February 12, 2012 in Made by Mom, SnugasaBugBaby Products
This is the Tagalong Blanket I made for Payton.Her mommy was one of my college roommates. It is very much like this one I made for Noah, this one I made for Jamie, this one I made for Tenley, and this one I made for Chloe. …….Except this one was [...]
February 5, 2012 in Made by Mom
To make these fun stamps, all you need are a few plain old spuds.All you have to do is cut ‘em in half, etch out a design with the tip of your knife or a pen……and then cut away the negative space. It will look something like this:Smear some paint [...]
February 2, 2012 in Announcements, Made by Mom, SnugasaBugBaby Products
There is a “Sew-vivor” Sewing Competition going on at Family Ever After. Not only are there tons of great prizes, but competing in it would be a great chance to get some major blog-world publicity…and I just think it sounds like a TON of fun. So I am going to [...]
January 30, 2012 in Made by Mom
I painted this dresser the summer before I started college to use in my dorm room, and used it through my senior year. It started out all dark brown…with a layer of wall paper stuff that pretends to look like wood. I am not sure where it came from. Here [...]
January 28, 2012 in Made by Mom, SnugasaBugBaby Products
This post has been featured! A couple hundred bucks and 4 days later, our computer is back from the Geek Squad and functioning again. Halleluyah. But there are still several files that need to be re-arranged and put in the appropriate places…and for some reason our bookmarks toolbar isn’t working [...]
January 26, 2012 in Made by Mom
This post has been featured! Last week, I shared pictures from our Baby Dedication Backyard Party and promised a tutorial for how to make these rosebud topiaries.Here it is! What you’ll need: -Several rolls of crepe paper for the roses (I used pink…but I think white, red, or yellow rosebuds [...]
January 16, 2012 in Made by Mom
These are the dresses I made for Selah and her cousins for Christmas:Though not made from pillowcases, they are fashioned after simple pillowcase dresses.I got four coordinating fabrics and made each of the four dresses with a different combination of three of them: one fabric for the main bodice, one [...]
October 14, 2011 in Made by Mom
This cute little Halloween outfit was an ebay purchase that Grammy Sammy sent for Miss Selah: According to the tag, it is the same size as most of the other items in Selah’s closet…but the first time she wore it, it was apparent that the pant legs were much too [...]
May 31, 2011 in Made by Mom
Once upon a time, there was a girl…a round and ready-to-pop girl. Planning to welcome a new baby girl to the world any day, she entered the place where her creations come forth (aka. her sewing room) with “big brother shirt” on her mind. Not just any shirt will do [...]
December 12, 2010 in Made by Mom
For Josiah’s Second Birthday, he got a slide from Daddy (You may remember it from this post). I always intended to share some before and after pictures…and am just now getting around to it. Here is the slide as it appeared when I first saw it at the side of [...]
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