Jordan bag

I made this bag for my favorite brown haired sister.  I LOVE IT!! I think I might have to make one for myself.  It’s from Simplicity pattern # 2396.  It was super easy and fast to make.

I have orders for a few more.  Anyone else want one while I’m at it? 

The M.E. Bag

I hate the name diaper bag, so I’m calling my bags the M.E. bags short for mommy essentials. Here is the first M.E. bag made with love for my sister.

The middle is lined with three pockets 1 large and two small.

It has a flap on top and a Velcro fastener.

There is a pocket on the back that also closes with Velcro.

and both sides have a pocket.

it also has a nice wide strap, that is long enough to hang from your shoulder or be slung across your chest.

It also comes with a matching changing pad and diaper and wipes case.

( I still have to make the matching diaper/ wipes case but hope you like the rest & I’ll also have a tutorial on the changing pad coming soon.)

Sewing for my sister

I have two awesome sisters, and one of them is about to have her 2nd baby but first girl so I have been making her a couple of things.  Mostly I’m posting these for my mom and sister to see but I hope you enjoy them too.  Here are two the the projects I’m finished with. 

Your nursing cover.  I love this fabric, I hope you do too!

And a diaper and wipes holder for inside your diaper bag.  I’m not sure how I feel about this one, what do you think?? It’s super easy to make if you what something a little different.

oh and it’s lined

Let me know what you think.  Please…

Darth Vader Lamp

Our oldest boy turned five today and he LOVES Star Wars so I made him a Darth Vader lamp to go in his bedroom.

I got this lamp from a lady I purchased a dresser from, we were just finishing up loading the dresser in the back of the van when she says “yeah, do you want this lamp too?” I looked at it and thought, ummmm NO!  It smelled horrid and it looked like

the 80’s had a little too much fun

 

with the 70’s and produced

this lamp.  See what I mean?

But I took it as not to hurt her feelings and I thought I might be able to do something with it.

So I got some new plastic because the old plastic smelled.

I used the old plastic as a pattern

Okay now doesn’t this lamp shade look cool like this?  I need to find another lamp ASAP!  So cute.

I used spray adhesive to cover all the panels with black material.

While I was working on the shade my hubby pained the bottom part black.

I used hot glue and double fold bias tape to put it all back together.

SEE LOOK HOW COOL IT LOOKS WITH THAT NEW PLASTIC.  I SERIOUSLY NEED ANOTHER LAMP TO REDO ASAP.

 Then I added a simple cape.

I added a Darth Vader mask I got off a Halloween costume that I just happened to get on clearance for $ 3.00.

All done!  He loves it, I just hope it doesn’t give him nightmares.

Before

AFTER so much better!

Harry Potter Wand

My kids love Harry Potter.  They play it constantly and they have wanted real wooded wands forever, but the ones we saw were $50.00!  We have 5 kids and that was never going to happen (okay even if we had 1 kid I wouldn’t pay that kind of money). BUT my husband has always liked to carve stuff so he decided he would make them each a wooden wand for their birthday.  I got him a carving set from Michaels for Christmas so he could carve them and all he used was one wooden dowel (and stain) and he got 4 wands out of it!  Our kids love H.P so much that they wanted certain characters wands. So we went online and they all picked out the wand they wanted.  He finished the first wand just in time for #2’s #7 (Ginny’s wand).  She LOVES it and it turned out really well.

Before & After

Cooking Birthday Party

Like I mentioned earlier my 2nd daughter turned 7 this past week, so on Saturday we had her birthday party.  We did a cooking party, I did this for my oldest daughter when she was in first grade 2 years ago. It was so fun that my 2nd daughter wanted to do it for her birthday party this year. I changed up a few things this time around, you know live and learn and all that.  So this is what we did this time...
This party works well with a smaller birthday group.  I let my kids invite as many kids as can fit at our dinner table.  So in our case she invited 7 friends. First thing I did was make Chefs hats for all of the girls, I used the directions from here.

For the party

The first thing we did was make personal pizzas.  I gave each of the girls one or two Pillsbury Grand refrigerator biscuits.  They smashed them flat to form a crust

then they added sauce and all the other toppings.

While the personal pizzas were baking in the oven they used fabric markers to decorate their white aprons, they also made fruit salad to go with their pizza.

Fruit Salad

Once they were done eating and decorating their apron, we did the  presents.  Once presents were done they came back to the table and they finished up by decorating their own cupcake.  Then we sent them home with a fun party favor.

The Party Favor
First I get a bowl and fill it up with various kitchen items.  The first time I did a bowl, spoon, sugar cookie mix, cookie cutters, and pot holders.
This time I went with a cupcake theme.  So we did a bowl, potholders, cupcake pan, cake mix, icing and a spoon. Then I wrapped that all up in clear plastic wrapping paper.

I just got it all from the dollar store, and some of the stuff comes in packages of more than one, like the potholders, bowls and spoons.  I think it works out to be around $ 3.75 per party favor. 

It’s always a lot of fun.  If anyone is inspired to try it for one of their kiddos, I would love to here about it.