Halloween Costumes DIY

So with all the Halloweeness going on around us, I have yet to decide what we are going to be for Halloween. I have made C's costume and now I have to get Chris's and I's going ASAP!

So I have been looking around the web, and although I haven't decided on anything yet,  here are some of the best one's I have seen. They come from another blog called Sweeter than Sweets! Check out the full post here

Here are some of my favorites though:)


Real life Comic Girl

If only I was pregnant :)


Army man

BLT


Anyways...if you find any other good costumes, let me know where... I got to get on the ball!

Lindsey

DIY Friday: Play Room

OH MY~ It has been a ridiculously long time since I have blogged. It has been an adventurous month for sure and only increasing in hecticness because of a certain someone's 1st birthday coming up in just three short weeks.

Either way... I promise to update you on all that has happened come Monday, but just wanted to do a quick DIY Friday tidbit. This is an unusual DIY because it is not crafty, it is practical. Since I have, essentially, a one year old running around (and I do mean running around) our once roomy house has shrunk because of all the toys that lay around. Every night after she hits the sack, I go around every room in our house and put up all the toys she has taken out. Needless to say, this is really annoying.

So my BRILLIANT husband had a great idea. Our spare bedroom goes unused for most of the year. All of our family lives in town, except my sister, and since we went to school locally...our friends are here too. So no one comes and stays with us, hence the unused spare bedroom. So... we gutted out the bed, bookshelf, lamp and chair and replaced it with toys, toys, toys and toys. We made our own play room!

Let me just say, as I blog happily and freely, it was a genius idea! If you have a room that is unused and you need a great space for your romper to romp around... DIY and change it to a play room. If you are anything like me... you won't regret it :)

Happily walking around without stepping on toys,
Lindsey

DIY Friday: Homeade Pennant Birthday Banner

SO I told you I am in the process of planning C's 1st Birthday party!! I honestly can't believe it :)

Anyways... there are lots of projects that I am doing for her party, one being making a birthday banner.

Here are some of the ones that I saw...not sure which type I am going to pick, but that's what Hobby Lobby is for (to help me make such decisions :))
Click on the picture below to take you to the "How To" pages







Happy Crafting,
Lindsey

DIY Friday- Fabric Chandelier

Ok...so I follow this blog and she started her own DIY day. Her first DIY puts anything I could do to shame. So instead of trying to post my own, you should go do this project because it is awesome!

It is a cloth fabric chandelier. All you need is an old lamp shade, 1 1/2 yards of your fabric choice and a glue gun! Really it is too simple. I am going to do one for my outside patio, but it would be great for a little girl's room too! When I get done with mine I will post it for you to see :)

Here is the link: http://www.joyfolieblog.com/2011/08/diy-wednesday-torn-fabric-chandelier.html

And this is the finished project :)


Let me know if you make your own too! Would love to see a pic!

Crafty getting the best of me,
Lindsey

Do it Yourself Friday! The Tom Kat Studio

Good morning everyone! Hope you are enjoying this beautiful Friday morning :) I am...my sweet Caroline is taking a nap,  I just spent some sweet time with my Jesus and now I am writing to all of you about my "relatively" new favorite blog.

Today for my DIY post, I thought I would share with you Tom Kat Studio :)  Her name is Kim and she is incredibly talented! I get on her blog almost everyday and am never disappointed with the cuteness and crafts she comes up with!  I have gotten a lot of ideas from her about how I want to do Caroline's first birthday, and today she is doing an awesome giveaway for a party! You have to check it out...let's just talk about the cuteness! (oh and you can enter the giveaway here )




Anyways... she also has an etsy site that is to die for... check it out here http://www.etsy.com/people/tomkatstudio?ref=ls_profile

I love this crab theme for a little boy, or golf and swim is too cute! All the stuff for the most part is printable and a great price!





Anyways... I think you should hop on over to her stuff and check her out! And then plan your next party with her fun stuff!

Enjoy,
Lindsey

Do It Yourself Friday!

So I have been wanting to get crafty for sometime now... and finally decided (thanks to the inspiration of a friend of mine) to get my act in gear. Thus this new Friday post titled DIY Friday! So excited about the possibilities of great craftiness! There will be things that I have done but also great blogs of other crafty ones.

So this first one is a tutu I made for my niece for her 1st birthday... if you go to the store these things generally range about $12 a piece. I actually found one in Franklin the other day for $24...no offense but this is a rip off because they are SO EASY to make and take NO TIME AT ALL! They are a great shower gift and also great for pictures! (which reminds me...make sure you enter to win my first giveaway here )

So here is the tutu I made :) It is a no-sew tutu (I also made the onesie but that's another post)

All you need to do is go to your local craft store ( I went to Hobby Lobby) and pick up the colors of tulle that you want. I used 4 colors for hers, white, sparkly, pink and silver. You will need a yard of each.
Then you need to pick up a yard of stretchy crochet headband material.  It looks like this

You can buy it by the yard in the ribbon section. I got a yard so that I could make sure I measured it for the right size. Once you get home and measure the size of the material based on your child. You want to start making the tutu.  Here is the video that I watched to help make this first one.

She makes it with ribbon... which you totally can do. I just used the headband material and threaded the tulle like she did through the bottom two layers of holes. Interchanging the colors as I went. So super easy and then to bring the back together I laced up the back with ribbon. (like lacing a pair of sneakers)

It's so easy and it cost me about 5 dollars to make :) Now that's a deal!

Happy crafting,

Lindsey