tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29309797392329366992024-02-06T19:30:29.275-08:00Simple LivinAnghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04274736093292219382noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930979739232936699.post-84981683628585883992015-10-01T09:34:00.001-07:002015-10-01T09:35:54.424-07:00Meal Organization <div dir="ltr">
As a wife/mom, one of my obvios jobs is preparing daily meals. Along with that, one of my most dreaded tasks has always been deciding what we were going to have for supper. I will open the fridge and stare blankly, then I will wonder to the pantry and do the same, and then back and forth to see what I have the all the ingredients for etc. Then call to the family for ideas only to hear "doesn't matter", or "I don't care". Lol, only really, no help.</div>
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A while back I saw an idea on pinterest for a meal board. I made one. It was the one in the photo frame with the horizontal clothes pins, one for each day of the week, holding a card with a meal written thereon. Really neat. I kept losing cards, and broke off a couple clothes pins. ..we're rough here, so I decided to use the same concept, inside a glass frame, using the glass as a dry erase board. It turned out great! </div>
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This did help my meal Organization, but what I came up with next, really went the extra mile. Using the same thought, I printed out a list (organized by meat type) of the meals I make. When I make my list for grocery shopping, I look at this, and decide what I want to make for the week, and make my list from there. Then, once home from shopping, I circle all the meals that I have everything to make, so no more going from fridge to panty trying to figure out what I 'can' make, it's right there on the wall! Once a particular meal has been prepared, I erase the circle from around it. Simple! </div>
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I printed both these out using a regular ole word processing app, nothing fancy, and printed on regular white printer paper, and trimmed the excess to fit in an 8x10 frame. Dollar store dry erase makers are only $1 abs work fine :)</div>
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Hope this helps someone out there with their meal planning. Time is precious, save it when you can :)</div>
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Anghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04274736093292219382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930979739232936699.post-76270683332521868792015-09-22T15:16:00.000-07:002015-09-22T15:16:38.875-07:00New style love<div dir="ltr">
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I decorate, and redecorate, over and over (as do most women or sahm's anyway). I've always loved antiques and no matter my style preference at the time, I try to add those in there. I had went country, then primitive (and I still LOVE all things prim) but I desired color. Something that felt light, bright, and fun. In my last post I showed some of my new style I've fallen in love with. I guess it's a mix of antique/shabby chic. I started with just aqua as my color (I seriously love aqua).I had some antique mason jars that I love, and made a few signs and what not. I painted all my trim and cabinets a bright white. I must say, whatever you call it, I'll call it antique chic, I love it! DIY everything here we come! <u>:p</u></div>
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I made this burlap wreath for the front door, in keeping with this style. I love the way it turned out. I attatched this wooden flower I made. I cut the flower shape out of luan, sanded and painted it, aqua (i❤aqua) and painted the middle with home made chalk board paint via pinterest. (Black craft paint+plaster of paris)</div>
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So, we moved again. Even less fun this time than before, because guess what? The more kids you have, the more stuff you accumulate, and therefore the more you have to pack-load-unload-unpack etc. When you add the fact that one of those children you have happen to be in infant into the mix... this is gonna take a while! </div>
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Finding a place to rent close to hubs work was not easy. All the nice places were crazy over priced for the area, and all the others needed lots of work. Besides those points, all of them we looked at were only 2 bedrooms. . . and I'm not saying I am too good for it, but I have 3 kiddos now... we just will not fit into a 2 bedroom place anymore. (unless maybe there was a full basement or usable attic space which was not the case in anything) We did however finally find a perfectly spaced home with 4 bedrooms, and a nice flat yard that we could actually afford. I was amazed this even existed, but when I saw the interior, I knew why it hadn't been snatched up quickly.</div>
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I am a do-it-yourself kindof gal, and this made me cringe a bit, and think, can I make this a happy space? My before photos do not even shed light (a pun since it was so dark) on how dreary it was. Dark paneling on all the walls, dark wood doors on every room, dark trim, dark shag green carpet in living room, dining room, and a bedroom, and matching ugly green torn linoleum in laundry/entry room, kitchen, and bath. It was an outdated nightmare for someone who loves light, and bright. Here are some photos . . . </div>
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See, I wasn't kidding lol. We armed ourselves with lots of paint and primer and work ethic (cause painting paneling takes a long time and is a hard job... dont let anyone tell you different). First we removed the old flooring . . . it was gross lemme tell ya. Then we primed EVERYTHING. With the good primer, kilz I think, anywho, we asked for the best, and were pointed to it. I was glad too, cause I would have had to put 10 gallons of color on the walls instead of just one coat (maybe 2 in places) if I hadn't. Anywho, I have listed below before and after photos as an ensample of how, even on a budget (boy we are on one) that with effort, you can transform a space from something dreary, into something light and bright. </div>
