Projects

I love headbands. I just do. However, I severly dislike the plastic ones that pinch my head. So, I always go for ribbon, elastic, or fabric ones. Here is my latest.

I used fabric that was left over from this skirt I made for Lena. I wanted to make her a black and white skirt because I want all of us to wear black and white in our family pics. The skirt is cute, but once I put it on her I realized I am not in love with skirts on little babies, I prefer dresses. She just has such shorty legs. I don't know.

Pillow

New baby this month = not as many crafts.

However, my sister-in-law is having a birthday next month, so I decided to make her this.

Cute monogrammed throw pillow for her room.

I really hope she likes it (honestly, teen sister-in-laws are hard to get for)

Hooded Baby Towel

I don't know how people get a dripping wet, cold baby into those baby bath robes. I much prefer hooded towels because you can QUICKLY get the little dear dry and warm. So, I needed a couple for our little one. The picture isn't the greatest because I don't have the baby to model it yet. :)

It was really easy, I just cut a towel in half and a washcloth in half, hemmed it, added a little ribbon - voila!

onesies

pendants

These are super easy and cute. The best part is you can make them to match anything you want. I have made some for me and some as gifts for others.

All you need are glass tiles, bails, scrapbooking paper, mod podge or something similar, and hot glue. I got the tiles and bails from http://www.candytiles2.etsy.com/. You just rinse off the tiles and dry them. Then cut out the desired paper the shape of the tile. Then modpodge the paper to the tile. Let it dry, then put a little dab of hot glue on the back for the bail. Easy as that.

Cards

I've never really done cards much before. But our ward was having a card exchange and I wanted to go, so -

Ladybugs

This is the latest thing I've made for a baby girl.


I really love it, but my favorite part is how we got the fabric. I don't know how many of you bring your husbands and sons to the fabric store, but I don't think its the most common thing. However, Aaron and Landon go with me fairly often. I really enjoy having them come. Aaron is really good about saying "yes, dear, that's great. yeah, I like that too." etc. Plus he can keep an eye on Landon. So, that is usually what he does.

Well, one time I took them to the fabric store and I'm looking at some fabric or whatever and Aaron wanders down the aisle a little ways, pulls out a bolt of fabric and goes "Hey, what about this one?" (and he's pretty excited about it). It made my heart sing. Even if the fabric had been totally ugly I would have bought some, but, no, my husband has very good taste in little girl fabric ;) and he knows me really well. The fabric was the most adorable green leaves with ladybugs print (seen in the photo above). I was so excited, but I tried not to act overly joyous about the fact that he picked it because that might cause him to never do it again.

I even had him pick between a couple patterns which dress I should make out of it. So, this is the dress Aaron picked for his little girl. So cute! He is going to make such a fantastic daddy to a little girl.