Bubbled over with joy!

I am so excited to show you all this. Like the title says I am bubbled over with joy to introduce my other entry for the Lil Blue Boo Dharma Trading Design Challenge a bubble shirt with matching leggings.

The shirt is just something I came up with and the leggings were made using Ashley's LBB leggings pattern.
I came up with the idea for the shirt when I pulled out my random knit fabric and saw this black and white pattern knit I had picked up out of a remnants bin a long time ago. I thought it would look so cute as a bubble shirt and to go with it I decided to try out the new leggings pattern I had just received.
I couldn't find a pattern for a bubble shirt so I came up with one all by myself. I used white knit from one of those skirts I mentioned earlier that I got for a quarter. It was extra stretchy making it good to go around the neck. I went to get some black knit for the leggings, but all I could find was really thick knit or ribbed knit. I wanted the leggings to be more light weight for spring or summer, so instead of buying knit I bought a jersey knit T-shirt that happened to be on sell It was perfect and best of all I got to use the already done hem for the hem on the bottom of the pants. I then added a little gather to the sides of the leggings and thought it was just the right touch to go with the shirt.
For my embellishment I added this tulle flower with a fancy button as the center. I decided to go with a contrasting color to make it stand out.
OF course then I had to make a few matching accessories to go with the outfit. I made a headband with matching tulle flowers, a chunky red beaded bracelets, and a fun chain and bead necklace.
Doesn't she look so cute? She thinks she does.
Here is the close up of the head band. The flowers are on a clip so it can be placed on any headband or put directly in the hair.
I am so exited about this and love how it turned out. This challenge has got me into making all my daughter clothes. If the contest wasn't ending tonight I would whip out a few more, but sadly this is my last entry.

Happy Valentines Day!

Edible bouquet I made for my husband.
Chocolate covered Valentines made for my husbands co-workers.

Valentines Decorations

I know it is a little late for these, but I wanted to share a couple of Valentines decorations I made this year.I bought these wooded letters last year but never did anything with them. Well finally just in time for Valentines this year I decoupaged them with some Valentines paper added a little ribbon and had something to replace the reindeer who were still sitting on my shelf from Christmas.
While at my moms I used her criut and cuddle bug to cutout and emboss some hearts to make a cute little heart garland. Hope you all enjoy your Valentines.

Wild about Lil Blue Boo Dharma Trading Design Challenge

Between a broken sewing machine and lost fabric scissors I finally finished my entry for the Lil Blue Boo Dharma Trading Design Challenge. It's just in time for valentines day, Addi wore it to take valentines to daddy's work today.
I started with 2 dollar shirts from a thrift store, a grey knit skirt picked up for a quarter at a going out of business sell and some fabric paint.
And this is what I got a wild heart dress perfect for a wild little girl on valentines day.
Part of the challenge is that you have to use some sort of embellishment technique. I used 2 one was stenciling the hearts onto the grey knit and the second was appliqueing the hearts.
This dress is great for a game of peek-a-boo on a snowy day,
or perhaps trying to caught the sun rays as they come through the window.
Maybe a little jumping on the bed.
Even the dog can join in.
Perfect for those valentine hugs
or a nice little walk outside.

Hope you enjoy my dress I had a lot of fun creating it and I learned a lot. The basic design was taken from LBB sienna pattern with my own little twist. Ashley's patterns are great and she give lots of tips so they are perfect for the beginning sewer. To make things a little easier I used as many of the already done hems from the shirts that I could. If the hard part is already done for you why not use it. I have another entry using her new leggings pattern that I hope to get done before Monday so stay tune.

Little Cupcake Card and Ring-BCC #2

My husband had a surprise birthday party for a co-resident the other night and need a present so I whipped up this little ring and card for her. The ring consisted of gluing a flower cabochon onto a ring base with jewelryglue very easy. For the card I used a 3 in by 6 in piece of cardstock folded in half with a cordinating ripped piece of paper glued to it. For the cupcake I stamped it with a stamp I picked up at Micheals for $1 colored it with colored pencils cut it out and put it on the card with a deminsional. I then inked up the whole card with some pink ink to ruff it up a little. I like the look and it helps hide any imperfections. So this is the second Birthday Card Challenge little cards and/or cupcakes. Have fun!

Valentines Cards

Here are a few valentines cards I made last year in stamp club. Its a good think I still have some of these cards, because my almost 2 year old got a hold of the wonderful valentines card I made to write a love note to my husband in and ripped off all the embellishments and drew all over it with pen. I guess it is now her card to give to daddy on valentines day.

Valentines felt heart purse

I was putting together my daughters valentines for her playgroup the other day and decide she needed something to hold her valentines in. Since she is not in school with a desk to put a fancy valentines box on like we use to do in school, I decided to make her a purse that she can wear and carry her valentines in.
I just used some felt I had laying around (must have bought it for something, butforgot what andit was all valentines colors so perfect). I cut out 3 large hearts and sewed the sides together. It was that easy. I added some ribbon forpurse handles and a few extra little hearts to the front to dress it up a little.
I did 3 hearts so that there would be 2 pockets. One for the valentines she was handing out and one for the valentinesshewas receiving.
My valentines were very simple. Just glued an embossed pink heart onto some purple card stock ruffed up the edges added a little pink ink to the ruffed up edges and then stuck a sucker in them.
And for the friends that can't have candy some valentine pencils.
Addi loved her purse and wore it around all day. And the best part is she can still use it after she is done with the valentines.
What kind of things are you doing for your kids Valentines at school. I want to see. Leave me a comment with what you made or a link to pictures.