Holiday wreath making at my church

Paster Tim prayers before crafting.

My church held a wonderful craft even to make a holiday wreath. I was super excited to be around other crafters and even learn! I was able to learn 2 different flower felt techniques that I can later use on my girls bows yay! I been had in mind to make one but this one I will def put in my window and wait till you see the end results of my winter holiday display (photos later down the line). I really enjoyed myself and even the kids made their own lil Christmas crafts enjoy the photos. Xo

All assembled. :)

God bless and stay tuned for more holiday blogs cuz it's that time of year! 

Felt and Cloth baby booties DIY

In my new found quest to be frugal I have discovered that sometimes baby shoes are pricey! So trying to pinch pennies for my new little one I searched for a economical way to dress up her little footsies in an affordable way and in a way that I can add my own touch to it. I don't have a sewing machine so by hand is what I do best with some hem tape to boot. I use the hem tape to add the straps to the booties and velcro to secure that it stays on baby girls feet. Here are the four I have made thus far and I cant wait to make more for her every expanding wardrobe that is now booming all over my room... :)

hope i can inspire other mommies to be frugal also i can make em for sale just contact me 

vanessar0228@me.com

Updates on my new bundle of joy projects

I finally found the tole at the thrift shop for a dollar to add to the up cycled lamp shade baby mobile I've made for kaylee. I've also painted the bird where her initials are and the kids each painted a bird house. I like having them participate that way they will feel included and plus it will be a wonderful memory to cherish. Here's some photos but I will take the photos of the finished products as soon as I can finish her decorations which I have still a few things in mind. Enjoy xo.

View from the top of the up cycled baby mobile 

Helping away! 

The boys painted these

Me and lily painted these

And I also used a basket I had to put her lil stuff I've gotten in the mail and gifts sent 

That's all for latest baby projects stay tuned cuz tons more will be posted. 

Baby Mobile DIY

I think my far this is the most time consuming project. Especially if you are picky and a perfectionist like I am! So far I've spent only six hours putting my new baby who's arriving in October baby mobile. I refuse to spend 40+ on a generic same old mobile! So I searched and I searched for days putting ideas down into my lil brain and finally I had all the things I needed to put her baby mobile together. Trouble was I simply couldn't decide on penguins or cupcakes or flowers or birds! I wasn't going to just throw a bunch of my wants together so I opted for the flowers and the birds. Here I go again going onto PINTEREST and got the templates (sorry I only saved a few and will post em here for you) and printed it out and began to cut my felt shapes. The sewing process (which I detest) wasn't as bad as I had anticipated. I put pearls for the birds eyes and my husband suggested putting each side of the flowers and birds different colors so if they moved she can see the colors changing which I thought was a wonderful input! Next had to string the pearls cuz yes all lil girls should have, want and LOVE pearls! Ribbon was strung and might I add it was a lot of ribbon! Right in the middle of the mobile I placed a circle that way we can hand a musical wind up toy so it can sing her a nice lullaby :) What did I used? Here we go! I used an old lamp shade from a lamp that I had that simply needed to be thrown away because it had a short in it which is DANGEROUS! So I kept the lamp shade and I was like omg no trip to MICHAELS because I have everything here! Which is awesome because I simply hate wasting and throwing stuff that can be reused in a different manner! Enjoy the photos! xo

Play apron & felt cookies oh my!

For my daughter who's a huge pretend play chef and restaurant owner (i kid you not she makes her brothers be servers) I decided to make her play time more fun. Her birthday was in Jan. and I had made her felt tea bags for her tea set I had got her as a birthday present! She was touched by the creativity and has a lil box she puts em in for safe keeping and plays tea party constantly. So I wanted to add to her home made collection of toys that shes not starting to collect (me and her father made her a kitchen out of cardboard! simply amazing to upcycle things you think wouldnt have a purpose anymore!) I took an old shirt that was way too small for me and wouldnt fit me ever again so I cut it in half and since I hate to sew, I pulled out my glue gun (my BFF) and glued ribbon on the sides and on the top so she can tie it and she loves hearts so I glued hears at the bottom for a lil touch of girliness! Now she puts it on all the time and simply is too cute for words. After the apron I went searching for a template to make her felt cookies. I didn't save the template so my apologies are in order. Simply google it or go onto PINTEREST trust you will find tons of felt ideas and what have yous. She choose the color of the frosting she wanted on her "sugar cookie" and even decided on making a chocolate chip one. So we sat together and she helped stick the stuffing in and her face was priceless as she played with her tea, cookies and her kitchen set. Kids will be content with anything as long as they see that its new and fun and the plus said to this frugal mom is that all it costs is your time. And I will spend my time making tons more things for her just to see her happy and expand her creativity in pretend play. xoxo, Vanessa

Hair bands

I used ribbon to cover up the plastic head band as a lil dress up to spice it up
Then I used felt to create a lil bow
Glue gun is your best bet for quick and easy
Enjoy

felt doll template

use felt or card stock paper
ive made some out of felt
designed the clothes ill post em up once ive put it all together
:)
enjoy