Dollar Store Version of the WS Glass Hurricane

Hello my fabulous follwers! Well we are almost all unpacked and you know me, I couldn't wait to decorate for Christmas! So I only did half of my normal decorations until I finish un-packing and I started with the Dollar Store Version of the Williams Sonoma Glass Hurricane that Melissa from 320 Sycamore made. Make sure you head over there and check out the detailed directions! So look forward to this and more Christmas decor in the next few days. On a side note, my sister just got engaged! I am so happy for her and excited to see what things we can make for her wedding so stay tuned to that! And here is my version of the hurricane on my newly re-done mantle :)

Spring Banner

www.Hello my Fabulous Followers! It feels so good to be posting about a craft again! Here is a little background on what I have been up to!

As you all know when I was pregnant I became sick and tired and had no energy what-so-ever so I put the crafting in storage and went on a hiatus. My little man was born 11-18-10 and my hubby started a new job 11-29-10 an hour away. Obviously I was in no condition to move so he had to live with friends on ours during the week while I stayed back with our little girl and brand new baby boy. This was not a fun time and there were many tears shed on those long, lonely nights. So as soon as I was feeling up to it we went apartment hunting and signed the lease on 12-15-10! We slowly moved in and were officially all together on 1-8-11. It was so nice to be a family again and to have OUR OWN SPACE after living with my in-laws for 2 years! I have slowly unpacked while adjusting to life with 2 kids and no family wihhin an hour for physical support. So it has been a slow process but we are all moved in and settled.

My little man has been sleeping through the night 12 hours (have I mentioned that he is a chubster...4 1/2 months old and 19 lbs!) so we are transitioning him into the same room as my daughter which means the corner of my room where is crib is now will soon become my craft corner! I am so excited to begin crafting/scrapbooking again and to share my ideas as well as other crafters wonderful ideas with you!!! So this will be a slow coming back process but it feels so good! I will also be making a custom look for my blog again and if you would like to see it as well as other custom blogs, invitations, announcements, etc check out my design site SH Designs that I just launched!

So the first craft I decided to do was a Spring Banner since my little girl was adament on having flowers in the living room so this is the next bext thing! I bought wooden flowers from Michaels, modge-podged them, inked the edges, and glued them to twine!

I love how it turned out and my daughter even helped!

I will leave this up all Spring and then do a star banner for summer because as you can see we are a very patriotic family!

Thank you so much to all you fabulous followers for sticking with me and I hope to talk to you all soon!!!

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

Rag-Tie Scarf

Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers. The funeral is this Saturday in Iowa so unfortunately we are unable to attend due to my husbands school schedule. My FIL is on a plane right now to Iowa to be with his father and siblings during this difficult time. We are keeping our routine the same and living life to the fullest just as Jerra would want. Thank you again.

This is a re-post but all of my friends have been asking me to show how to make this again so here it is!

As most of you know I am a big believer of making cute, easy, inexpensive things that you and your kids will love. So before Christmas I sat down and tried to come up with something along that line for my daughter. The first thing I made her was a rag tie scarf. As you have already seen in this previous post that I did, it is really easy to do rag tie. First you start off with however much fleece you would like to use. I bought half a yard since I wanted to make a skinny scarf since my daughter is only 2. Btw...I got a steal at Joann's on a fleece! It was originally 15 a yard which was on sale for 7.30 and I only bought half a yard which made this less than a 4 dollar scarf! Anyway, back to the tutorial...

Place equal size pieces of fabric wrong side towards each other.

 

Cut 2.5 x 2.5 inch squares from all four corners (or bigger depending on width of scraf) Cut 2.5 inch slits 1 inch apart on all four sides.

 

Tie the strips together following this tutorial and you have an adorable, inexpensive scarf to keep yout munchkin warm!

Woo Hoo! I finally got a picture of her lol

Blue Cricket Design: Show and Tell Wednesday

Rag-Tie Snuggle Blanket

Happy Wednesday! I hope you all enjoyed my blog swap yesterday and if you did not get a chance to see my tutorial here it is:

Today I will show you how to make an adorable Rag Tie Snuggle Blanket for your kids! Instead of doing a traditional blanket, I decided to make one similar to the one I made my daughter while my husband was deployed. I bought iron on sheets and printed pictures of him. She got quite a bit of use out of it and still sleeps with it every night:

For this blanket I printed pictures of our entire family (35 people) and ironed them onto the cotton fabric.

Supplies:

-1/2 yard snuggle flannel (can adjust size depending on blanket size)

-1/2 yard cotton/polyester blend coordinating fabric (the blend makes it easier to tie)

-4 x 6 iron on transfers (as many as you would like)

-craft scissors

Print out your pictures onto the iron-on transfer paper using your home computer. (You can print plain pictures or use photoshop like I did to add names, graphics, etc.)

Peel the protective backing off the transfers and iron onto the cotton blend fabric with the directions from the package.

Once all your pictures have been ironed, place the two peices of fabric together. Cut out a 4 x 4 inch square on all four corners. This is done easily if you make a cardstock template ahead of time which can be used for your next blanket.

On all four sides, cut 4 inch long by 1 inch wide strips along the border. Make sure you cut through both pieces of fabric.

Tie the two pieces together into a double knot. (This ensures that the blaket will stay together if you need to throw it in the washing machine from time to time). Repeat this step along all four sides of the blanket.

Now you have an adorable rag tie snuggle blanket that was easy to make and will be a long-lasting keepsake for someone you love!

**Edited to add: The pictures were not showing up before but I fixed the codes so they should be working now!!!

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