Day 21 - Satin Rosettes

This is going to be short and sweet because I'm testing out blogger on the phone. Not liking that my keyboard won't go sideways!

Today I crafted up the most adorable piece of "head gear" that goes on a little persons noggin. I found the rosette idea on Pinterest and them added them to a headband.

These were a little difficult to make but once I got on the second and third one they got easier. Love them!!!

Day 21 - Kicking Butt

First of all, I have a love/hate relationship with this time of year (for multiple reasons).  Like the fact that every time I go to Target they have all of the adorable Easter dresses out on display just mocking me as I wish I could secretly buy one, take it home and put Easton in it.  Once again, would not fly.  Among other things, the MAIN reason I have a love/hate relationship with February is because it's Girl Scout Cookie season.

This "season" is the time of year those sweet, adorable neighbor girls of yours go home into their room, brush their hair nice and straight, put on their brown little sashes and put their game faces on and sell suckers like me WAAYYYYY too many boxes of cookies because their sweet smiles convince me to do so.

Yes, I LOVE the cookies but what I hate is my morning I'm going to have tomorrow with Jillian (yes, we are on a first name basis and I don't always call her Jillian - use your imagination).  So, my post tonight is actually dedicated to this Pin that I found when I was exploring pins.  It's like she was watching me put that damn Girl Scout Cookie in my mouth as I sat in my comfy chair cruising Pinterest.

Here's too all of you who are chowing down on your second box of cookies and dreading the lbs it's going to add to the scale in the morning.  Make a date with Jillian and you're guaranteed to at the very minimum, feel better about stuffing your face with that Thin Mint.

By the way - my Jillian workout for tomorrow is 30 Day Shred - YIKES!

Good luck!

http://pinterest.com/pin/186617978279064429/

Day 20 - Marble Painting

If you asked me what the definition of fun was I'd tell you marble painting with a 20 month old!!  Today Easton and I tried out this awesome pin I found which actually links you back to a blog called Play Create Explore.  There are some really great, fun and creative ideas of things to do with your kiddos.  I can't wait until it warms up outside because there are some really good outdoors ones.

This was pretty straight-forward.  You just get a bin and put some paper in it and then drop your marbles in paint before you put them in the bin and start rolling them around by moving your bin.

I let Easton make 4 of them and I plan on framing them and using them as gifts.

Here's the link for the pin:
http://pinterest.com/pin/186617978278716888/

Here's our FUN we had today:
PS - It is MESSY so make sure you plop your kiddo down on a towel or old bed sheet and I took Easton down to his diaper.  Thank goodness (as you'll see)!

Day 19 - Fabric Flower Headband

I don't think I can ever stop making these.  They are so stinken' adorable and fun to mix things up with.  I can see all the funky places these headbands and I are going to go!!!

Here's the original post:
http://pinterest.com/pin/186617978279048355/

Here's some shots from my afternoon of crafting.  Easton wanted to help...but didn't really appreciate having a headband on!  :)

Happy Crafting!

XOXO

Lacey

Day 18 - Let's Keep It Clean

The dishwasher that is...

Today I was doing some house work and I've silently been upset with my dishwasher because no matter how many times I run my glasses through the dishwasher they never get clean (I've tried it many, many, MANY times).  Regarding my silent bickering about my dishwasher - I SILENTLY complain because the alternative that I know will be suggested to me by my lovely husband is hand washing.  That is complete and udder ridiculous!  I'll wash the craziest things in the dishwasher just to avoid hand washing.  Who would do that!?!?  That's WHY they made dishwashers.

Anyways, here's the pin to the original post on cleaning out your dishwasher.  I think it worked because my glasses are finally clean!

http://pinterest.com/pin/186617978279048315/

Here's some pics from my cleaning process.  Pretty simple to do, just takes some time.

Day 17 - Paula Dean's Strawberry Shortcake Trifle

This is a delicious dessert and when I say delicious I mean really, really, REALLY fattening (I didn't even look at the calories on it for fear of what they said).  I made this dessert around Christmas time for a dessert exchange party and the next day this is what I found:

THAT'S how I knew it was good!  If you knew my hubby at all you'd understand...he's not really a sweets person at all but he sure did devour this.  

