Girls Skirt

My 4 year old is all about fashion these days. She fights me to wear anything other than a skirt to preschool, which has been a definite 'no' given the incredibly cold winter we've had this year in Georgia. But I'm determined to fill her wardrobe with skirts galore for this coming spring and summer so she can prance around to tea parties and frilly delights til her hearts content.

I'm a VERY novice sewer, so it's exciting to see so many great beginner tutorials online. I found a tiered skirt tutorial from Kuky Ideas that was very easy and super cute. I loved her precise measurements so there wasn't any guessing involved and you could tailor it to fit any age. I used some silk satin found in the fabric clearance bins at Joann's so in total, the entire project cost about $2. I also made a couple felt rosette clips to match.

  

March Craft Night

Melony and I talked it over and have come up with what will be taking place for our March craft night. Of course everyone is welcome and you do not have to do what we plan on doing. Bring something else if you would like or just come and hang out.
We will be meeting at Melony's house again (thank you Melony) on the Tuesday March 23rd at 7pm. Our plan for the night is to work on Project Display Boards http://makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/2009/12/project-display-board.html and we will be making some yummy homemade bread that only takes an hour, http://www.pantrysecrets.net/

This bread is AMAZING! I mean who doesn't love homemade bread from start to finish in one hour? Pantry Secrets is a company that uses liquid lecithin to replace oil in the bread and adds moistures and it also speeds up the rising process. It also has a longer shelf life and is much healthier. So, for our craft night we will make a few varieties of bread using this amazing product while we make our project display boards or other crafts. I will be ordering an extra bottle of the lecithin ($8)and saf instant yeast ($3.50). If you are interested in ordering some post a comment and and we can split the shipping.

The Best Part

Truly the best part of this blog is the fact that we get to share our ideas and ideas of others. The next few posts our from our good friend Sarah. She always has some project going on and is ever so talented. I hope that she will continue to email me with great ideas that we can post. Enjoy.

Felt Flowers

Here is a picture of my finished felt flowers. We used some of the same patterns. I was glad to hear you were doing it too since “Great minds think alike!” I made all the flowers first and then glued them on some scrap upholstery microfiber samples. Then I cut another piece of the fabric just a tiny bit smaller. I used hot glue to put two edges together leaving a channel for the headband to go through. This way I can use the same headband and just switch out the flower for the day or I can use them on a ribbon to decorate a handbag or a pin on a shirt.

My Family Tree

This was an idea that I saw when I was trying to figure out how to display all my old family history photographs. I did not feel like I had the wall space to show all of the ones I wanted and I did not want them away in a book that would never be seen. I got some sticks from the back yard and glued them together in a shape that I liked. I used rocks in the plant stand to keep the branch upright. For the photo tags I made all the pictures sepia and attached them to leftover scrapbook paper with a little of the white edge showing. On the back side I printed information about the picture and a short story about the person shown and taped it all together with a ribbon tag. Now we can see the photos and even read a little about our family members.

Clocks

My mother saw a teacup clock in a magazine and wanted to make one. She started collecting teacups and before she knew it she had enough for herself and extras. I got to make one with her leftovers and hung it in my kitchen. I took a wooden round and drilled a hole in the center that would fit the clock mechanism. Then I covered it with flowered napkins a doily using decoupage. I used household goop to put the saucers on and then hot glue to attach the cups. I liked the teacups laying on the saucers so I could see the design on the cups, but the inspiration clock had the cups sitting upright on the saucers. The clock mechanism and hands were from the craft store. I had such fun making it, I did one for each of the kids bedrooms. Dallas and Riley have the Chess Clock, Ethan and Tyler have the Cars Clock, and Isaac has the Baby Clock (all various Pruitt Baby photos)!

Play Make-Up

I can't remember where I saw this idea on how to make play make-up, but I knew I wanted to try it myself. I dug through my old make-up that I just couldn't bear to throw away and found some good containers, washed and dried them, and used nail polish to fill them up.


These are some of the things I started with. The lipstick didn't make the cut, but I did clean out a lip gloss container and leave it empty.


Here are the finished pieces. I also cleaned out a nail polish bottle so my daughter can pretend to paint her nails.



Some tips:

Fill the containers up to the brim b/c the nail polish shrinks down when it dries.

Pop any air bubbles with a toothpick if you care (I didn't).

Put these things outside to dry - I did mine in the garage. They stink like crazy for a long time. I think I had mine outside for more than a week, and they still kind of smell. I will probably spray them with a clear coat of paint or something.


I am a child of the 80's, so I really like this awesome, blue eyeshadow.

*Added to say we found a great tutorial to make play makeup here:
Not So Idle Hands