Ooohhh! Back to School Printables...

I know it's well past school starting, but I love these pages!

Have I mentioned that I love FREE printables? I found these printables this summer and saved them for when school started this year. And I want to make sure I remember to do this for next year...and the next...and the next. I "plan" on saving the signs and then at the end of the year creating a scrapbook of what they brought home during year and using this as the cover page. At least that's my plan. We'll see if it actually gets done...ha!

And because my older boys love Star Wars. These are wicked cool. Print 'em out, and tape them anywhere. I included our phone number on the tag that went inside their back packs.

Up-cycling old t-shirts

Found a great tutorial on Pinterest the other day and decided to try it out on one of my old, stained dresses. http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/06/repurposing-tshirts-into-5-strand-braided-headbands.html

Which reminds me, I really need an apron...I am one messy cook.

Decorating for fall!

It has turned suddenly chilly up north. The leaves are bright reds and yellows, the air is crisp, and we're digging out our long sleeves and football jerseys! Which means today it was time to decorate for fall. Except I hate decorating for seasons. And I never do it (except for some things at Christmas), but I was inspired this morning when I found the following printable found here: http://thepinkinkdoodle.blogspot.com/2011/09/fallautumn-printable.html


So I printed this baby out, framed it, threw a 7 year old candle on the counter that I found that's barely ever been lit. I don't like lighting candles. I'm always too worried 8 curious little hands will knock it over...or eat it....or drink it...or something because that's just how they roll over here. But it does smell yummy. And it's pumpkin. So it's fall-ish enough for me.

And that's it. That's about as "decorated" for fall as we get over here. But I must admit, that one corner of my kitchen counter does look pretty cute.

Princess Crown

One of my first original creations. She was thrilled to have a princess crown.

And nope, I don't remember the pattern. I didn't write it down; just guessed as I went along. Someday I may go digging through the buckets in her room to find this in the dress up clothes and see if it can be re-created (and possibly improved).

LINKS

Since I haven't beeen able to copy the links to the page and the exact work below, here are the links.

Bakerella Red Velvet Cake. Seriously - I was told it was amazingly delicious. And I guarantee it had nothing to do with my baking skillz; but is purely due to Bakerella's talents.

http://www.bakerella.com/red-velvet-cake/


The pattern for the owl hat was made "loosely" from this awesome pattern here. Except I suck at following patterns perfectly (which is probably why hers looks way better)..and remember, folks, I'm new at this!

http://daisycottagedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/07/free-owl-hat-crochet-pattern.html

And the fingerless gloves posted below:
http://craftsbysinjah.blogspot.com/2011/02/v-stitch-fingerless-gloves-free-pattern.html

I just made the first few rows longer because I prefer longer gloves. And I'm sure I made a few other "mistakes" along the way :-)

New loves

Super cozy and soft fingerless gloves. Will post link to Ravelry creator/pattern soon.

Princess cake

My cute and precious firecracker turned 3 this week. It was a princess extravaganza in our house. Complete with a pretty pink castle cake.

Another cake

Busy week in our house...all my husband wanted was a homemade Red Velvet Cake for his birthday. After conjuring up my inner Bakerella (and searching her webpage for a recipe), everyone was happy with another cake. Except me, I don't care for cake much, or cream cheese frosting. But apparently my husband's birthday is not about me. ;-)

Project baby hat

I have a very old and sweet friend who is having her first little girl this fall. So I whipped this up for her. My first time attaching flowers to a hat.

Made with Red Heart 100% Super Soft grey yarn. Doubled for a bulkier effect and hot pink Lion Brand 100% cotton yarn.




(btw - all projects have been made using free patterns found online. I will posts the link soon!)

Project Owl

I dove into the world of animal hats a few weeks ago and decided to make an owl hat for my little guy. Wish I would have used some different colors, and made it slightly larger, but it looked pretty cute when done.

But then I decided the eyes were too far apart and it wasn't the best so I tried to change it...



And it's still not as good or as cute as I wanted it, but lucky for me (and HIM!) that I have more yarn to make a better one soon. very soon.