I altered Paula's recipe to fit our likings.  Instead of the Angel Food cake I used a yellow box cake mix.  Then instead of using a glaze for the strawberries, I just used strawberries only.  And lastly, for the white filling layer, I used 1 tub cool whip, 1 box cream cheese and 1 c. sugar (from my mom's strawberry pretzel dessert!).

Here's the link to the original posting:

http://pinterest.com/pin/186617978279045724/

Bake your cake as directed on the box.  Let it cool. 

Meanwhile, make your white filling mix.  Blend 1 tub of cool whip, 1 brick of cream cheese and 1 c. sugar.  

To assemble, layer with cut up pieces of your cake, white filling and strawberries.  Repeat.  Enjoy!

Day16 - Ruffled T-Shirt

So...I'm a terrible person.  Why you ask?  Because I was SO excited about making this shirt that I completely forgot to take pictures along the way.  (Kind of sounds like Easton's life after 1)

Insert confession: I LOVE making girls clothing!  There is just so many cute ideas out there for little girls.  If it was socially acceptable I'd put a ruffle and bow on every piece of clothing Easton owns but I'm quite certain his daddy would have my hide so I defer to making cute ruffled shirts for all of my friend's with little girls.  :)  Lucky you guys.

Here's the link to the original posting.  She goes into much more detail (since I forgot mine):
http://pinterest.com/pin/186617978279002530/

Here's a picture of my finished products:

These are so much fun to make and the shirts are darling!

Day 15 - T-shirt Flowers

It took me a couple of times to get this one the way I wanted it to look but the end result was totally worth the cursing I spewed out while I was trying to get it just perfect!  These t-shirt flowers are adorable and will make a perfect accent for my t-shirt scarves.  I also made a headband out of it but it seems a little heavy.  Guess I'll need to borrow a baby because I sure don't plan on having a little model any time soon!!!  Natalie...Choloe...where are you girls when I need you???

So here's the original post for the t-shirt flowers:
http://pinterest.com/pin/186617978278957483/

Here's my teeth-gritting process:

Get an old (or new) t-shirt and cut a strip off of the bottom of the t-shirt about 1 inch in width.  I cut the ends off so I actually have two strips (front and back of tee) instead of one really long one.  

Sew a straight line down the center of the strip of fabric.  You are gathering the fabric so you need to make your stitch much looser than normal.

To gather fabric, take the string on the back side of the fabric and pull it.  You'll have to spread the gathering out and work at it to get it right.  My final fabric strip was about 10 inches long.

Then just fold the strip in half at the stitch and start rolling it around each other (I didn't get a good picture of this because I needed both hands!) and glue with fabric glue to a piece of felt or fabric.  It takes a couple of hours to dry so don't plan on using it right away. 

And ta-da!  You have your beautiful t-shirt flower!

Here's the headband I made with the flower - so lovely.  :)

Day 14 - "I Dig You" Valentine's

How fitting that my blog on Easton's Valentine's goodies for his little friends is the 14th pin!!  I didn't even plan it that way!

I had searched on Pinterest a while back for some ideas and this one was runner-up to the oh so cute sucker photo idea but I determined that I couldn't pull that off with a 20 month old so we rounded up some shovels and M&M's and are going to let everyone know how much we dig them!

These were so fun to make!  I didn't even break out a bunch of my fancy scrapbook tools to prove you don't need all that stuff to make these work.

Here's the link to the original post:
http://pinterest.com/pin/186617978278852086/

Here's how I made our Valentine shovels:

I went to Michael's for my shovels.  It's pretty early in the season so the only ones they had in were these fun multi-colored ones.  Not the white ones I REALLY wanted but they will do the job!

The other supplies you will need are:

-Cellophane goody bags

-Valentine's Ribbon

-Stamps (to stamp "I Dig You")

-Ink (I used Red)

-Sheet of Scrapbook paper

-Scissors

1) Cut your circles out of your scrapbook paper.  I found a circle about 2 inches in diameter and traced mine then cut them out.  I then cut two lines on the side of the circles so I could "thread" my ribbon through.

2) Next you just stamp your saying on the circles.

