Pee Pee Teepee

I decided to make some pee pee teepees. I followed the directions found here I had a lot of fabric from some botched burpcloths that I didn't measure properly and didn't know what I was going to do with it. The material that I used is flannel inside and out. These things are so easy to make. I made 21 of them. Do I need 21? Nope...but I had enough fabric to make that many, so that's what I did :)

I didn't even bother to pin them after the initial pinning around the curve, which makes it that much faster to sew. Anyway, if you have a little sprayer, or know someone who does, these things are pretty cool.

Oh, the bowl I used was just a regular sized cereal bowl.

Happy Sewing!

Apple

Burp Cloths

I actually made these a while ago, but never got around to posting them. A friend of mine is having a little one too, so I made a few for her. I got the template from here but made a couple of changes. On my first burp cloth I did it exactly as she said. It took too much time and hurt my hand from the constant clipping so I decided to sew it together. I like the way it looks much better and it was just easier for me.

Make sure you layer it right, or you'll be like me and want to scream because you sewed everything together only to realize that you put it together wrong in the first place and when you flip it out your batting is on the outside! I was so mad when that happened. I have to admit that I didn't sew for several days after that because I was so angry (I'm sure pregnancy hormones had something to do with that *wink*)

Anyway, here's what I did:

1. Place fabric right sides facing with batting on top.
2. Sew all the way around leaving approximately three inches opened at the top so you can flip it right side out.
3. Flip, then pin opening closed and sew all around closing the opening as you go. Then I sewed a line through the middle as suggested to catch the batting and voila! Done!

They are very nice and soft. I have made 16 so far, but I've cut out enough for 32. Apparently, I was very ambitious at one point :)

Here's how they look:

Front:



Back: 

Front and Back: 

Happy Sewing!

Apple

Snowman Ornaments

I'm coming down to the last few ornaments now. I found the idea for this snowman here and thought it was cute. Now I just need a star for my topper...

Here are our snowmen:

This is mine (it looks like it got into a fight with another snowman though because I kept touching the paint while it was still wet):

This one belongs to my little one: 

This one is my hubby's: 

I have to admit, my husband surprised me with this whole ornament thing. He did a really great job creating his ornaments. I think his snowman is cuter than mine (shh...don't tell him I said that) :-) But the winner of overall cuteness goes to my little one. Those are some of the cutest things I've seen!

Apple

Santa Ornaments

Next on my list of ornaments is the Santa ornament. I think they look pretty hilarious. My husband's actually looks the best, but they still look funny. But that's what makes these sort of projects so fun and special. I used the template from here and again just copied it onto craft foam and cut it out. Here's what the finished product looks like:

This is my hubby's:



This is my little one's:

This is mine: 

Somehow my Santa ended up bearing a strange resemblance to Michael Jackson. I'm not really sure how that ended up happening, but it's there. Do you see it?

Apple

Gingerbread Man Ornaments

We made Gingerbread Man ornaments! They look real. I don't know if it will really come across that way in pictures, but in person they look awesome! I'm very happy with the way they turned out. I used the template from here, resized it, copied it onto brown craft foam, and cut it out. I used puffy paint (dimensional paint) for the icing. It was a lot of fun doing these. Here's how they turned out:

This picture really doesn't due them justice. But make some for yourself and you'll see how cute they really are :-)

Apple

Reindeer Ornaments

In my last post I said that we were doing a family tree this year where we'll make the ornaments. I was planning on making snowflake ornaments, but just decided to hang up some of the snowlake ornaments that I already had. Maybe next year we'll make them. Anyway, we did make reindeer. They turned out really cute. I used the template from here. I resized it, printed it out, traced it onto brown craft foam and cut it out. We just used buttons, pom poms, googly eyes, and marker to complete them. I punched a hole in the top, threaded ribbon through it and hung it on the tree. Here's what they look like:

This is mine:

This is my little one's: 

This is my hubby's: 

They turned out really cute. They're the perfect size and look nice on the tree. Next up...the Gingerbread Man!

Apple

Still Here

Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you know that I'm still here. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had a lot of yummy food to eat. I am going to post a couple of pie recipes when I get the chance, but for now I just wanted to write a little something since it's been so long since my last post. Posting is going to be a little thin for a while because I'm sure you may have picked up on my recent talk of baby stuff that our family has expanded and getting on the computer is not the easiest thing to do right now (when I have an extra minute I'm usually trying to shower at lightening speed).

I have lots of plans to make things for Christmas, but we'll see how that goes. My plan is to buy a real tree this year on top of our artificial tree. The artificial tree is going to be our "fancy" tree and the real tree is going to be our family tree. I want to make homemade ornaments and a popcorn garland. After Christmas, my plan is to put the tree outside with some peanut butter and bird seed sprinkled on it for the little critters outside.

I've recently discovered pinterest and there are a whole slew of things I want to make. All of them simple, but fun for little ones to make. I've also found a blog that I love and there are some really cool ideas for Christmas. One of which I plan to make for my friends and family as a family Christmas gift this year, but they'll be able to use it year after year. I'll be sure to get that posted too. So many plans, so little time...but at least I have a plan right?

Talk to ya soon!

Apple