Last Week I...

What did I do last week? Well just this...

That's 34 of my one-sized cloth diapers.

That's over 20 yards of fabric

That's almost 20 yards of elastic

That's almost 1000 yards of thread.

PHEW...that was alot of work. Let me tell you, it took quite a bit of coke to get me through this project. Enjoy Baby Wolfie!

Monster Bash

My little guy's 1st birthday party was a monster theme. I thought this up when he was about 3 weeks old and I have been planning and picking stuff up ever since then. I found some killer monster deals after Halloween last year...


The Birthday Boy


Playing in the yard before the party. I made the overalls out of some fabric I picked up at Jo-Ann's.








Monster shoes




The Food


The snack buffet. We had Purple Monster Popcorn, Monster Mix, Cupcakes and Soda.








The smash cake




The Games


We played "Guess My Age"




And "Feed the Monster"




The monster ate cars, shoes, and dolls




The Favors
Goodie bags, fuzzy posters and taffy kabobs





The Decorations













I sewed this flag banner from felt and some of the same monster fabric as his overalls.





The Cake













Happy Birthday Little Monster.

Taffy Kabobs

My son's monster themed 1st birthday party was this past weekend. It was a blast, and more pictures are coming soon. Here is something I did for one of the favors. Taffy Kabobs.




I bought 3 lbs of taffy from the grocery store just after the 4th of July (they always sell it in bulk for cheap that time of year). Then I threaded them on bamboo skewers in a variety of patterns.

For my container I took the label off of a formula can and placed a green floral cube inside. (I was too lazy to recover the can so the ugly gluey part of the label is turned to the back) Then I attached some die cuts made with the cricut and some leftover Easter grass to cover the foam. Then I just stuck the kabobs in the foam. So cute, and very inexpensive.

Desk Transformation

My current craft/sewing table is a gem. It is a $20 card table from Wal-Mart (don't worry you got 4 chairs with it for that price as well. P.S. one of those is currently my craft chair; gotta see what can be done about that) Anyways... it has a big, ugly sheet of plywood underneath of it. Why does it have plywood underneath of it you say? Because the card table is so wobbly and my carpet is so squishy that unless I sew at the slowest speed possible my machine dances right off the table. The plywood only makes it possible to go one speed above a snails pace but I've been managing. Well after my cup full of pencils, rulers, scissors, etc danced itself off the table while I was sewing one day I'd had enough! I headed to the DI to find a good 'ol sturdy piece of furniture to transform into my new craft/sewing desk.

I am so pleased with this DI transformation. This started out as a banged up old desk. And a HEAVY desk at that. My sewing machine's dancing days are done! Although I picked it up at the DI for $20 it had come from a local university and had "PROPERTY OF WEBER STATE" printed huge on one side. Unfortunately I do not have a before picture. My sweet husband wanted to surprise me while I was out of town and he painted the desk for me while I was away. So sweet and much appreciated, but I am bummed I didn't get a before picture. But it looked very similar to this:

Fake wood Formica top, metal sides. The standard desk that I'm sure every teacher at your high school had. It had some deep scratches and dents where a chair had obviously ran into it over and over. He sanded the scratches out and pounded the dents as smooth as possible and then gave it a new coat of black spray paint. (Thanks hon!)

Then I went to work on the top.

I bought a variety of black and white printed scrap book papers and Mod Podged them to the top of the desk. After 2 coats of Mod Podge I started applying a satin polyurethane. 3 coats of that (sanding between each coat of course) and TA-DA!

I am very much in love with it. I would like to hang a big peg board above that desk to store all sorts of crafty things, but in the meantime the drawers will work great.

Total cost?

$20- Table

$4- Spraypaint

$5- Scrapbook Paper

$4- Mod Podge

$2.50- Polyurathane

$35.50 for a new, no dancing table! Whoot Whoot!

So long card table! You WON'T be missed!

Repurposed Entertainment Center

I CANNOT stop staring at this repurposed entertainment center. My jaw is literally on the floor right now. AMAZING. Sutton Grace is responsible for this masterpiece. Here are her instructions of how to make this yourself.

Cute Blog, Cute Purse

I am in LOVE with this purse from SmallFry & Co. What a great Blog. I am thinking of making this purse on a larger scale for myself. How fun!

Facelift

I'm out of town visiting family so no new crafty posts till next weekend. I have however been working on a new look for my blog. Go ahead and check it out and grab a button in the side bar. Have a great week everyone!