Random Crap I made.....:D

My mom and sisters and I are going to be crafting for the next 2 days and also getting ready for Sadie's summer birthday bash so I figured I better post some stuff I did already so that I don't get too behind.

I made this runner with tassels (it ended up on my entryway table) I love it
And this pillow to match......my first experience with fringe :D

This is my first attempt at the Mango Tango Apron from the A is for Apron book. It has a few flaws so it gets to be mine....all mine! :D It is pretty easy, the skirt is on the bias so it flares a little, its so cute!! I can put one together in about 2 hours start to finish.

This is my first attempt at "Cakeland", also from the A is for Apron book. Not as practical, but SO stinkin cute!! I heart pompoms!!

And then there are THESE::::::

Can I just mention how incredible these cupcakes are?? I'm so sad that the pic is terrible, but these are just tooooooo goooood!! I know they look pretty average, but no. They are the Pioneer Womans Sheet Cake as cupcakes with the best frosting EVER......made with 5 tablespoons of flour, of all things! Also found on the Pioneer Womans site, tasty kitchen. My friend Wendy made them for me before I had a chance to try them, and lets just say I've made them 3 times since then! I seriously want to go make some of that frosting right now. It is really light and super creamy, almost like cool whip, but not. Its not too sugary, it is perfection!! You know if PW says its the best frosting she ever had, run, don't walk to the kitchen to make it!! The sheet cake is so moist, and even better in cupcake form (I tried it both ways :) The link to her site is in my inspiration list on the right hand side.

I did make a couple of other things, but they are not quite finished and I have a couple of adorable aprons that I actually have pre sold that I have to produce :D Fun stuff!

Shabby Bright Headboard

I redid Sadies bed a couple months ago, I never did a full after post, and I wanted to link to SNS at Funky Junk so here it is!

I got this bed from my parents, its a full and my daughter is turning 12 and really wanting a "real" bed. Here is what it looked like when I got it, I had already put the medallions on when I remembered to take the pics. Oooooo, ahhh a nice DARK 70's finish on solid wood. Score for me!!

Since it had the ugly, yet pristine finish I lightly sanded (I'm super lazy) and wiped it all down. Then I spray painted the whole thing with 2 coats of Krylon Key Lime from Walmart. I took a medium grit sandpaper and roughed up all the edges somewhat heavily. I mixed glaze and some brown paint (from the oops paint section at walmart) and just went to town and got it all in the cracks and creases and kept wiping off the excess. I probably should have moved to the shade for this part, but being it was a put together bed, and I was still super lazy I just worked as fast as I could.



Here it is in here room as of now (which we repainted from a dramatic purple and pink to a nice neutral). This room is taking me forever to finish! I edited the gobs of pillows (except the sweater one I made :) so you could see the headboard better.

It looks super yellow and blah in this lighting, the above pic of the footboard is much more accurate. It is so bright and whimsical, just like my daughter :D

My little Seamster

Ya know how I mentioned that Dayton has been wanting to sew alllll the time, and the other night I was finishing up a project and he was just chomping at the bit to do something.......anything. I had seen this bib tutorial so I found the perfect boy type project. The kid was determined to do it all on his own. I drew up the pattern, and he cut it out perfectly....FYI this kid has some mad small motor skills, he always has. We always joke that he will be a great surgeon someday :D

Then he pinned in to the fabric and the terrycloth and cut them out...perfectly

He reallllllllly wanted to do the sewing machine all himself, but I let him run the foot pedal and taught him about backstitching and helped guide the fabric.....a little



He turned it inside out, and I tried to do the topstitching for him, but after one side he said "Mom, I can do the topstitching! I can do it!" So he did. He did let me help a little more with the ties though :D

And here is the adorable little bib that he made for his new little cousin Aiden :D I think he was pretty proud, and so am I !!

And if that wasn't enough, he wanted to make a denim flower pin for his teacher. I cut him a strip, and he did the running stitch all on his own. I didn't take a pic, (I know, bad mom!!) I was so tired but it was a cute yo yo style denim flower with a big pearl center and a pin on the back. His teacher loved it and he was so excited to give it to her to put on her 100 pin jacket.

The concentration is so cute :D

I have so many more projects to share, I have been doing lot of sewing and it is so fun! I'm trying not to make my posts so long so I'll save it for another time soon :D