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Here is the Laundry/Back Entry Before:</div>
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we chose a pale neutral color for the walls, like a light nutty tan, and well, I love aqua, and thus the door.</div>
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And here is before and after of the kitchen. The new (inexpensive) linoleum and light walls really transformed the feel in there. I also (while everything was torn out) hit those white metal cabinets with a fresh coat of epoxy spray paint from walmart. They shine bright white like new, it even covers rust spots, and was less than $5 a can. </div>
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This is the other side of the kitchen, looking into the hallway. That green was just awful.</div>
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And here is the after! So much lighter! and perfect space for my little coffee station I made. I also painted it aqua :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTdYmWvxRO6GCj7-JAUGZ52ZbJhl4hGW5sBwLMzm9naTPiG7Yx98pmuXR8txj7TaDCJ0UgoYPjsqYc2RfXoFq9mK1c_4GIYWD6GJnzIhI2gLkTUZGYPDBIRKMqEesIvbWc1P74uO96Rs/s1600/20150417_095824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTdYmWvxRO6GCj7-JAUGZ52ZbJhl4hGW5sBwLMzm9naTPiG7Yx98pmuXR8txj7TaDCJ0UgoYPjsqYc2RfXoFq9mK1c_4GIYWD6GJnzIhI2gLkTUZGYPDBIRKMqEesIvbWc1P74uO96Rs/s1600/20150417_095824.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div>
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The before pic of the dining room wasn't a good one. I love the amount of light that streams through those windows, but even that couldn't kill the dull in there with that carpet. But look at the after! (lovin my aqua) so bright and airy</div>
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And here is a before, even with our super dark brown leather, and near black- hardwood, this space is light and bright! Really makes it feel happier. If that makes sense at all! </div>
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In case you were wondering, there was natural (but damaged) hardwood under all that carpet. I squeeled a bit when we tore it up. We had hoped to stain it, but it had been stained, in random areas, and I didnt have time nor money to rent an industrial floor sander to remove that, so, I ran to google and pinterest, and decided on the best method for painting. I swept, scrubbed, scrubbed again, let dry, then hubs rolled on an indoor/outdoor heavy traffic porch paint from glidden. It was awesome, and covered great. I gallon can covered living room, dining room, and a bedroom floors.</div>
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The owner paid for the linoleum replacement before we moved it. So, all in all, we spent about $200 on paint and painting supplies. That's really not bad at all for taking your living space from depressing, to light and airy. :)</div>
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and kept happening, and then kept happening with assist of pitosin drip, from about 3pm Tuesday till 5:49am Thursday (that's over 30 hours here ppl). My Dr. was a gem, and a man who believed in prayer, he kept letting us pray and try for natural birth, he knew I wanted it badly, but my body just wouldn't do it. Her heart rate dropped to 20bpm, she was in distress, she was dying.<br />
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I was whisked away, scared more than ever, doctors were running, throwing coats on, tossing tools, I could see and hear their worry, which made mine worse. I cried. They finally let husband in to hold my hand just before they took her out. His hands were sweating more than mine. They showed her to me for a brief second proclaiming "beautiful baby girl" and she was gone, and so was hubs and I was alone again. And she was not beautiful. She looked awful, I laid there the whole hour and a half alone, in and out, between the meds and fact I hadn't slept in days, worried to death, wondering if she had even made it. She had a dark purple ring around her head for days, besides being severely cone headed, where contractions were trying to force her skull through a dilation of only 4. Failure? oh yes, I felt it. That wasn't the worst part. I missed the first cry, first bath, all that stuff, stuck on a stupid table in a room by myself for hours. Then, so medicated afterwords I couldn't hold her. It stinks, all that planning out the window. And healing, well, I'm a trooper, and it was rough. Very painful, I couldn't bend over and pick my baby up, or get out of bed alone for a week. Is this a rant... it kindof sounds like a rant to me now. But she was healthy, and I was healthy, and in the end that really is all that matters. I'm blessed, we were both blessed that she is here with us, see how that works? :)<br />
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And then comes baby #2. Naturally the surprise was gone, it wasn't going too be bad. Planned c-section, we knew what was happening. Everything went smoothly, I knew what to expect.<br />
I was really only afraid for that alone time while getting all prepped and poked and ready to operate, until hubs entered, held my hand, and all was well again. They briskly showed me my "beautiful baby boy" and he and hubs were gone again. Anesthesiologist gone, Dr gone, just me and one nurse I didn't know, alone, in recovery. Then I started to vomit. Now, this is normal in child birth, and if I had a "natural birth" would have been fine. I vomited for the entire hour, and then still when they brought me to my room. I was numb from surgery so I couldn't tell the heaving had torn my inside stitches apart and that I was bleeding to death internally.<br />
