first project in a while

I have been so busy! my hubby and I are doing house/apt shopping, financial planning, career planning, and so much more right now and I just feel like my world is a whirl wind. plus, I am starting to get so tired so fast! yesterday I had to lay down twice during the day to have enough energy to get projects done… and alas, I didn’t get anything done. or at least it feels that way.

today, I was determined to get something done that wasn’t a must… sadly, this has been on my to-do list for over a month. my daughter’s baby doll stroller has looked like this for the past two or three months-

pretty naked and pathetic if you ask me.

so today I whipped out my machine and pulled out another cover for this stroller… I think it turned out so great! I would love to do another one but do it “fancy nancy” style with “accessories” as she would say. but here are the results-

when I woke up A from her nap and showed the seat to her… she started meowing like a kitty really fast and high pitched. I asked her what that meant and she said, “it means the kitty is so happy and cited thatit is finally fixed!”

I think I got the best deal of them all… three kisses for payment.

butterfly chandelier 2–jewel tones

this was a gift to my daughter’s friend… after having everything out from doing the white one, I just whipped this one up in a couple of hours.

butterfly chandelier

the pottery barn version of this has been knocked off by many bloggers and crafters out there…

here is the PB one for around $80.00

here are some from other sites that I found while designing mine-

and here is mine:

I cannot wait to get this in the girls’ room! I have more décor projects for their room up my sleeve! Can’t wait to show you the end result of their room…

pleated

I took on a huge project – I so thought it would only take me a day… and it took me 5. But I couldn’t be happier with the result of my Golden pleated euro shams for my bed!

I used a tutorial found here as a guideline for what I wanted to accomplish. I should have done 2-3” pleats, but I did 1”. Just keep that in mind if you want to do this to 26” of pillow!

This is the back view of my pillows. I kind of like the effect and will probably switch them around every once in a while.

Pictures of my new quilt to come too!

peek-a-boo car seat canopy

Car seat canopies were not popular when I had my first baby. Then they started coming out and I think they are just the greatest thing! I have made a lot for friends and family who have had babies. However, I feel like I jipped them out of something great when I discovered this tutorial last week… JUST as I was about to make one for our little one.

Isn’t this just great!? Then you don’t have to lift up the whole thing to look at your baby AND the others can look in and keep their hands off! (huge frustration of mine when people think new babies are public property) ANYWAY, I am excited to use mine and wish I could have made all the others that I have made in the past like this!

Perfect baby gift if you need ideas!

go cougars!

I don’t know about you, but this is the first year that I have ever filled out an NCAA bracket. I started out great and had really good teams. I even compared pretty well with my brother who suggested that I fill one out. He knows lots more than I do about brackets and teams. Sadly, my teams lost the game (BYU and Syracuse)! And NOW… my WHOLE bracket is red with cross outs of teams that didn’t make it. Was yours the same way?

However, we still love our  BYU Cougars around here and are excited to support the next sports in line – baseball and the Football for the fall season! We have some friends who are having a baby boy about 2 weeks before us and they are also big cougar fans, so we thought it would be sweet to get them some cute BYU stuff. But then I got thinking how expensive it all is!!! So I decided to make my own BYU fan gear! I couldn’t help but make our girls some outfits as well.

These cute pants are from a tutorial I found online here. Can I just tell you they were the EASIEST sewing project I have ever taken on. I think it took me all but an hour to cut and sew these cute pants. The pattern is for a newborn and I just altered them bigger for a 3-6 month pair.

I appliqued on some BYU logos and cougars that I had been given from my mom. I love the one on the rump!

Then there is the classic onesie dresses that I love to make found here- I have made bucket loads of these!

And of course, a little somethin’ somethin’ on the rump!

it only took me seven months!

I have a fall wreath on my front door. Lately, I have been getting a bit embarrassed when a friend comes to my door and I open it to find a wreath of pine cones, red maple leaves, and acorns. I guess I could have left it up for another 5 months to celebrate another fall, but I just couldn’t stand it anymore.

I found this treasure on Felt So Cute and thought it would be perfect! I had moss and butterflies so I just needed a wreath and some ribbon.

This is hers:

This is mine:

Now I can leave mine up until it snows this winter! HA!

I also loved this wreath found at A Diamond in the Stuff