Christmas Gifts

This year I made advent calendars for my husbands family I only took a few pictures but they were a blast to make and a challenge to make them all unique and different. I really wish I would have taken more pictures there were some that were not traditional colored and super FUN!

Made the girls matching dresses they were lots of fun to make and big sis' dress used lots of fabric

My Nana passed away this year so for Christmas my mom and I made this for my step-dad. 

 We took a board and spray painted it. Then the white board all ready had the groves in it. It is a special type of board I think it starts with a W.  Anyways we took that and a paper towel dipped in brown paint and smeared it to give it the rugged look.  Then we took a picture of my step-dad and his siblings and a brochure from the funeral and got plexiglass cut just bigger then the picture and brochure and used acorn nuts and bolts to attach it to the frame. Lastly we got some beads and hot glue and got a little crazy.

Made some letter pillows for some family friends.

Cork coaster, I cut wine corks in half and hot glued them on to cork board and bamm a cork coaster 

Made a few other simple things for family year to make it another homemade Christmas.

Tutu Birthday Party

We had a princess/ballerina party.

I made tutus for all the little girls 

I made about 20 of these for little ones friends

and a special one for the Birthday Girl

Showing off the tutu, look at her go.

They dressed up cousins in toilet paper princess dresses then had fun playing in the mess

Frog Bib, diaper bag, and a dress for the soon to be big sis

I could never get into the the crafting for baby mood but I did manage to make this bib for baby

 and a diaper bag for me.

We couldn't leave big sister out so I made her a new dress

New skirt and a funky dress

I made a new skirt for me

The I let little one pick fabric for a dress for her and well it was an interesting combo but it looked cute on her and it has a special meaning behind it.

Bow frame

With one little girl and another one on the way headbands and bow are every where so I found this blog post and talk my husband into helping

Finished project

We had to break out the power tools to attach the hooks and even then it wasn't easy

Relay for Life 2012

Had fun getting crafty for this years Relay for Life.

I made hope pillows for the silent auction.

 It was a 50s theme so we made an diner and had root beer floats as a fund raiser.  I didn't get any pictures of the dinner but we made a record curtain for one side of it.

We also dressed up in poodle skirts. I made the kiddo one

I borrowed mine but we look good and had lots of fun

notice the records behind us, that is how we covered one wall of our diner.

For more information on Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society follow the links provided.

Pj pants and an oven mitt

Made some fun birthday gifts for my family this year.

Fussy pj pants

 They picked out the fabric and asked for pj pants with pockets for their birthday. They are so bright and colorful.

Oven mitts

Made chili pepper oven mitts to match a kitchen covered with chilies. I traced an oven mitt that I had to make the pattern for this one.  Forgot to switch the needle to a quilting needle on my sewing machine so I broke a needle, lesson learned all ways check your needle.

Easter egg fun

I made some crochet Easter Eggs so they could be played with and hid over and over again

I personally like the rainbow one the best but the white one was fun to pretend it was a real egg and little one almost got us to die it and it was her favorite.

You can find the pattern I used to make them here

 http://easymakesmehappy.blogspot.com/2011/03/free-easter-egg-crochet-pattern.html