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Baby #3 was much easier. Seeing it had been 6 years, I hoped and prayed for the chance to try a vbac, so yes, when surgery day came I was let down, but I really had expected it. The only bad part of surgery was fear of the vomiting happening again, but I expressed my concerns to the anesthesiologist, who was very accommodating. Wish I had his name, he was a blessing. When Dr. got me open and went to bring our daughter out, she said "woa dad, get your camera ready" then the nurses started counting with her "1, 2, 3, 4, 5!!" wow, the cord was wrapped around her neck 5 times!! "God has a plan for this one!" the Dr. said, as she finished by telling me in all her years (30+) of delivering, she has never seen it wrapped that many times. If I had had a natural birth as "I" wanted, we may very well both have died. So again, very, very blessed, all well.<br />
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So, if anyone actually read all this, I thank you :) you too probably had your own birthing story that happened nothing like you had imagined or planned. Its been over 9 years since baby #1, and looking back, though c-sections are definitely not what I had planned, and If i could choose( I'd def go back and have them all natural in a heartbeat if i could), I'm very thankful for my experience, and my family, which without the intervention of a c-section birth, wouldn't be. My family has came about through means which I hadn't wanted, but none of that really matters, because they are here. C-sections are rough, I wont lie. I still have persistent problems, nagging pains, odd shaped belly, etc from them. But I'm beyond blessed that I got to keep all my babies, and out of 3, that none had to be in the NICU (we've had lots of other family there though). I may not have got to be the 1st to hold any of my children, but I hold them still today, and that means more than anything. Not all mothers can say that. (and those mothers are the real heroes, the ones who keep pressing on)<br />
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For starters, I traced an old knot hat i had, but made it a little bigger all around (needed it a size up) but i also found a printable one if you wanted your own at <a href="http://prudentbaby.com/2011/02/baby-kid/top-knot-baby-hat-tutorial-2/" target="_blank">prudentbaby HERE</a> I really made mine the same way ;)</div>
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I missed the photo of step one, but pretty much as you would imagine, i laid the tee flat inside out, traced my pattern (right on the bottom hem so i could use it) and cut it out/sewed it together, </div>
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I used my new serger for this, but have made them before with regular stitch followed by a zigzag on the outside to reinforce it. This is what i have now. (see the tee hem at the bottom)</div>
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Next step is to fold the bottom up evenly as shown and pin in place</div>
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I made a couple for some friends of mine. I just hand sewed little Initials on that i cut out of felt. Simple but made them so much more special! </div>
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I love to upcycle! Partly because I'm a creative spirit, and love to make things, and then also because I have a problem throwing anything away. <br />
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I had this Cabela's hoodie which I loved. It had barely been worn when I got wood glue (which never would come out despite all my pinterest stain removal efforts) all over the sleeve. I kept it for over a year (because I cant throw things away, remember). Whilst making an effort to get rid of some old winter wear I drug it back out, and came up with this cute idea... a skirt for my big girl!<br />
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(I left alot above pocket for it to be approx knee length, would look even cuter, shorter)</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">I also cut the string part of the hood off, with about 1.5" of fabric in tact to be the waist band ( you may have to use something else, but this fit my girl perfect... and its an instant drawstring if it were too big.</span></div>
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I turned the skirt part inside out and marked an inch or so wider than the waist of a nice fitting skirt on either side, and sewed in a straight line (or straight as I could) from that mark to the hem band on either side.<br />
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I sewed the hoodie string part into a circle right sides together to finish the waistband,<br />
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This is the dollhouse I made for my daughter. It had to be slim to fit in her room.</div>
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I used all 1x10 shelving board, and luan for backing it</div>
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I simply cut out wood pieces like a shelf, and angled the top like a roof.</div>
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Here it is with the backing cut and nailed on</div>
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I painted it flat white first for primer, then painted each room</div>
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for flooring, I found wood look contact paper at the dollar store, just cut to size and stick down!!</div>
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So pretty!!! She was thrilled!</div>
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and here is a quick glimpse into each room (except top, its just storage for now)</div>
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The bedroom. I made the bead, its in my previous post. The picture is a small craft frame with a picture of barbie i printed.</div>
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Ariel watching spongebob lol</div>
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the kitchen (this was a repaint to match the table she had)</div>
