Captain America Shirts and Happy 4th?

A week and a half later I am finally getting around to posting pictures from our 4th of July weekend!  Are any of you finding it difficult to blog in the summer?   I feel like I am trying to keep the kiddos busy and outside this summer and can sometimes find time to sew at night.  However, finding any extra time to blog about what I might be sewing or crafting seems next to impossible.  I’ve decided not to stress about it.  This is supposed to be fun right?  I’ll post as often as I can and get back to more regular blogging when the girls start kindergarten in the fall.  Sniff Sniff.

 

 

   

We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend.  I’ll post more pictures tomorrow of all that we did.  Today, I just wanted to share with you these cute Captain America shirts that I made for the boys. 

           

The idea came from Cheri at I am Momma Hear Me Roar!  Go on over and check out the full tutorial HERE.

They were really simple.  I liked that they were perfect for the holiday but could still be worn the rest of the summer.

 

Apparently they are “cool’ too because my 9 year old nephew asked for one!  I was so excited to finally have something that I could make for him.

 

You may remember from my Memorial Day post HERE that I made these madras shorts for my boys too.  Well I had planned on the girls wearing their matching skirts. 

 

 

Then we remembered that one of their dance costumes from this year would be perfect.

 

I think that you can only pull this look off if you are five.  They were a big hit and the girls were so happy with all of the compliments they got.

 

 

Here is the view from the back.

Happy Sewing!

 

P.S.  My boys thought that it was pretty awesome that candy was just being thrown at them during the parade!

 

 

I  love this picture of his little hand holding on to his lollipop for dear life!

Friday Favorites: Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

I would have to assume that most of you already know Dana from MADE.  She is kind of amazing!  If you are one of the few who haven’t visited her blog, you need to go right now!  It is full of wonderful sewing and crafting tutorials.  Well as if that wasn’t enough, Dana also has some pretty yummy recipes on her blog as well.  See my post HERE about her Pumpkin French Toast.

 

A few weeks ago, I tried her Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.  As Rachel Ray would say, “YUMMO!”  Seriously, I don’t think I can express to you how very good these are.  One of my two year old boys is sitting with me while I write this and he just saw the pictures and said, “Cookies!  Yumm Yumm!”    

 

 

What’s even better than rows and rows of yummy cookies?

 

How about enough dough left over to make six logs to put in the freezer for later?  This could be dangerous!

If you would like to try these too, please click HERE for the recipe.

Happy Baking!

On The Go Toddler Bed Rails

We went on a mini vacation with the kiddos last week.  As previously mentioned here, my boys still sleep in cribs.  They like them and haven’t climbed out yet and I like the peace of mind of knowing that they won’t be getting up and running all around the house in the middle of the night.  I know I only have a few more months of this so I’m just going to enjoy it while I can.

Anyway, we stayed in a townhouse on our trip and had to figure out sleeping arrangements.  The boys are much too big for pack and plays so “big boy” beds it was.  First we tired them out every day so that they would sleep through the night.  One problem solved.  Now how to keep them from falling out of their beds?  I first came across this awesome tip when my girls were little and I loved it so I thought that I would share it with you!

See that little bump along the edge of their beds?  That keeps them in and here is how you do it.  (I promise that this was a nice townhouse but we rearranged the beds like this and took down the pictures that were over their beds because that was just asking for trouble.)

 

 

Take your standard swim noodle.  These are cheap, light weight, and easy to bend for packing.

 

Next wrap it in a towel or blanket.  This adds some extra bulk and keeps it from being so slippery.

 

Finally tuck it under the fitted sheet on the bed.  Make sure to tuck the fitted sheet in nice and snug to keep it form shifting.

Easy peasy!

 

This method worked so well for us that I never did buy my girls bed rails when they were little we just used these all the time.  An additional plus to this method besides being inexpensive and portable is that making the bed is much easier than making a bed with a bed rail.

I hope this helps!

Ballet Shirts

 

 

 

        

Both of my girls and three of my nieces recently performed in dance recitals.  Aren’t they sweet?

 

    

I decided to use my Silhouette to make some cute gifts for them. 

 

 

I used an image of a ballerina.  I cut the ballerina shape and their names out of pink heat transfer and ironed them onto shirts. 

 

 

For my oldest niece, I ironed the image and her name onto a bag.

 

I also did a little fancy stitching on the top to jazz it up a bit.

 

 

I love these girls!  You all danced beautifully!

 

Happy Crafting!

 

P.S. What were the boys doing during their sisters’ dance recital?  Running around in the lobby like complete lunatics!  Thanks for watching them daddy and Uncle Eric!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father’s Day!  Not that I think any dads are actually reading my blog but you’ll pass along my well wishes for me won’t you ladies?  I hope you all have an enjoyable day with your families.
To start you off here is a fantastic dad video you have to watch!

Kimberbell Kids Doll Round 2

A few months ago I made up a couple of Kimberbell Kids Dolls for my little girls.  See my previous post here.  When their cousin saw them she loved them and asked if I would make her one too.  I promised her one for her birthday so here it is.

 

Hers is the one in the middle.  She requested having both of the hair colors that I used on the other two dolls.  It took a little extra time but wasn’t too tricky. 

 

 

I think that my niece was really happy with it.

 

I really love this pattern and would recommend it to anyone who is has never sewn a doll before as the pattern is very detailed and easy to follow.

Happy Sewing!

 

End of the Year Class Gifts

 

 

 

Aren’t these just so cute?!!!  I came across this idea around Valentine’s Day at 24-7-365.  I really wanted to make these but we had already planned to make crayon hearts for Valentines Day.  (See my post HERE.)  I decided that the end of the school year would be the perfect opportunity for these super cute treats. 

My little girls went to their last day of preschool today.  “Sniffle Sniffle.”  I actually managed to keep it together today but they have their graduation on Friday and I’m not making any promises about my emotional state on that day.

Anyway, they had so much fun passing these out today and everyone thought that they were super cute!

Just take a picture of your child with their fist up towards the camera.

Add whatever text you would like.  I used Picasa to do this.

Then using an exacto knife or scissors cut small slits above and below their hand.  Insert the lollipop and tape it down in back.

Happy Crafting!