Winter Jammies...Finally!

I know, I know.  It's the END of winter (thank goodness!)  But I'm still gonna share these with you because they are just too darn cute!

I made these for the girls for their traditional Christmas Eve Jammies.  But I  lost temporarily misplaced put the memory card (with all the Christmas pictures on it) in a safe place and just brought it out to the light of day. Ha!

I know.  Not the best picture.  None of them were.

It was late on Christmas Eve.

Daddy wasn't home.

And the kids weren't feelin' too hot.

So we are making due with what I have!

But the cute jammies and cute kids make up for the lousy poses and extreme flash!

Don't they?

Starting with the wee one

This super silly kid ended up with some super silly pants.

After a lot of hair pulling and trying to figure out why she looked like she'd been riding a horse for way too long,  I realized I had sewn the pants wrong, so the waist ended up as the legs.

I took a couple of deep breaths,

Then moved on to the shirt.

Cassy has to be covered from neck to toe to sleep comfortably, so I added some sleeves to a t-shirt, then embellished it with some "snowflakes" that I cut out of the scraps of fabric.

Chey likes her pants extra long, like her Mommy.

(She's shaking her booty. This kid loves to dance.  She doesn't get that from Mommy or Daddy!)

I cut Charly's snowflake out with the Cricut.

This was another hair-pulling experience.

It didn't cut all the way through, so I had to cut it out with scissors.

But I love how it turned out!

Poor thing got sick during the night and had to change her shirt.

She was devastated!

I had to stay up and wash her shirt so she could put it back on to open presents in the morning.

I can't believe how big these kids are getting!

Kota's snowflakes wrap around to the back.

She thinks it is pretty awesome.

After the girls opened their fun jammies, we read our new Christmas book

Then I told them it was time to scurry off to bed.

Cassy, as usual, didn't want to hear it!

But, eventually, it was just me, Daddy, and the cat, waiting up for Santa....maybe it was just me and Daddy.

I'm pretty sure the cat was snoring at this point!

And Christmas morning excitement was made even more fun by these fun Winter Wonderland Jammies!

Toddler Friendly Paper Doll

A good friend's little girl was turning two and we needed a gift.  Not just any gift.  It had to be something that would keep her busy on her long drive back to Washington.  And it had to be pretty indestructible.
Solution?

Jaylie's Felt Paper Doll

I cut a doll shape

I glued it to some felt and drew the face with a permanent marker.

I made a little case

In one pocket is the clothes

The other pocket holds hair and shoes.

The inside of the case

Now my girls want to know when I am making one for each of them.

I guess I better get started!

Dino Shirt

This cute guy turned One this month.

(Doesn't my family make cute babies?)

Anywho, Someone this cute deserves something just as cute, don't you think?

Kamron's nick name is Kam Man (Duh!)

I got this shirt at Target for $3.50

I cut the dinosaur out on the Cricut

I used some vinyl of a particularly bright yellow that I would never use elsewhere

I printed the font off of picnik.com and then traced it onto the vinyl with a hobby knife

Placed the vinyl on the shirt and used some old paints I just had hangin' around

I forgot to take a picture, but the tail wraps around to the back of the shirt

He liked it so much, he tried to put it on right then and there

I just love having all these little people to make things for!

Baby Girl Turns One!

This is my sweet baby girl, Cassidy.

She turned one on Saturday.

Her grandma gave her this cute dress and matching big that said,

"BIRTHDAY GIRL"

I made all the decor, and the bow, to match the dress and bib.

Nothing is upcycled here.

But I can use it in her scrapbook,

so it serves dual purposes.

Like the St. Patrick's Day banner, this one is made with old cereal boxes.

This little "Chandelier" will hang above her crib from now on.

The banner will go on the wall in her room.

I love the idea of decorations that are used more than once!

Making Cupcakes

We used gel food coloring to make different colors.

The batter

The final product!

I love it!

And apparently Cassy did, too!

Her party was a huge hit!