3) Thread your ribbon through the sides of the circle so that the ribbon goes behind the circle.

4) Tie the ribbon around the cellophane sack

5) Deliver to your sweetheart!!

Day 13 - Tuscan Pasta

I'm kind of feeling like telling you guys this was a let down BUT the key piece is that we aren't really an alfredo sauce kind of family.  I used to think I didn't discriminate against carbs but if the sauce on it is an alfredo I tend to shy away from it.  For some reason I thought this would be different - the picture made it seem  SO enticing!

Ok, let's recap - I'd probably recommend that you make this if you like alfredo.  We just weren't fans because we're red pasta sauce kind of people.  :)

Here's the link to the original pin that I got my recipe from.  Very easy to make!

http://pinterest.com/pin/186617978278694951/

I'd love to hear if you make this and what your take was on it!

Lacey

Day 12 - Rolo Pretzel Bites (with a Valentine's twist)

These little numbers are YUMMY!  I'm pretty sure that they will be gone by the time the sun sets tomorrow and hopefully Justin and Easton will help eat them up (or I'm in trouble)!

I had these at our infamous Bunco night this past Thursday and had them pinned on my Cooking board and just had to make them up!  They were so, so, SO easy and will be perfect treats for Easton's little friends!

Here's the link to my original pin:
http://pinterest.com/pin/186617978279018412/

You need butter snap (square) pretzels, a couple of packages of Rolo's and a bag of M&M's

Heat your oven to 350 degrees.  Lay out your pretzels and place a Rolo on each pretzel.

Place in the oven for 3 minutes or so until the Rolo melts a little.  Take them out of the oven and place a M&M into the center of each Rolo and press down.  Put in the refrigerator to cool.  

That's it!  Just try not to eat them ALL in one setting!  :)

Have a great Saturday night!

XOXO

Lacey

Day 11 - Ruffled Apron

First of all - whoever wrote that lame post yesterday should be fired!  :)  Ha ha ha!  Ok, here's my excuse...I was working on TODAY'S post yesterday but didn't get it finished then had Bunco last night and well, Misti served an amazing course of yummy food and a mixed drink with Cake Vodka...needless to say my post last night was a result of much needed rest and a full tummy!

So...to make up for the disappointment yesterday I've got a REALLY fun pin that I finished up for today.  Take a look at this ruffled apron!!!  It was fairly easy to make.  I did make some changes on how I put it together from how the gal who made the pin did it.  My top piece is a little different than hers...easier to put on.  :)  To see the original pin click on the "Follow me on Pinterest" tab over to the right and it's on my "Crafties" board.

I WILL be selling these on my Etsy site.  This particular apron is kid's sized.  The adult apron will have an additional ruffle and will have longer strings.

Have a FANTASTIC Friday everyone!

Lacey

Day 10 - Receiving Blanket

Hey everyone!  I'm going to make this short and sweet because of many reasons but mostly because it was Bunco night and I didn't' prepare myself...hence a short post with a few spelling errors.  I worked on a FANTASTIC post today but didn't quite get it done (because of my OCD tendencies) so I'm showing you my other creation for the day.

This was probably the easiest thing in the world to make!

You simply cut two printed fabrics out the same shape and then cut your batting to match.  To sew, lay the batting down first, one print wrong side up then the other print wrong side down.  Sew with a quarter inch seam allowance, leaving 3-4 inches gap on one side so you can easily turn it inside out.  Trim your edges with pinking shears.  Turn inside out.  Iron.  Top stitch the top with a 1/8" seam allowance, tucking the edges of the gap in.  And vowla!!!  You have a burp cloth!

More pics to come tomorrow!!! Nighty night friends!!!

Day 9 - Heartbreaker tee

This shirt will break boys' hearts...even if it is just your sweeties daddy!  :)  This shirt is the cuter than a bug's ear (which, no, I haven't seen before but still...).   It was a little time consuming (I was silently whispering Spanish curse words while I was sewing the lines) but well worth it.  Who wouldn't wear this!

I think I'm going to make ME one and do it similar to the pin on Pinterest where it's a night shirt.  How fun...and LOVEly.

Here are my pics from the pin: