Bows, Bows, and More...Bows

A good friend of mine wanted some cute fabric bows but didn't know how to do them herself. And she had no desire in learning how to. So she asked if I would. We went to the store and she picked out a ton of adorable fabric and then I went to work. I looked at several tutorials to get ideas and it took me forever because I had a lot of other projects going on at the same time. But, I got them done. I was able to make a few for me in the process (not pictured). It was fun, but after making over 70 bows, I need a break.

Most of the bows. I had already given about 7 or 8 to her, some of my favorite ones...

Close up of some.

Close up of more.


Close up of the rest.

Go Hawkeyes

Just another update of something I made a while ago. I made this blanket to sell at a bazaar we had a few months ago. It didn't sell but nothing Hawkeye really sold that day. Not sure why. No problem though, because I love it enough to consider keeping it for myself!

Homemade Hostess Cupcakes

Of course, since I am terrible at blogging, a friend and I made these forever ago. I don't have the exact recipe we used but here are several websites that look about like what it was:

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chocolate-cupcakes-with-cream-filling

http://www.crazydomestic.com/2010/06/homemade-hostess-cupcakes.html

http://www.whatmegansmaking.com/2010/06/homemade-hostess-cupcakes.html

We used a cake mix for the cupcakes and made the filling, ganache, and frosting. They were UNBELIEVABLE!! I truly couldn't stop at just one. One thing we learned is to fill the cupcakes until they feel heavy. Not just until it starts to come out the top. A little time consuming but SOO worth it!

My Baby Girl's Blessing Dress

In my church, we give babies a name and a blessing. It is done to have the babies name put on the records of our church and a blessing is given to the baby with guidance and inspiration. Of course the baby won't remember it so usually someone writes down what was said.

Anyway, this is the dress I made for my little girl's blessing. My mother-in-law traditinally makes every family one baby girl dress when the first girl is born. She passed away in last January however, before she got to make the dress for my daughter. She had purchased the lace to make the dress (She used TONZ of lace on her dresses) so I used some of the lace and made my own. This was one of my firs real sewing adventures. Thanks to a dear friend for holding my hand through the whole thing. It is much more simple than what my mother-in-law would have done, but I loved the way it turned out.

Father's Day

Yah, I know I am terrible at blogging. But better late then never?

This is the father's day card I made for my husband last year. He is getting a Masters in a Microbiology so I thought this little science guy from everyday paper dolls was perfect!!

HOMEMADE BREAD AND CINNAMON ROLLS!

I have been terrified of yeast, but a good friend of mine came over a little while ago and we made wheat bread and cinnamon rolls!!

Yummy!!

A Whole Bunch of Cards

Since I haven't posted forever, here are some of the cards I have made over the last six months.

This was a thank you card. I got to use my cuddlebug that I got for Christmas. I love it!!!


These were some thank you cards for family. The green ones went to men and the pink ones went to women. Again I got to use the cuddlebug. I love the effect of just rubbing some ink over the embossed image!


This was a card I made for my husband last August. I thought it was nice and manly.


This was a card I made for my husband last Father's day. He loved it!

This is the card I made for my husband for our anniversary.
This is the card I made for my husband for Valentines day this year. Noticing a theme here?! My computer crashed and I lost a lot of pictures. I lost a lot of the pictures of my cards and I gave them away so I can't take any pictures of them. But I could take some of these.

Card for, you guessed it, my husband!