cord wrangling

With so many devices in our home

we needed a way to wrangle and label all their cords.

I bought some at RuMe but you can make your own

Tools

Picture Tutorial

{I couldn't find neoprene so I used vinyl}

These little cord wranglers would make great 

stocking stuffers or party favors

don't you think?

apron shirts

While visiting the kids in British Columbia

I came across a fun sewing project at their local farmer's market.

They are aprons made from thrift store shirts.

I made several for our little ones.

Mine are made from men's small dress shirts

 but a child's large may be better {shorter}

It was fun playing with sleeve pockets 

and transferring labels to the front.

You may find the directions on this blog helpful

if you want to try making some

lovegrowswild.com

Here are two photos from Liz's blog showing cutting instructions

 photo credit {lovegrowswild.com}

photo credit {lovegrowswild.com}

This is the back view of one showing the 

collar and folded under edges.

pocket wallet tutorial

Summer Hill Pocket Wallet

{this will make 4 pocket wallets  3” x 4.5”}

Materials:

20” of fabric of color A

20” of fabric of color B

medium fusible interfacing       

4 medium size buttons

iron on velcro 

Open tutorial here

This is a sneak preview for

friends on my Christmas List  . . .

dollar tree favor

Most of the items to make these favors were purchased

 at the Dollar Tree Store

{craft paper wrap, gift card holders, tape}

Candy bars were on sale at Walgreens

I gave them out at a recent birthday party and

also think they would make cute little hostess gifts

crochet headband with rosette flower

I made these headbands for 
my daughter and daughter-in-laws

and have since made several more to

give away this fall.

The directions can be found here:

Crochet Headband with Flower

Thank you Kris for the inspiration to make "ear-warmers".

footprints in the sand

Leaving your mark on a sandy beach.

Wouldn't it be fun to try and make a pair of these?

Or perhaps you'd rather just buy a pair 

from Flip Side Flip Flops {etsy}

Crochet Headband with Rosette Flower

I made these headbands for my daughter-in-laws

and have since made several more to

give away next fall.

I know with spring at hand you probably aren't 

thinking about crocheting warm headbands 

so I will post this again in September.

The directions can be found here:

Crochet Headband with Flower

Thank you Kris for the inspiration to make "ear-warmers".

tealight snowman

When our extended family gets together for a Christmas brunch I like to bring a little favor. This year it will be tealight snowmen.  I got the idea from my daughter in-law who sent me a picture of a very cute scrapbook tealight snowman project. I simplified the idea and headed to the dollar store.  If you want to see fancier versions just do an image search and you will see lots of great ideas.

A few projects from previous years:

flameless candle lamp shade

quilt ornament bag

market bags

paper evergreens

subway art

hastings hats

slouch bags