Here are some pics of a needle book I made for my friend Jessica‘s birthday. I used this tutorial from Whosies. This was the perfect use of the four gigantic bags of scraps I scored from Dos Carolinas. I’m definitely making more! Outside Inside Front
How to Make Angel Wings (The Easy Way)
I came up with the idea for these DIY angel wings last year when my son was in kindergarten. He’s in a dual language Spanish program and they were doing a traditional Mexican posada before Christmas break. I found out the week before that I needed to come up with an angel costume, and with […]
Gnome Costume Coming Along
(please forgive me for the picture quality, it was taken from my phone) I found this easy-peasy costume tutorial for a gnome on the Family Fun website and am pretty much done. The original tutorial actually requires no sewing, but I took my sewing machine to the edges of the fake-fur beard to keep it […]
Halloween in the Making
I made cookies with the kids last week using the goodies Judy gave us. Needless to say, this occurred over the span of three days–we didn’t get to make them all in one day as I’d hoped, so into the fridge with the dough! We did finally finish them with glaze and sprinkles, and they […]
Miss B’s Birthday Gifts Revealed
I made another sock kitty for my niece’s 3rd birthday earlier this week. I’m excited to finally be able to share the photos! Also check out the crochet crown I sent her (pictures below). Ballet Kitty No-sew tutu velcroed in the back. And my crochet crown! I got the idea from the tutorial over at […]