Father's Day Gift Ideas

 Father's Day is just around the corner ladies (and gentlemen)! Lets start getting our ideas together and start crafting for the special guys in our lives. Here are couple of things to get your creative juices flowing.

 Father's Day Key Chain by Aly & Ash

 I love you Father's Day Card Template by All About You

Father's Day Tie by The Purl Bee

 Crayon on Etching Metal Tins Tutorial by Roots and Wings Co.

Leslie

Summer Time Is Almost Here

I think everyone is ready for the Summer because all the crafty people are going crazy. Found so many fun summer projects to do that I wanted to share. Hope this helps get your creative juices flowing and get you back to crafting. I've been slacking but this has just motivated me :)

Splish Splash Dress by Pea Pod Creations

Hampton Hooded Beach Towel by Prudent Baby

Tiered Terracotta Planter by Positively Splendid.

Comfy Natural Cushions for Wooden Chairs by Craftzine


Doesn't this make you just want to drop everything and start crafting??? love it. Have a happy Monday!


Leslie

Butterflies and Caterpillars

These boys love to craft! After they were done, we read them The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Homemade Hair Clips

Now that my baby girl has enough hair, I am so excited that I can put clips in it! It helps to stop comments like, "Oh, how old is he?" To which I want to reply, "Oh, you mean the "he" in the pink dress?" People. If only everyone were perfect like me.=)

Okay anyway... I got a pack of alligator clips as Michael's and a pack of snap clips at the dollar store and yesterday I tried my hand as some girly hair clips. I love how cute they turned out and so super easy! All you need is ribbon and hot glue.

For this one I glued yellow ribbon on an alligator clip.  Then I took a thin strip of knit fabric, folded it in half (so the edges were both facing down) and rolled it.  Then covered the bottom in glue and stuck it on the clip.  Possibly my favorite so far! So bright and cheerful.

And this one...come on how stinkin' adorable is this?  Two pieces of red ribbon hot glued in a circle and a stripe of black at the top.  What was that...5 minutes?  So fun!

For this one I used my ruffle foot and sewed a stripe of material then wound it into a circle and added a vintage button.  Ohh, I'm on a roll and dinner might never get done=)

 

A few inches of black ribbon and one button later...I had a clip that was meant for Bella but...

was stolen by mamma=)  

Okay, if you have been wanting to try your hand at little girl clips - go for it!  It is so fun to see what you can come up with.  

Make your life beautiful!

Fairy Garden

Austin's friend, Miles, had a birthday two weeks ago and our family was trying really hard to think of something to make him. Between my family and Miles' we always give each other handmade things. It's this unspoken rule we have between us. The crafts that have been created have been amazing.

So since Miles has a new imaginary fairy friend in his life and she is really special to him, we decided to make him a fairy garden. A special place where his fairy friend can live.

This fairy garden was inspired by The Magic Onion blog where she tells you how to make all this cute fairy stuff :) It was such a great way to include my kids and husband in the crafting. We all had so much fun and gave each other a pat on the back on how well it turned out.

side note: I didn't take enough pictures of the process so sorry. I got caught up in making the garden and the last picture of the final project is through my phone :( so these pictures don't give it any justice.

The start of the project

Austin helping me get all the dirt in the pot

The construction of the house

The Fairy Garden included a house, a table, chair, a pond made out of coconut, and a clothing line (we put some of my fabric scraps on the clothing line). It has a real garden that we planted seeds and in this picture you can see them sprouting :) Oh and she has a bed in the house too!

DIY Coasters

I had these plain black coasters in my living room that were one of the first things we bought when we got our first apartment. At the time they were cute now they are just boring. I decided that I should update them instead of throwing them away and buying new ones. Loved how they turned out. They were super easy to make. All you need is:

*old coasters (even pieces of cardboard)

*fabric (great project for scraps)
*modge podge (found at your local craft store)
*brush
*scissors

Before

After

This is a great gift idea since the holidays are coming up!

Les

O is for Owl

Since its been cold and rainy :( I've had to find ways to entertain my very active and lovable two year old. I think we were both bored out of our minds. So to get our mind off of rain and being cold ), I decided to make an owl with him while Chloe slept. I got the idea from where ada likes to wonder. Great blog by the way. Instead of using sunflower seeds we used felt and it worked out great. I let him do most of the crafting with my assistance. He was really proud of himself. He placed on the window sill so it can look outside. I love how Austin was so into his owl :)