No Really, I Made These

I really don't know what has taken over my very un-crafty self lately, cause I have been cranking out some way too cute stuff (if I do say so myself).

I'll start with my new favorite things. Did you know you can MAKE baby shoes? I have seen these on Etsy and thought I should totally get my Mom to make these for me. Then I found this blog with a pattern, and I had just been to Broadbent's and picked up some totally cute fabric. So, I said to myself, (everyone together now) just try it, how hard can it be really? (don't look to close at them, it was my first attempt and there are A LOT of mistakes)

Get Out!

Shut Up!

I lined the insides with that super soft minky fabric and the best part is, when we went out today, she couldn't kick them off. No matter how hard she tried, they stayed on her feet! And it was cold outside today. Warm and invincible! I am working on a totally cute onesie with this flower appliqued on the front. Hello domestication, my name is Amy.

Next - I started these 2 weeks ago....

I was watching Studio 5 and saw these cute pillows and immediately wanted them, I even went to the same store to by the fabric they had used. The pattern and instructions for the super cute flower came from here.

All of the pillows are supposed to have cute flowers on them. However, I made the first flower, the beautiful white one, and it took for. ev. er. I got it all attached and fluffed up and placed it lovingly on my couch. Then morning came and it was immediately initiated into our loving household (here you should read, "the girls fought over who got to sit (seriously, girls, sit!) on this pillow to do their morning reading." I can tell you that the pillow did not win that fight.) Aria also thinks that the pretty fake pearls in the center of the flower are fascinating, if she could just get them into her mouth. . . (They're probably dipped in lead and powder coated in arsenic.)

I don't know if you can tell from this picture, but the pillow is actually cowering in fear and making sad whimpering sounds.

So, the other pillows will remain flowerless until the girls grow up and leave the house, because they will never stop fighting.

Ever.

New Camera Strap

These are all the rage and I have been eying them for a while now. A slipcover for your DSLR! How have I live so long without one? It's truly a miracle. The reason I have not given in and bought one is they cost around $30! That was too much for me. But, I had some left over fabric from a project I'm working on and I found this blog, Cluck Cluck Sew, with instructions (which I didn't follow very closely, btw).

I think it turned out pretty amazing given my limited sewing and direction following abilities!

When I showed Mark, I was obviously very proud of myself (not to mention I had just saved him $30 because I didn't buy anything to make this), he was not very impressed and wanted to know what it did. Why, look pretty of course! What does it do? Silly boy. sigh.

ps - I love blog - land. If I want to make something, I can always find someone who has already tried it and posted instructions. Incredible!

It Comes and Goes

My creative genius comes and goes. Well, really, my ability and tenacity to steal ideas from others and make them for my own, comes and goes. Today is one of those "creative" days for me.

I have been (trying) to follow this house cleaning program set up by a woman that lives near us in Highland. She came and did an Enrichment Meeting for my ward a couple years back about organizing for the holidays. Honesty, this woman is kinda annoying in a soft spoken, gentle reminder kinda way but she has a pretty good system. Every chore that you should do in a day/week/month/year is written on individual 3x5 cards and each morning you pull out the cards for the day, lay them out on the counter and then put them away as you finish the task. My old container for all of my 3x5 cards was an old Tupperware container. Not very attractive. I recently found a blog where someone had this similar idea but they made really cute boxes for their cards. Of course I thought to myself, "I could make that sooo easily." And I did. Here it is:

Front:

Back:Inside:Now my cards can sit out on the counter in their pretty little box and I will be happy to do my chores each day because I can look at my pretty little box. (Yea.) Let's see, number of chores done today = 1. I spent most of the morning looking for the blog, I knew it was out there somewhere. Then I had to go to Roberts and then I had to make the thing! But tomorrow, man, look out! Oh, Ella has gymnastics and I might have this other thing. . . .

And here is The Boss "helping" me with my project:
Since Mark is out of town tonight, the girls and I are going shopping for Easter Dresses. Drama will be in heaven. We will take pictures and post as soon as we find the perfect dresses. Heaven help me.