Rolled Rosette Hair Clip

Hello Hello Hello!!

Thanks for stopping by!  If you've seen any of my posts before, you know that I love making hair clips.  I love it so much that I think some time soon I might try to sell them.  

In the meantime, do you want to see my newest hair clip obsession?!

What do you think?!  I've made the rolled rosette for a long time, but I love putting them together with tulle and gems! So much fun!  Last night I went a bit 'hair clip crazy'!  Look what else I made

 And these are the first two I showed you :)

So what do you think?  Would you be willing to pay for these hair clips??  Or not really?  I would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions.  Thanks so much for reading!

Juli

Baby Gift Basket

Hello there and Happy Tuesday!  Did you enjoy your Labor Day?!  I did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, and it was Fabulous!!  

So, if you've read this blog at all, you know I love making hair clips.  I get excited anytime I learn a friend is having a girl, and I start planning what I'm going to make.  Last month my managers wife had her first beautiful baby girl, so all of my fellow employees and I got together to make a fun basket for her.  I had so much fun with this one!  We each bought a couple of outfits, and then it was up to me to make matching hair clips!  YAHOO!!  My favorite part!  You want to see how the basket turned out?!  Of course you do! 

So fun, right?!!

Do you want to see how I did it?!

First of all, look at these adorable receiving blanket cupcakes!

I found the idea for these over at Cute As a Fox .  She has a great tutorial on how to make them, so go check it out!  I made four of them, since the pack of receiving blankets I bought had four in it.  Here's where I placed them

 The one on the top in the middle was made with cute little ruffle socks in the middle that I found at dollar tree.  Instead of rolling the sock in the middle like the tutorial said, I just bunched the socks together so the ruffles were on the top.  Then I just rolled the receiving blanket around them.  I love the look of that one!

Did you see the cute little candies wrapped in cellophane?  I found that idea at the same website, Cute As a Fox.  These are made with baby washcloths!

I thought the candy rolls added some fun to the basket!

I bought a couple toys since this is their first girl.  I found the bear at Dollar Tree, cut off the cheap ribbon it came with, and glued on a nice big pink bow that made it look so much cuter.

To finish off the basket, I HAD to make matching clips for each of the outfits.  Some of the outfits were onesies or pajamas, but I made a clip for each one, knowing she can use them for other outfits.  I used the same technique that I used when I made THIS basket for my friend.  On the bottom I put a layer of diapers, folded in half, as a kind of filler.  And really, what mom couldn't use more diapers, right?!  Then I took each of the outfits, rolled them, and put a headband around them.  Since we had so many outfits I wasn't able to do headbands on all of them.  So for the rest I just used some cheap pearl ribbon/string that I had in my craft stash.  This made it so I could clip each of the hair clips on the front of the outfit.  Here are some of the hair clips I made

Ok, have I said that I love making hair clips?! Yes? Maybe once or twice!?  Well, I love it!  I didn't take a picture of the pink burned silk flower, because I showed it HERE.  I also learned how to make a new kind of felt flower(the one pictured on the polka dot outfit in the middle) so I'll show you how to make those next week! :)  Are you sick of hair clips yet!?!  Sorry if you are!  I'm sure the obsession will pass sooner or later!

So how do you think it turned out?!  

Thanks for reading!!

Juli

Linking to these fabulous parties! :)

More Hair Clips!!

This last weekend, a few of my girlfriends and I got together for a bow making night!  We got tons accomplished, and were able to get some girl talk in while we were at it!  So much fun!  I didn't get a picture of the other ladies bows, but I wanted to share a few of the bows I made.  

Again, forgive me for the picture quality!  It's the best I can get with my ipod.  Thanks for understanding!!

My first and favorite one is this layered look.

I was just fiddling around with the ribbon, and thought this looked adorable!  This could be done with so many different color combinations, and it's so cute!

I also love the orange and yellow flower clip on the bottom.  My friend Lindsey showed me how to make those ones, and I am in love!! They are so cute but yet so simple to make! 

This is another one of my favorites!  I love the layered boutique bows!  I'll definitely be making more of these!

I got the coordinating ribbon from Joann's.  I love the pink and brown color combo.

These next flowers are just like the ones I made HERE and HERE.

I'm still loving the burned silk.  The creme one was just silk, but the pink one I layered silk and tulle.  The tulle gives is a little sparkle, which is fun!  I glued a ribbon-covered clip to the back of the flower for most, but some I did this.

I cut a circle of felt, and cut two slits in it.  Then I glued the circle to the back of the flower, making sure not to glue the middle of the circle at all.  This makes it so you can either wear the flower on a clip, or you can slip it onto a headband and wear it that way.  Love it!

So what do you think?!

Thanks for reading!

Juli

linking to these fabulous parties!

{Baby in a Basket}

I haven't had much of the crafting bug lately.

Probably due to fact that my sewing machine pedal broke a few weeks ago.
I finally broke down and ordered a new one over the weekend cause as I was browsing on
Pinterest
I found many projects I wanted to do and most of them required a sewing machine.
So, I bit the bullet and decided to spend the money on a new pedal.
It should come next week and I am actually excited.
Over the past few days I have been making and re-making lists of the projects I want to do.