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My little girl is really into Barbie right now. She is 7 and has had barbies for years but is just now really into playing with them. She wanted a doll house (as any girl would) and I was unable to find an affordable one which would fit in her tiny room where it needed to be, so I made one. </div>
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The doll house I made was perfect for her, but now we needed furniture. After seeing the prices of furniture sets in toy stores I knew I had to use my craftiness on it! I made some things from scratch, and re-purposed some existing items. Below is what ive been working on. . . hope it helps you if you too are looking for cheap doll furniture! :)</div>
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Note: (i realize these pics are sideways and am not tech savy enough to fix sorry)</div>
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We had a dresser in a not so hip pink, so we spray painted it black.</div>
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For the mirror, I found a tiny mirror out of an old purse and used painted popsicle sticks as a frame. I hot glued the mirror to a square of cardboard (old cereal box lol) and then hot glued the frame around it. (I cut the angles on the sticks with good scissors)</div>
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Here is the newly painted dresser and mirror!</div>
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I used an old shoe box, 4 pencils, printed duck tape, a little fabric, and hot glue</div>
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first, wrap the pencils in tape, these are the bed posts</div>
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they will be headboard and footboard. Wrap them in the tape also.</div>
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At this point i trimmed the bottom of the shoe box to be thin enough as a mattress.</div>
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use hot glue to attatch fabric around the shoe box top. It was a bit hard and flat looking so i stuck some fluff in there ;)</div>
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glue headboard, footboard and posts in place</div>
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Viola! A beautiful barbie bed!!</div>
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The Living Room!</div>
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Barbie needed a sectional, and the box and ducktape worked so well on the bed, that I decided to re-do that here.</div>
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printed duck tape, spaghetti boxes, fabric, cardboard and hot glue used.</div>
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This is the couch base.</div>
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Next I completely and smoothly glued fabric to a piece of cardboard to be the back of the couch.</div>
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Then like the bed, I wrapped the tape around the entire bottom (including hte back side)</div>
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for cushion, i cut cardboard to fit right ontop the couch, and covered it with fabric. I had glued some cotton balls on the top of it for fluff. (the bottom is shown here)</div>
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I put hot glue all over that bottom there, and glued it to the couch then sewed tiny pillow shapes for the top and glued them on too.</div>
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it looked great, but i had these little wooden pieces that i thought looked like legs, so i added them just for looks</div>
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just hot glued them right on!</div>
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Barbie loves it! lol</div>
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Accessories! A Rug!!</div>
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Only duck tape, and shelf liner</div>
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I have this liner in all my shelves, so i just stole a piece lol.</div>
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cut it to a rug size, and covered it with different colored duck tape.</div>
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dont have tutorial for the end tables but they are painted wooden candle holders and jar lids glued together.</div>
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the lamps are upside down wooden candle cups clued to another random wooden peg i had laying around.</div>
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Tools I use: Sculpey Clay,</div>
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Piece of random wood (for stamp block),</div>
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Sharp tool for stamp design</div>
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I have a fancy tool (see above) but prefer my cheap homemade one (above right)</div>
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kneed small ball of clay and smash out flat to about 1/2" thick</div>
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Using the sharp tool (mine is the pointed end of a large safety pin i snipped off and attatched to an old craft dowel) make the outline of what the stamp will say with dots. It looks best to do it this way rather than drag words out.</div>
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Then slowly connect dots, until you have a smooth look.</div>
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after baked let it cool completely.</div>
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make another small ball of clay, flatten it the same way, and push it into the mold you just made!</div>
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it should be backwards like this</div>
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place the one you just made, word side up in the oven and bake it just like the one before.</div>
