Balloon Wreath

Matt's birthday is coming up in August and we thought we would have a party to celebrate. As part of the decorations, I decided to make a balloon wreath using this tutorial. I absolutely love it and I'm excited to pull it out for every birthday in our house.

Fall Baby Outfit

I didn't have much time for sewing until recently due to our out of state move, pregnancy, and teaching 3 full college courses. I've been so excited for things to get settled to finally have time to sew for baby girl. I made this adorable top using a pattern from the book Making Baby's Clothes by Rob Merrett. His patterns are so easy, fast, and fun to make. I made the matching leggings using this tutorial and free pattern using an old red tank top I never wore. Now she just needs a matching hair accessory.

Hair Bows

After years of infertility, Matt and I finally found out we were expecting in January. Imagine my excitement when I found out it was a little girl. I am so excited to sew her dresses and make her hair bows. While we were in Arizona visiting family, Matt's twin sister taught me how to make hair bows. I can't wait to see them on her little head.

Summer Wood Crafts

Right before we moved from Utah Matt and I took one final trip to Wood Connection. I picked up these Summer letters to finish out my seasons and then some cute dangles for holidays/seasons. Matt helped me make the welcome sign because I'm afraid of hurting myself with power tools. We drilled holes in the board and added the pegs using wood glue. I then painted the sign brown and cut the welcome letters out of vinyl using my silhouette. I'm so proud of our handy skills. Right now it's hanging in the kitchen, but I think it would also make an adorable door wreath. 

Peeps Easter Bunting

A couple of years ago Made came out with her peeps bunting tutorial  and I got excited to make one for Easter. I cut out all the bunnies, but never got around to sewing it. I was looking through my box of unfinished projects the other day and decided to finally finish it. It was a pain to sew around all those bunnies ,but I love how it turned out. Now to tackle all my other unfinished projects. It's an embarrassing sight. 

Fall, Frankenstein, and a Black Cat

Last week I went to Arizona for a conference for my online teaching job. Going to Arizona means crafting with my favorite mother in law Gail. I always bring the unfinished wood projects from Wood Connection in Utah and in exchange she lets me raid her amazing scrapbook collection and puts up with a messy kitchen while we decorate them together. I always forget to snap a picture of hers which are always adorable too.

Keeping with our season theme I picked out Fall for us to do together. Aren't the papers amazing? See what I mean about Gail having the best scrapbook collection!

Matt loves Frankenstein so he picked him out for us to do. This guy was super quick to make. Really just had to paint and glue him together.

This cat was so much fun to do. My favorite part was making the necklace for the cat. Gail has some awesome jewelry making gel which your can use to turn a paper picture into a glossy necklace. So fun!

Wrap Dress

We were invited to my friends daughters one year old birthday party a few weeks ago so I decided to make her a dress as her present. I actually made two because I had enough fabric. I used this pattern and it is such a great pattern. I love that it doesn't have real sleeves to sew in and no zipper! This is one my favorite little girls dresses I've ever made. Although I think it's because I'm in love with this Amy Butler fabric.