Birp Cloths

I'm trying to get ready for our little baby boy... I've been wanting to make him things, but didn't want to start a huge project  - just something I could work on here and there and have fun with. Went to Joann's and chose a bunch of flannel fabric and went to town making birp cloths. I wanted to have enough so that I'm not doing laundry every day when this little guy comes. I think I've got enough for now... 30 should be enough right? 

Christmas Wreath

Needed something cute for our front door... something cute... and cheap would be even better. So I hit up Savers for a wreath that I could work with. Found a simple brown twig-ish wreath. Wrapped it with some pine-greenery. Made a smaller wreath to go in the center (using a wire hanger and scraps of fabric that I had). Tied some ornaments on (also found at Savers) and made a little wooden sign to add to it. 

I loved how it turned out. The only thing I'd do different / need to fix for next year - those darn ornaments kept falling off and breaking on the cold ground. 

Stocking Holder

If I had the money I'd buy a cricket or something that could cut all the fun vinyl letters that I'm seeing everywhere these days... but I don't have that kind of money, so improvise I must do. Got this little piece of artwork at D.I. the other day (it had some kinda nursery rhyme and baby art on it)... Just needed some paint and some new wording and it'd be great to hang out stockings on over our fireplace...Merry Christmas!

Turkey TShirt

The kiddo has to have something cute to wear to all her Thanksgiving Dinners. This plain white Tshirt from Walmart turned out way cuter than I thought. And even better - I used stuff we already had at home - total cost of this project: FREE!

 {I used a plain white long-sleeved tshirt; added some fabric, ribbon, buttons and a little fabric paint. Super cute! GOBBLE. GOBBLE.} 

Happy Thanksgiving!   

Wooden Turkey

I saw a similar turkey on someone's blog (I can't remember whose? sorry). Theirs was cute, but I wanted mine to be a little larger and have more feathers and such. Super easy project (I made one and then had a little craft day with my mom and little girl to make more).

Really cute addition to my Thanksgiving decor.

{supplies needed for this project: Wood (body), wooden paint stir stick (neck/head), Jumbo craft sticks (feathers), random scrapbook paper, ink & modgepodge (feathers, beak, 'gobbler'), ribbon, acrylic paint and wood glue}

Hair Clippy Holder

If your little girl(s) is anything like mine, she probably has a million hair clippies. I am constantly making them – so we have A TON!! I needed somewhere to put our favorites and also needed some more decorations for the kiddo’s bedroom.

One day I was at Savers  ( I like thrift stores, can ya tell?) and found one of those wooden calendar holder- things. I popped out the calendar that was from the 80’s and painted the wood. Added a little batting, fabric and cris-crossed some ribbon. Wahlah!!

Halloween Costumes 2010

We decided on a ToyStory theme for our costumes this year. The Hubs and I were Woody and Jessie. The kiddo and her cabbage patch doll were BoPeep and A Sheep. Even our hamster had a matching costume – she was the PiggyBank (not show here).

Ham, our hamster didn’t like her costume much – I think she got claustrophobic! Her costume was one of those little, pink, plastic piggy banks you get at the dollar store – but she was sure cute for the whole 5 seconds she was in it.