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After completely cool, hot glue it to the bottom of a piece of wood.</div>
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I used an old craft thread spool.</div>
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Then you have it. . . your own stamp to use on clay or whatever. . . havent tried it on ink, but may work for that too :)</div>
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I've made several different play foods out of felt for my kiddos to play with, but the one thing they needed most was a cake. They are always throwing birthday parties for each other and what not, and I wanted to make one for them. </div>
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I made one myself out of only felt. . . well. . . it didnt hold shape, so as i looked online for how to fix it (and i did, ill post it later hopefully) I found this tutorial <a href="http://www.she-wears-flowers.com/2011/01/felt-cake-tutorial.html" target="_blank">here at she wears flowers</a> for one using a hat box. I loved the idea of one with storage for decorations, but didnt have a hat box, or the metal for the outside of it, but to my surprise while searching my craft pile, i found this old cookie tin and thought YES same idea, minus having to cut metal!!</div>
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The idea: wrap the tin in felt to look like a cake, make felt decorations that can store inside it, add magnets to the decorations and they stick on the cake. . . awesome, right!!</div>
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First, cover the cake! I wanted it to be chocolate, so found a nice brown and cut a strip (or two) the same width as the depth of the tin, sewed them together to the right circumference (to fit snug) </div>
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Next, turn this brown circle inside right, and slip over the tin.</div>
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Important: The tin needs to close, so make sure you leave the space at the top that the lids comes down to uncovered. Extra will hang over bottom.</div>
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Wrap that extra around the bottom and hot glue it in place</div>
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Next cut a circle a bit bigger than the lid, and hot glue it on so it touches the rim </div>
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mine was a little short but thats ok, im adding a ruffle </div>
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I saw instructions for making the felt ruffle<a href="http://www.she-wears-flowers.com/2011/01/felt-cake-tutorial.html" target="_blank"> HERE</a> (she wears flowers)</div>
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after making the ruffle, (well several sewed together long enough to go around) I glued it on the rim of the lid like so:</div>
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I made sure it hung over a little that way it would cover up any gap i may have had in the felt</div>
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see how cute!! </div>
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I liked the ruffle so much i decided to make another for the bottom of the cake too, to more resemble the piped decorative icing on a real cake.</div>
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Bottom and top of cake </div>
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And then what the kids loved best. . . the decorations!!</div>
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I just cut the little flame shapes out of red and yellow felt and glued them together with hot glue, then took a 2" square and rolled it up, glued the end to together, glued flame atop, and a round magnet on bottom :)</div>
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felt sticks to felt, so i cut random shapes out for them to stick on the cake</div>
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i made theses flowers of felt and glued a magnet on bottom</div>
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see, here is a cute cake to have with tea, </div>
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and here is a birthday cake for all their parties!!</div>
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and what i like best. . . all decorations store inside !!</div>
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A how to for some party lights. . . whatever color or pattern you wish!!</div>
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String of christmas lights</div>
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First: trace the cup the best you can onto paper</div>
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cut it out, and wrap it around the cup and trim it as needed till you get a fit</div>
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this is your pattern</div>
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next, cut an x in the top of each cup you will be using ie: number of lights on strand.</div>
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Next: cut out pieces of fabric using your pattern to cover each cup</div>
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NOTE: i didnt want to buy anything and used what i had at home, soooo, WHITE wire lights would look much better :)</div>
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A Valentines Day Hair-doo!!</div>
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This is cute in pigtails too, but my little one has really thin fine hair, so, one it is :)</div>
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To do this, i made a simple ponytail, rather high on the head, loosened it, and made an upside-down topsy tail. Then, just split the topsy tail in two equal strands and fold them down into a heart shape and secure it with a cute little hairbow. </div>
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Took just a couple minutes all together!!</div>
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This was Cali's Valentines Day card last year (kindergarten). Thinking about doing something similar this year, but undecided. </div>
