Princess Rapunzel's Wedding Dress Halloween Costume

This costume was sort of the death of me.  It was a little ambition on my part, it felt a little bit like when Rapunzel first escapes from the tower.  Some moments it went well and I was sure my daughter would love the dress forever, other moments I thought she would run in terror from it screaming I hate it.  (Its not uncommon for her to tell me "I hate it, I will never wear it." When I buy her clothes.)

 

She wanted a LONG veil.

Close-up of the tiara and veil.  I used this pattern.

It seems like it was worth the time.

This reminds me of the movie Tangled.

Halloween Pillows

Remember the Halloween Pillows I have been waiting to make?

Sneak peak Halloween

Here is the sneak peak of my daughter's Halloween costume.

I might be done, I'm debating if I'm going to fix something or if the dress is good enough. 

Raven Wreath

After spending too much time on Pinterest I decided my wine rack Halloween wreath needed to include a raven.

 And other than the black bird that cost $3, I didn't want to spend any money. This is what I came up with. There were lots of words I could have added for bunting, but I just couldn't shake never more. So it became an Edger Allen Poe wreath. Then I needed Halloween colored flowers. 

Not my favorite wreath of all time but it fit the requirements. Free other than black bird and a raven. 

Pattern

After years of making dozens of stockings, I finally made a PATTERN!

Hopefully this makes my life easier over the years. Although at least half my siblings are done having babies, and I am definitely winding down so I guess I'm getting near the end of my stocking career for many years, until my kids get married. So bizarre!

Bridal Shower

A friend of mine just got married. It was a quick engagement and so it was an even quicker bridal shower. As in I heard about it 5 days before. I couldn't attend, but was thrilled for her and still wanted to give her something. Between nap, and school schedules, and whatever else was on my calendar for those 5 days, I really had no time to shop. (I barely find time to  grocery shop.) So during the baby's nap, whipped her out an apron. Plus it was a second marriage for both so they hardly needed Pyrex. Anyway, hopefully an apron was an adequate present. Thank goodness for fabric storage. 

I had a really hard time taking a self portrait of me wearing it. 

Remember hostess aprons are my favorite.  

Lastly, I know what miss manners says about second weddings, but beyond what do you give for a gift for a second marriage.  I'm all about cash, but a bridal shower is about opening presents, not cards with cash.

Very long time ago

A very long time ago my sister had a baby boy. A not quite as long time ago I made her a blanket and burp cloth.

I really like this bird material. 

My birthday

I changed the way I hung my birthday bunting for my birthday. I like it a lot better.

I know a cell phone pic in the dark is awesome. 

Back to school

I should have posted this about a month ago. Of course I needed August decorations so I made a back to school wreath and bunting.

 I kind of hate the color I used for my letters, other than that I was pleased. 

For some reason green and yellow are back to school colors. Now a close up

And lastly my subway art with my wreath. 

Boy Sign

Many months ago I made this sign for my boys' bedroom door.

I slightly copied the idea, but it wasn't in a sign form. My husband is 10 years younger than his older brother and my boys are 7 years apart. My 7 year old loves this sign, and asked for a picture on it. I on the other hand am not too happy with how it turned out. But such his life, now that I've done this type of craft I would have done many things different.

Would you like to see the before? Many many months ago my friend was getting rid of stuff and told me I needed this sign. So I reluctantly took it. Months later I then turned into my boy's door sign. 

Red Riding Hood Doll

When my daughter was  almost two we made her the most adorable red riding hood costume. Ever since I've wanted to make a matching doll with the scraps. Finally this summer my mom and I did it. It was an interesting experiment as my sister in law Brittany can attest to.

Nan was so excited she got out her old cape. She has never played with a handmade doll immediately normally they have to sit on a shelf for a month or two until she will love them. 

I'll be honest I hope to never make this child a homemade doll again, because how many handmade dolls does one child need?

Patriotic Bunting

I realized this post is a little late! 

Here is my bunting for the Fourth of July. 

Here is the whole shot. 

The key with this project was, free and easy. I used fabric I already had, I found red baby ric rac in the closet, so I used that as my string. Baby ric rac was not my first choice, but I had nothing else that remotely matched. I cut out my circles, folded them into half circles, and sewed on the ric rac. Yes you heard that, I did not sew my half circles shut, it didn't seem worth my effort.

Here's a during shot, to break up the metonymy of posts. I mean really I sewed one red line and was done. No ironing or nothing. 

 

The ric rac turned out alright and it's wasn't as hard to sew as I thought it would be. 

Birthday Bunting

I decided I didn't like my birthday banner so I made a new one from the left over paint chips my kids had collected while we were painting the interior of our house.

I made many small ones to go around the majority of my living room and kitchen.  You can tell what colors we favored.  Pink/Red, Yellows, and neutrals for me.

Patriotic Pillow

I needed a pillow for the Fourth of July. It was super easy to make.  I used fusible bond.

Patriotic Pinwheel Foam Wreath

My Patriotic Foam Wreath for the wine rack, with paper pinwheels and bunting.

I also used this wreath at Memorial Day. 

With Memorial Day Subway Art