Fun Baby blankets

SO sweet!!! She kind of makes me Baby Hungry!! I LOVE those lips!!
(and check out that ruffle bum! Don't worry I have a tutorial coming on one of these babies!I just made one for a friend and they are super easy)

This is one of my friends darling angel modeling a Rosies blanket. She wanted a car canopy and then decided why not some blankets to match too, and can I just say I could not get enough of these blankets!! They turned out so so cute!! (Not quite as cute as the baby but cute!) Seriously the fabric you choose is KEY to any project! I don't think she could have chosen cuter prints.  For one of her blankets she decided to use a bright pink terry cloth material (like a bath towell) At first I thought kind of weird, and now I am obsessed with the idea. I love that if baby spits up or spills the blanket soaks it right up and then you just throw it in the wash, and the bright pink just made the whole blanket!!

(This fabric line is from Michael Miller and I am pretty sure she ordered hers through an etsy shop)

These pictures don't even give them justice because the lighting is all off. So just trust me!

Just had to share! Have a happy Monday!!

Bottle Cap Fun!

SO I was at my favorite co op store the other day and they had these bottle cap thingys all over the place. They were really cute, and I decided I needed to figure out how to make them. So I kind of did but I am not 100% happy with it yet! Anyways I went to my craft closet and pulled out this gloss glaze stuff I had bought for a previous craft and bam it hit me this stuff would work. So here we go... I made these ones as magnets but I have seen them glued to hair clips, or how cute would they be as paper weights, or glued to the end of a paper clip, I don't know??? What else???

So now that I had the gloss my next, thought was where am I going to get bottle caps? I guess this project is more popular then I knew because Hobby Lobby had them and Ben Franklin, who would have thought??? I thought I was going to be drinking the night away!

PS I bought the gloss from Hobby Lobby forever ago, and this stuff lasts FOREVER!

Next, I looked in my embellishment drawer, yep I have an embellishment drawer! I decide to test it with Halloween brads, I just tore the brad part off of the back. and I cut a circle out in Halloween paper glue them both to the cap, and then put my gloss on top.

 You have to let them dry for like 24 hours and there you go you are done! They are simple and easy!

I tried doing it with stickers, and plain paper too, but the gloss discolors your paper, so I am thinking maybe if you laminated your print first and then glossed it it would maybe work?? I am not sure, but for now I guess I'll just stick to metal or plastic objects!

Finger Puppet Stocking Stuffers!

SERIOUSLY!! You know me I LOVE a good etsy shop, and I also love CUTE AND CHEAP!! Check out these darling finger puppets! I don't know about you and your kiddies but my kids Love love love to hear stories especially when we use picture books, flannel boards, or puppets. My cute friend Marie (you should check her out too) emailed me and introduced me to this shop. I love this idea for my kids Christmas stockings. Marie was able to actually meet these cute shop owners and said that they had all kinds of story sets such as the three little pigs, little Red riding hood, and even the nativity set. How darling! I can't wait to put my order in. The best part is that each puppet is only $2.00 each. Or if you are able to attend a boutique I guess their boutique prices are only $1.00 a piece! So if you live in UTAH (woo wooo) check out these boutiques and you find these darling puppets in person! (oh how cute would this be for a gift with the puppets and the actual book!!)

They will be displayed at:


Country Barn in Kaysville 3-6 November

Blue Goose in Lehi 4-6 November

Simple Treasures in Ogden 10-13 November

Candy Cane Boutique in Spring City 11-13 November

Holy Cow in Pleasant Grove 17-20 November

Sweet Tweets in South Jordan 18-20 November

Booth Barn in Pocatello 26-27 November

Beary Unique in Woods Cross 26 November- 4 December

Simple Treasures in Farmington 1 -4 December

Battlecreek in Pleasant Grove 2-4 December

Heartfelt in SLC 2-4 December

PS they do custom orders too!

Like you have never seen one of these car seat covers before?

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Where did these silly car seat covers come from? I have seen several shops or blogs claiming that they were the inventors of these handy dandy car seat covers, but really who thought of these??? Anyways when I saw one while I was prego with baby number three I HAD to have one but I couldn't shell out the $45.00 they were asking for it. So I took a mental picture and headed to the fabric store. Depending on the fabric that you choose this project really could be dirt cheap. But heres the tutorial for one, happy sewing!

(note there are probablly 1000's of ways to make this cover, this is the version that I like best!)

1. You will need about a yard and 1/4th of two kinds of fabric for this project. If you are using ribbon instead of fabric for the straps you can get away with only a yard of each fabric.

So first cut your two fabrics into a 35X39 inch rectangle.

the 35 inches are your top and bottom and the 39 inches are your two long sides

2. Keep your two fabrics lying on top of each other and round your corners. I do this by tracing a bowl or a plate on each corner.

3. Embellish it if you would like. You really don't have to I like some of mine plain but some times I just feel like a little ric rack or ribbon.

If you are doing ric rack or ribbon just measure where you want it on your cover and sew it directly on the top or bottom piece whichever you are embellishing. For this cover I wanted to add a big flower so I used my pellon and cut flower petals out and then ironed them directly onto the top of my cover

Then I sewed along the edges of my flower onto the cover and sewed a red button in the center.

