DIY sew toddler pj pants

Just made my daughter pj pants....and let me tell you, I'M IN LOVE WITH THEM!  I found the tutorial here --->   click me to see 
They took about 20 mins to make, it was super quick and easy to follow. 

Here's my pics....

 Can we get any cuter then this?

DIY primitive candle

So I bought some decor for my dining room that holds a candle stick.  I knew a plain white one would look dumb in it so I knew what I had to do....buy cheap dollar tree candle and design a primitive one myself.  Off to google I went and found that using just modge podge or regular glue and cinnamon was all I needed.  Simple and cheap enough for me instead of paying 5 bucks for just one candle.    My dollar tree had a pack of 7 emergency candles for...you guessed it...a dollar.  They are not the long normal ones, they are half the size of the regular candle sticks but that is exactly what I needed to put in my decor.

This is before

 

And after! 

 

So to do this all you have to do is paint the candle with modge podge or glue.  While its wet roll in cinnamon.  After its dry, repaint with glue to seal it all.  And voila!  Plus it smells delish!  I wouldn't suggest burning these, as they are just for decoration.

 

I don't like the way the candles look in these pictures.  I think they look a lot better in person.  Try it for yourself tho.

DIY card table redo

So I was reading a post about this lady using adhesive contact paper for the outside of her cupboards that she found at the dollar tree.   I forget the actual name of it but I found some at mine by the cleaning products. Its the stuff they use to line inside of cupboards.    I decided I was going to use it to redo my card/craft table.   But really the possibilities of what you can do with it is endless.  Plus it's water proof which is pretty awesome.  

 Card table before

                 

And after!  How cute is that??  It was actually really easy to apply. I kind of want to go get more n cover more stuff. Toilet seat cover, bookshelf, shelves in fridge?!??!!

DIY stuffed animal bean bag

Before Alina even hit one she already had too many stuffed animals to count (pretty much none of which I bought).  I don't know what it is with families feeling the need to buy a stuffed animal for every occasion.  Needless to say, I needed something to do with them all so I didn't have to stare at them daily.  So to pinterest search I went looking for storage of stuffed animals.  I found a bean bag chair minus the beans add the stuffed animals.  Cutest idea ever!  Now why didn't I think of that.  Off to the sewing machine I went.  You can find the steps from this blog.. click here for tutorial  props to her!   The only difference I made was I put a zipper on it instead of velcro.

So here's how mine turned out.  I was pretty pleased with the results.  I'm not much of a fan for the fabric but it does it's job.

 Great to lounge on!

 Where is pickles??? Even my dog likes it, can you spot two little ears?  He thinks it's his own personal bed.

Upcycled bobby pins and buttons

Quick little post, so I saw some cute bobby pins on pinterest with buttons on them.   The post didn't have an explanation on how they were done so I assumed they were done with hot glue so that's what I did.  

Just take your bobby pins, stash of buttons (my mom had too many to count) and glue away.  I ain't gonna lie, if you're too rough the buttons will pop off after a while.  Let's just say I have a bunch of random buttons in the bottom of my purse haha.   Simple fix tho, just take the glue off and reglue BAM! 

my first DIY t-shirt blanket

Sooooo I know I already have a post similar to this one but this one is a tshirt blanket, however, it is not finished lol.  BUT, I haven't posted anything in a while so I will list my steps for this blanket.  The difference between this one and my other one is this one has different sized squares/rectangles. 

So I googled a bunch of different peoples DIY tshirt quilts and got a feel for how I wanted to do mine.  I already knew what shirts I was using because my husband has an obnoxious obsession with firefighter shirts (which is practically all he wears) and I finally talked him into dwindling his pile down.  So now he can cherish them all with the blanket.

First I got all his shirts and figured out how I wanted to somewhat lay them out for the blanket.

Next was to cut them all out to about the size I wanted them to be. 

 

 

After a rough draft cut job I then recut them to the same width size for each row.  I knew I was going to have three rows so each row would have to be the same width it didn't matter the height for each shirt.  I played around with them to how I wanted it for the final layout.  When googling how others did this, they were all technical on using math and calculating this and that and once again, ain't nobody got time for that lol.  I like to wing everything I do.  Mainly due to not having patience.   I also moved the shirts around as to not to have the same color shirt all in one area although 90% of them were navy blue.

So after sewing each row going down, then sewing the rows together left and right, the main part was done.  I then got the small squares I had for the top and bottom that are in the first pic and figured out how big each needed to be to fit the length of the quilt.  I sowed those together then added them to top and bottom.   So you notice that lonely square chilling at the top?  Ya, that's what happens when you got scraps of fabric everywhere and you rush too fast.  I knew I was missing something when the top row looked so awkwardish. 

 

 

So there I was, seam ripping the whole top row off then each square off of each other OIY.  I then fixed my little screw up and voila the top piece of the blanket is done.

Next, I have to figure out how the hubby wants his blanket finished.  Not sure if he wants batting for the middle or maybe just a back piece to it.  Who knows!  Until then, there it is,  DIY t-shirt blanket.

No bake play doh!

Quick little post for the stalkers (CJ) lol... Looking for a play doh to make at home with ingredients you probably already have on hand?  I found this site with three different recipes, one of which didn't require extra cooking time.  That's right up my alley so I gave it a whirl.  I halved the recipe because let's face it I'm cheap and I knew it wouldn't last long with an active 16 month old that changes activities faster then I can blink. 

HERE'S THE SITE....  click me to see      I did number 3.

Alina had fun playing with it. I think the consistency was pretty good.  I did have to play with the flour and water ratio a little bit to get it how I wanted it but other then that it was a success (minus her tryint to eat it every 30 seconds).

 

Don't we love the non matching pj's?  Owls and polar bears...hey whatever works haha 

First quilt DIY

So May 2nd 2014 will mark 5 years since I lost my father to cancer.  That being said I'm happy to say that I have completed a somewhat quilt or comforter whatever you want to call it constructed of my dad's plaid shirts he use to wear.  The shirts are symbolic because my dad never shopped for clothes. The clothes he owned were probably 20 years old. Ok so maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit lol.  However every shirt he owned, I would see over and over so seeing them makes me think of him.  

   So my hints/tips today would be explaining the quilting/blanket making process.  Of course I didn't come up with it in my head that's why they make pinterest and Google so I will refer to the links I looked to, to make it.    I do however have to finish this blog on my computer at a later time cuz I haven't a clue how to do all the fancy inserting web links and pics in the correct places.  So for now just pics will have to do.  

UPDATE!  So one main website I used for this project was this one -> click me to see

First cut squares you want to sew together.

 

Place them in the order you would like them to look.

 

Next sew the rows together one row at a time then those columns together.

 

 

 Lastly, I put the front piece over batting, used basting spray to hold together.  I just sewed a few rows of the front and batting together to hold.  Then I put the back on front side facing front of quilt sewed the edges left a gap big enough for my hand to fit to turn inside out when done and sew shut.

The last thing I did to the quilt was hand sew buttons randomly over the quilt to hold the front, batting, and back piece together.