Baby Quilt

This weekend I helped my mother-in-law LaNiece and sister-in-law Breanne make a baby quilt. LaNiece I think came up with this idea for the girls to make baby quilts every conference and then whoever has the next baby gets to choose one from the pile. We did a girl quilt this time and I am in love with it! I hope this next baby is a girl so I can have this one! It was so fun to get out my sewing machine and work on this.

Brandon saw it all finished and said, "Oh, cute!"

Coat Rack Hanger Thing...

This is another make-over item that used to hang in my old room.

First I had to pry off all those wooden letters of my name. Then I had to scrape off any big chunks of glue and then sand the rest of the glue off. Took forever!

Then I painted it black and Modpodged some decorative tissue paper to the front. The letters are vinyl. Then I bought some hooks at Walmart and voila! I don't know what the technical name for this is though....

Welcome Board

When I was in Young Women's I got this board with President Hinckley's Bs and I've always loved it. But it belongs in a 16-year-old girl's room. Since I'm not 16 anymore and I have a family I thought maybe I could give it a face lift to make it more fitting for our home. (Thanks, Mom, for bringing this up to me.)

Before

Unfortunately, I didn't have the patience to glue on all those letters by hand. Maybe another time I will display Pres. Hinckley's Bs. So after a few coats of paint, some scrapbook paper and Mod Podge here is what hangs in my home now. I heart it.

After!

Stay tuned for another make over of something that would belong to my 16-year-old self!

LOVE

My sister-in-law Breanne had a Valentine's Craft Night the other night and this is what I made. Totally easy to make. Just painted wood blocks and then Mod Podged paper and letters to them. I love it!

Toddler belt

Most of the pants I buy for Brandon fit perfectly except for the waist. The pants fall right off. Then when they fit around the waist, they're too short. Ugh. I knew I had seen a tutorial on making a child's belt on my favorite craft blog so I found it and made some! You can get the instructions here. To be safe, I just bought a whole yard of ribbon. I bought 2 different kinds and some D rings at Walmart (1" size)  for a total of $2.26. Can you imagine how much it would cost to buy a little belt in the store? I don't think I've even seen any. What a great gift this would make! I whipped these together in like 10 minutes and I love them so much already!

My little model :)

The striped one is 3/4 of a yard and is almost too small! Get a whole yard and then trim it down to the size you need.

Also, for that tan canvas-y ribbon you only need to buy one piece.

Iron-on Onesies

My sister-in-law is having a baby this month and as my gift to her, I wanted to do something crafty with onesies. I was going to use my Cricut to cut out some little animals but they were too detailed and I don't think it would have worked very well. So, I decided to iron-on some little ties (it's a boy).

1. I bought 5 pieces of fabric at 1/8 yard each. (Total cost was like $2.50 and I still have tons left over)
2. I printed out a Google image of a tie.
3. Iron fabric to a piece of Heat-n-bond
4. Trace tie image to paper backing.
5. Cut out the shape and iron to onesie.

I also decided to sew around the edges of the tie so that it won't fray or anything when you wash them. Because, ya know, newborn clothes get washed a lot. This was harder than I thought but it was totally worth it. Look how cute!

I'm excited t for Laura to see these and I'm even more excited to see the baby in these!

ModPodge Frame

We've had these frames ever since we got married. In fact, I think Sean's parents got them to use at our reception. Anyway, I had this genius idea to modpodge scrapbook paper to the front to make them cute. I used to do this all the time with my mom and sister when I was younger.

Start off with your frame and trace the outside and inside onto the back of your scrapbook paper.

Then cut out your tracing and apply Mod Podge liberally to the front of the frame. Lay paper over the frame. It might bubble a little bit and just do your best to smooth them out. Then add another layer of Mod Podge to the paper.

 

In the end your project should look like this. Totally fun and cute.