4. Now with right sides togetehr sew the top and bottom pieces of your cover together. Sew all the way around but on one of the sides leave about a 4 inch opening.

5. Turn you cover right side out through the 4 inch opening and iron the whole cover. Then I stitch about a half inch all the way around the outside of the cover to give it a finished look and to seal up that 4 inch opening.

6. Now it's time for straps. There are so many ways to do straps. We have done little velcro ones, tie around ones, and tie around ones with ribbon. For this cover I did fabric tie around ones.

Cut 4 strips of fabric 22 inches long and 3 inches wide

Sew two of them right sides together leaving a small opening in the middle, and then do the same for the next two. Turn them right side out and iron.

7. Now measure on the top front 20 inches from the bottom and 12 1/2 inches from the sides. (remember the sides are the 39 inch long side of the cover and the bottom is the 35 inch short side of the cover! I have sewn these on wrong several times!!!)

Then just sew your strap directly onto the cover. We always just sew a rectangle in the very middle and I sew it over and over again just to make sure it is sturdy.

I love these for my own babies but even more for baby gifts! Super fast, super easy, and very cheap!

Craftin with Grandma!

So my crafting buddy (my mama) recently moved many miles away from me, (ok maybe just like 35) but still she used to live right around the corner and let me tell you there were many late night projects going on around here!

A couple of weeks ago the hubman was gone fishing so me and the kiddies went and played with grandma. I was working on some of my own projects and the kiddies wanted to make something with grandma. So grandma came up with these cute bracelets. They are pretty simple so here's how it goes...

First: Cut a rectangle about 2 1/2 inches wide and measure your baby's wrist. Make the length of the rectangle about an inch and half longer then his wrist measurement.

Then: She folded about a half inch over on the width end, like the picture, and ironed it down.

Next:  fold it in half length wise and press it again. She then sewed it together like a tube, with right sides together so that your tube is inside out. She left one short end opened and sewed one end up, so she could turn the bracelet right side out.

Turn the bracelet right side out and sew the other short end closed. Then embellish it however you want. We used this iron on beading and iron on diamond strip for my Madi girls. But we also did a button and a batman for my other two kiddies. There really is no wrong way. let your kids get involved and let them choose.

  Last step is to hand stitch your snaps on both ends so that they can wear these. 

I think these are simple and fun! A great way to get your kids involved. Also I was thinking how cute these would be as those little rattle bracelets for babies. Maybe sew a felt heart or something full of beads for the rattles and just attach the heart to the bracelet. I just might have to try one!

An easier way to do the ruffle bum

When my mama and I first started our little etsy adventure one of the first few things that went in the shop were ruffle bum onesies. They were so much fun! I love being creative with them and thinking of different things to put on the front of them. Well one of my bestest friends in the whole entire world is having a baby girl this week so I have been busy putting together all kinds of girly things for a gift basket for her. I have been making tutus, hats, a car seat cover, hair bows, onesies, burp cloths, and tights! (girls are so easy!!)I'll have to post them all slowly. But as I was making her a ruffle bum today I thought of  a different way for the little ruffle bum!!!! I usually make the ruffles in strips and sew them on separately this time I did one gigantic ruffle and only sewed one on. I love the way it turned out and it's a lot faster. I don't feel like this picture gives it justice! But here is a little tute of how I did it.

First: Start picking a color theme and fabrics. I liked pinks Imagine that!!

Second: Decide what you want the front to be. I chose Hearts. I don't really know why usually I am not a heart fan. But I really like the way this turned out. So I got some pellon, and Ironed my heart fabric to that and then I cut out two hearts. One a little bit bigger in pink corduroy fabric, and one a little smaller in a different print. Then you peel the back of that pellon off and place your shape on your onesie wherever you want. And Iron that baby away! Sometimes I take a scrap piece of fabric to put over my onesie while I am ironing just to make sure I don't leave marks.

Third: I stitch the hearts into place. Because I have already ironed the heart on technically I don't HAVE to stitch the hearts on, but I do because I like the look. I usually try to use a different color of thread just to add color.

Fourth: I wanted some bling on this heart. So I made a little bow. To do this I simply chose some tulle and ric rack and sewed them all together right in the middle. Then I picked out some buttons and sewed them on to. After the little bow was all done I hand sew it to the onesie. I usually just make sure I stitch it really good so that it can be washed and not fall off.

Fifth: It's ruffle time! I had never tried it this way before so I wasn't sure how it would turn out. But this is what I did. I took 4 fabric rectangles  and 2 tulle rectangles and placed them on top of each other. Each rectangle got smaller in width as I went. And then I did my gather stitch right down the middle of all of them at the same time. (Remember to gather stitch you set your stitch at the longest setting and sew without back stitching. Then you pull your bobbin thread and watch it all gather) After it was gathered, I pinned it on the bum of the onesie where I wanted it and I pinned the ric rack right over my gathering stitch and sewed it all to the bum.

I am kind of mad at these pictures because I don't think it gives it justice! It really is adorable. This picture almost looks like the ruffle is too wide or doesn't fit the onesie well. But it is darling! Give it a try let me know what you think, or if you have questions!