Minnie Mouse for the Birthday Girl

Someone is almost 3 years old.  

She told me she wanted a Minnie and Mickey Mouse Cake for her party.  

Then she informed she needed to have ears with bows like Minnie Mouse ... 

and a Minnie Mouse dress.

More ruffles

I love ruffle fabric.  I made me a gray skirt.  Yeah, for making something for me!  I used an old black tshirt as a lining under the gray ruffles.  

I had enough left over to make my youngest one too.  :)

Going on Safari...

I love how Safari Mickey turned out!  

Homemade Christmas 2012

Another Homemade Christmas...

Another apron for my girls.  The aprons are personalized with their intials.  These are made from repurosed jeans.  Here is a tutorial for the jean apron.















A rose scarf - this is made from felt.  I sewed the scalloped circles together to make the flowers.  Then I sewed the flowers to the felt scarf.  This could be a no sew project by using a glue gun.

A friend of mine asked if I could make a dress for her daughter out of some material that she had.  This is what I made.  From what I hear, the daughter loves it!  

Front of Dress

Back of Dress

Is it an Apron or a Bag?

Is it a bag? or...

an Apron?


It is both.

My girls love to paint.  With these bag aprons, it is easy to keep our paint and paintbrushes put away.  When  they are ready to paint, we empty the bag and change it into an apron.  

These were gifts for Christmas.

Carry It All Bag

For Christmas, I was given fabric and a pattern for a bigger bag.  The giver thought that I would make it for our cruise.  Well, I made it sooner!  I love this bag.  It is big enough that I can carry my kindle, and some entertainment for the kids.  Well, my other bag could do that...but this bag is bigger because I can also carry gluten free treats.  :)

 It has a zipper for my phone, keys, and money.  On the other side it has two pockets.  Great for the snacks or Kindle.

This pattern also included a mini bag.  The mini bag does not have a zipper, but it does have the pockets.  I have made one for one of my daughters.  I need to make another for my youngest daughter.  The mini size is perfect size for kids.  I let both girls pick their colors for the bag.  

This is the bag for my almost 6 year old daughter.

This is the inside of her bag.

Here is a picture to compare the bags.  

I don't think this picture really shows how much bigger my bag (on right) is compared to the mini (on left).  

My daughter with her bag.

Easy Find for the Tooth-Fairy...

I knew my middle daughter would eventually have a wiggly tooth.  I knew that I would have to pull it out eventually.  That day finally came.  They grow up to fast.  She did not cry when I pulled her tooth out.  No, she instead asked for her tooth pillow.  (I actually made this for her when I made my son a tooth pillow.)

This little pillow has a little pocket on the tooth shape to hold the tooth for the tooth-fairy   I know that the tooth-fairy loves this idea because she doesn't have to search for any teeth under pillows.  :)  Plus, the kids love it because they don't have to look for their reward from the tooth-fairy.