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I saw a similar one on pinterest, it was taken outdoors. . . this would have looked much better outdoors due to the fact that the hand catches all the flash.</div>
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Anywho, to make one, just take a pic of your cutie with their hand to one side in a fist, make sure the fist is made like they are holding something, with thumb towards their body.</div>
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Then, to make it look like a card, I added a border, and a Short Valentine Message (make sure its still 4x6 size)</div>
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I printed them (4x6) at my local wal*mart, and cut little slits with an exacto knife on the top and bottom of her fist, and inserted a valentine blow pop</div>
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craft dowels (or old pencils lol)<br />
Sculpey Clay in assorted colors<br />
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Just as in the tutorial above, I sculpted all pieces out of sculpey, baked about 20 min at 275 degrees, and glued to sticks (to stick in snowman)<br />
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I followed that almost exactly, except that I didn't have dowels on hand, so i used old pencils,<br />
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I crumpled a small piece of aluminum foil in the shape of a carrot and covered it with the clay so it wasn't such a thick piece of clay (called bulking out) , and I baked my eyes and buttons flat, and hot glued the pencils on later.<br />
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Just add any old hat and a scarf and there you go! Cutest snowman on the block!!</div>
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So, I had this cute short sleeve sweater. . . Which is much too tight. This is why in the pic I chose to hold it up to me, rather than try it on. LoL.<br />
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Using my creative mind, I decided to repurpose it!! Meaning, I decided to transform it from an old ill fitting sweater, into a cute girls sweater dress.<br />
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First (no pic of this sorry), I put it over my girl, and pinched the sides together to get an idea of how much smaller it need to be. I pinched up a bit more than an inch on either side.<br />
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It was a hit! She loved the dress!<br />
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I saw all these adorable Valentines Day wreaths on pinterest and thought to myself "YES! A way to use some of those old tees I wouldn't throw away!" (I hoard things I think I may someday craft with). So I got my got out my material and went on a hunt for a wire hanger! <br />
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The first thing i did was bend the wire hanger into a circle (not as easy as it looked)<br />
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Next I dug thru our old tees and found the closest to Valentine colors I could (tossed in a piece of pink gingham check fabric i had also)</div>
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I then cut the tees into thin strips (they were about 3 inches long and an inch or less wide)</div>
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I thought it was just a bit plain, so i tied on one old Valentines Day ornament I had.</div>
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Here it is!! The comfy stretchy maxi skirt, with fold over waist. . . and you can make it yourself!! This one took me maybe an hour ;)</div>
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First, select your material! I got i think 2 yards of this mustard yellow stretch jersey material at a local walmart on clearance (love clearance). Next, pick an existing skirt that fits you well, fold fabric in half with right sides together (good printed sides in, underside out), and lay your skirt on top of material.</div>
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Pin it right to the material (or at least thats what it did to keep it from moving, this jersey was tricky). When it comes to the waist band, fold it down and pin it so you are pinning just the shape of the skirt.</div>
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Cut around the skirt (careful not to cut your good skirt) close to the hem (leaving it undone, i like the way jersey hems roll) and leave about an inch or half an inch on the sides and around waistband for seam allowance.</div>
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Measure your waist. . . add one inch to this. . . then cut that # in half</div>
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ie mine was 30 (dont tell please lol) i added 1, making it 31, then cut this in half = 15.5"</div>
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your own maxi skirt!!</div>
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i had enough mateial left to cut a long rectangle about 10" wide or so to make a matching scarf. . . completes the look i think!</div>
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If you have a play kitchen, and you need some play food, bread is a necessity! All kids like making sandwiches etc. This is the easy, no sew, cheating way to make them (thats me) lol.</div>
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Note:if sewn instead of glued, would look nicer :)</div>
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Start by making a pattern</div>
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I drew my bread slice out on construction paper, and cut it out.</div>
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trace and cut 4 white bread shapes per slice, stack together</div>
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cut long skinny strips out of the tan</div>
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i made 4 slices. . . here are all my pieces</div>
