What I’ve Been Up To

 

I’ve been busy being creative lately and wanted to show off my creations. 

I have found a new blog that I absolutely love!  After reading her post on how to make her daughter’s clothes last longer, I loved the thought of adding a ruffle to the bottom of a skirt.  Only problem is that I don’t know how to sew!  JuJu to the rescue! I showed her my idea and she offered to show me how to sew.  My version of the ruffle being added to the skirt didn’t include making a ruffle because I wanted to use the ruffle off the bottom of this dress:

(look how little she is!)

And here’s the skirt after the ruffle was added on:

I don’t have any pictures of her in it yet, but it is oh so cute! (special thanks to JuJu for sewing it for me!)

Creations #2 &3~Gracie’s tutus! I did these all by myself using tutorials I found online. They are super cute! 

  

As you can see, the purple one is a little fluffier than the red one. 

Creation #4~A picture for Gracie’s room

I bought this corkboard & wallpaper border at the Dollar Tree the other day.  The original intent was to put the corkboard in Evan’s room for him to hang pictures, etc on and the border in G’s room (it matches the decorative stickers that are already on her wall perfect).  

The plan for the corkboard was foiled when I realized that a pushpin goes straight through the board and out the back!!  So, what to do with it now that it isn’t usable??  I got this wild hair to make a picture to hang in G’s room using both of them. 

I painted the whole board white, cut the flowers and dots out of the border, and voila!

(not the greatest pic, but I had to angle it because the flash was creating a glare).