New boots for her TINY feet!

So this is a project I did months ago as you can probably tell from how tiny my baby is in the picture but I had to take a little credit for these cute boots!  They were perfect for about 2 weeks and then too small but they'll be good to pass down to the next little cousin!  I found a sewing tutorial on etsy (I bought it) and it was pretty easy to follow considering I still haven't tried to follow and actual pattern yet!  The fleece stretched just right so they totally stayed on and hugged her little legs - they were awesome!

New sweater for Mary!

I love a good monogram as much as the next person so I was excited to try this out!  I found this GAP sweater for $1 at a thrift store and used all the buttons from a grown out of pair of overalls from the cousins that were ready for the give away box.  She likes to play with them the buttons.  It's a good thing I used extra heavy carpet thread that was the same oatmeal color as the sweater so they're on there really good and tight.  Fun huh! 

Family Calendar - framed!

I searched high and low for a frame with 12 equal matte openings and after going to 2 custom framing places (only to find out it would cost nearly $300 even w/ a 65% off coupon), I found the perfect frame at Walmart for $20 bucks - BLESSING! It's pretty large - about 24 x 36 inches and looks much cuter in person! Here is our family birthday calendar with fun stickers to embellish the printed out names and dates.

Broken clock to cool, personalized clock!

I bought this Pottery Barn clock at a garage sale for $2. I thought it would make a cool and unique little frame since the clock was broken. When I got it all apart I decided to just see if I could fix the clock and I did it! Next I printed out a picture from one of our Oregon coast trips this last year. Alex is at 9 o'clock, Porter at 6 o'clock and Colton at 3 o'clock! Cool huh! I keep it in the dining room (which Nate has allowed to temporarily become my sewing room until we build in a window seat with some storage for my sewing stuff)!

Christmas Pjs - a true redo...

Duplicat post to our family blog but I need something to put here - I've been slacking! These were a work of love - especially considering my serge stitch was too loose and I had to take all of them home and resew them, mend them, shorten them, and tighten them! A TRUE REDO GURU type of action! Now that it's all said and done though aren't they cute! I'm hoping they'll last long enough to pass them down and we can just make the big kids the new ones for a while - or maybe just get them at Costco or Target next year and call it good!!!

Falling behind!

I am many weeks behind my goal to post weekly. But I made this blog for myself, not anyone else so I am just reminding me that it's okay! I have actually done many projects, a few are gifts that cannot be shared, a few I've not pictured yet. After Christmas I plan to post weekly again!

Merry Christmas!

Oh so much cuter!

Not so cute...

So we've had this great puzzle for going on 9 years now - good old wooden toys! It was ugly though and needed a bit of a face lift. I don't want Mary to be playing with toys that have gross looking pizza's on them! Face lift complete thanks to some scrapbook paper and mod podge!

Ta da...!