Camera Strap Cover

Don't tell my friend Kelli, but I have been wanting to make each of us a camera strap cover. ;) Our WONDERFUL, GENEROUS, LOVING husbands bought us each really nice cameras to take pics of our kiddos.  I think we need to dress up our cameras with a really cute camera strap.  I know that our husbands will NOT want a frilly, girly strap on them when they are using the cameras.  So, I want to make covers rather than disassemble our current strap(s). I have been looking on other blogs for ideas.  Here are some that I like so far.

Kevin and Amanda: Ruffled Camera Strap Slipcover

the Cottage Home: Gathered Camera Strap Cover

A Small Snippet

I am a lover of ruffles (and polka dots!) so I think they will definitely have ruffles on them! Kelli, I hope you like yours!  I will need to get the measurements for your strap so I guess it can't be a surprise. :)

Pants for Girls & Boys

I am so excited that I now have a pattern for pants for boys & girls. Actually, I took a pattern I had for girls' pants with ruffles and created my own pattern for boys.  I simply added enough length to replace the ruffle and create a hem. It is as simple as that! Here are some recent ones that I have made.  I apologize that my full length pic of the boy's pants is blurry.  I didn't realize, and I have already given them away so I can't take another pic.

I already did a post of the little girl wearing the outift, but I wanted to give some close-ups.

Girl's pants & shirt:

FYI: The frayed edges are intentional! :)

Boy's pants:

No, you are not going cross-eyed.  The pic is blurry!

Dedication to the Lord

My son, Brantley is 2 months old. We dedicated him to the Lord at church yesterday. What an awesome and powerful day. We just made a huge commitment to raise him in a Christian home. It is our job to be Godly parents and to raise Brantley to love the Lord. We made this same commitment when our daughter, Madison, was about 4 months old.

When my daughter was dedicated, I asked my grandmother and mother to sew a dress for her.  It was beautiful. I wanted Brantley to have a handmade outfit as well, but I didn't want to ask them to sew it since I didn't decide to do it until 2 weeks ago.  So, I chose a simple  dedication bubble.  I used the Creations by Michie pattern #126.

I learned a lot while making this bubble. I had never before sewn tucks or a Madeira trim.  The placket was new, as well as hand embroidery. The cross is hand embroidered using a padded satin stitch.  The small dots are called French knots.  This bubble definitely contains its fair share of flaws, but I am proud of it anyway.

Following church, our family went to lunch. There we were able to meet our niece who was born on the same day as Brantley.

Check out my husband's haircut....I did that!  He trusted ME to cut his hair.  I thought it turned out pretty good!

Nursing Cover

I FINALLY got to finish sewing my nursing cover, and I LOVE IT!  I can't wait to use it with Brantley...only 9 1/2 more weeks until I am due!  For those of you who are curious, I followed the instructions provided by Angel at TaDa! Creations. It was sooooo simple to make!

Thanks, Angel!

Swimsuit Cover-Up

FINALLY!!!!!  I have been meaning to make a post for a while, but I keep letting days slip by. Some of you may know that I am 21 weeks along with our 2nd child.  We are having a boy, and we are naming him Brantley! That is enough of an excuse for the lack of posts, right?  

Well, we made our first beach trip of the season this week.  Sooooo, I wanted Madison to have a cute cover-up. I used an inexpensive towel and some ribbon I already had to make this.  It probably cost a total of $7 to make.  I really like the way it turned out.  The only thing left to do is have it monogrammed.

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Aprons for the girly girls

My friend, Kelli, asked me to sew some aprons for her to give to a couple of little girls for Christmas.  She picked out the fabric.  I think they turned out sooooo cute!

Christmas Apron

YAY! I have wanted a Christmas apron since I saw an adorable one at the Junior League of Mobile's Christmas Jubilee last year. This year, I made one for myself! I love it! I can't wait to bake cookies in it. I LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME!

No, I did not bake these cookies, BUT I would love for mine to look like this. :)

My Christmas wish list:

• I wish the radio stations would start playing Christmas music on November 1st.
• I wish it wasn't crazy for me to put up Christmas decorations already...cuz I am gonna do it really soon!
• I wish my husband had the whole month of December off to spend it with Madison and me. We could do all kinds of fun Christmas stuff together.
• I wish all of my family lived near. I want to get together every weekend to sit by the fire watching Christmas movies and drink hot chocolate while the kids play. :(

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Cazra

Travel Tissue Case

Looking for a "happy" to give your coworkers or relatives? Need some stocking stuffers? The travel tissue case is so cute and easy to make. They are great to stick in your purse, a diaper bag, locker or desk.

All you need is coffee (well, it was first thing in the morning), fabric, scissors, and thread. I am working on an order for 20 cases. I used my rotary cutter and mat to speed up the cutting process.

I had three selections of fabric, which I ordered from Heather Bailey. Each piece was 1/2 yard (1/2 yard of 44" fabric will make 7 cases). First, I cut the fabric into 6 inch strips. This means my strips were 18" x 6". I took the strips and cut 3 pieces that were 3 3/4" x 6" and 1 piece that was 4 3/8" x 6 inch.

Actually, I took a short cut. One set of the 3 3/4" x 6" pieces were cut on the fold. That means when it was open, it was 7 1/2" x 6". I did this because it saved a cut, and those two pieces are staying together anyway as the bottom of the case.

Next, I ironed the pieces. Take one of your 3 3/4" x 6" pieces and fold it in half as shown below. We teachers like to call that the hotdog fold. Do the same thing with the 4 3/8" x 6" piece of fabric. I ironed the last piece to make sure the fabric was smooth.

Lay one of the 3 3/4" x 6" pieces wrong side up on your table. Lay another 3 3/4" x 6" piece on top of it-wrong sides together. (Or-if you took my shortcut, lay the 7 1/2" x 6" piece on your workspace folded with wrong sides together so that it looks like one 3 3/4" x 6" piece facing you.) Take the 3 3/4" x 6" piece that you ironed in half and lay it on top of those two pieces. Then, lay the larger piece that you ironed in half on top. Make sure that the folds are facing the center of the case and line up the corners. The two top pieces will overlap in the center. Pin these together.

Sew around the edges and clip the corners.

Turn the case right side out and pull out the corners. Iron. Insert the tissue pack. VOILA!

Let me know if you try this out! I enjoy getting your messages! Let me know if you have any further questions.

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