Invasion of the Flowers!

The only problem when you make fabric or felt flowers is that you can't just make one.



I tried to limit myself to just the fabric flowers. Obviously that didn't go as planned.

See these super cute rosebuds? By far the easiest and least time consuming to make. Therefore they are my favorite!



I think the pinwheels are cute. Next time I make them I will use an interfacing to sandwhich the two colors together. I think it will make them look a bit neater.

Now to attach them all to hairclips/bands/GLOVES! And then wrap them up!

Ruffled Headbands of Cuteness!

Sometimes I make something that just makes me so incredibly happy. And oh boy do these do that for me. I can't tell you how ridiculously excited I am to give these to the nieces this year. And some for Aidyn. And a grown up version for myself. I love them.

Cute, huh?!?

Trader Joes Tuesday- Giveaway Winner!!!

Well, I hope to get better at this giveaway stuff! I don't even know how to post the random generator thing! LOL. Obviously I need to learn how!

The random generator said that the winner was #7... and that would be...

Heidi @ Everyday Families said...


I will use them on days like yesterday . . . http://everydayfamilies.blogspot.com/2010/12/one-of-those-days.html

I'm a new follower and excited to get to know you!

Congratulations Heidi!

The Awesomest Christmas CD... Ever!

Forget treat plates! For this years neighbor/friend gift I decided to go the CD route. I downloaded (legally!!!) a rather funny batch this year. And by luck Target had 100 cd's for $11 something. That's half off! SCORE! All I needed was some CD sleeves. I could have bought some of the plain white ones and stamped them. But, I have a huge stockpile of scrapbooking paper and have made a pact with myself that I can't buy the cute new stuff until the old stuff is gone.

So I made FIFTY of these bad dogs...

And I cheaped out (money and time wise) this year and just wrote on the CD. Next year I'll do the labels I think. Good thing I have legible handwriting!

Here's the playlist for those of you who are curious:

The Awesomest Christmas CD Ever!




1. Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey-Doug Kershaw
2. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus- Jessica Simpson
3. Susy Snowflake- Rosemary Clooney
4. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas- Gretchen Wilson
5. Jingle Bells- Bing Crosby
6. Must Be Santa- Bob Dylan
7. Frosty the Snowman- Jimmy Durant
8. Nuttin’ for Christmas- Art Mooney
9. Feliz Navidad- Joe Feliciano
10. Christmas in Killarney- Bing Crosby
11. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)- Alvin & The Chipmunks
12. You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch- Thurl Ravenscroft
13. Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer- Dr. Elmo
14. Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy- Jack Black & Jason Segal



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Glamour Gloves

A few weeks ago I was perusing the blogosphere and came across a tutorial on Little Miss Momma's blog for Glamour Gloves. Oh my word, I was so excited. Not only are they super cute but they are ridiculously easy to make and wonderful on my pocketbook. They make fantastic gifts. I love, love, love, lovety, love them and have to force myself to not buy a million pairs of gloves to make more.

Aren't they cute?

I made these for my SIL for her birthday. They are the ones that started it all!

Trader Joes Tuesday... A Giveaway!!!

This week I am doing my very first ever giveaway. Now, I know not all of my readers have the luxury of living near a Trader Joes. So when I say that these are way better tasting than Oreo's your probably going... "Uh huh. Sure. Whatever."

But I am not lying.

They are divine.

So, I decided to ship them to one very lucky reader for them to experience the awesomeness. Just leave me a comment telling me how you will use your Candy Cane Joe-Joes. The giveaway will end on Sunday December 12th.

Wow. Just wow.

For the last two years and four months I have run an online game. The Harry Potter Knit/Crochet House Cup on Ravelry started with just over 100 players and now the group has grown to just shy of 2,000 and a student populations of 700. It takes over 60 people to run it. And a lot of my time.

I stepped down this weekend as Headmistress. I want more time to be able to blog, do some videos and of course actually PLAY the game that I started. It was a difficult choice but I am excited about the opportunities that are coming up for me.

So, now that I have more free time... let's fill it up! LOL.

Fabric Decal Wall Art VIDEO Tutorial

Oh yes my friends. Another video tutorial. This one is for us renters who can't paint or apply vinyl. (Vinyl takes the paint off my walls!) It's simple. You cut out fabric in whatever shape you want and using a cornstarch and water solution you slap it on the wall. I love how mine turned out. Now it's time to move the computer over to that wall and finish up my room!




And sorry for the night/day filming. The baby was less than cooperative this time around. And I got tired. See my tired eyes? Yeah. Aren't those pretty?

A goal for December! (Ok, I have more than one goal.)

First off. Sorry for the missing Trader Joes Tuesday. It's coming! The baby has been ultra fussy. Come to find out the generic gigantic bag of tater tots I got on sale last week contain gluten. Huh. The ones at Trader Joes don't and neither do the ones at Fred Meyer. What a sad lesson to learn. And James and I are super sleep deprived.

We also have some footage of a super awesome craft tutorial that we hope to wrap up today so I can edit and upload it. Hopefully. See above paragraph. Here's a sneak peak.

And in December I have a HUGE goal of blogging every.single.day. And crafting/creating/making at least one gift a day until Christmas/Birthday Extravaganza begins. I swear there are about 10 birthdays in December/January in my family. It's nuts!

Starting with my baby. Who turns a year old on the 6th. Don't ask me where the year has gone. I couldn't possibly tell you.