Friday Favorites

I fell in love with this darling shadow box idea!
It looks relatively easy, and it is just so cute!

I just love Laura over at Live.Laugh.Photograph. So go check out how she makes this!! Awesome!

Meanwhile....I am working on learning this new machine! I just got it the other day! I am soooo excited about this purchase!

So much better than what I had!

So the next couple of days are devoted to this!!!

WHAHOOO!!!!

I ordered this baby from Costco about a week ago...and it is here!!!!

I am so excited!!!
I can hardly wait to get this thing set up....so I am taking today and maybe tomorrow to mess around with this!!! So.....stay tuned!
Just think of all the stuff I can make with this!!!

I wanted to post this amazing deal I ran onto.....after mine was purchased.
It is also a brother sewing machine for $112!!!!

You can look at it Here!

I hope Brother is a good sewing machine...I will soon find out!

Teacher appreciation day!!!

I woke up this morning and remembered it was Teacher appreciation day!

So since I have procrastinated getting something ready, I had about 10 minutes to throw something together.

It was Micah's birthday yesterday, so we had some donuts left over, so I threw this together!

I know it is nothing fabulous, but I tried to keep it simple....after my disaster birthday cake yesterday! More on that later!!!!

It made the kids happy, and hopefully it will get the point across to their teachers how much we appreciate all they do!!!

Spring dress

First of all.....Happy belated Mother's day!!!

Sorry about the lack of posts, but we had a super busy weekend with family! A lot going on!!!

Here is the easiest dress you will ever make!

I was in Joann's the other day and happened on this darling fabric. It is all pre-hemmed and shirred. The draw back is the price. It is sold by the inch. So make sure you use a coupon on it!!

My youngest daughter fell in love with this Dora material! It was super hard to cut it because every time I laid it flat she would grab it! I guess I will have to make one for her too!!

Here it is before I did anything to it! It is almost done when you get it! It is so simple!

I sewed it up the back and added some ribbon for the straps and that is about all!

Here it is after I sewed up the back, but before I added straps.

I seriously sewed this dress in about 15 minutes, from start to finish!

I think it was a big hit!

I was in trouble for not getting the Tangled one too!
Next coupon!!!

How cute!! I just love being a mom!!!

Mother's day card

I wanted to make a mother's day card, and I saw this cute idea over on the silhouette blog!

And you know how much I love my silhouette, and I use it every chance I can get!

I love how it turned out!

The only thing I did different is I filled in some of the design.
I really like how it made it pop!

Mother's day subway art

I actually made this last year....for myself...because lets face it, my husband is never going to do something like this!

Plus, a mother has got to toot her own horn once in awhile!!

So, anyway, I have searched and searched and can't find the subway art that I used last year, but I did find a printable for another one that is equally as good!!!

So don't hate me, I really did try to find it, and if by chance the person who did this darling printable is reading this blog, let me know and the credit is yours!!!

Here is the free printable for Mother's day subway art!

Anyway, it was super easy!

All I did was added scrapbook paper, ribbon and a fabric flower! You could just put it in a frame also!

Baby bib and burp cloth

My sister in law had a baby boy, and I wanted to make her some bibs and burp cloths.

One thing I hate about burp cloths, is that it seams like the spit up doesn't absorb into the fabric very good.

So I wanted to add terry cloth to one side of it.

I bought a white towel at Ross, and was able to make several out of it.

I used one that I already had as a pattern

Now I have two pieces of fabric cut out

Then turn the fabrics right sides together and sew all the way around, leaving an opening on one end...a couple of inches open.

Now sew up the opening and I actually sewed all the way around it, about 1/2 inch in.
Just to make sure it doesn't go anywhere!

Ta-Da! Super easy!!

Now for the burp cloth!

I used one already that I had for a pattern

Now you have the front and back

Now, I really wanted to make this easy on me, so I just placed the two pieces together, WRONG sides together. So, you don't have to turn this inside out.

I just sewed all the way around, leaving about 3/4 inch, so I could make it into a rag big.

I added my velcro!

Then just take your scissors and clip little slits all the way around, making sure you don't clip too close to your stitches. Then I threw it in the wash to give it a nice rag look!

That is all....so fast and simple and makes a super great baby shower gift!

Mother's Day is coming up!!!

I was looking for some cute mother's day ideas to share and I happened onto some amazing ideas!

First this darling tea towel cake tutorial @ Aly & Ash

This would be perfect for Mother's day

This is such a sweet gift! I would love to get one of these my kids picture in it!
Wouldn't this be the perfect gift for Grandma!

Find out how to make it here

Does this apron look familiar?
Yes, this is a set of hot pads and apron that I made. I thought this would be a good Mother's day idea as well!

You can find it Here

I love this oven mit idea!
Find out how to make them Here

I made some of these about a year ago for myself and my mother in law and they are so nice!

I have never gotten around to blogging about them, but I found an awesome tutorial over at
AGAAGG

So go check it out!!
So hopefully this gives you some ideas for your special Mother is Mother's day!!!

Voting on open!!

Okay, the voting started today over at Vintage Revivals!

If you haven't checked it out, you can click Here!

I am so excited and totally hope I am one of the lucky 15!!!

If you would....PLEASE go vote for my room! I desperately need help with this one!
I just know Mandi could make this room so much more exciting, for my daughter, than I can!

I am #88
Here is the {link}
So go over there and click on the little yellow start under this picture here, and vote for me!

Please....really....go vote for this picture right up there!!!!

Click Here

Thanks so much!!!

Chore Chart ideas

I saw this idea over on the Silhouette blog, and I fell in love with this chore chart! I think it is so cute! I might have to buy some of this magnetic paper and try some thing like this!

Click Here for the full tutorial

Summer break is coming and if your like me, you have to gear up for it! It is so hard to suddenly have all the kids home at once!! So much fighting and so many kids home......aaahhhh!!

Just kidding....I do look forward to having my kids home, but I also have to have some sort of chart for them to do chores or I am nagging constantly.

So, if you haven't checked out my idea on a chore chart, you can find it Here

If you have a chore chart I would LOVE to see it! Send a picture to trinajo5@hotmail.com and I will feature it on my blog!!

Thanks!!