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next, with 4 pieces of white stacked perfectly together, start, very carefully, glueing the tan strip (crust) around the bread</div>
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Note: if sewing, sew to top and bottom bread slice pieces</div>
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finished piece</div>
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tada!! they feel real!</div>
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Well the play kitchen is complete, and we needed some cute accessories to go in it.</div>
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Looking online i fell in love with felt food, mostly because it is hand made and cheap, and also because it looks real and is washable.</div>
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This is a list of the felt food (and accessories for the kitchen) that i have made.</div>
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My daughter LOVES them, when I handed her the green beans this morning she told me in her excited squeely girly voice (and i quote) "oh mom!, you can make any food look real!"</div>
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strawberries <a href="http://simplelivincrafts.blogspot.com/2012/12/play-kitchens-and-felt-food.html" target="_blank">(tutorial here)</a></div>
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Carrots <a href="http://simplelivincrafts.blogspot.com/2012/12/diy-felt-food-carrot-tutorial.html" target="_blank">(tutorial here)</a></div>
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I mixed craft paint and purple glitter and painted inside of smallest (clean dry) jam jar, to look like strawberry jam. . . I also cut out glops of "jam" from matching colored felt, that we keep inside the jar.</div>
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All are miniature versions of the same we keep in our fridge at all times! lol</div>
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orange juice and mayo have been painted inside to look real</div>
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a cake with 4 slices (really hard to make without a pattern as i did, i recommend downloading a pattern)</div>
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i used a mini can of green beans (i have the fancy can opener that cuts under the edge so once cut open nothing is sharp:)</div>
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rolled up rectangles of green felt for the green beans and placed inside can</div>
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Felt Carrots</div>
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Adorably realistic carrots, made of felt.</div>
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I drew these patterns out myself on construction paper (as always :) and cut the pieces out of felt.</div>
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one carrot piece and two leaf pieces for each carrot.</div>
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fold stem part over, then over again (like rolled) and sew it up to leaf</div>
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my unperfectly perfect leaf :)</div>
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sew little lines here and there on carrot piece to add real carrot texture</div>
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stuff carrot (i use left over felt pieces diced up)</div>
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using embroidery floss, or doubled thread, sew a base stitch around top of carrot. Do not cut or tie off yet!</div>
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Once pulled very tight, tie it off, then sew back and forth thru the leaves a few times so they can not be pulled out</div>
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Repeat for each carrot you wish, and that is that. . . delicious looking carrots!</div>
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The evolution of my play kitchen:<br />
1: inspiration<br />
My daughter (nearly 7) asked for a kitchen that (and i quote) "I don't have to bend over to play with."<br />
This my friends, was impossible to find. Every kitchen set I found in every store was too small. (she is tall)<br />
Thus the need to build one for her. I began looking online to draw inspiration and found nearly exactly what I was dreaming up in my own head at "<a href="http://brittanyleighpotter.blogspot.com/2011/08/boys-play-kitchen.html" target="_blank">Britt and her boys</a>".<br />
I loved her little kitchen and drew several aspects of Cali's from there. I first planned it all out on sketch paper, then got to work. I scaled mine a bit bigger, and used 1x12 shelving board, all of which i cut out myself with a miter saw and jig saw (so its not perfect lol)<br />
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Here is one with the counter top in. I found a metal bowl in my cabinet and traced it onto the counter, then jig-sawed it out :) The faucet was found in my friends garage :) it was a perfect fit!</div>
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I wanted the fridge inside to be white, like most are, and inside oven to be like a real oven, thus all the different paint colors. I chose a brown base color, for one because I had it left over, so it was free, and also because the pink and brown cupcake paper i wanted to use as the backsplash.</div>
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The knobs I cooked up in my brain after a bit of thinking. I glued a regular old wooden knob onto a baby food jar lid</div>
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Turned out a good size, i put it on as normal, but loose, so it wouldn't unscrew when turned.</div>
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The oven display I did just as Britt did with the microwave panel <a href="http://brittanyleighpotter.blogspot.com/2011/08/boys-play-kitchen.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Made it on the computer myself, printed it, and modge podged it on.</div>
