pink giraffe

One of my good friends who moved away last year is about to have her first girl! I wanted to send her something little and girly as a congratulations. These little stuffed toys are one of my favorite things to make for babies and since my friend really likes giraffes, it was perfect. I think it turned out really cute. I hope she and her new baby like it too.

YW Birthday Value Chapsticks

I was so SO sad when I got released from Primary. It really was a spectacular calling. I will always love Primary. But my calling into Young Women's has been a wonderful opportunity. I am already learning so much and it is fun getting to know the girls better. I am sure I will learn to love it as much as I loved my Primary calling.

Plus it gives me new opportunities to be crafty. I really wanted to do something for the girls when they have birthdays, but I knew it couldn't be too involved or I may not be able to do it every time. So I searched www.sugardoodle.net and found this fun, yet simple idea. Once I got going I thought they were so awesome and really had fun. I made six, so I will be prepared for a while.

Twirl Dress

I recently had the opportunity to test this adorable little dress pattern for peek-a-boo pattern shop. It is a pretty typical twirl dress (tiered skirt), but I really like the straps. There are two over each shoulder that go through buttonholes in the front that you can tie in bows. You can also criss-cross or weave them in the back or just leave them straight. Normally I would dress Lena with a white shirt underneath, but since I was taking the pictures for the review of the pattern, I had her in just the dress.

Whales and Sailboats

This is the baby gift I did recently for my sister-in-law's baby due at the end of March. I made the blanket, lovey, ball and double sided bib. I love the whales and sailboats; they are some of the cutest baby flannels I have seen. I love the color too, it is more of an aqua blue than just baby blue. The white is the absolute softest fabric ever; so great for a baby. My cousin crocheted the adorable little toy. To see more from her click here.

The bib is double sided, here are both sides.

waves

whale

Standing Closet

Sometimes you have a brilliant idea for something, but you have no idea how to actually make it. So, you draw it out and go to someone with a lot more knowledge and experience in that area. In this case I really wanted to make Lena a standing closet and went to my dad, who is ingenious with wood. He told me just what we needed to do to make it actually work. Thanks dad!

Once it was built I sanded and painted it. Then I added three hooks to the side. And mod-podged some scrapbook paper decoration to the side. Perfect.

Rapunzel bow holder

I think I have an addiction. I am addicted to little girl hair bows. They are just so darn cute! But then you need a place to put them. Lena has so many that her three other bow holders and three hooks she has weren't holding them all. Seriously, what's a girl to do? Yesterday I came up with this idea for a new bow holder for her. I printed off a picture of everyone's favorite new princess - Rapunzel, the girl with the fantastic hair (perfect for a bow holder). I mounted it on some heavy duty poster board (illustration board). Then I took some golden rick rack and hot glued it onto her hair and let it hang off a few feet. Then I mounted it to the wall. Super easy, super cheap (actually free for me since I already had everything), and super cute. I hung it in Lena's room while she was sleeping last night and the first thing she said this morning was how pretty it was. I'm glad she likes it, and I'm glad we have somewhere to put all her bows.

Thayne's shirt

Aaron and I recently saw a shirt that said, "I'm not fat. I'm just easy to see." We both thought it was hilarious. And that is where the idea for this shirt came from. But I changed it to be more appropriate for my big little guy.

I used my silhouette SD, freezer paper and fabric paint. For more about the method I used click here.