A few things I made lately....

I made the girls all matching Halloween shirts this year. You can see a better shot of it below on Ashlyn. I couldn't find black tshirts so I ended up buying white shirts and some RIT dye. I didn't let them sit in the dye long enough and after they were washed they ended up gray. They still turned our cute and I like how the dye ended up leaving the thread a lighter color.

I added buttons to make cute little candy corns on the front.

Last weekend I learned how to screen print tshirts. Awesome. I am really excited about this one and can't wait to make more shirts. Especially when I dye the shirts and add some screen printing. Oh, the ideas running through my head.
I tried out a new purse pattern and made this bag above. If I don't ever sell any purses I will have a nice purse collection for myself.

Remember the purse above. I made it for myself a few weeks ago. It seemed like it just needed something else. Well, I found what it needed....see new purse below.

I attached the strap different and added some buttons.

Halloween Hair Bows

So I guess I should have posted this a long time ago, but if anyone needs Halloween hair bows I have ribbon left to make some. Here are some samples of what I made for the kids at work.

New Purse Pattern

First off, let me say how much I love the internet and all the fabulous ladies and their craft blogs. I love that someone else has made these cute things and then put on the instructions on the internet for everyone to use. It's great! So here is the new purse I made for me. I love the fabric. I am a bit frustrated with myself though. I made this on Wednesday night and I was staying up to finish it, but I could tell it was getting too late for me to be up. I was making so many mistakes and had to pick out a few seams. Then to top it off I forgot to put the Pellon (iron on stabilizer) on it to make the purse stiffer. So I may be going to buy some more of this fabric to make it again.

It looks like it needs something else. I made a tie and was going to put some belt loops around the purse but that doesn't look right. What do you think? I have enough fabric left over that I was going to try to make a checkbook holder to match the purse.

Uh..Oh..I went to the fabric store again

So the girls were invited to a birthday party tomorrow for the girls across the street. It's a double birthday party one of the girls is Dacia's age and the other is Ash's age. I decided to give something new a try for their gifts. I seen it on the internet and have been wanting to make them. As always, I found the basic instructions, but then did my own thing.


What kid doesn't like to draw and this way all the pencils have a little home. I think I will make the girls each one for Christmas. Then maybe they will put their stuff away when they are done coloring.

Sew Easy!!

A big thanks to Jen for the inspiration behind this project. It was super easy. I didn't even buy a pattern. I searched the internet for some instructions and then kinda did my own thing. Dacia loves it and I have fabric to make Ash one too.

Another new craft/hobby!

I seen a nurse at work yesterday making a hat on a loom. I have always wanted to make hats but I thought it was too hard. After seeing her work on hers I found that is was the easiest thing to make. I stopped at the store last night on my way home from work (after midnight, of course) and bought the Knifty Knitter Set and some yarn. And this is my first hat. It is newborn size. Does anyone know a newborn girl? I don't have anyone to give it to.


***As I was watching the nurse make her hat it got the wheels in my head turning. You see I had just googled "crocheted headbands" on Friday and wanted to see if I could learn to make those. After a long search today I could not find the right yarn to use. So if anyone has any insight on the headbands I would love to hear.
So although I didn't figure out the headbands yet I will enjoy making hats and you can make scarfs too. (And they have different looms and you can make purses, bags, pillows and so much more).

I have evolved!

First I started making flowers and clips and they looked like this.

And I found an awesome ribbon site and ordered ribbon and found instructions to make bows and they looked like this.

Then I found another website with better instructions and I practiced more and
they looked like this.

Then I made some bang clips and they look like this. (and I still need to make more).

And I seen these on the internet and had to make them too.

Then...

I finally (after lots of practice) figured out how to make my boutique bows look better and now I can make these. And the layering is so cute!

And you can add embellishments and they look cute too.
And I was practicing with wider ribbon.

And I made up a few others after seeing some cute bows on the computer
and they looked like this.

I am so excited about the new hair bows and clips for the girls. I have a lot of neighbors that are doing a big ribbon order with me and I am going to teach them how to make hair bows. Anyone else can join us if they want to.

How I spend my free time....what little I have

So in addition to spending time at my Cricut making cards and making hairbows for my girls I have picked up a few new hobbies. I got out my sewing machine(which hasn't been used in a few years) and have learned how to make a few new things.

This is the first purse I made.

I didn't do anything fancy like pockets or a snap closure just cause it was my first attempt.

Here is my second purse. I love the bright print on this one.

I did make pockets on this one. It has a velcro pocket on one side and pen/cell phone pockets on the other side. I did put a magnet snap on this one. I think it turned out pretty good for first attempt at this pattern.


I have also been making baby bibs and burp cloths. I love the ric rac! I made a matching burp cloth and bib with the polka dots and ric rac, but I gave them away to neighbor. It was so cute!

I have been listing stuff to sell on Etsy and have had a few sales. It's just fun to make stuff and have something that I like to do.