Button Monograms

I made these button monograms for my girls' bedroom at a craft night with friends.  They were very simple and fun!

 Just find a font you like, and print your letter.  Cut out and trace onto the cardstock of your choice.  Using a glue gun, glue down buttons along the traced letter.  I chose to do all black, but some people did multi-colored monograms that turned out really cute.  You can layer the buttons like I did, or choose a wider font and lay each button flat. It's fun to use a bunch of different buttons so you end up with more texture and variety. It's hard to tell from the pictures, but the cardstock has a textured swirl pattern.  I put them in $3 frames from Wal Mart.

Holy Craft!

It was my turn to teach the Young Women and this week's lesson was on Heritage. I got this quote from sugardoodle.net and made some cute fabric flower clips (tutorial here) to attach to it.

I experimented with different types of fabric from my scrap bin. I also added a bobby pin to the back of the flower instead of a pin. I used a small square of felt and hot glue.I got 3 quotes per 4X6 print using picnik.com (to design/edit) and Walmart's one hour photo (to print).

Attach the quote to scrapbook paper, then make tiny slits to attach the bobby pin.

Finished product:

Recreated Shabby Apple Dress

 I wanted to make my friend a dress for her birthday, so I told her to send me some ideas. She said she really liked this dress from Shabby Apple. I figured it couldn't be too difficult to re-create. I also figured it couldn't be too hard to find navy blue and white striped fabric. WRONG!

 I seriously spent about a month trying to find the right fabric with  NO luck. It was all either really heavy upholstery fabric or thinner stripes. So  I settled for thinner stripes:

The dress itself wasn't too difficult to make. For the top I used the top of a dress pattern I alreaday had (New Look 6910 ). And the skirt is just a giant rectangle attatched to a thinner rectangle (the waistband). The top was a little tedious, because it's fully lined, meaning I had to cut out and sew the entire top twice, then sew it to itself.  

I like how it turned out, but I still think it would've been cuter with the bold navy stripes. I was also going to make it more of a circle skirt, but circle skirt+striped fabric=bad news. ohhh well. Now I just hope it fits her!

Cornflake Cookies

Don't let the name scare you!  These cookies are delicious! They are crisp on the outside, and chewy on the inside, and addicting inside and out! I love chocolate chip cookies, but sometimes it's nice to have something different.  The dough is tasty too, so beware!  Here is the link:Cornflake Cookies

A Sunday Skirt

 One time I found this great muumuu/nightgown thing at DI. I was attracted to the print and lightness of the fabric, so I bought it in hopes of making something(s) out of it one day.

Two months later, I actually did it! Here's the process..

 I pretty much just cut the thing in half where it would be the length I wanted it

Then I did a running stitch along the top and gathered it.

 I gathered until it was the same length as a piece of elastic the length of my waist and pinned the elastic on.

I sewed the elastic on using a zigzag stitch,  pulled out the running stitch and ....

Tada!

 No hemming, because I used the hemline of the original dress. Hooray for laziness!

And today's ANTM shot for the full effect. 

I love it! Anddd, I could still make something out of the top!

Wedding Cake & Toppers

EmmaLee made this for my wedding (I wish I could claim that this cake was my creation!):


I just love it! I almost wish it was fake so I could keep it on display. Hopefully she will post a link to the tutorial she used. She made it all from scratch and flavored the frosting with pistachio flavoring...it was delish!



I made the little toppers out of wooden clothespins from Hobby Lobby. Really simple- paint, hot glue, fabric...you get the idea.

3 Cheese Tomato Basil Pizza

YUM! This was the easiest thing I've ever made, and one of the most delicious. I made it up, so I don't have exact amounts. You can't really mess it up.

Ingredients:

Refrigerated pizza crust

Olive Oil

Shredded Parmesan cheese

Sliced provolone cheese

Mozzarella cheese

3 Roma tomatoes, sliced thin

Fresh basil, chopped

Salt

Pepper

Directions:

After rolling dough into pizza pan, spread olive oil onto crust and bake 400 degrees for 5 min. Remove pizza from oven and sprinkle with shredded Parmesan cheese, then layer provolone on top. Sprinkle on mozzarella cheese then top with sliced tomatoes, and fresh chopped basil. Top with salt and pepper, and bake an additional 10min at 400 degrees.