Christmas Wreath

This elegant wreath has a grapevine base with quality fake evergreen branches, adorned with gold berries and red burlap ribbon with just enough sparkle. Wreath measures 31 inches in height by 28 inches in width. 

DIY Vanity Stool

Check out the stool I made! Cost me 8 bucks to make! Amazing, right?

It was very simple to make actually! 

Here's what you need:

End table or other short furniture piece from the thrift store

Pillow (so much quicker) or trim and fabric of choice

Spray paint (optional)

I got a pillow from Hobby Lobby on super sale for 5 bucks and cut a square from the back, making sure to leave about 2 inches from the trim to staple to. Then remove the stuffing for later. When I bought the pillow I made sure it would fit my end table and wanted to get one with a thick or long trim to cover the stapled part. If you don't want that, you will have to make sure your stapler will fit under the pillow and still have the pillow fit up to the edge. When I stapled it the staples were hidden but the trim I got was heavy enough to pull the edge down, which makes it looks cleaner. I got an end table from the thrift store for really cheap and gave it a new paint job to make it look nice. After you cut the square from the pillow, load you staple gun with just the regular staples, nothing fancy, and staple the first end inside, taking care to get it right up to the edge. I placed my staples one inch apart. On the rest of the sides staple just under the trim but on the top of the pillow fabric to the end table. When you get three sides down, stop. Stuff half the pillow and put four staples down, making a half square inch square, in the middle. This is where the button will go. Then stuff the rest and finish the last side. Next, take you large button, large enough to cover the staples in the middle, and wrap thread through all the holes, faking that it has been sewn on. Then take 4 small nails, small enough to go through the holes in the button, and paint the nail heads the color of the thread. Place the button over the half inch square, and nail the button to the stool. And there you have it! Cheap, beautiful stool! I use mine for my "vanity." (The space I use as a vanity in my bathroom. It actually has a hole to put the chair so it works rather nicely)

Comment if you have any questions!

Birdie!

This is the bird pillow I made for a friends baby shower this year! 

I made it to match the curtains I helped her make for her nursery! This is the fabric she used

We decided to make the main colors the light blue, red, and pink, so that is the colors I made the pillow. I started with a blue fleece, pink bubble fabric, and different colored felt. I created a pattern based on the big red bird, the wind shape big blue and yellow birds, and the felt topper of the yellow bird. 

To start, I sewed the wing inside out except for the top and turned it. Then I over stuffed the very bottom. When I stuffed it I kept in mind that just a little bit of stuffing is best so the wing looks more flat. Then I folded the top inside so it hid the rough edge, and placed the wing up on the pre cut body of the bird so that the edge would be hidden when it gets folded down. Then I sewed it on and fluffed it so the stuffing redistributed. Then I sewed the beak and turned it.Then I hand sewed the eye and beak on. Next, I sewed the top in the general shape of the feathers and stuffed it, then sewed cut felt feathers to it to make it look detailed. I then sewed the birds body inside out making sure to sew the head part on first and leaving a space on the bottom open for stuffing. I made sure I started at the and turned it inside out, revealing the feathers, wing and face. Then I stuffed it and hand stitched it close, leaving me with a finished bird! Just tie a ribbon around it's neck and tack it into place with some handy itching so baby can't rip it off and it's perfect! I plan to make a different version for a second one to give her for Christmas! So when I finish I'll post that! If you have any questions feel free to ask!

T-Shirts

So I am sort of a starving college student and I don't have much money to spare on gifts. Especially this time of year. From the end of October to the middle of December, my family has a birthday almost every week. So, to save some money I started making everyone t-shirts for their birthday! And I have made some sweet ones. Here are the many I have made so far:

Here's the sweet t-shirt I made for my bro. I used iron on vinyl and lots of time, haha.

I made this one for my hubby! I love Zoidberg, haha. Iron on vinyl and some paint! 

And here is the other one I made for Christmas:

I used vinyl as a stencil and painted the design.

This is the shirt I made for my baby sister today! I made it with iron on vinyl and fabric. Pikachu got a little messed up but I think I fixed it pretty well!

I made this racing jersey for my sister to wear to her boyfriend's racing events. I painted the whole thing using vinyl as a stencil. I painted it in the colors of his truck. Go Samm!

I made a t-shirt for my other brother for his birthday as well. I used iron-on vinyl for it too. Yay Zelda!

And as a bonus the t-shirts I made for comic con! Why hello there Simon Helberg! Iron on vinyl this time too. Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock!

Hope you like it! as always, feel free to ask questions! See you all later!