Sew Busy

For the last couple of weeks (even months) I've been so busy with life in general, but also sewing!! Honestly though, its been a lot of fun and quite addicting. One of my favorite sewing projects to do is re-purpose things.

Like this crazy cute knee length skirt, which use to be long.

Or these once upon a time long pants that helped me get through the summer shorts!!

For those two projects I used this awesome blog.  She really does have some great tutorials!  I just wish I was as clever as she is when it comes to re-purposing or any other sewing project for that matter! Its amazing all the cute things he does. But that's what I like about her blog, she shows you how to make everything. Its Great!!

Along with that I also found a tutorial on how to make a super
easy pillow case.

My daughter loves anything princess and wanted a princess room, but she has a mom who is not so keen on the whole character themed bedroom. So we both agreed on a pillow case. Which is a great way to incorporate something "character" without going too over board. Anyway..... I'm hoping to make more of these pillow cases in the near future. ( Great gift idea by the way.)

And to end the month of September off right I was pleased to make this darling little thing for Ms. C.
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Isn't this skirt just the cutest thing you every saw!?!

My friend and I had a blast making these for our little girls. I don't know exactly where my friend found the idea, but they were super easy!  I couldn't go without making something for my lil' guy. So I threw this easy tie and suspenders in to match.

 "Sew" that's what my busy life has consisted of!! And I'm sure with Halloween and the rest of the holidays just right around the corner there will be more projects to come!

Well I hoped you enjoyed, and if you ever want to be "sew busy" doing something productive..... then just whip out your sewing machine like me!!

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Toy Boxes

Lately my kids room has been driving me crazy!  TOYS everywhere!! I quickly realized I needed to do something about it, so I made some toy boxes. Well, let me rephrase that....I had the idea and my sweet husband made them!! (Thank You Sky) They turned out just how I pictured them.....

Then It was my turn to doll them up a bit!

Now I can honestly say, when I walk into the room I don't want to pull my hair out anymore!!

Easy project, easy fix to my kids room chaos!!

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Gift Idea

So a few days ago I had to put together a little treat for a youth activity that I was involved in and I came up with this idea

As I was putting it together I thought to myself that this would be a really cute gift idea.  Just grab a cheap cookie jar ( I'm sure you can buy one from anywhere) a packet of cookies or two, or maybe even bake some yourself,

and embellish the lid any way you want!! Then I got to thinking that if you really want to go all out, you could grab some of these cookie mixes

and stuff them inside the jar, combine it with a cookie sheet, a cookie scooper, spatula, and anything else that you might need when someone makes cookies! So there you have it.... a super cute and super easy gift idea! 

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P.S. My DIY Toy Boxes are almost complete!! Can't wait to post those!

Jewelery Hanger

 Do you ever have jewelery just laying around cramping your style?? I sure did. And it was easily resolved by making these cute and easy jewelery hangers. I just grabbed some scrap wood that I had lying around in my garage, a bottle of paint, some scrapbook paper, and some super cheap hooks that I purchased at Wal-Mart. It adds just the right touch to my master bedroom! It might not be perfect, but I love the way it turned out. And thats my 1st "trick" of the week!!

I ended up using a different scrapbook paper, but you get the idea!

So Excited!!

So let me just tell you....I am super excited to get this craft blog up and running. Its been taking my a while to hunker down and do it ( that's what happens when your a stay at home mom) but I'm finally getting things going. So hopefully I'll have some posts up in the next few weeks or so. So please come back and enjoy with me the ideas I come up with and maybe a few I've seen else where in this blogging world. Things to look forward to......

• Jewelry Hanger Craft
• Super Cute DIY Toy Boxes
• Sewing Projects
• Refinished Old Windows

Stay Tuned!!