Zipper pouch tuorial

For my daughters 4th birthday, I decided to make her a pouch that she could hold all of her millions of lip gloss in! I thought it was a good idea, but she doesn't like it because it isn't all pink, so I guess I will be making another one!!! :)

But I still think it is cute, and it wasn't too complicated to make!

You will need :
2 pieces of fabric, one for the outside and one for the lining
1 zipper ( mine was 9 inches long)

So cut your fabric into 11x7 in. pieces

You should have 2 for the outside and 2 for the inside

place your fabric that is going to be on the outside face up and then your zipper face down on top.

Then your lining on top of the zipper, make sure all your edges line up

Sew along the top

Then do it with the other 2 pieces of fabric on the other side

Then when you open it up it should look like this

Then unzip the zipper half way and take the lining sides and line them up and your outer pieces and line them up, one on top of the other...
like this...and sew all the way around the square, leaving about 2-3 inches at the bottom

Then turn it right side out, through the gap that you left in the lining piece and sew the hole up

Then push the lining down into the pouch and there you have it! I nice little zipper pouch! I hope all those steps made sense!

This is what the inside looks like!

I took a little sparkly dragonfly and tied it onto the zipper to make it more girly...it wasn't enough obviously!
Maybe I will use it for my make up....I still like princesses!!!
Or maybe we could use it for storing toys????

I don't know, but I think it is cute!!

Fabric headband

I made this cute headband for my niece for Christmas.

Isn't she cute!! I love how it looks her!

All I did to make it, was I took a headband from the dollar store, and wrapped it with strips of fabric and hot glued it as I went.

Then I used the same method as I did Here, to make the flowers, but instead of stacking them on top of each other, I folded them and glued them on a piece of felt standing up to make it look like this!

Then I took another piece of felt and glued it on the back side of the bow.

They look so cute on!

Spring decor tutorial

As I promised, I am sharing my tutorial on how to make these cute Spring decorations that I am going to be giving away!

Make sure you enter the giveaway Here and I will send you your chose of the Easter or Spring version, whichever you like better!

I will chose the winner Friday morning!

I started with 3 tiles from Home Depot, spring paper, mod podge, and my silhouette

Cut your paper the size of your tiles, a little smaller, and glue them onto your tiles. Make sure all the bubbles are out.
Then take some mod podge and a mini roller and spread evenly over each tile.

Now you have 3 tiles covered with paper.

Then I cut my vinyl out with my silhouette and rubbed them onto the tiles.
Then I Distressed the edges a bit.

I then put another layer of mod podge over them again, just so my vinyl doesn't come off.

Then I added a few gems to pretty them up a bit!

Then take ribbon and hot glue it onto the back of the tiles, make sure you have them centered and even.

I took some thinner ribbon and glued 2 pieces on the top so I could hang it.

And there you have it....some cute springy decorations!

Go enter to win your favorite one!!!

Yummy white bread

This is our favorite bread recipe! It is very good and it is so fast!

White bread

Mix in large bowl
5 cups hot water
4 T. yeast
4 T. sugar
4 T. oil
4 tsp. salt
12 cups flour

Mix and knead for 15 minutes, form into bread loafs, let rise for 10 minutes, bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until browned all around.

We like to make part of it into french bread since it makes such a large batch.

And with what is left over, I like to make into bread-sticks, which are my kids favorite!

Giveaway!

This giveaway is closed!!
Thanks everyone for entering!

Would you like to win one of these???

I have honestly been super nervous for this giveaway!! I think they turned out really cute, but I am worried that nobody else will think that! Do you ever worry about that or am I weird????

Anyway, so here it is:

Easter version

Spring version

I thought I would give the winner a choice between the Easter egg one, or the flower...more springy one!

Here is a close up of each tile!

I will post the tutorial later this week....or today...I don't know! Whenever I get a chance!

Now the Spring version:

Now, how to enter!!!!

You can enter up to 3 times per person!

1. Follow me and leave me a comment that you do, or already do.
2. Let me know what your favorite one is....the spring or Easter version.
3. Browse around past projects that I have done and let me know what your favorite is!

So, there you have it! Super easy way to get 3 entries!!

I will leave it open until Friday March 25th!!

100 Followers and counting!!!

Well, I am so excited that I have reached 100 followers....103 to be exact!!! I honestly didn't know if I would ever get 100 followers, it actually came a lot faster than I thought! Thank you so much!!

So.....I promised when that happened that I would do a giveaway!!! I have been stressing out about what I would give away since about 50 followers!

I have been working on the giveaway all day......and it is almost finished....so tomorrow I will be doing my first giveaway!!! Are you so excited???

So tomorrow check back for the awesome giveaway!!!! I hope you like it!!!

See you tomorrow, bright and early....just kidding...it is Saturday...I may actually get to sleep in!!!! Hooray!!! But don't forget to come enter!!!

Friday Favorites

It is time for Friday Favorites! These are just a few of the things that caught my eye this week!

I fell in love with these necklaces! I want to make some so bad!
You can find out how to make them Here

I love spring! This is such a cute idea! I love how colorful it is! It is so springy! (Is that even a word?) Anyway, check it out Here

I am in love with sunburst mirrors, and this one caught my eye! I love it! I am going to try to make one sometime!!! This one is so cute! You can find it Here

I love how bright this wreath is! It is such a simple idea! I love it!
Go check out how she made it Here!

I love cupcake stands, which I am still going to make one, but I have never seen anything like these mini cupcake stands! How clever!

This is such a fun idea! I love how simple this wreath is, but it is so cute! I love the spring colors! You can find out how to do this Here

You have to go check out this Dora Birthday! She did some amazing things! I am so jealous!
We absolutely love Dora at my house!!