FSU Pillow Case Dress with Ruffle from HootyCutie Designs
HootyCutie Designs, who did the awesome Party Banner Tutorial for us last week, sent Penelope a pillow case dress recently. When she asked if she could make Penelope a dress, at first I thought, she...
View ArticleBean Bag Chair Cover Tutorial
I searched and searched online and could not really find a great bean bag tutorial. The best I could find was this, and it helped me understand the concept of making a spherical shape, but I still...
View ArticleEasy DIY Baby Gift
One of the blessings of being a woman of childbearing age myself, is that I know lots of other women of childbearing age, that are busy bearing children. And that means I want to give lots of gifts...
View ArticleDIY Baby Infiniti Scarf
I was so excited when the cooler weather arrived because Penelope and I love to wear scarves. Last year she wore a scarf of some kind, pretty much every day. As I started pulling out her scarves, I...
View ArticleRecycle, Reuse Refashion: Infinity Scarf for Mama
While I was making some new scarves for Penelope, I did a scarf refashion for myself. I have had this big, chunky scarf for almost 10 years and I love it. It keeps me so warm! But it was huge and it...
View Article$2 Dishtowel Christmas Pillowcase Dress
Yup, I made my daughter I dress out of dishtowels. It is one of those things that could go very wrong or very right. I wasn’t convinced it was right, until she tried it on and then I felt pretty damn...
View ArticleZipper-Free, Removable, Pillow Cover DIY
I can’t even tell you how long I have been working on these pillows! I bought fabric months and months ago! I bought the fabric at a local shop that did a Groupon. So I got everything 50% off. First I...
View ArticleInspired to Sew
I haven’t done much sewing in the last several months. I really can’t even remember the last thing I sewed, it was probably around Penelope’s 2nd Birthday. With being pregnant and on bed rest, then...
View ArticleThe Great Felt Food Exchange
This Easter, Penelope got lots of goodies in her basket. We did our Easter tradition of a new swimsuit and towel and she also got a ton of felt food. I participated in a Felt Food Exchange with 11...
View ArticleThe $4, 5 Minute, Napkin Dress
This is one of those project ideas, like my dishtowel dress, that could easily go either way. Into the absolute-genius-category or the what-in-the-f-were-you-thinking-category. You can be the judge...
View ArticleFat Quarter Summer Top
The other day I bought an adorable black and white polka dot top from Jcrew for myself. A little while later, I saw this fabric at Joann’s and decided Penelope needed a summer top so we could be the...
View ArticleMaking a Waldorf Doll
My daughter turned 2 in October. For a long time, really since I was pregnant, I had my eye on those neat Waldorf dolls. I saw them talked about and featured on so many different blogs, talking about...
View ArticleSave your Toys and Toes with a Pebble Bag
One sweet, cherubic-cheeked child = 5011 bits, bobs and playthings strewn about the floor. Perhaps you can relate? When Girl Wonder was little, maybe 5 or 6, it didn’t matter one lick how many bins and...
View ArticleMy New Office and Annie Sloan Paint Tutorial
Back in March, I signed a lease and opened a little office in Jupiter, Florida, where my family and I moved last May, after living in Tallahassee, Florida for 14 years. It was really hard for me to...
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