Cooking and Baking Gift Set

Every year I have a different Birthday gift that I give all of the girls that we know for their birthday. 

This is my gift idea this year.

You can find a lot of good cooking/baking tools at the dollar store that will work really well for little chefs. 

Everything shown here, I found at the dollar store, including the baking sheet.  They also carry the shoe box size containers to put everything in.

One time I even found an apron at the dollar store that I cut shorter and added lace to the bottom.  I copied that apron to make a pattern and added some trim to make the apron above.

Homemade Wrapping Paper

So I had this idea of making homemade wrapping paper as a fun project for a family night. 

I had a roll of construction paper from Ikea ($5) and I just used craft paint and gave each child a color.  

We made hot cocoa and played Christmas music to kick off December. 

 First I had the kids put their hand prints all over the paper.



Then I let them go a little crazy!

I tore strips of fabric to make the bows.

 Then I used my die cut machine and chip board to make initials for each kiddo so we know who they belong to.  The kids love seeing their work on the presents they get to open and they have said they want to make wrapping paper every year!

18" Doll Sleeping Bag

I made 11 of these for Christmas last year.  My girls love that their dolls can have a sleepover just like them.

Room Divider Panels

These are panels that I bought at Ikea to try to divide the space of my office from the front room.  If you look at my Bathroom post, I used the same material to make a shower curtain valance.

I have to give a shout out to Ryan Bingham, he made the beautiful gate for me to keep the kiddos out of my sewing space.  Thanks Ryan!!

Kids Rooms

Here are some pictures of my kids' rooms.

This is my girls' room

 I just made a basic tab-top curtain out of the bed skirt that came with the bedding, and then I used the top sheet for the set to add the trim and make an extra pillow case for each girl.

My boys' room

 I was completely in love with a Nautica crib set that I saw about 5 years ago, but I didn't want to spend that much money on a crib set, so I decided to copy the idea.  The border is a Nautica border, but the comforter, curtain, and crib skirt are all a "mimic" of the Nautica look.  My wonderful Grandma embroidered all of the boats for me on her embroidery machine and then I made a crib size quilt that I turned into a comforter by adding the large navy border.  I also bought a couple of crib sheets that I got on sale and kept one and used the rest to add into the quilt and make extra pillow cases so that the crib bedding and twin bedding all match.  I also made a throw pillow, but you can't really see it in the picture.  Lucky when I originally bought the Nautica wall border (5 years ago) I had bought extra so when we moved and had another baby I still was able to make the room the same.  I actually have enough border to do another room if we move again, although my boys might be sick of boats by then!   

So CUTE!

I love this and it was so fun.  I got the idea from http://www.makeit-loveit.com/, but I made my own pattern for the skirt.  Walmart carries the onsies for $1 and they are really nice quality.  I just added a little ruffle to match the skirt and booties.  Super cute!

Baptism Dress

This adorable girl got baptised the same day as my oldest daughter.  The lace on the dress is from her mom's wedding dress.  What a sweet and fun way to pass something on to your daughter.  I loved the idea of using her mom's wedding dress, and it was just a fun and sweet project to work on with this wonderful family.  It was also so much fun to work on the two baptism dresses at the same time.