Books I Want

Unfortunately I have not been able to work on any new crafts lately.

I am currently working on my cousins onesies at the moment. I am hoping to finish tonight or tomorrow. I really want to get them sent out tomorrow (knock on wood).

Then, I have to pack because we are moving in a few days. 

SO.... whenever I see a book that I really want, I take a picture of the cover with my phone and later look the tittle up on Amazon.

So, here is my list!!

Crafting Books

Has some awesome ideas, especially for those who are beginners.

I'm always looking for new things to make for my baby

These books are pretty AWESOME!! Their website is nice, too. They have some neat tutorials.

BABY STUFF!!!

Definitely a book to review if you have forgotten some of your basics

Scrapbooking Books

And other miscellaneous Books

I want the WHOLE collection. One of my dreams is to travel to each state and reference the books as I go.

Good Info for tortoise lovers. I always find info on aquatic turtles, but not so much a tortoise.

AMAZING sandwiches!!!!

Well, I'm definitely going to have to save up if I want to get all of these!

Onesie Revamped

It's been a crazy past couple of days. I'm loosing sleep and I'm a little stressed. My body responds to this by annoying me with a constant twitch in both my eyes. It's driving me nuts.

Good news, though! I think I found someone to sell my diaper cakes at their store! They want me to make a boy and girl cake to show. I have a lot of work cut out for me these next couple of days.

So, as I mentioned in my previous post, my cousin is having a baby. I bought some onesies for my baby and got the second pack half off. So, here is a short how-to on how I revamped one of the onesies I will be giving her.

I begin by getting my stencils out and tracing the letters I need onto wonder under. Remember, this needs to be done  backwards so the words come out correctly when ironed on the onesie or shirt you are using.

Once you have traced out what you want, you have to iron on fabric, cut, and peel. The peeling is the tricky part, especially if you have tiny letters like I did. For some, I had to use a needle to remove the paper.

This one was a but easier to peel because the piece was a bit larger

So I know my sister in law is going to roll her eyes at this, but I did the butt ruffles next. I wanted to match the fabric so I got red and pink lace and pinned them together to sew onto the onesie. This part was the hardest for me. It is very difficult to get this type of lace to stay in one place. I ended up sewing it by hand because it kept shifting from where I wanted it placed.

Oh, and I forgot to mention...on the heart piece, I stitched a border around it so it wouldn't look so boring.

Final Product:

Front

Back

Tag Blankets

I wanted to make something for my little girl that was bright and colorful with different textures. Taggy toys and blankets have become very popular lately because babies really love them! I was at my friends house in Florida a few months ago and it came to my attention that his daughter REALLY loves cleaning care instructions that are tacked on to stuffed animals and blankets. Well, I decided to make a homemade one for my baby, but just not as big. Just something small she can carry around with her that won't make her hot.

Front (I LOVE this pattern. I may have to go buy more.)

Back Fabric

I found some ribbon i really liked AND it was on sale! Beverly's always has some good stuff.

After spending FOREVER trying to remember how to place my bobbin back inside the sewing machine I was ready to sew. Then, my thread kept getting stuck. I started this at about 11 thinking I would be done at 12. No. I stayed up till 3 trying to get the stupid thing to work. Eventually I figured it out. You don't know how proud I was of myself.

Today, I gave it to my baby, and she looked at it, played with the ribbons for all of two seconds and shoved it right in her mouth. Now it's sitting out to dry....gross.

My cousin is having a baby so I decided to make her one, too. This time, it didn't take me nearly as long to get it done. Even with my baby awake.