Halloween Wreath

I wanted a festive wreath specifically for Halloween.  After googling Halloween wreaths I found this one.  I love the neutrals and blacks in her wreath.  I love the crow too but I couldn't find one so a creepy spider took its place.  Here is mine.  

Rag Quilt

I'm predicting I'm going to have a few more crafts posted soon since we have a baby girl on the way!! I think I go through spurts when I'm feeling creative and other times when I would rather sit down and read a book. As of late it's been mostly pregnancy sickness and summer traveling.

Here is a rag quilt I made with the guidance of my friend Tarin. She makes these quilts and sells them on Etsy. Here is a link.

Future Missionary

My brother came home from a church mission so I decided it would be cute to make a shirt for Matt. I bought the shirt from Hobby Lobby and used fusible printer paper you can find at Michaels and probably Hobby Lobby too. His tie resembles the South African flag which is where my brother served his mission. His name badge reads, "Future Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints".

This project is super easy! 1. Print images you want on special paper that fits in your printer. 2. Cut out image. 3. Iron on image.

ABC Quilt

I found this fabric in California and loved the panel. I initially wanted to try a patchwork quilt but I thought this panel was much cuter than anything I could put together so I just bought some flannel for the back and some quilt batting. I sewed along the squares to make it look more patchwork but it was the border that gave me the headache. It shouldn't have been bad I just had some measurement problems. At the end I didn't pay too much attention to the border because I just wanted to get this done. Then the next day I laid it out in my son's room and this is what he did...

I'd call this a success!

Flowers for Spring

I've been wanting to make these hair clips forever. I saw them at the Purl Bee and here is a link to the tutorial. I know I don't have a little girl but perhaps they would make a good gift. They were really fun and fast to make.

Bow Ties

I saw this bow tie on U-Create and thought it was adorable. The project was posted on Papersnitch the Blog but it was a guest post from Living the Swell Life. I had another craft night and this project looked like fun. I usually only make one of something but this time I decided to make two and I was remarkably faster the second time around.

Easter

The Big 3-0

My husband turned 30 so we had a little celebration in his honor. I didn't do a lot of decorating just a banner and some "over the hill" muffins. The banner was fun because I made it on my Silhouette. To make the letters I found some school notes Mike threw away in the trash can and made a copy of them. I thought they looked cool because they had all these nifty derivatives on the page.