Rag-Tie Snuggle Blanket Re-Vamp

Hello my Fantabulous Followers! Yesterday I swapped blogs with Ashley from Simply Designing! If you missed it here is what I put together:
Today I want to show you a different version of my rag-tie snuggle blanket that I have made in the past. This is for a friend's baby shower so I did not want to do the traditional pictures on one side. I went to the store and purchased all of my supplies:

-Print Fleece
-Plain Fleece
-Stciky Back Felt
-Embroidery Floss
-Additional Fabric

I first started out by printing out the letters onto cardstock to make a template. Once cut I traced them backwards onto the paper side of the sticky felt. Cut out letters.

I then arranged onto plain fleece and stuck them on. Now this is "cheating" but it does make it so much easier to work with the letters having them stuck on. (If you do not like the look of the felt you can always cute out fabric letters and iron them on with wonder under.)

Once the letters are in place you can either sew them with the machine, or use embroidery floss by hand. I opted for the floss because I love the look of it. However, because the fabric and the felt are so thick, it took me about 2 1/2 hours for each letter and many bruises on my fingers. (I had to try it once, I will probably never do it again.)

After that was completed I made the fabric flowers following this easy tutorial. (The only change I made was using felt centers for the flowers instead of buttons since that is a chocking hazard.) I then sewed the flowers onto the blanket.

I then assembled the blanket following this tutorial from the blankets I have made before.

I think it turned out so cute and the mom-to-be loved it!

Blue Cricket Design: Show and Tell Wednesday

Baby Shower Gifts

Happy Saturday! Now that the baby shower is only an hour away I wanted to share with you what I am giving the mommy and daddy to be! (Just in case she reads my blog lol) Here is the complete present:

In the box we have a blanket I made (This is the first one I have made):

On top of the box is this bucket I decorated (The bottom is painted with ribbon and button embellishments. The top is covered in fabric:

Inside the bucket we have bottles:

Burp Cloth:

Name sign I made:

Hair bows I made:

And the hand made card:

I hope you enjoyed seeing those as much as I enjoyed making them! Now I'm off to the baby shower!

Baby Shower Gift Idea #1

Happy Thursday! I hope you all are getting excited for the weekend. I know I am! Not only because my hubby will be home but also because we are going to a couples baby shower! I am so excited to have my hubby go with me (esp since I don't know the mom-to-be that well) but it will be so much fun. I am also excited because of all the gifts I am making them! The next few days I will show off what I have made. I wanted to show you the first one real quick before I go fight with my daughter about taking a nap lol.

These were so easy to make that I made 2 in 5 minutes and they cost me less than a dollar each. I cannot wait to make more for the muchkin! I followed Michelle's tutorial @Land of the Misfit Toys. She gives you pictures for each step so it is so easy to do! I hope you like them! Enjoy!

P.S. Don't mind the messy work table, that means I get lots of use out of it! :)

Chubster Diaper Cakes

Happy Wednesday! So I wanted to take a minute to let you all know about a small business that I run. It is called Chubster Diaper Cakes. What I do is make personalized diaper cakes for people to give as gifts to new mommys! They also make a great centerpiece at a baby shower. I am still working on the website so all I have now are the cakes I have made but it should be up and running soon! Thanks for taking the time to check it out!!!

How To Make a Nursing Cover

First off I would like to say that no I am not preggo, at least not yet but no worries I will let you fantabulous readers know once I am. I am posting this for all my readers who are preggo and for my friends who are due any day now! Now all of us mommy's know how much easier it is to nurse with these covers, but they are expensive! Most cost around $35 and are cute but no the oh.em.gee. that is the cutest thing ever reaction some of us like to go for! So why not make our own?! Well that is exactly what Little Birdie Secrets came up with! They made a super easy tutorial on how to make one of these! And the best thing is that you can customize it for you or the mommy you are making it for! Here is what Little Birdie Secrets came up with:

And here is Every Crafty Endevor's adorable version:

I am hoping to make some for my preggo friends! If you make one I would love to see it! Enjoy!

Diaper Cakes

About 9 months ago I was working with my aunt to throw my cousin Sara a baby shower. I wanted to do something special for her as my gift that could also be Incorporated into the decorations. I did some research and heard about diaper cakes. I thought to myself, "Hey I can do that!" So I bought the supplies and made my very first diaper cake. I was very skeptical because I did not know what people would think but I decided to do it anyway.

I brought it to the baby shower and people loved it, especially Sara! She was so excited that it even matched the Winnie the Pooh theme of her baby shower. Everyone could not stop complimenting me and said that I should do this again. So one month later at my other cousin Nikki's baby shower I made a Noah's Ark cake. Once again I was given many compliments and they all told me I should start a business. And that is how Chubster Diaper Cakes was born.

I now have my own website and do a diaper cake about once a month. I am having so much fun doing them and hope that my business expands in the future but for now its perfect.
Check out my website for more information!