Pinterest

Why I haven't been blogging lately: Pinterest!

Pinterest.com is a great way to organize all of the great ideas I find in blogs or anywhere else online. You can make "boards" to "pin" pictures to and put a little comment under them to remind yourself/tell others what it's about. I use mine mainly for homeschool preschool ideas and fun DIY projects I see around the web. You can follow boards that your friends are creating as well. 

Genius!

I need all the help I can get with organizing my crazy life in 2012. Happy New Year y'all! :)

Princess Wall Decor

 I made this for under $10 to decorate the wall above my kiddo's twin bed (didn't want to hang anything heavy there, ya know?).

I found clearance material and clearance flowers, and instead of doing something difficult and crafty with the Snow White panels, I just hemmed the thing and stuck it to the wall with thumb tacs. 

To hang the roses, I tied a knot in some ribbon and tacked it to the wall, then stuck he flowers in. My girls are all about princesses. As I write this they are playing dress up as the "Kitty Cat Queen," and "Cinderella." :)

Onesie funsie!

I made this for an old student's new baby brother. I put a book in the onesie to stretch it out nice and tight to make it easier to draw on. :)


This was a fun gift to give, I just tucked it into the backpack at school. However, I have a ton of friends who just had babies or are about to any second now, and I am having the hardest time with my same 'ol arch nemesis--shipping! I have the best intentions, but I just can't seem to package a thing up until it's too small for the kiddo! (Or until it's three months after Mother's Day, etc.) I really could use some help in this area. I'm so sorry all of you cute little friend's babies out there,  I'll try really hard to get my act together this week sometime...
:)
~Jessica

Tag blankie

This is a tag blankie that I made for little Sam. I have made one for each of my kiddos because regular blankets are overwhelming for me, and it just seems much more likely that a tag blankie could be finished before the child is one. 

Never made a tag blankie before? It's super easy! 

I googled "cowboy," and found a fun sherif's star that I printed, cut, and traced on jeans. I then cut out that star and sewed it onto the horseshoe fabric. I sewed around it three times to look imperfect and to secure the jeans (they fray like crazy!). 

To embroider the name, I wrote it with a washable marker, slapped an embroidery hoop on it, and "traced" his info with embroidery. It's as calming to me as coloring was as a kid!


Then I put the fabric right sides together and stuck loops of ribbon between the two pieces, loops on the inside.


To finish, I sewed around the whole thing, leaving a three inch opening to pull the fabric out right side up. Then I sewed the opening closed.

Doesn't he look snug? He loves this thing, he chews on it ferociously! :)