Cute Little Girl's Shirt Applique

So it was the Saturday night before Easter and all through the house, not a kiddo was stirring......but mommy was scurrying frantically to find something to fill the Easter baskets! Then I remembered: "Hey, didn't I buy some cute little white shirts on sale to dress up some time?" Yep, found them in my stash, now what to do to dress them up? I've heard that you could use the trusty Cricut to cut out applique..............and I heard correctly! So easy peasy and cute! Just make sure that you have a really sticky mat and your Heat and Bond already ironed to your fabric. Take a look at how these cute little purse appliques turned out:

Here are the sweeties modeling their new shirts for Easter:

Creative Crate

Fun Custom Order - Matching Memory Album & Hair Bow Holder

I just love it when customers ask for something I haven't done yet, it just gets my creative juices flowing!  A customer ordered a Custom Girls Name Set  to match this bedding set:

And she asked me to doing a matching memory album with it:

 It has an acrylic cover.

 With lots of coordinating pages

 And pockets with tags for extra photos and memories

 Then this sweet customer really got my creative juices flowing.  She asked for a bow holder for the new little girl's first bows and barrettes:

You just clip the barrettes & bows to the ribbon.  How fun is that?

Simplify - Live Simply, Laugh Often, Love Much

I long to simplify, maybe then my house would always be organized, I would always have time to do what I wanted.....very funny huh?  I think that part of raising kiddos, especially when we live in our house 24-7 with homeschooling, is accepting that there is always going to be a mess somewhere in the house!  It amazes me that  all the technology out there to make our lives eaiser, simpler if you will, has a tendency to draw us away of what's  truly important, or it just helps us heap more onto our already overloaded lives!  Crazy isn't it?

So, I'm going to get off my technology (laptop) and go read a good book with my kiddos, how is that for simplifying?  =0)

Rake, Pile, Jump!

Are you preparing for the never ending cycle of rake, pile, jump?  We are getting ready at our house:

    
  
  
 






 

Harvest Blessings Sign On an Old Window Screen

As you might have guessed from the name of my blog - I love pumpkins! I know it's not quite fall, but when homeschooling starts around my house, my crafting time gets squeezed quite a bit.  So, fall it is!  I tried a new technique this week - and I really like how it turned out.  Of course, I've got to share it with all of my bloggy friends!  Have you tried painting on an old window screen?

I love how you can still see through the painting!

This was so much fun to do!  After painting the pumpkin on the screen, I added additional paint and distressing to the frame.  Then to dress it up, I sewed this little fabric banner dipped in coffee. The "Harvest Blessings" were printed from my computor using transfer paper.  I couldn't resist adding the rusty star garland as a final rustic touch.  What do you think?