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These tutus are already made and ready to find a new home TODAY!

Springtime:
Ladybug:
Valentine:

Other Tutus I've sold

I realized that neither of these made it on here and I thought they turned out so cute I had to post them now.

Chocolate-covered Strawberry:

Hanna Montana:

TUTU for sale!

SOLD

How cute are these! They were a special order from craigslist for 3 cousins. I used the same pink sparkle mesh for all three to tie them together and I doubled the layers to make them extra full. I just loved how they turned out- and so did the mom who bought them. Horray!

For Sale

Here's some more hats I'm trying to sell on craigslist

For Sale

Here I go again- using my blog to further my craigslisting. Some very cool caps for this baseball season. Jason kinda wanted me to keep them so he always has a nice looking, clean hat to wear. I just told him to quit getting all his hats dirty! I'd rather not have a billion hats floating around my house.

When you get lemons...

MAKE LEMONADE!
I recently puchased some crayons for Zack and was disappointed to find that more than half of them were broken. Now, since I'm a terrible perfectionist. I just couldn't leave them be. But instead of must having the little crayon chunks float around my house for all eternity I decided to make these fun little gems. I just put the broken pieces into my lined mini cupcake pan and melted them. After they dried we had a collection of uper-fantastic multi-crayons. Zach loves them!

More For Sale!

The craft fair's aren't really attracting a lot of foot traffic these days so I'm back to Craigslist. Here's a few of my tutus as posted there. I'm selling them for $12 a piece or $15 with a matching wand. I love it! Ahhhhh.... to have a daughter...

I'm a DESIGNER!

So, a while back I signed up to do this May Day gift exchange. I have to be honest- I didn't even know what May Day was let alone WHEN... I just finished my gift today. OOOooops!!!!

I haven't ever met the girl I'm exchanging gifts with but I did learn that she was a cook so I determined that I would make her an apron but not just any apron. My own PERSONAL design!

I have a denim apron myself and love it but I wanted to try something new so I used the front of a pair of jeans for the bottom half and then added a portion of the leg to make the upper bib. This way you can have working pockets and fun belt loops to pull the tie through.
Since I'm not the most experienced seamstress I wasn't sure how to make the back look decent since it still had all of the pocket stuff. So I used some fusible interfacing and scraps and Wa La!
Now it's a reversable apron to boot. Though I wish I could have made it one solid piece I still like the way it turned out.

To add some flare I made these cute flowers that I found HERE on Tip Junkie. They were so easy! I might start adding them to more of my projects.

Needless to say- I'm pretty excited about sending out my package. I just hope the likes it enough to make up for my being VERY VERY late.

SOLD!!

I've bragged about things I've gotten on Craigslist and tutus I've sold but now thanks to Craigslist I'm a little bit less cluttered-- and $15 richer. Wahoo!

Felt Board

So, I've had this cork board out in my garage for months and now that I'm finally cleaning out the garage I had to make a decision. Toss or Repurpose? I chose to repurpose and this is what I made.

I decided to make it blue so that it could be "sky" sometime but today it's the "Red" board. I plan to make objects to go along with each color so that we can use this as practice. I have great visions of having the words Red, Yellow and Green up on the board and Zach putting the pieces that match under each word. I know it might be a while before he understands the game but I think it will be a great learning tool. AND- I'm not copying anyone. Horray! I was kinda creative.

I do plan on adding seeds to the watermelon and STOP on the stop sign so this isn't quite the finished product but you get the idea.

On a semi-related point: I accidentally got TONS of blue felt. Like OH- 4x what I needed. I kinda said yards when I meant feet and... well, you do the math. Anybody need blue felt?

Card Swap Preview

So, they aren't super fancy. I'm still learning. But I LOVE the paper and I actually did something that is Totally out of the box for me. I tore! I did the little ripped edge look. I'm such a perfectionist that I have a really hard time with tearing paper and being OK with the outcome but I actually liked how these turned out. I'm learning to love the imperfections in my creations. It's what makes them homemade afterall right?

Placemat Bag

I'm sure you've seen those placemat purses around. VERY cute- however, I am a recovering purse-aholic so I've been trying really hard to avoid adding to my collection. NOW- that does not prohibit me from collecting a bag or two. As long as they have a specific purpose. This bag was actually inspired by one a girl at my church used to carry her primary stuff in. Though hers was all cute and ribbon-ey. I was just trying to work with what I happened to have on hand. Most placemat purses are made with a single placemat. In order to get a larger, more- baglike creation I used TWO placemats sewn together and then a single strip of tan strap to creat the handles. It may not be as cute as one of those bamboo handles but it's cheap and functional.

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The reason I finally was able to allow myself another bag to add to my collection was that I needed something to carry our library books now that Zach and I have started making weekly trips. We've really enjoyed it, AND it means I get to enjoy my bag. HORRAY!

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If I were to do it again: I'd sew the strap on BEFORE I sew up the sides. That would make it a TON easier to maneuver around my sewing machine.

Best Mac 'N Cheese

I have discovered the best Mac 'N Cheese EVER!
This is a classic Pioneer Woman recipe and I love it. I have tried to make homemade mac 'n cheese many times but it always came out so bland and mushy. This one had a great kick and was so nice and smooth.

The secret ingredient: Ground Mustard!

I would never have thought of using it but it really gave it a nice flavor. I also learned about tempering eggs. I've never done that before. Now I feel so gourmet!

The one thing I wish I had done was left the noodles a bit more Al Dente (See I'm gourmet now) I think it would have held up better for leftovers. Really! Check out the recipe HERE

How Firm A Foundation

This is how I taught my kids "How Firm A Foundation" in primary a couple of weeks ago.
As we added each new picture, starting from the bottom, I had a child come up and "hammer" it on with a toy hammer. They got a kick out of it and they seemed to really pick up the words quick.
After they built it I turned it around to reveal the chorus on the back.

Thank You

Just starting some brainstorming for that card swap again. The background on this was done with a stencil.

Tutu Final

So- this tutu has already been picked up. I ended up making 2 detachable bows for it. The pink one you saw earlier and then this one that I just LOVED. The mother told me that she was going to be wearing a brown monkey shirt with it so I thought this would be perfect. So cute! Man I need a girl don't I.

PomPom Princess Wand

I decided the wand was a little gigantic so I trimmed it down and added a bow. I just love it. I wish I could come up with a reason I could carry it around and play with it all day. :)

TuTu with PomPom wand

Another TuTu off to a new home. This one is precious pink.

I also remembered seeing these pompom wands once before so I thought I would give it a try. I think next time I'll make it a little smaller. This one is kinda gigantic in comparison to the little person I was making it for.

If anyone is interested in purchasing any of my creations just e-mail me at
Sunkistmk@gmail.com

Bella Bites

Officially these are called "cake balls" but since I made them to celebrate the DVD release of Twilight I thought the other name fit better. I also like to call them "Cake Truffles".

I cant take credit for these either. They are actually from Bakerella but I followed the instructions from Pioneer Woman at this link.

I'll have to admit I'm almost sad to share this because any who have tasted these will now know my secret!

Its pretty simple really- just a boxed cake mix, baked as directed. Then I let it cool overnight, crumble it up in a bowl and mix in a container of cream cheese frosting. As you can tell already, this is not a light dessert!

Then I just rolled it into balls and dipped in chocolate to finish them off.

YUM!!!!