I'm actually sewing! Maybe...

 

Nursing Shawl Tutorial

This morning I've been cutting out fabric for some projects. I'm especially excited about making this nursing shawl. My little sister who is also pregnant with her third daughter requested one. The tutorial is great and I can't wait to see how it turns out! I'm going to make myself one too. 

I have a ton of pregnant friends right now so I'm also going to make some passy straps, burp cloths, and attempt some cloth wipes. I am planning on cloth diapering our baby so I figured cloth wipes would be easier than disposables. I guess I will find out. If you have any favorite cloth diapers, please share!

 Hopefully I can get my 20 year old Serger to cooperate today so I can actually finish some of these projects. I don't think I've touched my sewing machine in at least 3 months. I'm still dealing with a little bit of morning sickness at 19 weeks.

 Here are the tutorials I will be using:

 3 easy baby shower gifts Tutorial

 

Passy Strap Tutorial

And just for fun here's my 19 week photo. It was also Mother's Day. I'm so grateful these little girls made me a Mother. We had a great day thanks to my hubby who took over cooking and cleaning!

Fab Five on Fridays #2

This week I wanted to share my favorite nursery inspirations. I have 5 months left to get my little girls room ready. I know a lot of time, but I'm excited to get started. Teal and Pink or Coral are my favorite colors right now. I was thinking about painting the walls a very pale teal, almost white color.

 

#1 found here

Nursery Board #1- I love this color combination! I've also seen similar fabric on fabric.com so I know where to order it. I'm really loving teal and pink.  The pop of yellow is nice too. 

 

#2 found here

Nursery Board #2- This is probably my favorite right now. It has all the colors I really love and don't think I will be sick of looking at. I love the gray, but it's all over my house already. 

 #3 found here

Nursery Board #3- I am in love with this room! I love the colors. You have to check out this blog, she has the best sewing projects for girls. She made almost everything in the room which I love. I think the quilt is my favorite part.

 

#4 found here

Nursery Board #4- Okay so this is not a nursery, but I love the colors and print on the fabric. This room is so bright and happy. 

 

 #5 found here

Nursery Board #5- This is a very pretty classy little lady room. I like parts of it but not the whole thing. I want to make the Love pillow to put on the rocker, I might do the sequins in silver though.

I'm going in for a 20 week ultrasound in a few weeks so I will wait till then to pick out a paint color. Just in case there is any gender surprises. 

I bought a bunch of picture frames from goodwill a couple of months ago and I have a few items I just need to repaint for the nursery. I also want to give my 6 year old rocker a makeover. My sister is giving me her white crib and matching changing table which is so nice!

Which one is your favorite?

Art Party

 My daughter turned 6 a few weeks ago. I decided to go with an art theme since she wants to be an artist when she grows up. I found a tutorial on how to make this balloon banner, which I love! I choose colors that were bright and added purple because it's her favorite color, and I wanted it to look a little more girly. I found the tutorial here. I attached the banner to my walls with painters tape. I was surprised it did not fall. We kept it up for a few days too. I bought the balloons and crate paper at Dollar Tree and Target.

 I bought bird houses for the kids to paint from Joann's. They were $1 a piece. The kids really enjoyed it, and it was a great party favor. They also painted paper mask I found at Joann's.

 Sweet Birthday Girl!

 I also bought these aprons from Dollar Tree, and I just hung them on the back of the chairs. The kids also took these home with them.

 I kept the food simple and we just had cupcakes and ice cream.

I loved that there were so many different types of bird houses to choose from, I let the kids pick out their favorite one to paint. The kids also played in the back yard with bubbles, and side walk chalk. Everything else I bought for the party was also from the dollar store, so it was a pretty inexpensive party.

Check out my linky friends:

Sugar Bee Crafts
Sweet Little Gals
Not Just a Housewife
The Winthrop Chronicles

16 weeks

Fab Five on Friday's #1

Fab Five on Friday's

I wanted to start sharing some of my favorite things with you. They may be crafts, tutorials, or products I love. I may also have a theme each week. This week it kind of a mix, with mostly baby stuff. Can you tell baby is on my mind? : ) Hopefully you will find some of these helpful.

 

1. This rocker makeover is from the Winthrop Chronicles, check out the tutorial here. 

I have never thought of making over a glider this way, and ours really needs it! I can't wait to do something similar in our nursery.

 

2. How adorable is this light switch plate?! You can purchase it here. It's that perfect little something extra in you little ones room.

 

3. I love Maybelline Baby lips gloss. It's basically a chapstick/gloss. I love the peach tint, which is in the purple tube. It's easy to put on, you don't need a mirror since the color is so light. It's amazing! It's super moisturizing, and color is awesome. It's a little under $3 at Target and Wal-Mart. I found a $1 coupon for it on the Target website a few weeks ago.  

 

4.  I love the muslin blankets that are so popular right now. I found this tutorial on Pinterest for this feather print one here.  There is also one on MADE, you can find it here. I've read that you can find the material at Joann's for around $5/yard.

I also love the ones by Aden and Anais ones you can purchase here. I love the peacock feather one, and those medallions are amazing!

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5. Turban headbands on little girls. SO cute! I need to make some for my girls. I don't know if I'm brave enough, or trendy enough to wear one myself. There are a ton of tutorials on Pinterest for these.

So there you have it, my top 5 fav's for the week. Have a great weekend!

More Baby News!

Easy Dirt Cupcakes

My oldest daughter turned 6 last week!  I can't believe it! 

She wanted us to come to school and bring cupcakes for her class.  My husband 

convinced her she wanted dirt cupcakes.  Okay Dad.  At first I was thinking

could you just have picked something easier, Mommy is still dealing with morning 

sickness all day long.  Labor intensive cupcakes were not sounding very fun.  They ended 

up being extremely easy to make though.  Most importantly my girl loved them, and so did

 the kids in her class. So win, win!

To Make:

I bought chocolate cake mix and followed the directions for cupcakes.

I then iced them with cream cheese frosting.

I put a bunch of oreo's in a plastic bag and crushed them with a mallet. 

I poured the crushed oreo's in a bowl and turned the iced cupcakes upside down and just dipped them till they were dirty enough.

I added a gummy worm for the finishing touches, and that's it!

I will be sharing her Birthday party decorations soon.  She had an Art themed party ( I know nothing to do with worms or dirt, lol!) 

Have a great day!

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Sweet Little Gals,
Sugar Bee Crafts,
Not Just a Housewife,
 The Winthrop Chronicles,