Flower Girl Dresses

As promised.... the flower girl dresses!

I was lucky enough to make 3 little flower girl dresses for my friend Justin and Nicole's wedding, and their beautiful nieces. First of all, I could have put a paper bag on them and they still would look adorbs!

So we looked at some photos to get ideas and came up with a simple black and white tutu dress.

I ordered the lovely flower for the sash from the etsy store, http://www.etsy.com/shop/Likron. She is in the Ukraine and did a fabulous job. I loved her flowers and asked her to make me 3 custom black ones for the girls. When I received them in the mail, I was so excited. They were even more beautiful than I expected. She is super nice and accommodating. I highly recommend her! :)

I was super pleased with the way the outfits turned out. The girls are so tiny, they looked awesome. Especially with their pink glitter TOMS! Cuteness overload.

One of the nieces is only 4 months old. She is sooo stinking cute. She looked presh when her outfit was on.

So without further ado... Here they are! I had to wait until after the wedding to share. I didn't want to ruin the surprise!

Funky Lime Green & Purple Wreath

I was already getting tired of the wreath I made about a month ago.... so why not make another one?

I love these colors together. All of the items to make the wreath were about $22 from Michaels. It would have been less if I had brought my coupon with me. I would have saved like $2.50. Oh well.

I used a grapevine wreath, one large flower, one bushel of purple feather flower things, 2 sprays of glass purple and green beads, one letter J, one spool of ribbon and green paint. Cut it all up and shoved it in the wreath.

It was really easy to make, just had to wait for the paint to dry. Hope you guys like it!

Close up of the cute flowers and glass beads.

Crochet Bangle

I made these cool bracelets for my friend Candice for her birthday. She loves unique and quirky things, so I thought that this would be perfect.

I bought these plastic bangles at Micheals for $1 each, not too bad. Then tie off the yarn to the bracelet. I use a L crochet hook but you can use any size you would like.

Go to the top of the bracelet with your hook, wrap the yarn around to start your stitch. Take the hook to the bottom of the bracelet and pick up yarn, bring hook to the top of the bracelet, yarn over and pull thru 2 loops. This is basically a single crochet but you have to pull thru 2 loops to get around bracelet.

 

 The thread will roll around the bangle which is ok. Make sure that all of the knots are pulled tight for a neater look.

Continue this all around bracelet, pushing the thread close together to cover bangle.

When crochet is complete, cut off end and weave thru bracelet to hide string.

The crochet row is not straight so you will need to turn the yarn around the bracelet to get it in a pattern that you like. I like it kind of zig zag.

These are fun and easy to make. I am totally making some of these in Hokie colors for football season!

Let me know if you have any questions.

Virginia Tech Yard

Can you tell who my favorite team is? We love our Hokies around here! We are in the heart of Hokie Country and love to show off our spirit. We have a few...umhum.. a lot of Hokie Decor! Just thought I would share some of my pics of the yard! Enjoy!

As a Hokie. there is no such thing as too much flair!!!

Patio Decor

Continuing on with my decorating of the front porch... with burlap... my new thang!

I made some cool burlap pillows to put on the front porch to match the wreath I made and the new cushions.

I bought the burlap at Jo Ann Fabric. It is really cheap. Then I cut the burlap into squares, and sewed the 3 sides up. Then I free hand painted the J on them. I waited until after I sewed the sides because I knew that it would be crooked if I did it first. I have a problemo with keeping things straight. So, I slid some newspaper inside so the paint would not go thru the back. I painted a couple of coats on the J. Stuffed if with stuffing, and sewed up the bottom. I think they look great. It was super easy.

Now I guess I have a themed front porch. Burlap and Monograms! Enjoy!

New Summer Decor

Sorry I have been slacking, like really slacking. I have completed some cool new crafts lately, just been too lazy to post about them. I will try to be better!

Firsts things First, I made a super cute wreath for my front door. It was so easy. Message me if you would like the instructions on how I made it. So simple and inexpensive. I think it turned out great. I am totally digging the monogram thing.

What do you think?

I also made some seat cushions for the bench and rocking chairs on my front porch. I got some foam and fabric from JoAnns. It was on sale which was a bonus. Whipped them up, added a little color to the front porch. I am pleased.

Just wait until you see what I am cooking up in my head! I will try to get busy with it this weekend. Also, some other cuteness coming later on! Here is a hint, flower girl dresses! Yay!

Update to wreath

This is an update to the wreath I made last week. The directions are on an earlier blog post.

I made a wreath for my friend who rocks, and complimented my mad skillz. Since I already made one last week, I knew I needed to tweek a few things. I painted the wooden letter that went on the wreath. I didnt know how to attach it since I used t pins to attach the fabric one. So I put velcro on the wreath and letter and ta da- attachement! I think this looks so much better and neater. I am glad my pal wanted me to make another one!

So, I am wondering if I should sell these on Etsy? What do you think? I am nervous about it. I dont know if I think its cute or if it really is. If you guys think it would sell, what price point?

Thanks so much for your feeback, I love comments!