"Made by Rae" Hand Purse

What a fun and super cute hand purse!! This purse is great to make if all you have is some fat quarters and a little bit of time. I love the pleating and the small details this purse has to offer. I got the pattern from Made By Rae, HERE. Check out her blog. It's a great place to get inspired! (oh, and this pattern is FREE!!!.... I love that!)

Little Girls Play Kitchen

Well, here it is! The project that has taken me ALL month to make. I'm not kidding.... I started the end of Nov. and finished it one day before Christmas! (I know, I was cutting it close!) :) The minute I found this adorable kitchen on Knock-off wood.com I knew I had to make it for my girls. The only problem... I've never created something out of wood before... ever! Luckily I have a dad who has built a few things before :) So, I recruited his help with buying the wood, cutting the wood and putting it all together. The rest was up to me. I loved the look of the kitchen that was featured on Knock-off wood.com so I used her kitchen as my inspiration. I used Amy Butler Love to make the curtain, hot pad and hand towel. After I had it all painted I sanded and stained the edges to give it more of an antique look and then added the accessories that I bought from IKEA and Hobby Lobby. I had an absolute blast making this. I had a hard time sleeping Christmas Eve because I couldn't wait to see my girls reaction to their new kitchen on Christmas morning. (BTW.... they loved it!)

If you want the websites I used check them out
Here and Here

Christmas gifts for the neighbors

Roasted (super fattening, irresistible) Almonds

1 tsp cold water

1 egg white

1 tsp Vanilla

1/2 C Brown Sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

1/3 C melted butter

1/2 C white sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 lbs Almonds

Stir egg white and cold water together until fluffed. Pour almonds into egg mix and stir. Pour sugar mix over almonds and mix.

Spread almonds out on a cookie sheet using parchment paper. Cook at 250* for 1 hr. Stir once or twice. Cook until dry. Sugar should stick to almonds when all said and done. Cool and enjoy!

Kindle Cover

I just bought myself a Kindle and I love it! After I bought it I realized that I needed a cover for it so instead of spending $50 on one already made I took my scrap fabric and made this one. I used the great tutorial from The Sometimes Crafter Here to help me. It works perfect and I feel like I'm livin' in style with my new Kindle:)

Fabric Dolls

I went to a super cute boutique recently and saw some little fabric dolls there and thought they would be super fun to have for my girls. But when I saw the $40 price I decided that I would make them instead:) So, I found this tutorial Here and thought I would give it a try. They were so fun to make and after the girls giggled a little at them they have not put them down. I added little piggie tails to the pattern but copied the rest.

Don't laugh at my paint job:) he he...... It's hard to say NO to a 4 year old who wants her doll to have "sleepy eyes" even when you know that the round dot eyes are much cuter and easier to paint.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween; what a fun Holiday! When else can you put spiders on a cupcake and have it be sooo CUTE?

Decorated with only a Ziploc bag and colored frosting. These pumpkin cupcakes turned out to be a great party dessert for Halloween.

I'm in dire need of some good cupcake decorating bags, but for now a Ziploc baggie seems to be doing the trick. Before I filled the Ziploc with the icing I cut a little hole in the corner. The hole was a little big for the orange icing and super small for the black icing. Once the frosting was in the bag I slowly squeezed the frosting out to create the look I wanted.

Super easy, very cheap and sooo cute!

This was the first time I have ever made cupcakes that didn't sink in the middle:) I was told by a dear friend that if the oven is set at a lower temperature then the cupcakes they will not sink. So, I tried it and it worked perfectly. (Thanks Miranda!!)

Baby S. photo shoot

My good friend just delivered a beautiful baby girl 12 days ago and I was lucky enough to be the one to take her newborn pictures. I'm far from being a professional photographer but I do enjoy playing around with my camera and if I'm lucky:).... sometimes I get some cool shots. So to actually do a real photo shoot for someone was a bit nerve racking. Luckily afters some patience and a lot of pictures I was able to get these shots (oh, and I can't forget to mention that Photoshop helped a ton!!). The top pictures my favorite but the others are really close behind it. Isn't she just the sweetest little baby? It was really fun to do this shoot and I hope that my friend likes them.