So here's my craft idea for the idea
(ok so it's not really a "craft" but a somewhat clever idea I guess &
I'm sure many a moms have done it too)

My 7 1/2 month old is all over the place and this morning as I was trying to get some things done up stairs she was following me around and destroying things
I didn't just want to put her in her crib in her room all by herself so instead I did this


my other 2 kids thought it was funniest thing EVER!!!
The baby in the laundry basket with toys.......who would have thunk it???
They think I am the silliest mom!!

I know I am her mom and all but isn't she just the cutest?? don't ya just wanna pinch those cheeks?

Baby Gift

Hello there!!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Last week I posted about these hair clips that I made for my friend's new baby.  So today I thought I'd show you how the gift turned out and how I gave it to her. 

I hesitated buying outfits for the baby, because this is my friends second girl. Bur who can resist those adorable little girly clothes?!?! I know I can't. So I bought her a couple different outfits and headbands to match. Then I made the hair clips to go with each outfit.

I found the basket at dollar tree, and the ribbon was all from my stash. I rolled up diapers for the bottom half of the basket, 'cause who couldn't use extra diapers for a newborn?! Then I rolled each of the outfits, put the headband around it, and clipped the hair clip on. Then I just tied a bunch of ribbon to the handles. I think it turned out so cute, and it's definitely a unique way to give a gift. She can use the basket to store baby items, which is a lot more useful than a gift bag.

Well, that's all for today. Next week I'm going to share some hair clips I made for my friends 30th birthday, so stay tuned!!

Thanks for reading!!

-Juli-

Linking to
Strictly Homemade 
Not Just a Housewife 
A Bowl Full of Lemons 
Tip Junkie 

Funky Polkadot Giraffe
 Gluesticks

Baby Blankets

Baby Minkee Blankets
Hi Everyone! Mother Hen here to share some cute
ideas for 'Snuggle Blankies' to 'Quilts'.
As we speak, I am at a fair in Phoenix,
Arizona selling 'Texas Twister Drinks'
(Our other family business).
I've fallen in love with 'MINKEE' &
have had a great time doing applique
with it and making the 'Sunggle Blankies'!
When I started, I was going to make
a baby quilt with the designs, but
decided that lst I would make some cute
blankets to snuggle with.
I also was going to use cute woven fabric
around them, but love Minkee so much
I decided to use it for most of
the 'Blankie'.
Here are some of the designs I've
embroidered. After I get home from this fair,
I'll take pictures of the 'Blankies'!
Hope you enjoy these designs!

Minkee Turtle

Minkee Lamb

Minkee Zebra

Minkee Elephant

Minkee Butterfly

Minkee Whale

Minkee Duck

Minkee Lion

Minkee Frog

Minkee Giraffe

Minkee Bird

Next week, I'll show a few of these along with my
'Home Improvement' blog (if I can figure out one)!!

Have a great weekend!! Thanks for viewing
our blog and for your great comments.
See you next week!!

Altering Baby Clothes

Recently Ashley from Make It and Love It did a post about altering baby clothes. I loved the idea because I have a ton of 6-9 month clothes that my older daughter wore in winter months (meaning long sleeves) and now my younger daughter is getting big enough to fit into those clothes and it's spring, soon to be summer. I hate the idea of her not being able to wear any of them (some are way cute). I don't want to see them go to waste so I decided to take Ashley's idea and put it to use. What do you think?

BEFORE

AFTER

AND IT FITS PERFECTLY

I know I'm her mom and all but isn't she a cutie...minus the battle wounds she gave herself on her face?

Soooooo what I did was un-stitch the cuffs, cut the sleeves down, then re-attached the cuffs....pretty simple. I am so glad to have a serger that makes doing this kind of project so much easier and gives you a nice clean seam.

I better get to work and alter the stack of shirts sitting here so she has something to wear!!!

Ribbon Baby Quilt

here is a cute and pretty easy baby quilt. my amazing quilting friend made one and after i saw how cute it was i had to make one too. she got the idea from watching an episode of Fons & Porter on KBYU. i have searched the site to find instructions but have not been successful.

here is quick run down of what i did....

*the squares big squares are 8 1/2 inches and the smaller squares are 4 1/2 inches

*sew 4 smaller squares together to make a big square

*lay alternating squares on top of each other wrong sides together. by doing thins one side will have the seams facing outward.

*to cover those seams up top stitch ribbon down (i used 1 inch ribbon). i sewed the seams that are vertically first then horizontally.

*bind it how ever you would like

it really is pretty simple and goes pretty fast once you know what you are doing. i have a few friends having babies in the next few months so guess what they are getting!!!!

i am a child of god....

here is a cute and super easy craft for a baby gift

that could go along with one of jess's super cute BaBy CaRdS

i received one of these from a dear friend after i had my baby and loved it
so i thought i'd share it with all of you

**no this is not her name or her info**

seriously this is super easy

all you need is...
a computer (preferably with super cute fonts)
paper
picture frame

here's what to do....
1. just type this up in what ever word document you have
2. leave the words to the song black
3. change the words of the info to other colors
4. print
5. cut to fit frame
6. insert into frame
7. give to the new mommy and she will cherish it forever!!!

and there you have it: a super cute baby gift that you will have made with no sewing or glue involved....can't get any easier than that!!!

oh and if you're not lds than this project may not make a whole lot of sense to you but is still cute nonetheless. the words come from a song that is taught in primary to all the kids. click HERE to find out more about it.

Baby Cards

Hello again! In this family people tend to have babies in March, so I have been in the baby card mindset. No one is pregnant in the family but just in case I have them ready. Hope you enjoy!