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DIY "You are My Sunshine" Sign Tutorial
I made this adorable plaque for my best friend’s daughter! If you ever want to find the perfect gift for your friend just check out their pinterest boards! I found lots of cute pins on her board that said “You are my Sunshine” I had this really cute wood plaque from Hobby Lobby in my craft stash. First I painted it a pretty pastel yellow using some craft paint and a foam brush (took 3 coats)…. Then cut out your vinyl… I used my Silhouette to cut my words out of grey and white vinyl. Remove vinyl backing and lay evenly on your sign. use a card to transfer your…
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Child/Toddler and Baby Halloween Costumes
I love to make my kids Halloween Costumes!! Here are a few I have made over the years! Our little Candy corn, made out of felt using the Candy Corn Simplicity Pattern for dummies, and then I made matching shoes and bag, she was so cute!! Butterfly Fairy, made some wings using foam, fabric and some rhinestones, with some elastic arm straps. Made a pink and purple tutu to match! She looked adorable again! The wings… And then she was tinkerbell, only she wanted to be pink!! Used this Simplicity pattern found HERE. Oh and not to forget the spider costume I made for our little crawler…. Go HERE for…
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Kids Valentine Ideas & a Lollipop Valentine tutorial
Here are some of the cutest Valentine Ideas for your little school student! I used the Valentine photo with a lollipop attached for my little girl. See the tutorial on how I made it at the end of this post. Hope you enjoy! Just click the pictures to go to the SITE they come from… I loved this one so much I helped make them for my daughter to take to all her classmates at school for their Valentine’s Day exchange. Wanna make them for your little one? Here’s how… Lollipop Valentine Tutorial: First I took a picture of my daughter and added some words and hearts in photoshop… got them printed (make…
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Felt Christmas Tree Advent Calendar Tutorial – Part 3
We’ve got to finish up our circles!! Hope you are almost done, December 1st is just around the corner. If you missed Part 1 and 2 of the Christmas Advent Calendar Tutorial you can find them here…PART 1 and PART 2. After cutting out all my felt designs I hand stitched them into place with matching embroidery floss and a needle. A Feathered Nest has some great tips on hand stitching HERE. Remember if you don’t want to sew just use some fabric/craft glue to attach your designs. I attached a few of my pieces with glue instead of sewing them on. Here they are… Hoping to sew my circles on the tree tomorrow!…
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Felt Christmas Tree Advent Calendar Tutorial- Part 2
How’s your Calendar coming along??? If you missed Part 1 you can find it HERE. Let’s continue our Christmas Tree Advent Tutorial… Part 2 (steps 2 and 3) involve a lot of CUTTING. We will be cutting out our tree from the green felt. Then get all our circles (or squares) cut out. Lay them out on your green felt tree to make sure you like them. And start cutting out all your felt designs. I’ve posted the ones I’ve cut so far.. remember make them simple, you can add detail with embroidery later! Lets get to work…. Step 2: Cut Tree Out – Lay your felt – folded in half…
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Felt Christmas Tree Advent Calendar Tutorial – Part 1
Okay Holiday Crafters!! It’s that time of year. Time to hurry up and get all our crafting done!! I have always wanted to make a Christmas Advent Calendar. And a few years back I saw Abby from “A Feathered Nest” post awesome pics of her Pottery Barn Knock off advent calendar!! I fell in love! Then after doing some more research this year I was inspired by Rach H over at “Family Ever After” and just had to make my own Christmas Calendar. I love how Rach has a sew along guide for all us fellow crafters who want to pursue such a time consuming and detailed project just before…
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Polly Pocket Carring Case
I made this adorable Polly Pocket Carring Case for my niece for her birthday. I followed the Polly Pocket Purse Tutorial found HERE. The only adjustments I made were…I added a little extra fabric to the middle, made polly pocket holders on both sides, and made my straps shorter. To view more please visit my blog!
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Hello Kitty Pillow
I made this adorable Hello Kitty pillow for my Aunt for mother’s day!! She loves Hello kitty! It turned out perfect, my kids thought it was great too!!! Cut out a hello kitty face for the front of a plain bag! So cute!! Hello Kitty Pillow Tutorial coming soon!! To view more please visit my blog!
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Father’s Day Candy Bouquet
Here’s a cute idea for a Father’s Day gift or Valentine’s Day gift for daddy!! A candy bouquet…would be great as a teacher’s gift as well, maybe put a sign on it that says “your the sweetest!” Gather your supplies…. variety of candy bars, sticks, whoppers, Styrofoam(or extra whoppers), tissue paper or other embellishments… Cut off top of Whoppers box… Put Styrofoam in the whopper container and a square piece of paper..fill back up with whoppers, you could also just buy extra whoppers so they fill to the top! Tape your sticks to the back of the candy bars. Place Stick candy along edge of whopper container… I added little Tie…
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Easter Bunny Carrot Toss Game
Need a fun game for your kids Easter party? Here is a simple DIY Easter Bunny Carrot Toss game that will have all your little friends having so much fun! Here’s our Easter Party!! Just in time for Easter!! All you need is a big piece of white Cardboard or paint it white, knife (I used an exacto knife), some paint if you want to paint it around the edges and a fat permanent marker…. Draw bunny head with pencil on cardboard. Cut out ears and mouth. Paint around bunny background and paint the nose and eyes. outline with marker. I added a bow with hot glue! Oh I made these…
