Boots!

Remember these boots?

Well today, they matched Ava's outfit perfectly (almost too perfectly haha)! 

Just a couple things

Just a couple of things I have made recently. Nothing big or special, but it's been fun to find things on Pinterest or on Etsy and then make them for so much cheaper. 

Little pink corduroy boots

Little pink corduroy boots

Burp Cloths

Felt Flowers

Nursing Cover

Chiffon Flower

Pacifier clips.

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With love,

I think I might be obsessed. The shoes are 100 times easier to make than the boots. I just used scrap fabric that I already had from something else and made these super quickly while listening to the USA women's soccer game. 

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With love,

Baby Boots Part 2

I LOVE making these little boots. The 2nd pair was MUCH easier to make because I actually knew what I was doing. One of the best things about these is that you only need 1/4 yard of each fabric to make them, which means they are VERY inexpensive! And the possibilities are endless! 

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With love,

Baby Boots

I have seen these little baby boots for the longest time and I've wanted to make them forever! So the other day at the fabric store, I went to the clearance section and found some cute material and buttons and spent a whopping $1.50 for everything I needed for these boots. It was definitely an adventure sewing these little boots, but I can tell that I am getting the hang of sewing a little bit more with each mistake I make and with each stitch I have to pick out haha. The next pair of these boots I make, I will definitely be doing a couple things differently, but for my first pair, I am pretty proud of myself. :)

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With love,

Boppy Pillow

Like I mentioned a while ago, my dad bought me a sewing machine. Now...and my grandma can vouch for me on this...I have never, ever, ever sewed something on my own before. Ever. I remember my grandma coming to Colorado or we would go to Nebraska and she would make me a prom dress or we'd make pajama pants "together," or some other little project that I had every intention of helping her with. Haha. Under her careful direction, I would cut out the pattern, pin it it together, sew a few straight lines here and there and mess up even THOSE simple steps! Haha. I am just not GOOD at sewing. I remember her picking out a stitch or two of mine. She was always verrrry patient and understanding haha. 

Anyway, being almost 8 months pregnant, I have been feeling this "nesting" urge. I don't even know if it is really "nesting" - I will call it "I have way too much time on my hands." I have been getting everything we need for the baby and trying to save as much money as possible (because holy cow, babies are expensive! haha). I decided it would be fun to try my hand, once and for all, at sewing. 

So, I made this Boppy cover. Bryson's aunt gave us a Boppy with a cute cover for my baby shower, so I made another one for when that one is in the wash. I went to Joann Fabrics and bought some very, very cheap fabric (already cheap, plus 50% off...I like!), thread and some velcro (actually I bought a zipper and velcro as a backup...good thing, because I ended up using the velcro haha - don't get me started on that). 

It actually wasn't hard at all! I am proud of myself! The hardest part for me was figuring out my sewing machine and how to change the foot to a zipper foot (took me about an hour because I didn't even think to look in the manuel). Of course, it was not without incident: I sewed on the zipper, and finished the pillow, went to go put it on the pillow and *pop,* the zipper broke. Instead of trying to fix the zipper, I ripped it off and sewed on velcro and it works perfectly haha. Bryson said, "I am so proud of you for improvising!" haha

So here is my pillow. It matches the nursery. I wanted to do a black and white damask cover...but I couldn't find any fabric in that color. Don't look too closely, it's not perfect by any means. BUT it fits, it stays on, it's soft and I did it all by myself! Mommy wow! I'm a big kid now! haaaa

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With love,

Satin Flowers

I am in LOVE with hair bows and flowers that clip onto little lace headbands for our baby girl! I love to look on Etsy and, I will admit, I have many-a-time put things in my Etsy "shopping cart," paused for a minute and then quickly emptied it again. Because...well, they are just so darn expensive! Seriously!

I got a package from a friend in the mail recently that was filled with beautiful hand-made bows/flowers attached to alligator clips just PERFECT for baby! I was SO excited and it got me curious and thinking, "Could I MAKE some bows for cheaper?" So I looked online at tutorials, thought about it and then today I went to the fabric store just to "try it out." Well this is what I ended up with. They are NOT perfect in any way, but heck, pretty much the exact same satin flowers cost $8 each on Etsy. And I made all three of these for under $1. Not too shabby. I'm thinking I want one in every color haha.

Anybody want one? Or two? :)
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With love,