Gettin Crafty Challenge Week #4

Ok, so with the crazy sickness that hit our house over the last week I am a little behind on the Gettin Crafty Challenge. You know at first I was all bent out of shape that I didn't post things on time for the last week but then I sat and thought... life is just like that sometimes, especially with kids and a business. You just never know what kind of craziness will be thrown your way.

For this years advent calendar, I wanted to do something a little different so with Xander's help, we came up with a cool idea using felt, buttons, posterboard and envelopes. Here is our finished product...

Gettin Crafty Challenge Week #3

With the kids out of school this past week, I thought it would be the perfect time to make ornaments for the tree. We had a few left over from last year so we only made 3 different kinds of new ones. The kids loved the diy ornaments so much last year! I did throw in some sparkly red snowflakes I had from a few years ago...other than that, everything is handmade.

Gettin Crafty Challenge Week #2

This week I decided to make a mini-scrapbook for my little sister's 27th birthday. She has three boys and since I am the photographer in the family, I have all of the pictures of them. I actually went the easy route and bought a premade kit but jazzed it up with some extras I found to match and some I had in my ever growing scrapbook stash.



I did a few pages for each boy...from oldest to youngest. This one happens to be my little man Tristan (the middle one) who has the bluest eyes. I could photograph him all day. Even my kids got in on this craft. Believe it or not, this is the first time I have made a scrapbook. I love paper and use scrapbook stuff for just about everything but scrapbooking. I hope she  likes it. :)

Next week is going to be busy busy with making ornaments and decorations for our Christmas Tree....fun, fun, fun!

Gettin Crafty Challenge Week #1

For the first week's challenge I actually did a few things, mostly because it was Gia's birthday. Instead of showing you each thing, I am going to show you my favorite. I made this cute outfit for her Chuck E Cheese party and I loved how the tee turned out. It was really quick (which I LOVE) and the great thing is you can make just about any sort of shape out of the same technique and it would be totally cute! All I did was cut out a cupcake shape with felt and then a smaller version with different cotton fabrics. Ironed it all on the tee (in layers) and then straight stitched around everything. This morning after trying the tee on Gia wanted a cherry on top so I added a piece of matching felt and little pink button. The pants were just very simple capri type pants with a bias trim. I found some wrapping paper that matches the plaidy print and she totally coordinated...it was totally cool (at least I thought so!).


I am going to move the links of some of the first week's post over to this one so we can all show off our projects for the challenge. I am also going to add a link under the banner on the sidebar so you can find everything easily and follow along if you would like. :)