The Mermaid's Tail

Today we had a party to go to for Jack's little best friend.  She turned 5 and since she loves to dress up I made her a little Mermaid Tail.  You just velcro it around your waist and pretend you are a mermaid.  It was a fun, fast project! 

It's so cute on...somehow the picture with her wearing it didn't record.  If you want to make one, I used the tutorial HERE.  And here's a picture of another one  I made a while ago.





I'm off to Colorado tomorrow for a couple of weeks to visit my folks.  I'm so excited to see those beautiful mountains and breath the crisp clean air.  I'm not excited about the airplane journey that will begin around 6 AM, by myself with 4 kids in tow.  But it's worth the blissful relaxation I get and the fun times we have when we're there.  My posting may be spotty...but then again isn't it always. :)

Farewell for now!

Mermaid tail and Car Cozy

Here are a couple of Christmas presents I made that I neglected to take pictures of before giving.

The Mermaid Tail

It's a little Dress up prop you just velcro around your waist and let it drag behind you. I used this tutorial . Thank you, Annee, for the last minute tip. I wish I had seen this when Mer was little, what a fun little costume.

And here is the Car Cozy . I saw it on So You Think You're Crafty, and thought that the little cousinsjust needed to have one. Mine's a little different but there is now a tutorial written over at homemade by Jill.

Handmade Christmas

Okay, so I've been meaning for a while to start this little blog to show and keep track of all that I make. Thank you Liz for the little push I needed to actually do it. Here are some of the presents I made for my family this year. As I'm looking through my files I realize I didn't get pictures of half of what I made. Aaaah!!

Appliqued flower t-shirt. I got this flower idea from Stitch magazine

Jewelry/necklace organizer for my mom.
I thrifted the frame and added wire garden mesh to the back. It is super sturdy and you can hang earrings on it or necklaces using s-hooks.

Earring organizer using screening. It has small enough holes so that you can hang earrings with backs on it.

A wood bead ribbon necklace. I got the idea from V&Co and almost kept it for myself. And then I made a bunch of zipper pouches for cousins and brothers, here are a few of them. The army one I stuffed with Army guys, and I thought the brown on needed a little something so I monogrammed it with fabric paint.

This little zipper pouch I gave to my friend and free fabric remnant supplier Sarah. I added a black beaded zipper pull (not shown) which made it look pretty fancy.

Super kid t-shirts. I got this idea from Liz...thank you. The one on the right is appliqued felt. The other two are painted with fabric paint and dye, using a kit my mom gave me for my birthday.

Embellished kitchen towels. I think I mde 6 or so sets of these. They are supposed to be patchwork but I went for the single fabric option for speed. I did a couple of sets out of some other fabrics as well. They are so fast, about 20 minutes a pieces once you get the hang of it. I again got this idea from Liz.

Some other things I made I dont have pic of like the polar fleece shawls, an apron, the car caddies, and the very cool Mermaid tail (thanks to Annee for the last minute inspiration.)