Craft shirt

My shirt was too small. So I fixed it.

I got this kickass shirt (that I'm not sure I can really wear out in public) It was a little tight in the chest so I decided to cut up some Marine BDU's, cut a slit in the shirt, and then sew the BDU's on the shirt until the V-shape.  Now, it fits!!  So easy.  I'm going to do this with all the shirts I enjoy that have shrunk (or maybe I've out-growned)

DIY: Blanket

I made this cute blanket for my cousin's baby girl that was born in January.  It's the middle of May and I have yet to get this in the mail to them... I think I've just gained a blanket. haha.

I love the combo mixes. If you know me at all, you'll know my obsession since I was a kid with Camo. 

It was so easy to make. I just bought the camo frabric, washed it a few times to soften it up.  The pink fabric, washed it a couple times, then sewed the outsides together.  and voila!! a cute baby blanket. I'm going to be making this for all my friends that have babies.  they may or may not get mailed to them, but I'll at least have it made ;) 

It's baby time!

I love babies.I also love buying baby stuff.  Two of my awesome friends have had babies in May and I went to their baby showers. I always give the same general gifts, and then I have to incorporate some special 'home made' stuff as well. It's more personal I suppose.

One of my friends, Kari and her husband are huge Bearkat fans.  They go to all the Sam Houston State football games as well as baseball games.  They also are huge into comics.  Their baby, Logan, is the Wolverine's real name, so I wanted to go with a Wolverine theme.  I couldn't find Wolverine fabric anywhere locally, so I couldn't stick with it.

I made this awesome blanket for them in Sam Houston colors.  This way, they can take it to games and keep the baby boy warm. I made a blue one for Jeanette. but forgot to get a picture of it.

I took a regular paper box, covered it with fabric that went with their theme, and used that as my gift box. Turned out pretty great.

Photo Collage

One of the things I found on Pinterest, and Literally Inspired.. How to make cute collages. Now all I need is to find a place to hang these. I plan on doing more pics than this eventually. But for now,I will just stare at these on the ground.

They look smaller than they are, but they are 8x10 photos.  

 

Baby gifts

ah!! I love babies. and gifts. and baby gifts. :) My former co-worker/friend just had twins (one boy, one girl) on Nov. 19th. The week before I was in my old town, where she lives and gave her a cute baby gift basket. four of the outfits, two sets, I made myself. I thought they were just so darling, so I had to show them off.

Anyone else want want to have twins so I can make more of these???

 

DIY- Onesie

I haven't been able to show this off until after the momma had her wonderful shower.

My BFF had a baby shower this weekend for her gorgeous baby girl and, if anyone knows her, you know her favorite movie. 
I made this adorable onesie for baby to wear in honor of Patrick Swayze.  Unfortunately, my printer was having issues so the solid color didn't come out on the wordings, so it's only an outline, but I still think it works.
Only after I made the butt ruffles did I notice they already had these pre-made at Hobby Lobby.  I'll have to remember that for next time. 

Check it:

DIY - Beaded Jewelry Shirt

Love DIY's. I got this idea here:  Love Maegan.

Hope it wears as cute as it looks...  I started out with a plain white shirt, and then I added beads to the collar to spice it up.  I plan to add more beads to the arms as well, just haven't gotten around to it.

Crafty Wednesday

Today we had a Christmas party at work and we decided to play a White Elephant game, only the gifts were our favorite dessert we made, and a dishtowel. I decided to make my own dishtowel, thanks to Pinterest.  

It was pretty simple really, and all the material I already had at home.

http://creamerchronicles.blogspot.com/2010/06/hand-towel-love.html

My new Shirt

I have 3 classes worth of homework to do, 6 chapters in 3 books to read, all due tomorrow. I've barely started, and because I am putting this off so much, Saturday I decided to attempt the Anthro Tank Top.  I went to 3 stores looking for an orange colored shirt, so I can make mine in honor of my school spirit.  No such luck, so I settled with a different shirt.  I started out with these two shirts:

I ended up with this (and please excuse my crazy tanline on the back. Note to self: don't wear a tank top at the beach without sunscreen)