First one down!

Remember all those old t-shirts from my last post? Well, my first (and second) projects are done! I only took a picture of one of them so far so I will post the others later. Anyway, here is a cute little skirt that was super quick and easy to make! And I think it looks so cute on my little girl!

Yes, it is snowing outside today, but we are totally ready for spring and summer when it comes. Maybe I will make a pair of leggings that she can wear under the skirt so she can wear it now. Well, she does wear it now, but only inside.

And, I got three pages of my quiet book done today during her nap. Hooray! I am loving this 2 hour nap thing!

Finished projects and starting new ones

I have been finishing projects left and right because I feel so free now that I finished all of the jumpers for a lady in my ward. I don't feel guilty working on other projects because I know that I have them all done! IT is so nice. Anyway, Here are some of the crochet projects I have finished up.

I finally decided that with only about 3 months left, I better get started on making some little goodies for my little guy. Here is a little sweater that I made that is just waiting to get some buttons sewn on. I think it turned out really cute.

Then I brought out this project that has been sitting around for about a month like this and finished it in about 15 minutes. Seriously, why do I wait so long to finish these easy little projects? I don't know.

This is what it looks like now. With a little matching flower for a hair clip.

I made all of these hearts while my little girl was sick this week. We did a lot of sitting on the couch so I brought out my yarn and made lots of hearts. I saw these on a this blog and fell in love with all of her free patterns. But I decided this was a good one to make since valentines day is coming up and everything.

So I made this little one to hang up in our bathroom or somewhere and I also made on that I draped along our mantle. I will have to take a picture of that one later.

I also started these other projects that will keep me busy for a while. I have been meaning to make these things for such a long time and i finally started them and am so excited about them.

This is going to end up in a quiet book for my daughter. Her birthday is next month so hopefully I can finish it by then. I'm hoping it will keep her busy and quiet during church! I will also post where I got all of my page templates from after I finish the book.

I went through my closet and found all of these shirts that I don't wear anymore or that were given to me by my mom and brother. There are like 20 of them in all. Some I will make into clothes for my daughter but most I think will be pants and shorts for our little guy coming in April. I'm excited about this project too because sewing stuff from old t-shirts is easy and something that can be picked up and finished really quickly.

So that is what I have been up to this past week. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

New hat

I found the free pattern for this hat here. I am just loving the crochet lately. I made the hat in this picture and I also made an identical one in a blueish green color. It is just waiting for a button then I can wear both hats. I seriously wear this hat all the time. Mostly because I never do my hair, but still, I like it.


I am going to start crocheting little baby boy hats here pretty soon. I have started working on the last 5 jumpers for the lady I am making them for. So hopefully I will have those done this week and then I am FREEE. hehe. just kidding. But I will be happy to have those all done.

Of course, Sadie wanted to get in on the picture too. How could I resist that face?

Crochet!!!

I have spent a lot of time crafting this past month for Christmas gifts and everything, but I guess I haven't taken pictures of everything that I've made yet because I only have like 3 pictures. I'll need to finish taking pictures tonight so I can finally get caught up on this blog. I'm always so impressed with the bloggers that I follow because they all have kids and seem to post almost everyday with a new thing they have made. I am definitely not like that. Anyway, here are some of the things I made for Christmas gifts this year.

Here are some cute magnets that I made for some of my family members. I just think they are so cute and I see a lot more of these in my future. This is the set that I gave to my mom i think.

This is a picture of all of the magnets I made on my fridge. I fell in love with them and ended up keeping a lot of them for myself. he he.

I crocheted some bracelets for a couple of my friends. I just love these simple bracelets and have them in lots of different colors.

These are little flower "face scrubbie" things. I guess they are supposed to be like little face washcloths that you can use over and over again. I just thought they were really cute flowers and i might use them to decorate my bathroom someday.

I have recently picked up my yarn and crochet hooks and made lots of things. I was into sewing for a while and now I am back into crocheting. It is easier for me to get out and put away quickly since I don't have a craft room. I love it. There are so many great patterns for free on Ravalry and on ETSY. I love it. Anyway, maybe for my birthday my husband can buy me a pattern that i have wanted for about a year now on Sylver's Etsy site. I have had my eye on this pattern for a while and now that I am having a baby boy in April, I am in love with this one. Anyway...my husband never reads this blog, so maybe I will have to just buy them myself. :)

Mr. Potato Head

I saw this post over at Make It and Love It (one of my favorite blogs) and knew I had to make one for Sadie for Christmas. I hadn't had much experience working with felt and let me tell you, I didn't really enjoy it. It was so hard for me to cut it straight, to sew it together and make it look nice. I think it would have been easier for me to just use regualr material, but it was good experience for me to work with felt since I want to eventually make some felt food things for Sadie to play with.

Anyway, here is how mine turned out...it didn't turn out nearly as cute as her's did, but I am happy with it and I think Sadie will enjoy it too! But don't tell her...it's for Christmas!

I still need to make arms for it...who knows if I will get that done before Christmas or not!

Here are some of the other things I made for my potato head dude.

I will probably try to make another one sometime since I have more than enough felt left over...

I have lots of other things that I have been working on that I need to post about, but I can't because they are Christmas presents. Maybe after Christmas I will show you all what I made.

Baby shower gifts

My old roommate Lindsay is having a baby and was in town from Denver this past weekend. While she was here, she had a baby shower. It was so great to see her and I just am so excited for her and her husband. They are going to be such great parents! Here is what I made for her little one.

I used freezer paper stencils on the onesies and I crocheted the flowers for the hair clips. The only problem with making things for people is that I always want to keep them for myself! :)

Hairclips. You bet I will be making exact replicas of all of these for Sadie!

I got the template for these little birds at the Martha Stewart website. There were lots of animals to choose from.

This was also from the Martha Stewart website. Next time I will go over it 3 or 4 times so that the paint is even. There are a few spots that are kinda splotchy. Oh well.

Big News

We had some news to share with friends and family so I decided to make a shirt for Sadie to share it in a fun way.

I started out with a plain white t-shirt that I got at DI. Since I got it at a thrift store, it wasn't exactly stain free. So I mixed some fabric paint and water and put it in a spray bottle to "die" the shirt before I used a freezer paper stencil to write the message that I wanted on the shirt.

I think it turned out really cute and she still wears it a lot...mostly because she doesn't have many long sleeve shirts and it is getting cold. And yes...I am expecting! We are so excited to have another little one running around our little house. I'm about 18 weeks along and we can't wait to find out what we are having!