BOO! Halloween Giveaway! ~CLOSED

Halloween halter OR skirt! You choose! The size is a 3T or petite 4T. 

This giveaway is for my local Nashvillians. Here's whatcha gotta do, become a follower and leave your email in a comment below so I can notify you! Happy Halloween!
Giveaway will close Wednesday, October 27th.

Crafts from Scraps

First of all, I have to show off the new sewing tags that came in from greenbeansnstrings. LOVE, LOVE them!

My mother in law came over the other day and brought me the DIY magazine. Let me just say that this is a MUST HAVE for any crafter! Currently, I am attempting to transform one wall of my bedroom into my sewing and craft area and this magazine has BRILLIANT ideas!

Check out their website here.

My good friend Lauren just got married on the beach in St. Augustine, Florida (best vacation spot, btw!) and she loves handmade gifts. I had no idea what I should make for newlyweds who already had all the necessities they needed. I dug through some scrap pieces of fabric and got the idea of coasters from one of my pattern books. The bottom lining is made with terry cloth, which we all know is used to make towels. Add some ribbon, buttons, felt, and different types of stitches, and there ya go! I added them into a bamboo wooden serving bowl with Italian spices!

Make sure you add a cute bow!

Tags, Tags, TAGS!!!

As you can tell, I am waaay too excited for my fabric sew-on tags to come in! I had them custom made by greenbeansnstrings! I told her my idea and this is what she came up with...

..So once I get them in, I will be using them on all my sewing projects! 

Definitely go to this lady for all your tag needs! She is brilliant!

BTW, I see you all viewing my blog, so FOLLOW IT! :) I think my next blog will be some sort of sewing/craft tutorial, so stay tuned!

Between all of my recent vacations, school, boys, and packing for our move this weekend, I found some free time to work on some sewing projects. 

I often check up on my favorite blogs, and found that I won the fabric giveaway from The Sewing Dork. I was thrilled and I'm excited to see what I can come up with when using them!

I love going through her tutorials because she has some amazingly easily, but fantastically cute ideas! So then I went through my fabrics and pulled out a linen and cotton and got to work. Here's what I came up with: 

A boys toddler backpack with a silly dog pattern and brown linen. 

After more browsing on The Sewing Dork's blog, I found a link to another brilliant person and came up with this one shortly after:

I am excited to say that I've tried making a boy's tie before that turned out absolutely horrible, but this time, I've done it!!

Thanks to my neighbor, Hobby Lobby, and Joann's, I have found some toddler and home decor patterns that I am dying to try out soon. 

So here's to more sweet projects!