my 2 latest...

2 fun things I just did last night. I found this really cute idea with this skirt. It was a skirt for $3.50 at Wal-Mart... I bought some jumbo yellow ric rac- about $3 and sewed it onto the bottom to make it "cuter"... I am gonna get a picture of Charlee in it soon! :] So, total it was like a $6 project. And the headband is a headband inspired by Anthropologie- I love it!! I have another kind of bead I want to make one out of too... so come back soon and see if I've gotten it made!: ]

BOWS

before and after

I did not make this, but I bought the EGG 2 years ago at Hobby Lobby for like $2 after Easter. Anyways, I liked it... and always thought about painting it... but thought, I love mod podge, why not?! So, I pulled out my scrapbook paper, mod podge, hot glue gun and buttons and turned it into a colorful EGG instead of plain ol' white. YEA! It was fun and easy!

I'm going there some day...

I found this really cute idea... and I decided to run with it. :] When I find something cute and simple to make, I want to start making it NOW! So, this was one of those. I made one for all my kids- Charlee I did St. Louis, MO cause she was born there, but for my boys, I just found some that looked "manly"... if I can say that about a temple. And I also made one for Chelsea- her favorite temple is Mesa, AZ. They are so simple and so cute. Once I figure out how to post a link on here, I'll get it up and share where I got the idea from.

countdown.

This is the double sided countdown. I wanted something for Christmas- and I'd found this. My friend helped me out with the cutting some vinyl for me (before I had my cricut). So, we have a Christmas countdown on one side, flip it over and you have....

 ... a birthday countdown on the other! :]

The kids love moving the magnet everyday on this. It is also supposed to be framed... but I haven't gotten that far with it yet. It's a piece of sheet metal, mod podge scrap book paper on it, stick on the lettering and there you have it. Done. :] This is one of the first things I ever mod podged and I messed up the Christmas side a little- the paper ripped a little while I was applying the lettering, but, I'll now always remember my first mod podge project. :]

the dahlia.

This is a time consuming flower- but I LOVE it!! It's all felt... amazing huh?!  They take me about 30-45 minutes to make ONE. I've since made 2 black, a red one, a pink one, a teal one, and another white one. I'll get pictures of those taken soon to add to this one!! I've gotten better at putting them together now, so I am loving them even more!! I do sell these ones too if anyone is interested in one and doesn't want to make it.  I have a pile of felt waiting to be turned into dahlias! 

Here are the latest ones:

wipes.

These are kind of silly- but they were fun to make... I was bored. Just a fun way to "spice" up your wipes box! Gotta love me some mod podge! :]

tutus

This is not my first tutu I've ever made... but it's my latest. I love making these- most of the time. I will suggest NOT using the sparkle tulle- unless you don't mind being COVERED in sparkles! I have done one other one with sparkles before this one- but I must have forgotten what happens when you tie it. Oye. But, they sure do look cute! I did this one with a ribbon tie- you can also use elastic. And I added one of my posie joye clips just for fun... added a little to it- or she could wear it in her hair.

Again, SUPER EASY!! Most of you know I make other flower clips as well, but sometimes its fun to have a little change. I just whipped these bad boys up with some scrap fabric I had. Just cut out 4 bigger circles and 4 smaller circles... fold them in half, then in half again and glue them together so they don't come open... then put it all together like the picture. SO simple, yet SO cute. :]

Any time I ever wear any kind of jewelry, Charlee insists on wearing something too. However, she doesn't really have too much cause she either breaks what she does have, or I don't buy it cause I don't want her to break it. But, when I saw these flower cuffs- how EASY and simple- once again!! Just get some ribbon, glue some flowers on them and attach some Velcro and there you have it... simple as that. And she LOVES them and I don't have to worry that she'll break them! They're great!

coffee filter wreath

This was also SO fun and SO easy... and no one would ever guess it was made out of COFFEE FILTERS!! And, I might also add that it lasts FOREVER!! I had it hanging on my front door since November. I just took it down because I made the egg nest wreath, but this is seriously an awesome wreath! I was changing out the ribbon on it to go with the time of the year/holidays. It can also be used as an inside decoration too if you like that. Super easy and fun- that's what I'm all about when it comes to crafting!!

menu board.

Why did it take me so long to find something like this?! It's so easy and I don't have to print off a million calendars or waste paper anymore! SO EASY! It's just a picture frame with scrapbook paper in the frame(which you can either have to match your kitchen like I do now, or on holiday's change it out with paper that goes with the holidays- I'll most likely end up doing that as well) and write on it with dry erase. I also used my cricut for the letters, but if you don't have one, you could totally just use a permanent marker and write the days on it with that!! A friend of mine also suggested a "to do" list like this as well... hmmm... might have to make one of those too!

egg nest

this was a SUPER messy project- we had a little group get together to make these- and after me and one other friend unwrapped our straw wreaths and made the ground look like a barn, another friend came in and just did it with the plastic left on... DUH! It was gonna get covered up anyways! haha. Then came the moss- it was ALL OVER... but it's alright- it was all worth it! I had seen a similar one online and thought it would be fun to make one. I'd love to have pictures of all the other girls who made one as well- we all used different eggs and moss, so none of them look exactly the same. It was fun. Thanks for crafting with me girls! :]

super hero's to the rescue!

I have had fun making capes and masks lately too!! I made all my nephews masks for Christmas this last year and I'd never made one for a girl- so as I was making one for these, I thought, how could I girly this up a little- so I added a little bling and now it's fit for a GIRL! :] I still haven't made one for my own kids- well, capes I have, just not masks yet, but every time I make one for someone else, they tell me they want one too. So, I guess I should make them one too!

spring is here...

I saw these and fell in LOVE! I wanted to make them right then and there when I saw them... but, I couldn't... it was too late and I didn't have all the stuff. But, I did the next day! It was so much fun! I have also gotten to work with some power tools- which honestly scares the heck out of me... but is also fun at the same time! I ended up taking this to our Relief Society exchange, so I'll have to make myself some new ones later... but that's ok, cause I had fun making them!