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I added small white hooks to underside of shelf to hang cups/etc on, and a couple on the side for her aprons and mitts</div>
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and what is in the oven? A birthday cake of course!! Wait till i show you how i made it!! :)</div>
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First off: I don't know how i forgot it till now, but this is my daughters birthday party from March of this year (2012) lol, long long overdue for the blog, but thought some would gain ideas from it :)</div>
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My little girl LOVES Lalaloopsy, and I think they are pretty cool myself, so when she asked me if she could have a Lalaloopsy party, I didn't hesitate to say yes. I do alot of our birthday party decorations myself, but usually go to local party stores for plates, banners, etc. Now, there are lalaloopsy party decorations all over the place, but at this time, i scoured the internet and found only those on etsy which were a bit to rich for my blood. So I put my thinking cap on and fired up the printer and sewing maching, and whipped up a lalaloopsy party, homemade style in just a couple days.</div>
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She had to have cupcakes. . . so, I found some free Lalaloopsy graphics online, and using microsoft word, made little circles and put the graphics and a few #6's on them. I printed em out, and cut them out using my scalloped scissors to make em cuter, then did the same to slightly bigger circles of coordinating colored construction paper.</div>
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Glue a toothpick in between the graphic and construction paper with cheap school glue and there u have it, cute little lalaloopsy cupcake picks!!</div>
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Finished cupcakes, only thing i didnt like was the cute little yellow polkadot wrappers blended with the vanilla cupcakes (shoulda had chocolate :)</div>
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very simple cake, the banner on second layer i printed out and cut out, then laminated it (covered both sides with packing tape and cut around edges ;)) and it just stuck on, the topper was one mini lalaloopsy and the handle off of the box of a larger doll. (im not a cake expert. . . never could get icing slick looking)</div>
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I used my 1" circle punch to punch out construction paper "buttons" drew the holes on with black pen</div>
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Here are the cupcakes and the cake</div>
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The outfit i did make using old material i had left from her bedding set (little missmatched flat sheets LOL)<br />
I made the skirt using a tutorial i found online for a patchwork twirl skirt, and appliqued the shirt using heatbond sheets and the same material.<br />
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My daughter just fell in love with her first easy bake oven (thanks papaw), and so of course she needed a cute little apron (which just so happened I had fabric that matched the oven). I whipped her one up right quick and it turned out cute so I thought id share!<br />
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1st: cut out your pieces<br />
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The biggest apron part was about 21"x10"<br />
The striped piece is for a pocket, its about 10"x10"<br />
1 piece of ribbon about 12" and another more like 35" (tie for waist)<br />
smaller ribbon pieces to trim the pocket<br />
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First, make the pocket:<br />
Fold pocket in half and sew around it, leaving a small opening for turning inside out. Making one rectangle about 10"x5", iron it.<br />
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Take the small ribbon for trimming the pocket, fold in half and iron. (making hem tape ;)<br />
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Fold your newly made hem tape around the top of the pocket and sew in place</div>
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this is how i finish the edges (just fold em under ;)</div>
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Do the same thing to the bottom of the apron, like so:</div>
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and pin the pocket in place, i purposely made mine a bit sideways, thought it was cute</div>
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I also left a small corner on the bottom open (see pic below) and stitched up beside it to make a pocket for a utensil to hang in.</div>
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do a very loose baste stitch across top hem. . . pull the bobbin thread easily to gather</div>
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lay the gathered apron wrong side up on the middle of the large ribbon piece (make sure the ribbon extends a bit above the apron hem. . . were gonna hide it) pin in place</div>
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Anghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04274736093292219382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930979739232936699.post-39851859808122994182012-12-07T13:24:00.003-08:002013-01-15T13:03:30.888-08:00Handmade Clay Ornies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This post is just to promote my ornaments. I have been making clay ornaments for about 7 years now. For the last 5 years I have stuck primarily to polymer clays (such as sculpy). I do not use molds, i mold them all myself, bake them, paint them (if needed) and finish them. Also I personalize them with names free of charge.<br />
I usually just go to craft fairs with them, but recently listed them on etsy. Stop by and see what i have left :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/angandmitchell">My Etsy Shop : Heartfelt & Handmade</a></div>
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