Bag for Purse Week!

This week is purse week over at Lemon Squeezy Home!  I’ve been working on this purse since August off and on, and I finally put the finishing touches on yesterday.  I’m glad this contest came up so I could get my purse done!  I did the same style as I usually do, but the front pocket is nearly as big as the bag.  I also designed the strap so that it’s adjustable, and left an extra loop at an end for a key holder.  Embellished with ribbon strip sewed on and a bow to finish off the look!  Hope you like it as much as I do!

Inside, you can see the key loop, my purse organizer, just regular pocket (brown one), and the zippered pocket.

Guess what?!  It’s Friday!  Enjoy your weekend, I definitely will!

Crew Neck into a Scoop Neck T-Shirt Makeover!

(Here’s a before pic of the green one, but the shirts were identical!)

Hi there!  Here’s another shirt I quickly made over the other day.   All I did was cut the collar completely off (back and front at once).  I did an edging stitch around it, and then folded it over once and hemmed it with a straight stitch.  I made a bow using this tutorial (sewing everything instead of using glue).  I wear a brown cami under it, and it fits me perfectly!  Love what just changing the neckline and adding an embellishment can do.

I’m off to run errands and enjoy the day with my mom.  Hope you’re having a great day too!

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Hair Bow Mania!

      One of my friends is having a baby girl in a few weeks.  When I asked her what she would like/need for the baby, she said she LOVES the hairbows out there, and anything else cutesy and girly.  That surprised me, because she's not the most "girly-girl" I've known!  So hair bows it is.

     I've found some great tutorials for hair bows and fabric flowers (I think I have at least 20 bookmarked!)  I ended up attempting a few, but once I tried the Hair Bow Tutorial from  Savvy n Sassy, I was hooked!  These are SOOO easy, and only took me a few minutes to put together.  I love that you use thread to make the middle of the bow rather than wire or ribbon from other tutorials.

While looking for supplies, I happened upon a fabulous find!  You know those headbands that have the little loop you can slip different clips in for babies?  I found some…at Walmart of all places!  I looked EVERYWHERE.  They’re made by Goody.  Here’s a look.  They may be a tad big for a teensy baby, but I’m positive she’ll grow into them!

 

They were $5.00 for a package of 3 headbands.

Here’s a bow on the headband, to show the effect (although we can’t show it on the baby because she’s not here yet!)  The rest of the bows are pictured below!

 

(That green is the color of the title of the post…don’t know what my camera and computer are thinking!)

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Wonderful Wednesday Crafts

A couple weeks ago, I went to our relief society meeting and enjoyed their craft night.  They called it Wonderful Wednesday, but it was very much like a Super Saturday that many people are familiar with! :)  We ate yummy treats and made some super cute crafts.

(Oh and GOOD NEWS! I was playing with my camera while taking pictures for this post, and I found a cool setting that makes pictures not so fuzzy!  So hooray for upcoming non-fuzzies!)

I chose two of the crafts and I'm so excited to share them with you!  They are super simple, and are not really new, but I learned some cool tricks so I'm happy!  I made the glass magnets...

I knew that you could use modge podge for this project, but it takes forever to dry, so I was introduced to this stuff:

It's fabulous!  It dries clear, and is FAST!  I have an upcoming project that I also used this friend for. :)

I also learned to make little girl bows at Wonderful Wednesday.  I made one at the meeting, and then went home and finished them up on my self-proclaimed Super Saturday while watching General Conference.

This is the first one I ever made.  This one was SO hard for some reason.  I guess I was just trying to get the hang of it.  A friend told me, "Well just think, by the time you have a little girl at your house, you'll be a pro!"  I said, "Yeah, and I can give all the ugly ones away in the mean time!" :)

Kind of an experiment, but I think it's pretty cute!

Ohh, I have to tell you a trick I learned!  The girls at the meeting were telling us to make the bows by making a loop of ribbon and hot gluing it to make a ring.  Then you take a piece of small ribbon (that'll be covered up by the button) to make the 'bow' look.  Well, that part was way hard for me.  So I improvised.  I got out my hand dandy clear elastics for hair (the itsy bitsy ones) and wrapped it around the bow a few times to get the 'bow' look.  It was clear, and now covered up by a button, so it worked fabulously for me!

This one I made doing a ribbon flower, using  this tutorial from Little Birdie Secrets for inspiration.  For the bottom, I sort of used the same instructions, but I didn't sew on the edge of the ribbon but right down the middle to just gather it cute. 

 

Then I glued both pieces on, and wahlaa (who ever knows how to spell my expressions/sound effects!) we're done!

Thanks for reading, and more fun projects to come!  I promise!