Two Steps Behind and Something Cute

Sometimes I feel like no matter how hard I try, I am always two steps behind!  The day started by rushing to get all three kids ready to get out the door and into the car.  As usual, I got Laina to school somewhere in the 5 minutes between the bell ringing to lineup for class and the bell ringing for school to start.  It is always a race to get her in the classroom before the door closes.  The day went on in the same vein, with me rushing to get Mylie into her dance clothes for the first class of the day (she has 2 on Wednesdays) and then being 5 minutes late to class.  After a quick trip to the mall, I was just settling down to some sewing with Evelyn napping in her crib and Mylie parked in front of Yo Gabba Gabba when I get a call from the school.  Seems it was an early dismissal day for parent-teacher interviews and I was the crappy parent who forgot and whose child was sitting in the office 20 minutes after all of the other kids had gone home with their responsible parents!  That wasn't the last of my rushing around but I won't bore you with the rest of the details.  It is sufficient to say that I will be glad when the Christmas break begins and I can get myself rested and re-organized!

And as promised in my last post, I got my sewing machine going again (who knew that they needed to be oiled once a year in order to work properly??) and finished up my latest project.  I've almost never made anything for an adult before so this is one of the rare times when I will be forced to model my project!  That being said, this is a Retro Chic Apron pattern that I purchased from etsy, and I *think* since trying it on, that it was intended for someone with a beautiful, curvy body, not someone like me who is built like a 10 year old.  And not just any 10 year old... a 10 year old BOY!  So I think I will be gifting this as a Christmas present.

Let me know what you think!  I love to get comments on my posts!

The missing piece

As a self-admitted clothing addict, I put together outfits for my 3 daughters and obsess about every little detail until the outfit is perfect.  For weeks I have been stressing over what the girls should wear in their hair with their Christmas dresses (I know, how lucky am I that hair accessories are high on my list of worries??).

Until today....

when I realized that my Big Shot (which you were formally introduced to here) can cut fabric (it says it right on the package but who am I to read instructions?).  So I got myself some felt and some brads and made me some felt hair flowers!

Here's how:

Step 1: Cut a square of felt the size of the Sizzix cartridge ( I used this one) but any of the layered flowers will do.  Run the cartridge through the Big Shot.

The felt will come out looking like this:

Step 2: Punch a hole through the middle of the flowers (I used my Making Memories paper punch and craft hammer) or you could just hot glue the flowers in a stack from largest to smallest.



Step 3: Bling it out.  I pulled a brad through the hole I punched but you could hot glue or sew a button or put whatever you like in the center. 

I hot glued mine onto an alligator clip, but you could do a clip, a pin (to wear on a shirt) or even on a headband.

And here is the possibilites I came up with to go with the Christmas dresses (Janie and Jack Uptown Holiday for inquiring minds!).  Opinions?

And on my model L. who just wanted to use her jingle pony-o's to shake-it belly dancer style.