Valentine's Wreath #2

The past couple of Christmases I have seen these ornament wreath's everywhere. I had wanted to make one, but didn't want to pay full price for ornaments. and couldn't catch them before they were gone, once they were marked down. The other day I saw this post and lamented that all of the good Christmas balls were gone when I had looked at Target earlier. Last week I happened to stop in to CVS for something random and found 50pk shatterproof balls for $2.50. I grabbed all of them. I saved 2 pkgs. of red and silver for next Christmas and used the 2 pkgs of all red to make this:

Love it!

Valentine's Wreath #1

I saw this wreath last year, and thought how wonderful it was then, but I never really got around to trying to make one. So when my friend super crafty friend Sarah said she was making one, I decided to join her and a few other friends in a crafty morning. We pretty much followed this tutorial, but if you wanted to make your own, I have a few notes from my experience.

• It took a whole yard of felt (tutorial called for 3/4 yard)


• I found my wreath to look a bit stacky (is that a word?) and I liked it better when instead of folding my circles in half and then half again, I folded them in half and then into thirds (see pic). I think it gives it more texture.


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• Use a thimble. I didn't for the first 3/4 of it or so and my thumb was a bit tender:)

I had originally planned to hang this on the front door, but since  the back is not done, it does not show so pretty through the glass. So, I have another idea for that, and this one is hanging nicely on my wall.

Fleece Hats and Scarves

For my birthday, my sweet hubby helped me to upgrade my sewing machine to an embroidery/sewing combo. I scored a great deal on some fleece on Black Friday, so I decided to make some hats and scarves for the cousins. It was my first embroidery project and I love how they came out. The kids helped tie the scarves, so it was a great family project.

Christmas Neighbor Gifts - Sprite

I these here and quickly whipped up a bunch. They came out perfect with no baking required!

Diaper Cake

Mc's teacher had a baby this year. Some of the girl's in his class wanted to have a baby shower for her (so cute!). They planned the whole thing, but they were not able to bring food. What is a shower without cake? So I made my first diaper cake as a contribution. It came out so cute. All of the flowers are clips, so they can be worn with headbands, etc.

Monogram Necklaces and Wristlets

CG needed birthday presents for her twin friends and she really wanted to make purses. So we came up with these monogrammed wristlets:

We also had fun with Modge Podge Dimensional Magic making these necklaces.



It wasn't intentional, but it all matched quite well.

Baby Gifts!

Several of my kids' teachers are having babies this year. So I have been busy putting some gifts together.

Here are two from this past week.



Newborn Baby Gown from men's t-shirt and Ruffle Butt Monogrammed Onesie with matching headband.