New additions to My Etsy Store!

I have decided to add a new section to my Etsy store and I thought I would share these new additions here on my blog. I am offering custom pillowcase dresses in my shop.

Here are the eight designs that I am starting with. . .

This dress is made with Robert Kaufman fabric. The fabric design is "On a Whim" by Amy Schimler.

This fabric design is also by Amy Schimler and is called, "Fly Away Sunset Designs." This is also a Robert Kaufman fabric.

I love the colors of this dress! This fabric is "Urban Zoologie Whales" and is a Robert Kaufman fabric.

This dress is for the kids that like the new movie, "The Lorax!" This would be great for a themed party!

This dress is for the little country girl. :) The fabric design is "Farm Fresh Fruit" by Riley Blake Designs.

This dress is also perfect for the little farm girl! This fabric design is "Farm Fresh Animals" by Riley Blake Designs.

This dress is my daughters favorite! She loves the panda bears!! This fabric design is "Panda Bear Menagerie" and it is a Robert Kaufman fabric.

This dress is a Dr. Suess dress! Great for the little bookworm! This would also be great for a themed birthday party! Let me know what you think and tell me what you have been working on!! I have linked up at . . .

Loving contact paper projects!

Lately I have been enjoying everything that can be done with contact paper! I have large wall that I have considered doing something with contact paper on. My girls would love horse on the wall or birds or. . . maybe you get the point. Their interests change quite often and I love to change things around a lot as well. So I thought images cut out of contact paper would be a good way to go. Large wall decals can be expensive so this would be a more budget friendly way to get what we want. This would be a great solution for renters as well! We will see! :)

Anyway, I have enjoyed looking around the web at projects others have done with contact paper. Check out some of these. . .

Birch/Aspen Tree Contact Paper Mural

Bathroom Contact Paper Stripes

Chevron Stripes with Contact Paper

Contact Paper Polka Dot Wall

Scalloped Wall Border with Contact Paper

Stripes Again I've got to try my hand at a project like this!

Old Lamp Restyled into something really girly! :)

I had this old lamp that we were not using anymore so I got this bright idea to fix it up for my little girl's room. Then I remembered some fake rose petals that I bought on clearance (25 cents per package) after Valentine's Day last year from Wally World! Here is what I started with. . .

I started my using some 1" wide white grosgrain ribbon that I had on hand and glue that around the bottom edge of the lampshade just to make sure things looked neat.

Then came the fun part. . . I started layering and gluing down the pink rose petals to the lamp shade. Just a dot of glue at the top edge is all I used.

And, I kept layering and gluing. . .

I also painted the base of the lamp with spray primer and white paint. And, here is what I ended up with! I LOVE it and my little girls LOVE it! :)

And, here it is with the light on. . .

I linked my project up in these places. . .

It's a Keeper

The Shabby Creek Cottage

Delightful Order

Kids shoes restyled and given new life!

My daughter was given this cute pair of dressy sandals some time ago but they were too big for her at the time. She was needing some new shoes and I happened to run across these in the closet! Yay!! Glad I found them before going out shopping. :) They were missing some sequins that had been on the straps across the toe area but otherwise were in great condition.

I decided to give the shoes a new life so I measured the straps and cut some strips of fabric that were double that measurement. Then I made a tube from the fabric and turned it right side out and stitched a basting stitch down the center of the fabric tube to gather the fabric. After gathering I glue the ruffles to the straps on the shoes.

Here is how they turned out. . . I thought they turned out really well and my daughter loves them. . . and thats what matters. :)

I have linked this project up over at. . .

Homework

Blue Cricket Design

Made By You Monday

The Idea Room

Just a Tip for you. . .

Just thought I would share this idea with you. Have you ever had trouble with your bed skirt sliding around underneath the mattress and just ending up looking a mess? I have had a lot of trouble with this even as I am remaking the beds. I came up with this idea and it seems to help alot so thought I would share it with you. . .

Just buy these arm cover twist pins. You should be able to find these easily.


Stretch out your bedskirt over the box spring and just twist these pins through the bedskirt and into the box spring along the edges of the box spring.




And, there you go! A very easy quick fix for an annoying problem! :)

Halloween is coming up soon. . .

With halloween around the corner, I thought I would share our budget friendly costumes from last year. I don't like to spend much on a costume that will be worn once and then tossed aside. So here we go. . .

First up is the purple fairy. . . The wings and skirt came from wally world. :) The black shirt and leggings we already had. The purple hair headband came from Dollar Tree. Oh, and Dollar Tree also had some fairy dust that I sprinkled on my two little fairies. :)

Next, is my little cowgirl. :) The skirt, shirt, and boots we already had. I created the vest from my stash of fabrics. The hat came from Dollar Tree and I just added a strip of cowhide fabric to it. :)

Then, we have another fairy (the flower fairy. . . hence the flower wand). The wings and green hair headband came from Dollar Tree. Everything else we already had. The flower wand came from the year before when the current cowgirl wanted to be a flower fairy. I made it from taping some stems of artificial flowers together and then gluing ribbon around that.

And, last is my little ladybug. She was a ladybug the year before as well but wanted to wear those wings and antenna again. Sounded good to me. :) Actually, she was going to be a cowgirl along with her older sister and then changed her mind at the last minute. I made the wings from using this tutorial. . . Instead of the hat we decided on a headband from the dollar store and hot glued the bottom of the antenna to the headband. This makes a really cute costume!

I think we bought some costumes from wally world when they were clearanced last year. So maybe those will be acceptable for halloween fun this year. :) If not, I may be getting creative again soon to create some low cost costumes. What will you be creating this year??

Cute, cute outfit created by Patricia

Patricia over at "It's About Time Mamaw" created this super cute outfit using the "Boutique Double Ruffle Pants Tutorial".



I love the bright, cheerful colors that she used in her outfit! You can read more about her creation over at her blog.