Pillowcases and a blanket

I made pillowcases for my boys this Christmas.

They both sleep with their soft blankets laid out on top of their pillows.

So I made them super soft pillow cases!

They LOVE them!

And I made a Buzz Lightyear blanket for my youngest. 

(the oldest already has a Mickey Mouse blanket)

Luggage tags and camera straps

A few more christmas gifts from this past year...

Luggage tags for one of my sisters.  She is going to India in a month. 

And she will be there for 4 whole weeks!

I wanted to make sure she knew that she HAS to come back home!

So I put a little note in her luggage tags.

Camera straps.  

I should have taken a picture with them on the camera... oops!

What to do with your old jeans? Aprons!

I had some old jeans lying around, (let's be honest, who doesn't have old jeans lying around?) so I decided to make myself an apron.  

Yes, I made it in the middle of making Christmas gifts for everyone else.  

Very selfish, I know.  Oh well.

So easy to make.  One pair of jeans will make 2 aprons.  Each leg makes one apron.

I folded and ironed material to make my edging.  But if you found some cute wide ribbon, it would be even easier to put your edging on.

I think I will be making more of these soon.

I made this half apron for my sister. 

She owns a bakery and hopefully she can get some use out of it.

While I was making my apron, my son wanted one too.

So I tried to make it look manly.  It's longer than a normal apron would be and it has boy print around the edges.  He loves it.  (even if he won't look at the camera)

Happy New Year everyone!!

Chocolate covered caramel pretzels

These are easy and yummy to make. I made them for Christmas but they can be adjusted to any holiday.

You'll need:

pretzel rods

melting chocolate

caramel

sprinkles

I use that brick of caramel you can find at most baking supply stores. Wet your hands and take a piece and roll it into a 'snake' then wrap it around the pretzel rod like shown.

Melt your chocolate (in microwave or on the stove) and dip your pretzel. I also use a spoon to help cover the entire pretzel.
Lay on some foil or waxed paper and add your sprinkles, let dry

I actually went and bought the pretzel bags and tied them with a ribbon to give to some friends.

Enjoy!

It really is a tasty treat.

More Father's Day ideas

So here's what I did for Father's Day this year.... shhhh don't tell Jason!

You can make an easy Father's Day picture- well wasn't so easy with a 2 year old but it will do. I found the idea on Tip Junkie But can't find the exact link right now. So I made up one for her Grandpa also.
A few weeks ago while in a store my husband spotted a jar filled with lemon drops and was so tempted to buy it, just for the lemon drops. But it was $20.00, had a cute big bow around it but for $20.00!! So I decided to make up my own for him. Got a jar from DI for $1.00 took some ribbon and tied a "tie" around it and added in some lemon drops... for about $5.00 I got to be creative and he'll get to enjoy his lemon drops!

Designer lotion bottle

I made this for a quick birthday present I needed, who doesn't love Bath and Body Works products? All I did was found some coordinating scrapbook papers and ribbon, used a little mod podge to create a new label over the front and back of the bottle then added a cute matching tag and tied the ribbon around the top and tada a cute and easy birthday gift!
A great idea to decorate according to the style of your bathroom/kitchen.

Baby burp cloths

When I was getting all my baby needs ready before Claire was born, I knew I didn't like the look of the plain white burp cloths... so for my birthday my mom made up some of these for me (not these actual ones but some like it) I Loved them! So now we have made more for baby gifts. They are so easy to make all you need is cloth diapers, cute ribbon, and a sewing machine!