Gift for My Little Brother's Wedding

I actually did this project in February but, my brother is getting married this weekend. I am very excited for him and his fiance. For their wedding gift I made this cuddle blanket and I am giving them a movie, popcorn, candy, sparkling grape juice, etc for a movie night. You can't see the back, but it is purple and the front is white (their wedding colors). The fabric is SO soft. I cross stitched their names and wedding date on it and top stitched two hearts and around the edge.

Ruffles

I made a new little spring/summer dress for Lena. I love the vibrant colors. It has a drop waist and three rows of ruffles. It is a tad big because I want her to be able to wear it for a little bit (she grows so fast, we will see).
Before I made this I told Aaron I wanted to make Lena a dress out of this fabric and asked him which pattern I should use. I showed him a couple of pattern choices. He picked this one. When I asked why he said he liked the ruffles. It made my heart happy to hear him say that. :)

Easter bunnies?

You know sometimes when you are crafting you have an idea in your mind, and it doesn't seem like it should be difficult, but then you start trying to execute and - it is a total flop? Well that happens to me quite often. Here is my latest example.

It's okay, you can laugh. These poor little fellas. (sigh) I just thought that since my daughter isn't going to be old enough to have Easter candy I would make a little stuffed bunny to go in her Easter basket instead. Seems pretty simple, right?

Attempt #1. Poor thing, I feel bad for it just looking at it. I used an idea that I saw online about using a pair of gloves to make little stuffed animals (I looked for the link, but can't find it; if you know what it is let me know and I will link it up), but mine didn't turn out too well. I admit that I didn't finish it. I was going to add a nose and a little dress. But when I got to this point I decided it wasn't worth it and wanted to try something different.

Attempt #2. This one only turned out slightly better (in my opinion; you may think it turned out worse). This one was from scratch. That should have clued me in to begin with. I just freehanded a pattern and made it up as I went along. haha And I was surprised it didn't turn out superb?! Oh well, Lena is so little she won't even care.

Update: My hubby got home and told me he thought my pink bunny was cute. Aww, such a sweet guy and a great husband. :)

rosette headband

I've been seeing these all over the blog world lately. I love headbands so I thought I would give it a try.

The tutorial I used was from Sew Hip Mama. Here is the link. I didn't follow it exactly, but pretty close.

What do you think?

purple pendant

I also made a new pendant to wear to my brother's wedding. I wanted something to match. That is the best thing about these you can make them to match anything. And they are easy If you want more info about them check my other post

here.

White Skirt

It has been a while since I sewed something for me. I used to sew tons of skirts and dresses for myself in high school. In college some of my sewing classes had us sew things for ourselves, but since then, I don't think I've done any. It is a little discouraging because most of the skirts I made for myself in high school don't fit anymore and well, I am now, um, pleasantly plump. Making things for myself isn't nearly as much fun anymore. But, my brother is getting married in a few weeks and I wanted something new to wear.

So, here it is. A new skirt. It is a bubble skirt, but modified. I used the waistband from one pattern, the bubble at the bottom from another pattern, and then instead of gathering it at the top, next to the waistband, I did pleats. So, a mixture of a couple patterns, plus my own ideas.

Maybe I will have to make myself some more skirts, so that I actually have church clothes that fit.

V-Day jars

Last year I saw this really fun idea for Valentine's Day here. I kept it in mind until this year (it's amazing I could remember anything that long). I made ten of them. The best part about it is that I used some of my old baby food jars that have been taking up space since Landon was a baby. Only problem is, now Lena is filling up more space with empty baby food jars. I have so many empty baby food jars. If anyone is looking for some, let me know, you can have mine. Anyway, I just printed pictures of the kids, used a little scrapbook paper, stickers, ribbon and modpodge. Ta Da! Then I filled them with kiss and hugs candies. So sweet!