Etsy Feature!

I was so excited to see one of my items featured on "Esty Finds" today! Check it out here!

Happy Easter!

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...

Seriously Cute 10 Minute Headband

Ok, so getting ready yesterday and I needed something to jazz up my outfit. So, into my craft room I went to see what I could come up with. 10 minutes later and... wah-la! Seriously, SO SO easy!! Brief little run through of how to make your own.

You will need: ribbon, felt, hot glue, sewing machine (or needle and thread), and a headband.

First, cut your ribbon to about 24 inches long (longer if you want a fuller flower). Using your sewing machine make a running stitch down the edge of one side. Next gently pull on the thread to gather your ribbon into a ruffle.

Cut a 3 inch circle out of felt to use as your base. Take your ruffle, and starting on the outside of the circle start hot gluing the ruffle around the circle. Coil the ruffle around so that each layer covers of the stitching of the previous layer. Keeping coiling and gluing until you reach the center. You can either just fold the corner under and be done, or add an embellishment to the center.

Next, I measured my head band and glued ribbon to the headband. There is probably a much "classier" way to do this, but like I said, it took me 10 minutes :-) Then I just hot glued the flower to the side of the headband. Finished!

You know you have a toddler when...

You can look like THIS at any time, regardless of time of day (YIKES!)...

You can sing EVERY song in your child's favorite show... even in your sleep...

You have things like this hanging in your shower...

Your once calm put together living room has turned into... well... THIS...

And THIS...

You find sippy cups everywhere... except in the cabinet when you need one...

EVERYWHERE...

Little finger prints decorate your newly shined refrigerator...

Your cabinets look like this... ALL DAY... EVERY DAY...

Your laundry looks like THIS... (Yes, I am blaming this on the kid :-))

Oh, yeah, and your toilet paper, like THIS...

BUT YOUR HEART FEELS LIKE THIS

I wouldn't change a thing :-)

La la la la... La la la la, it's Elmo's Song

My little guy LOVES Elmo! He is 16 months old, and he goes around singing La la la for Elmo's song. It is so cute. So I thought he should have an Elmo shirt :-). I usually hand draw all of my own appliques, but Elmo has to be just right. you know, no improvising. So I found a little shop on Etsy that sells applique patterns. Only $1.50 and she will email you a pdf and all you have to do is print it out and make your applique. SUPER simple! I LOVE how it turned out. I am a big fan of felt, so most of my appliques are felt. My little man is going to LOVE it. You can check out her shop here. She has a lot of really cute patterns to choose from, and it will save you a lot of time trying to hand draw it your self :-).

The Fancy Fritter

Stacy over at The Fancy Fritter is featuring my Etsy Shop today!! Go check it out for a chance to win one of my Easter shirts for your little one.

BIG NEWS!!

Unlike everyone else in the blogging world, I am NOT pregnant! My BIG news however is more crafting related. I had a meeting with a local children's boutique called BAMBAROOS today and I received my first wholesale order!! I am VERY excited!! I am going to be quite busy, and will be learning time management to meet my 2 week deadline, but in the end, I am still VERY excited! Ever since I launched my Etsy shop several months ago, I have been thinking of ways to expand my selling opportunities. God is good, and I know his favor has been with me through this endeavor. Feel free to check out their website, and if you are local, stop by and buy some stuff :-)