Headboard

I dream of the day when I will have my own home and I will be able to make my home exactly how I wish it to be.  Right now we are taking care of my in-laws home while they serve a mission for the LDS church.  I am extremely grateful for the free rent, but it can be hard some days living with their things, and not being able to fully make it my home and my space.  So in the mean time, I will just talk about another project that I am dreaming about doing someday!
On C.R.A.F.T. she does a M.M.M. (Making Monday Marvelous) post every Monday that allows everyone to share their latest crafts and accomplishments.  I found this amazing headboard project from http://gardenberger.blogspot.com/.

I think it is amazing that she was able to make this.  I have always wanted a bed frame, but since we were living the poor student life, and moving around so often, it never seemed smart to buy a huge bed frame if we were just going to move in a couple of months.  So after I have my own place, instead of buying a huge bed frame, I am going to remember this project for when I am able to create my dream bedroom.
Thanks for the idea and awesome tutorial.

Craft Day

Yesterday I had an awesome day doing crafts with some friends.  The husbands went golfing, the kids played on the floor, and us girls got to work on our crafts.  It was so fun!
I finished the last two pages of Josie's quiet book.  I forgot to take pictures...but just trust me they are cute!

I also worked on a skirt for Josie.  When I tried to put it on her today she freaked out, (I will need to figure out how I can bribe her into trying on clothes and then modeling them for pictures.)
Side Note:  I am having a love affair with brown and pink.  If you haven't noticed the last 3 things I have made have been brown and pink.  But I just can't get over how cute the combination is.  Which is sooo funny, cause when I found out Josie was a girl, I was sooo anti-pink.  But now here I am in love with it.   

I found the brown fabric at D.I. and it was originally a shower curtain.  I LOVE IT!  The best part is the skirt only took about 30 minutes (after I bought a new iron).

Here is what I did:
I measured Josie's waist (18") and I then just added more...hehe, I think I ended up timing it between 1.5 and 2.  It really doesn't matter, it just depends on how full you want the skirt to be.
Then I measured the length, and cut out the big rectangle.  All I had to do was sew the hems, sew the two fabrics together, and then put in the elastic.  VIOLA!  cute skirt.  Now I just have to see if Josie will actually wear it one of these days.

Pillow Pet

This cute little cuddly puppy was so much easier than I thought it would be.  Even though the face is a little lopsided, I am still proud of myself.  I am going to have a hard time waiting until easter to give this to Josie.  The other day she found the head and started carrying it around.  It was so cute to see how excited she was.  

The tutorial was really easy to follow.  The only change that I made was that I used a silk fabric for the stomach.  I had mentioned before that I only spent $12 on the fabric ... well, it actually turns out I almost have enough to make two puppies...so even a better deal than I thought!

Pillow Pet

Okay, let's be honest.  Pillow pets are rather silly ... BUT!!! They are soooo soft and cuddly you can't help but love them.  Every time we go to the store and Josie sees one, she immediately tries to grab them.  I always pick one up for her to feel how soft it is, and she always gives me this adorable laugh.  I am tempted to buy them every time.  But $20 for a pillow is so silly to me.

I figured that I could make one for half the price ... and have fun at the same time!  So I looked around the trusty internet and sure enough I found a simple tutorial.  I bought the fabric last week at Joann's and I used their awesome coupons and only paid $12.  The time it will take me to make this pillow is probably worth more than $8, but the experience will be priceless! 

If anyone wants to join me in making a pillow pet/buddy thing let me know!  We can have so much fun doing it together.

Matching Skirts

I am totally cheesy, and I think it would be so fun to make matching skirts for me and Josie.  Besides, we need to take family pictures anyway!  This cute picture is from Craftiness is Not Optional, she created the skirts from a tutorial on Make It and Love It.  This is definitely going on my To Do list.

Tutu

I LOVE little tutu's for girls!  I always see them in the stores, but I can't ever get myself to pay that much for a little skirt.  Someday, I am going to make one!  I found this tutorial at The Spunky Diva that is perfect, and it looks so easy!

Hoppin on the Owl Band Wagon

Who would have thought that owls could really be so cute!  I never paid any attention to owls until Josie started saying "whooo whooo" when asked what an owl said.  Now I notice little owls everywhere.  LOVE IT!

I have two nieces that turned 1 year old this week, and I wanted to make a fun little something for them.  What better than a cute little Owl Softy.

I created my own pattern from owl picture on Angel Lea Design.  Her owls are much more "crisp" looking, but I think I did a decent job from looking at the picture.  The second one I made turned out a little better (can you guess which is which).  I did not stuff the wings and the feet like the picture shows...I kinda like them better a little floppy.
I am thinking of making one for Josie.  I am more than happy to share my pattern if anyone is interested.