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I abandoned the last project, part way through, to work on this...

This birthday craft was much easier and way faster to complete.

Whew! Now back to sewing. Ugh.

Coming Soon...

I'm CRAZY... I guess in a good kind of way.

I'm creating A LOT of work for myself!!!

Here's another project for Taylee's upcoming birthday party. It's going S-L-O-W, but I think it will be worth it.

Can you guess what I've been up to?

T-shirt Ringlet Scarves

I've been crafty lately... here's one of the things I've worked on.

I started out with this shirt (almost long enough to be a dress) that Taylee had outgrown. Cut it up into 3/4 inch strips.

Stretched each circular strip and then kinda twisted them into circle bunches.

Then took another little t-shirt strip and tied each circle bunch together...forming a scarf.

The process is hard to describe, but here is a great tutorial with pictures, if you're interested.

Here's another one that I made for my mom, for her birthday. --The t-shirts were thicker, so the "ringlets" held their shape better..but it made it a little heavier.

Abree volunteered to be my model.

What do you think?

Wanna make one with me?

Night Owl PJ Party

At the end of this month, Taylee will be turning 12... yikes!

She came to me one day and asked if she could have a friend party for her 12th birthday. She even offered to help plan and pay for it. How could I refuse that? So we got on the computer and started sifting through all of my "favorites" in the birthday party category. We finally decided on a "Night Owl PJ Party" theme.

We found an owl template and started tracing, cutting and gluing the invitations using some of my old scrapbook paper and supplies. We used mis-matched (but kind of coordinated) papers for an eclectic, homemade look.... totally Taylee's style. Buttons, were the finishing touch, for the eyes.

We made about 35 total! She's inviting 12 girls and some will be used for decorations too.

Aren't they cute?!

Stay tuned for more party details and planning...

And MORE Cousins!

During Spring Break, we got to play with these cousins too.

Daisylyn ...

She didn't want to hold still or look at me for a picture, so I took one of her in action. She's checking out our cute little hamster, Nibblet. ...and Sterling.

He was such a happy baby for us. We all took turns holding and loving on him.

We LOVE our cousins!

More Cousins and a T-shirt Re-do

For the second half of Spring Break, we enjoyed cousins locally.

Candice and I made a plans for our kids. We met at a fun park and played for a while, then swapped kids... boys to her house, girls to mine. They played and spent the night together. (Forgot to take pictures... totally unlike me.)

The next day, Amber Munt and her kids came over to play too. We decided to do a t-shirt re-do together. I had been wanting to do this for months and had seen a ton of tutorials out there.

Take 2 t-shirts of the same color. Re-size and cut the neckline, of the one to wear.

Cut the second one into strips. Then baste and gather the strips into ruffles.

Decide on how you want your ruffles to look. Like this..

..or this..

..or this..

..or this..

..or this.

Honestly, I still haven't decided.

Next up, I took a t-shirt that was too big (now). I took in the sides about 3 inches and "pleated" the neckline. I'm hoping the adjustments I've made will make it fit better, but I haven't finished this one either.

Sometimes I hate being so visual... can't tell if I'll like it, until I actually see the end result.

I really should finsh these up, so I'll have some new shirts to wear. :)