A New Room

I decided it was time to update Hudson's (my oldest) room. I will take a before picture soon (as soon as the laundry is cleaned up..

Did I mention I had a baby a few weeks ago??

With the transition of bringing home baby, my son is sleeping in a different room with my husband. It's working for us now, but it's time to move him back to his room. I thought a good way to get him excited about leaving the "guest" room is to give him a new room.

We are doing a "city" theme.. sort of.. since we no longer live in the city. The first thing I made was a felt Brooklyn bridge scene. I covered a large canvas with fabric, fused the felt city scene, and then stapled the whole thing to the canvas.

Voila!




Many more updates to come as I complete the projects.

Lulu's Pixie Coat

My niece turned 1 today. I was so excited to make her this coat.. I love the color and the hood, so adorable. It was my first time to cable knit (gasp)! I can't believe it took me this long to do this technique.

I want to make a disclaimer: This sweater was pretty much complete before I had my second baby, I just had a couple of things to finish. so, the answer is "no!" I did not knit this right after having a baby.

The sweater/coat with the hood laying flat.


The cable and buttons.

I love how the seam of the hood is so decorative.

The sweater/coat with hood up.


I really do love making things!

Baby's First Snuggie

I love the concept of a Snuggie, but I can't quite bring myself to purchase one. That being said, I think they are genius for little babies. My main reason for thinking this is that my son likes to kick his blanket off when he is in his chair. If he is able to get it off, he will. The Snuggie I made him is also very warm for our cold house. No matter how much we crank the heat up, it's still really chilly in our living room. This is a great option for keeping little hands nice and warm.





Oh so cuddly!

Valentine Sacks

Not really a "holiday" I get all jazzed for, but we are speaking Valentine's Day around here. Every day (starting today) we are going to be making Valentine crafts until the 14th. I remember entering first grade and getting a lot of "cool" Valentine supplies to make my very own Valentine sack.

My day was not going so great with my two little ones. Hudson was having the Monday blues.. which means.. Daddy has gone back to work and he really wants him to come back home to play. So Monday's are generally tough around here. So, I went into my supply cases and VOILA! I had all the materials to make some Valentine bags.

Now, I have to fill them. Each night I plan on adding a little note OR treat to add to his bag. Should be fun!

This really doesn't take a whole lot of planning: You need some bags, glue, glitter, some felt or paper, whatever really works. Kids really are not particular on their supplies.. they just like you sitting down with them to Craft!

The hardest part of crafting with kids is getting the space ready. We really need a bigger craft table! OH WAIT! We do have a bigger table, it's just covered in craft supplies. OOPPS!


Huddy coloring his bag and I was cutting felt hearts.


Short stack was patiently looking outside while we crafted. Note: tank your littlest one up with some milk before crafting. Works like a charm.


Learn not to spaz when your toddler dumps your entire bottle of Martha Stewart glitter.


Voila! Our Valentine bags.

Crowned King of the House

When you are welcoming a baby into your family, there has to be thought as how to make your other child feel loved and that things are going to go on as usual.. well.. kind of. My little guy has a love of trucks. Shocking to us, but he does. I found it fitting to make him a crown with a dump truck and traffic cones. He used this as a chef's hat to make me "dinner" the other night.

I will most definitely be making the boys birthday crowns.

Finishing of the Christmas gifts..

Finally, here are some of the final Christmas projects:

A felt moose hat for my nephew


A scarf etsy order



A modern apron



Napkins for my momma


and two cowls for my nieces



All of these items will be available on my Etsy site shortly.

One handed blogging...

Here goes..baby resting on my chest and one hand free.. Let's Blog!

I wanted to share a Christmas present for my son. I am a firm believer that toys don't really need to be gender specific. My son loves trucks, he does. He also enjoys his kitchen and pink stroller. The last time I checked: men cook and push strollers ;-) So, when he showed an interest in a dollhouse, I was excited to come up with something. I wanted to make it modern and a little less cutesy (something I would have done had I a girl).I ended up finding this dollhouse at a second hand store. The woman was closing her store and I ended up buying this for $8! That's a true story there!




I hated the pink roof, so I took some of our house paint and started painting. I also tried to touch up the places where there was marker.


And Voila! Our dollhouse, in which some one taught Huddy to call it a "toyhouse" But whatever. I added some carpet and reupholstered some old dollhouse furniture we had here at home.


I found some cheap little boxes at a craft store and made loft style beds. The beds cost $.70. Add some paint and covers and there you have a nice bed.


Our house even has a helicopter pad on it. Made By Huddy.


A twig ceiling fan.


Little man playing in the kitchen.


Some gardening.


And of course, some crazy haired plan toys dolls.


This "toyhouse" gets a lot of play time at our house. Sure makes a momma proud!