Day 10: The Queen

I am obviously trying to knock out my Disneyland scrapbook!! 

My In-laws are in town this week.  Good thing my Mother-in-law likes to craft as much as I do!  She made this snack container.  We got the idea from Pinterest.  She cut out cute animals using the Cricut and then decoupaged the cutouts on a creamer container.

This was a very tempting day to go to the craft store!  We usually make a trip together when she is in town.  Good thing I held strong and didn't give in!!  :)

Day 9: Belle Scrapbook Page

I made a quick page to match the Tiana page for our Disneyland scrapbook.  I didn't have a nice big scalloped border so I just punched out some circles and created a border.

Day 8: Felt Princess Doll

Craft project complete! I bought this kit last month with the idea of using the doll as a pattern for more dolls. Probably best I successfully complete one instead of trying to make multiple.

Day 7: No Craft

Today I didn't get a craft project completed.  I did however spend the first half of the day hiking and mountain biking.  I started a small project but also did not buy any crafts.  So another successful day down, 358 to go!

Day 6: Crocheted Flowers

Crafting on the go! I have been looking for a cute flower to add to the side of some hats I crochet for winter. These were super quick and easy. Sorry for the pic, but I am blogging for the car!

Day 5: Purse holder

I think my daughter has more purses than I do.  Instead of them all being on the floor I thought she needed a few hooks.  I bought the drawer pulls at one of my favorite craft stores and just used acrylic paint to finish the wood board behind it that my husband made. This project has been sitting on my dining room table for about two weeks.  Glad it's complete!

Day 4: Tiana Scrapbook Page

This is probably one of the fastest scrapbook pages I have every made!  I tried to get several things done today and my kiddos had a different plan for me!  So I feel lucky that I got this done!

Day 3: "No Sew" Tutu

Work in progress
I bought a Simplicity kit for a no sew tutu.  The instructions were extremely minimal, good thing I have seen these done before.  I've just never sat down to make one.  Sadly I have plenty of supplies to make one without this kit, but of course I still bought the kit. The strips of tulle were about 6in X 18in and there were roughly 40. It came with four pieces of ribbon and I added another four from my stash.

 Step 1: One at a time, fold each piece of ribbon and tulle in half behind the strip of elastic with the loop down.

 Step 2: Holding loop, pull ribbon over elastic and through the hoop.

 Step 3: Pull tightly

Sewing a "no sew"?

 I don't usually follow instructions very well.  I usually just figure things out as I go along.  They included safety pins but said nothing about how to secure the tutu together.  So I measured on my daughter how big I would need it and sewed the two pieces of elastic together.  Then just moved the tulle pieces to cover the spot sewn.

Complete

Just in time for Ballet class today

I love the way the tutu is so fluffy!

Day 2: Dr. Suess Baby Shower Invites

Cards in progress

 Not only did I run out of Dr. Suess paper but I ran out of the cute red polk-a-dot ribbon.  Before this blog I would have run to BOTH craft stores were I bought the paper and ribbon.  Instead of only spending about $3.89 retail total I would have walked out of each store spending at least 30 - 40 dollars.  Instead I went into my ribbon stash and found a blue that matches perfectly.  You can see it on the left side of the photo. For the paper I had a sheet of blue Cat in the Hat. 

All 30 invites complete

 The scalloped Cat in the Hat is an insert to let people know where the Mom-to-be is registered. 

Tip: I love the red tape to adhere ribbon to paper, but I hate how the part you peel off clings to everything.  I got out an old Cricut mat that has lost most of it's stickiness and used it to catch the red trash.  Easy cleanup!

Dr. Suess Thank you cards

 Day 1: Thank you cards for a baby shower. 

In the making... I don't like to waste scraps so I used the scraps from the invitations as part of the thank you cards.  The cards are postcard style so the giver can write the message on the back. It doesn't open to an inside message.  I didn't add any ribbon or thick embellishments because if I did then you wouldn't be able to write your note on the back.

All 30 Thank you cards complete!

And by the way, today is Sunday.  The Sunday paper had nice tempting adds and COUPONS for my favorite craft stores.  Sigh... I threw them all away.  No need to keep them around and torchure myself! Day 1 was pretty easy. (I was at a craft store on Friday and Saturday)