Easy Toddler Flip-flop Fix

I got these little flip-flops at Old Navy's $1 sale last year, and they now fit my toddler. The only problem was that they didn't stay on. She is not accustomed to wearing flip-flops, and they flopped right off her pudgy feet. I have seen ones in the store with elastic around the heel to keep them on and figured I could do that myself.



I made a fabric casing (a long tube) and pulled some elastic through, then sewed it on.



It was a little hard to wedge the flip-flop strap under my sewing machine needle, but I got it.



It's not the neatest job, but it'll do. I'm sure she'll grow out of them in a few months anyway.

Not Your Ordinary Betty Crocker

This past Tuesday was our Monthly Girl's Craft Night. We made homemade bread and cinnamon rolls in less than 1 hour! We used soy lecithin from Pantry Secrets and it was so easy...minus some mechanical issues. So here are some of the products of that evening. Girls and I will be happy to say the bread is still soft, moist and fresh as of today. We made a loaf of white and whole wheat bread.

And a batch of white and wheat cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting: Yummy!

I have been slacking in the crafting department lately, but this is a ruffled apron that I made for a certain family member for easter. I fell in love with the retro pattern on the fabric and had to get it.

Project Boards One and Two

I finished two out of the three project boards that I have planned for our house. I have one for each of the kids rooms and then need to finish the one for our downstairs. Just thought that I would at least share what I have done.
Can I just say that I had a lot of fun doing the one for my girls. Next step is to get them hanging on the wall so the last step of getting artwork hanging can happen.

Here is the one for our little boys room, much more manly then his sisters' board.

More Felt Lovelies

Made these felt goodies for our preschool teachers as a gift for teacher appreciation week.

This one is a brooch to add to a coat, scarf, bag or even a nice shirt. It's a combo of a hand-dyed wool felt rosette, organza flower and cotton.

Here is another brooch. Wool felt rosettes.

These are interchangeable wool felt pieces to add to a felt-wrapped headband.

I loved them all so much, I'll admit that I wasn't taking pictures to add to the blog, but so that I could remember how to duplicate it and make some for me :)

Project Board Uno

This is the first of two project boards I created. The other one isn't quite finished yet, but I'll post pics of that soon. Here is a preview of what we are doing for March craft night, inspired by the Make It and Love It tutorial found here.

I hang this one under the mirror where we store our keys. It's on the wall right as we walk in from the garage so it's fun to be the first thing we see when coming home.

Skirt Refashion

So my 4 year old had a pink twirly skirt that she just loved, wore it everywhere. It lasted all of three months before it was torn while playing outside. I never threw it away and instead salvaged some of the ruffles for a new skirt. The flower fabric was on clearance for less than $1. And miracle of miracles, I think this was the first piece of clothing I've sewed without using a pattern or online tutorial to guide me through. Woo hoo! Does that mean I've passed basic-elastic-waisted-skirt 101?

I added a little fabric rosette to the side just for fun.

More Quiet Book Pages

Since I have two girls, I decided to put some girly pages in the quiet book.

Hair Page


I got this idea here.


There are rubber bands in the pouch for practicing braids and tying them up.

Dress-up Page


This page is mostly original, but I got some help from here.


The outfits stick on with velcro.

The girly pages are turning out to be some of my favorites.