Gift of Meaning 2013: Super Hero Dress up Sets

Here are my kids Gift of Meaning for 2013

They love playing super hero's and the tied blankets and sunglasses 

needed an update so I made them these for Christmas this year. 

For other Homemade Gift Ideas go HERE. 

LDS Primary 2014 Birthday Gifts

I currently serve as the Primary President in the LDS church.  I over see the children ages 18 months - 11 years old.  I love this calling!  For the 2014 year the theme is: Families Are Forever.

We wanted the birthday gifts for the children to center around this wonderful theme so this is what all of the children, including the nursery age children and all the Primary teachers will receive from the Primary Presidency.

A 4x6 copy of the Proclamation of the Family to keep in their scriptures

(I found the Proclamation Printable in this etsy shop!  She was wonderful to work with and made me a custom listing for the 4x6 size. Even at that small of a size, the words are so clear and readable!!)

 also included is a small treat. 

I bought pkg of candy right now since bulk is cheapest around Halloween time, balloon gift bags, ribbon and 100+ copies of the Proclamation the the Family. (colors include blue, pink, white, brown) 

 Tied them all up and they are ready to go.  

Welcome Post for Porch

 I spruced up an ugly wooden post that I found at the thrift store for $3 and turned it into my new Welcome Sign for my front porch.  To bad I didn't take a before picture but if you could imagine poo brown and hunter green....yuck!  It looks so much better now.  I painted it with Tropical Oasis from Valspar and I found the decorative knob (spray painted that yellow) and the metal Welcome sign at Hobby Lobby.  

Re-purpose knit pants into Summer Capri's

 When money is tight, and your kids grow faster then you like, and they are rough on their clothes during the summertime......just re-purpose them back into functional clothes again! I took several pairs of my girls pants that had become to short for pants and cut them off at the bottom to make capri's.  

 Since these were all knit, I did an easy zigzag technique on the sewing machine to ruffle the new hems of the capri's.  They were all finished in less then 30 minutes!  So glad they can still wear them!

Wood Star for July: Door Wreath

My handsome husband cut and put this together for me....thanks to this idea I saw.  It was super easy and inexpensive to make and is just what I wanted to make a statement on our house for the month of July.  

We are so blessed to live in America!

 And yes, I made the banner as well.  

Chevron July 4th Banner: Stars and Stripes

 Here is a sneak peak at my newest banner coming to my etsy shop!  It's a smaller version of my regular banners because this one is meant to be hung above your front door.  My front door is getting ready to display one!

Ruffled Knit Maxi Shirts

With the beginning of summer upon us, my girls and I were in need of a new summer skirt.  So I made us all a ruffled knit Maxi skirt!  They turned out super cute and the girls LOVE the ruffles.

The cost was only $15 for knit to make all three of these skirts.

I used this tutorial as a guide.....with some minor changes of my own.  They were very simple to put together!

Transition Door Wreath: for your front door

 What?  A Transition Door Wreath?  What is that??

For me I decided it would be a wreath or Letter in this case, that I could hang on my front door while transitioning onto the next Holiday or Season.  Take this year for example......Easter came and went in March and I was not going to keep my Easter Wreath on the door any longer.  It was driving me crazy. And here in Utah you can have spring and winter weather all in the same day during the spring months.

So I made a Transition Wreath.  Something that does not have any Holiday or Season theme but is still cute and functional.

I bought a Giant Letter from Hobby Lobby, painted it and then made the Chevron Tie out of some fabric I had on hand.  Ah, I am feeling much better already!

 I do not know about you but I think I am more excited to transition into spring and summer weather now!

Paper Sack Bunnies

I just had to share these adorable Paper Sack bunnies that my mother-in-law made my kids for Easter.  How cute are they?!  She filled them up with sidewalk chalk and treats and the kids loved them!

Thanks Nancy!

Celebrate Dr Seuss

Dr Seuss has a birthday coming up on March 2nd.

and to celebrate I added these fun new items to my shop.

go check them out!

A Set of Cat in the Hat clips

 A Cat in the Hat fabric pennant banner

Boy and Girl Classroom Valentines

 My oldest is in Kindergarten.  I wanted something fun and simple for her to hand out to her classmates. And since I am the room mom and will be doing the class party....they needed to be simple.

How does $1.00 sound?!?  yep, thanks to some awesome free printables and a package of small erasers from Target, that is all these cost me.  I had the little baggies on hand already.

 You can fin the Dino Printable HERE

(the blog has now since been removed)

You can find the fish bowl Printable HERE

Valentine's Day treat for your HUBBY

 I put together a simple treat for my husband for Valentine's Day.

$1.00 container, lip clip from Target, bakers twine, this fun Sealed with a kiss printable from The Idea Room blog. I added a fun vinyl mustache to the lid to make this a little more man-ly for my guy, filled it with his favorite treat and it's ready to go!

 Since the tag says sealed with a kiss, I added some cinnamon lips and the cute lip clip holds onto them in the front.  Perfect for my guy!

Happy Everything Pennant Banner: teacher gift idea

I wanted to make something special for my child's Kindergarten teacher.  She is a great teacher.  She loves what she does and does a great job at it.  

So I made her a Happy Everything Banner that she can hang up in her classroom.

 Instead of waiting until the end of the school year to give this to her, we are giving it to her for Valentine's Day.

I am wrapping it up and attaching a note that says, "Thank you for teaching me so much about everything!"

I have made it easy for you if you want to give one away as well.

I have added them into my shop.

Go HERE for details.