Halloween

A couple months ago, we were at Walmart and I saw a pattern for a Vampire costume. I had it in my hand and then thought, "This is really just a cape and a bow tie... I bet I can do it myself." The shirt and pants were obviously not made by me.... but I think his cape and bow tie turned out pretty cute.

Little brother was going to just use an old costume, but he wouldn't leave the turtle head on. So one afternoon while the boys were sleeping I whipped this up. I think it turned out pretty good. He was a cute little spider. It would have been better if he had a black shirt, but I didn't want to go buy one. The best part about making this costume was I used fabric we already had so it didn't cost us one penny. I used fleece so I could leave the edges raw.
I also made a cat costume for me and a Zorro costume for my husband. I forgot to take pictures so I will take some and post them soon.

And the Winner is....

...EVERYONE!! haha... I was planning on making some for all of you anyway... and your comments were just so funny and flattering. :) Chelsea, Jen, and Desi; just email me your addresses so I can send you yours. Laura and Rachel I will just bring them by your house soon. I guess it pays to leave a comment. Remember that next time.

Ballet Skirt

This is the present that I made for my 3 year old's little friend. It turned out so cute!! The original idea I had was much different. It changed as I went. This is much cuter than I had imagined it. I found the pattern for the rose online, but I kind of just made up the rest as I went. I also made a rose clip to match. (How do you like my model? I did make my 3 year old try it on for size... but I had to bribe him and I would never take a picture of it.)

Owl be home for Christmas

My sister-in-law is having a baby in a few weeks and all of my sisters and sister-in-laws went out to Olive Garden to celebrate. I found this cute little outfit at KMART and I wanted to make a hat to go with it. I found an idea for the pattern online and here is the result...

I think it turned out pretty cute! Since you can't exactly put bows in your little boys hair... I love hats. My three year old wants me to make him one... so I will. This hat was made for a baby, I wonder how it will look much larger....

I need a girl

So I have been working on the cutest present for my 3 year old's little friend, who happens to be a girl. I just finished it tonight. SO CUTE. I can't post pictures of it yet because we are giving it to her on Saturday... but as soon as we give it away, I will put the pictures up. I guess if I never have a girl my cute little nieces and friends girls will just have to benefit from my obsession. :)
Check back on Saturday... you will all be jealous this isn't for your little girl, or you. :)

Give Away

Like I have said in previous posts... I am completely obsessed with these flower hair things. I have started making them for little girls... the only problem is I have very few nieces.... and again, I have two boys. My 18 month old will leave them in his hair for a few minutes, but it is probably not a good idea to do that too much. He is already small for his age and I don't want to create any other problems. Here are some of the clips and headbands I have been making. I just bought some more fun supplies so I decided to do a give away.

Just leave a comment on this post and I will choose a winner on October 13 (2 weeks from today). I will post the winner here... and let's be honest. I will probably send more to other friends too. So leave a comment if you are interested. :) Also, if you don't have any little girls I can make and age appropriate one for an adult. For those of you who don't know me here is a tip... I will probably either pick the funniest comment, or the one that is most flattering to me. Good luck!

Joy School Projects

For those of you who don't know what a joy school is: A joy school is a preschool where the moms take turns teaching. This week was my week. I found these little tote bags for one dollar at Michael's and I thought it would be really cute to have them bring them to school each week so they have something to carry their papers and things home in.

I just realized that I spelled this little girls name wrong... it is an 'i' instead of a 'y'. I will have to fix that. :)

Our lesson was on the earth. So I showed them a picture of the earth and explained about land and water. We talked about different things that live on land and in water. So I made them these birds. I forgot how much fun plastic canvas is. It is easy and quick. I wouldn't decorate my house with plastic canvas stuff... but it is cute for kids.

Here is the underside.These birds are fun because you can squeeze the sides of their mouth and they open. My mom used to make these type of things and put a Hershey kiss in its mouth.
We decided to do a letter of the day. My mom had these cute patterns for magnets. Also plastic canvas. They are fun and the kids liked the.

I also painted these pots for them. We planted bulbs in there and hopefully they will grow.
All and all it was a good day. The kids didn't have a huge attention span for the lesson, but they enjoyed playing games and planting their plants. :)