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boys clothing

Bucket Hat

10:43 AM
My son has a big head.  He's grown out of his hats.  If you saw the girl sunhat post yesterday, you saw he didn't like wearing a ruffled girl hat for my photos. So RJ got a boy's bucket hat. I used the tutorial and free pattern for this reversible bucket hat from Abby @ Sew Much Ado. The pattern was for 2-3T...

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Use Your Scraps!

10:56 AM
I've been so excited all month to see all the different projects going on at Living With Punks. Susan invited me to throw a project using scraps in the mix and I'm so excited to be a part of the Scrap Your Stash month. Hop over and you can get my free pattern and tutorial  to make some little baby girl sun hats. Yes,...

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Hammock Stuff

3:06 PM
Remember a while ago I made the hammock gift set for my friend? Well she just got their yard finished and set up the hammock.   Here's the set on an actual hammock rather than my chalk drawings in the original post. She said she was glad to have the pillows because her hammock didn't come with the usual roll pillow.  I  was...

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art & craft

Burlap Bottle {Ballard Design Knock Off}

1:58 AM
This project was done in a hurry and is kind of crappy. But I post it for the idea and you can make a much better version. Did you ever see these BD bottles? Well if you had a Silhoette cutting machine, you may be able to have cool print like these, but I kept it pretty simple. 1. Traced outline of Italy...

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1 Month 2 Win It

OMTWI

4:44 PM
SEASON 5One Month To Win ItVoting for Week1 started today.HOP OVER TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE PATRIOTIC PROJECT! Take a minute and show our sponsors some love!  Without them we could not keep this going!!Season 5 Prizes 1st place$25 gift certificate to Melissa G Hollis $25 gift certificate to Whachuneed Supply Co 2nd place Recycled Chenille Rabbit from Very Creative Creations  (a $35 value) 3rd place$25...

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Oh My Holy Crap

8:42 PM
I'm sure everyone enjoyed Skirt Week at Crafterhours.  Lots of great tutorials and ideas. Well, they also had a contest in 4 different categories.  I entered my black lace skirt in the straight skirt category, and the gray/white shirred skirt in the full skirt category. Well I was shocked and thrilled to have won the judge's choice for the full skirt categoryt!  Adrianna and Susan...

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Giveaway

Giveaway: Shirred Pocket Skirt CLOSED

12:38 AM
GIVEAWAY CLOSED WINNER: Selected by random.org was #23 Danielle Richard Ooh! How generous! I'd love either one of those. And I made my 15 month old little girl a nightgown last night out of an adult xl tshirt and used your elastic shirring technique for the neckline. It turned out great! Richardcreative at yahoo dot com Thanks for the giveaway opportunity and the...

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tutorial

Tutorial: Shirred Pocket Skirt

1:30 AM
Thanks so much for all the kind comments and compliments on my Anthropologie inspired  shirred skirt with pockets.  All your encouragement inspired me to go hog wild this week and make myself a bunch of skirts to last me through the summer.  I got thinking of other options to switch it up. So I started out with the same solid basic skirt. Keeping the...

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