find a shape you love, make a pattern of it by blowing it up on your printer or free handing it, make eyes, beak, and wing sew the wing, eyes and beak on the front piece,  cut lots of fun ribbon, fold ribbon in half and hold in place with a pin, place the bird wrong sides facing (the way you want it to look when you are done) and sew around entire bird about 1/8th of an inch).  I left one ribbon tag in a loop for a hook to be hung.  I love the bright colors and the bird shape :)  Hope baby lillie loves it :)

Kelly Made

I haven't mentioned this yet so here goes. My mom sold her flower shop of 16 years. Its very bitter sweet but for the very best. She had wanted to get rid of it for the last several years and well with everything else that has happened lately it just needed to be done. Wish I was saying good bye to super late nights on the holidays and early mornings with feet that hurt so bad and a house that goes completely ignored and takes two weeks to get caught back up... but instead i am working for them. Anyways the girls who have it now are also selling handmade gifts. So of course I thought why not:) Here is a picture of my little tags. I thought I needed a name and this is what i came up with...what can i say i am sleep deprived. Also here are the first few items I have for sale at the shop bibs and a paci clip. Yea!!! I have several other items started just not finished. Hopefully i will sell a few items to help support my crafting addiction on a very tight budget:) It's so hard to make things to sell when you have little ones, so yes i make two of each :)

Legging for Halloween

I was so excited to find these Halloween socks so i could turn them into these. These little legging are popping up everywhere, I even saw a tiny baby with them on this past Saturday at the fabric store:) I am working on a little jean skirt to complete the Halloween get-up. Yes I have a shirt too but that was store bought so not to much fun. Notice the hairbow from a couple of weeks ago. Mason just had to try them on also. Since his daddy was still at work I let him:)

Flowered headbands

The first one here I made for part of Leah's birthday present. The other one is for Khloe but she was way more into eating grass than having her picture taken:) I just love these headbands....i see even more in my near future!

Baby shower present

Jason's mother was throwing a baby shower for his cousin who is stationed out in CA but was home for a few weeks. I knew she had to get everything home from the shower so I decided to do something small and easy for travel. So here is another ric-rac blanket and paci clip. I also added a little book to the gift, but that was store bought:) I just loved the colors of the blanket....i see many many more of these in my future:)

Khloe's Bib

i fell in love with this material from walmart in Nags Head. I simply made a bib pattern from one of Khloe's larger bibs, which i like cause it keeps her clothes clean:). This bib has a pocket on the front to catch falling food. The back is hot pink terry cloth. I have a few more bibs in the making. I love the fact it isn't baby pink:)

a weekend of hairbows

this past weekend i had the chance to make a few hair bows for Khloe. All three are very different. One is out of felt one a flower and the other a sheer fabric. Can't wait to make a few more:) Khloe did not like us taking the grass out of her hand that she was trying to eat..notice the crying pic:) Oh yeah and a pic of mason:)

Khloe's Bird Blanket

And here it is, bird blanket or throw. I found this birdie material and I loved it just wasn't sure what to do with it so I stuffed it away. That was until I found a tutorial at www.sewmuchado.blogspot.com (ric-rac-receiving blanket) Her blanket was also out of a bird material. When I stumbled across the site my material immediately came to mind. The hardest part of making this blanket....getting it square! So glad a married a very handy man:) As you can see both kids loved it (mason insisted on sleeping with it the night i finished it). So yes of course I am making Mason one and another for a baby shower this weekend. So thankful Jason was with me to help Mason pick out his material...he wanted one with flames and eight balls all over it but luckily Jason talked him out of it. Thank goodness!!! What a quick and easy project:)

To come.....

just a sneak peak at some projects to come....

Applique Take 2

My second attempt at appliqueing. I wanted to make some bubbles but it just didnt happen so for now this will work.

Applique

Learning to applique!! Finally I have appliqued my first thing....a bib for Khloe. I love birds and anything with birds on it...well not actually birds outside just patterns, material, ect with birds on it. If Khloe ever gets a room it will be done in birds and a hint of owls. But for now a bib will have to work:) The bird is actually from a wooden cutout of a bird. I placed it on the printer to make a paper copy and then used that for a pattern. The bird will be used in a few upcoming projects. Thanks to my mom for coming over and teaching me how to do this!!! What a fun and easy thing to do. For me its always easier to watch and learn! Fish bib to come soon.

Paci Clips

Another item that has taken me forever to post. I saw these on a website, can't remember which one...I must get better about that!! I have a few more in the making. I do that i will use ribbon next time instead of fabric for the strap...it took much longer to make. But i just love how the flower hides the clip on the bottom, now if only Khloe actually used a paci :)

Diaper Pouch

I made this a month or so ago and hadn't had the time to post it, so here it is!! Its very nice to grab this and go (wipes will also fit inside:)

rag quilt

I am soooo excited to show this quilt. I want to learn to "really" quilt but for now this will work. Its a rag quilt and it took me forever with a new baby. I made mine much large than most i have seen on the Internet but i wanted Khloe to be able to use it for a long time. It has already come in handy when we were outside at a birthday party. It was nice to have something thick and big to sit Khloe on to play! i found my flannel at a neat fabric store down at the beach and i just love the colors!! Now i have to finish Mason's....it might be a while.

the back side of the rag quilt

hooter hider

I have been told these are called hooter hiders, which cracks me up!! My girlfriend let me borrow hers one day at the pool, how nice it was not to have to make sure the blanket didnt fall off:) So i made one:) Mine final measurements are 24 x 34 This is gonna be soooo nice to have while we are on vacation. Pic taken by my 3 yr old...not to bad uhhh. Please excuse the fact i have no makeup on...just one less thing to do with 2 kids when you arent leaving the house