Tutu Hair Elastic

I just had to! I was also thinking for those of you that have girlies who love barbies...wouldn't this make a fun tutu for your barbies/dolls? Just use the leftover tulle, cut it the length you like and a smaller width, tie it around some elastic (or ribbon) and voila! A doll tutu!

To make the hair elastic I just grabbed my own hair elastic, cut the length of the tulle down to around 7 or 8 inches, tied the tulle around the elastic (just like the tutu) and there you have it! Easy, inexpensive and super fun.

Hair Clips

It is a beautiful day here in Arizona. My doors are open, I spent most of the morning outside, and now my wonderful mother-in-law just whisked Noah away for the day. So that means Luke and I get ample time to cuddle and play, but it also means I get many hours to clean, craft and blog! Yay for me, and yay for grandparents, so onto my first project I have been obsessed with.

Flowers! This craft project is so simple and has gorgeous results! I had found, at Michaels, a small packed of these flowers for over 4 dollars. They were meant for hair clips (and had feathers attached) but were no where near as pretty as the ones I saw on this blog. And so I thought I can accomplish that. She suggests on her blog to make them with certain fabrics (I believe tulle, satin and organza) and I would agree. Since I did try other fabrics and well they curled up and died on me (you must see the blog to understand why!) I have dabbled a bit in the world of beading so I had these Swarovski pearls already on hand for the flowers middle. I think they make them elegant, next try crystals!

So there you have it. The day is now almost over, I got to have a wonderful afternoon cuddling Luke who, by the way, burst out laughing today. So fun!

Tutu

Oh I am in love with this tutu! Which comes as a surprise because the other day when I finished it I sort of was ho hum about the whole thing. It took me no time to complete, so it wasn't the time factor, it was fun to do (all except cutting the tulle), and I loved the outcome. But honestly I wasn't about to make anymore until I saw this picture! Oh my it is cute. Can you not just see it on a sweet little girl?

And no I did not make my son try it on (I was tempted). But I do have a fun little girl in mind, who lives in Canada, that will love it. And it happened to just be her birthday this month.

Here is where I found the instructions to make it.

Here is the cost of the tutu!

A lazy Sunday afternoon...

I have been planning on making a ribbon holder for a friend who just had a little girl but could not decide on which ribbon to use. Well I fell in love with this strawberry ribbon when I saw it the other day! I love all berry themed craft items, must be from my obsession with Strawberry Shortcake as a child, so I knew that I had found my theme once I saw it! And voila! A lazy Sunday afternoon and it is made...

ps: I am also hoping to add some rhinestones to the berry seeds.

New Project

I am not sure why I ended up with pink tulle in my shopping basket? We shall see what comes of it!!

Birthday Party

My hubby's birthday happened to land on easter Sunday this year. We had a wonderful day celebrating Resurrection Day as well as K. 39 (!!!!) Birthday.

So the big question was what I should make for his birthday cake? He is a chocolate man so I knew that I would make chocolate cake but what else? Well in the end I combined a few of his favourites (okay really there is one dessert he LOVES; coconut chocolate cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory) and voila a chocolate, cream cheese frosted, coconut cupcake. Oh and some little eggs on top! Yummy.

Here is where the inspiration came from.

Happy Birthday Love!

One more thing, if you are a fan of cupcakes this blog is wonderful. They just posted an idea for cupcakes in a jar. Would love to try it-any birthday's coming up?

Long Absences

There are reasons why you have to sometimes put the crafts away and focus on other things. I would say having a little baby is one of those! Sweet little boy.

But as we celebrate L. being three months old this week I think the time has come that I might, just might, have some extra time to craft again. I can't wait.

H.C.