Holiday Crafting

 I couple of weeks ago my friends and I got together to make this found on none other than Pinterest. So when I went back to Utah I made something similar with my mom. It's super easy, cheap and turned out really well too.

 We bought a 4x4 at a hardware store for around $8 and had them cut 2 at 12", 2 at 10" and 2 at 8". Sanded and painted then added White vinyl cut with the Cricut machine at 1.5". I decided to take the craft from the link above and make it my own so I cut out a star from scrapbook paper using the Cricut and ModPodged it on. We made one for my mom and one for Makenna. I mine at home already.

 Since the 4x4 came in 8' pieces we had a ton left over, so we cut these. I think they are 9" and 7" in length. I like that each one turned out a little differently.

 

 Mom wanted crazy letters.

 We made Mak's just simple and cute.

The only difference in mine is capital letters.

We sure had fun making these together. Thanks mom for a great time and letting me make a mess of your kitchen table.

Jane's Little White Dress

 I am so happy how Miss Jane's dress turned out. I knew when she was born that I wanted to make her blessing dress. At first I wanted to make it out of my wedding dress, but when I pulled out my dress to see what I could do with it I could part with cutting it up. I guess I'm a little partial to it. 

 A baby blessing in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is essentially a prayer that asks God to watch over the child while on this Earth. It is not necessary, but is an opportunity to receive blessing from our Heavenly Father.

 I really enjoyed making this dress for my sweet baby. I am not an avid sewer so it was pretty simple. I knew what I wanted it to look like. Although next time I would add a few more decorative elements to the dress. Unfortunately I do not have pictures of me making this dress, but I do have links to tutorials that I found as I was sewing and was not able to figure things out on my own. No I did not use a pattern which made it even more fun to make.

 

The fabric is just a simple cotton I found at the local store. I bought one yard with a pattern and another yard just plain white. My idea for the bodice came from looking at some of my dresses. I did not want to see any of the seems so I used this tutorial from Make it and Love it.

  

I managed to make it through the bodice and part of the sleeves with out any of the seems showing. The tutorial showed how to make the sleeves have no seem but I wanted my sleeve done a little differently. Unfortunately I cant find the exact picture I got the idea from but It looks something like the sleeve from Sew a Fine Seam.

Then I made a simple skirt part by sewing the material into two tubes and base stitched and scrunched them up similar to Make it and love it. I added a few buttons up the back and ribbon for extra detail. 

Most of my ideas came from this dress I found at Homemade By Jill, here, here, and here.

I really liked the way it turned out. I had a lot of making it and definitely learned a lot.