Milk does the body good

This one is my favorite

I made some onesies for a friend who is having a baby boy. Simple project.  Print the image on fabric transfer paper and iron onto onesie. 

Be Mine

 

 

Not a new concept but I asked M if he would like to do this and he was excited about this idea.  I think it's because I said the word, "lollipop".  The jokes I got from here. 

Now my baby girl is surrounded by baby boys so we (I) decided it would be fun to make Valentine's Day cards for those baby boys in her life. 

I attached a little bath book that I found in the dollar section at Target.  I looked at Lil Luna to get saying ideas.  Here is a list of 50 Valentine ideas.  She always has fantastic lists.  I initially wanted to do something that said, "I'm hooked on you" or, "You're a catch" and give Fish crackers with the card but getting my one-year old to pose was tricky and this book picture turned out cute so I switched it up. 

Here are some outtakes. 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

1st Birthday

 

My baby girl turned one.  

 

We threw her a family party and to kick it up a notch we had a Snow White theme.  I love the apple cupcakes.  My mom found this idea online so I can't claim it as my own.  It was really fun for me to put together a few decorations even if these things don't matter to her. 

A glance at December Crafting

 The traditional fresh pine Christmas wreath.

 Homemade gift card holder

Mommy and son snowman.  We each painted a side.  I love his side. 

 

Felt nativity puppets.  Part of a church craft day.  (same with the snowman but I took a lot of my projects home)

 Photo collage.  That empty space at the top is where we are going to put our family name. 

 Shepherd and sheep costume.  Mike made the shepherds crook and I made the lamb ear headband.  I wanted to make a fleece hat but we were so busy. 

 Snowflake candle lights made out of baby food jars.

Baby boy bow tie and dinosaur made for my new nephew! 

I made a couple more things like sweater stockings, a nativity advent calendar, and an owl heat compressor but didn't get pictures.  Next year I guess.  

November Wreath

Making wreaths just might be my favorite craft to do.  They are so satisfying to me.  I've made several wreaths over the last couple of years: the fresh pine wreath, the acorn wreath, the 4th of July yarn wreath, the Halloween burlap wreath and now the November wreath. 

I love that it has elements of fall coloring but also winter colors too like the berries and ribbon.  November is definitely a transitional month from fall to winter here in Indiana.  I searched the web for a good fall wreath and there are a few I fell in love with. I'm thinking I'm going to need a good Fall wreath for September before I put out my Halloween one. 

These were some of my favorites. 

Pine cone wreath
Yellow Flower wreath
Coffee Filter Wreath (in fall mum colors)
Leaf and Flower autumn mantel and wreath
Pumpkin Wreath
Pumpkin Wreath (and porch!  I love it.)

Painted pine cone wreath (the one I chose)

Thankful Tree

I thought up this idea last Thanksgiving and thought this would be unique.  Come this fall I've seen half a dozen similar ideas.  Not that original but a fun way to count down till Thanksgiving. 

Our Thankful Tree Advent

 Err...lets try that again.  Everyday we take a leaf off the tree and say something we are thankful for.  I might eventually add "Thankful tree" to the felt board. 

Playing with Fire!

 Fire and Water

 The fire skirt.

 Fire crown

My son got this awesome firefighter costume for his birthday so we did costumes around his for Halloween.  My husband also had a fire hydrant costume.