rock stories

I was inspired by this driftwood art.  It was so fun and colorful.  But since I don't have any driftwood around I decided to make my art on rocks for my kids to play with in their sand box.  We made a few different "stories" that we are going to paint with our cousins at a little family get together that is coming up.
Here's our fairy tale rocks.  I used my inspiration from the driftwood art.

Here's the story of the three little pigs.  I loved this art work I saw here.

 And my kids wanted a pet shop, so here it is.

I think they are so cute and can't wait until the kids paint them up.  They are going to be so cute.

ribbon tie dress and taggie

This dress pattern I made I am in love with.  It is so easy.  I dress can be whipped up in 10 minutes.  Only basic sewing skills are needed.
You just sew the size fabric you need in a tube with the ribbons in the seam on the top.  They sew about an inch down when it is right side out for the elastic to run through.  I added the band of a second fabric on the bottom for fun and the flowers as accessories.
I made this dress for my little niece and I love how it turned out.  The fabric was chosen by my SIL for her nursery, but then she went a different direction, so I told her I'd find something to do with it.

The flower on the dress and the hair flower are just 6 circles of felt folded in thirds and glued in a circle with a fabric covered button in the center.  Again, super easy.  You just have to know how to hot glue!

With the bit of fabric that was left and finding some cute ribbon scraps in my stash I made a little taggie for her since all babies love tags.  I think it turned out so cute and made me want to make one for my little girl, even though she is way passed this stage!

balloon ping pong

Balloon Ping Pong is an instant hit at our house. I made these with my kids first thing this morning to get them going, and BOY did it get them going! We had such a great time trying to keep our balloons up.
Popsicle sticks
tape
paper plates
balloons

a guy's party

My boys were invited to a boy's birthday party. It was a contruction theme and we ran with it. We made him a great tool belt and hard hat that we got some tools for.

drawer doll house

My niece and her family were in town for a quick trip. While here we were able to celebrate her birthday with her. I found out she didn't have a little play house, so I had an idea that was inspired by this doll house.






I love how it turned out. I painted the little wood people to be her family. I divided the drawers in half with chip board. The paper is all just mod-podged in. To keep the drawers upright when playing with them I added velcro to the bottoms/backs and some on the drawer case. It works pretty well....and the best thing about it is that you can store all the pieces inside of it so they don't get lost and it's easy transport.

christmas on a budget

I saw the cutest nesting dolls at a children's boutique and wanted to get them for my little girl, but with a price tag of over $25 I wasn't about to snag them off the shelf...so what does any mom on a budget do...she finds a way to still get want she wants.
I picked up some wooden nesting dolls at Hobby Lobby for $4 and painted them to look like the ones I loved. After I painted them I added a coat of clear gloss spray paint and it made all the difference.

Not bad if I do say so myself! :)

This is the tool belt I made last year for my son. I got the idea from here.