Cheery Creations: January 2011

Embellished Skirt

I choose some bright fabric for the
embellishments since this was for my 13 year
old SIL and she has a very bright, funky
personality. I choose a simple thread pattern
for the flowers and petals and sewed them on.
It was as simple as that :)

Embellished Jacket

I wanted to put a little more thought and effort into as many Christmas presents as I was able this year.

Now I only made it to home-making three of them...but that was three more than last year ;)

Here is a jacket I bought and then embellished for my shabby chic sister-in-law.

Step one...Take a plain jacket and spend
three hours playing with different embellishment
ideas before you actually find the one you want to do.

Here it is embellished. I added two-fabric flowers, a wooden
button and two fabric covered pocket flap buttons.

A little more up-close and personal

Just the flowers

These are my favorite part of the jacket hands down...but
I guess that's obvious...though just look at how fabulous
that wooden button looks ;)

-- The Flowers --

'Heart' Prints Cards

With Valentine's Day coming up I started to think about sending some of our family personal little cards from the kids. I love all the different cards using their hand prints especially since grandparents, aunts, etc. can see their growth as they look back and compare them.

The first one I tried was to make a heart using the palms and just
four fingers. It worked cutely, however not everything I was hoping.

I thought this one turned out pretty good and even made
a little rhyme to write around the hands:

Roses are Red, Violets are blue,
Here are ten fingers to the count the ways we love you!
Inside a heart that's meant to say...
You brighten our day like a sunshine ray.
Happy Happy Valentine's Day!

Okay, so the rhyme is cheesy, but it's from the kids and I wrote it on the fly. Cut me a little slack ;)

Bibs & Blankets!

Baby girls!!!

Do homemade gifts get any more fun?!

A friend of mine is due just a couple weeks after me and her baby shower is this weekend so I made her two shoulder saving cloths (i.e. practical, long, burp cloths) and a cute little bib.

I made one with a straight edge, pretty
stitch and little rosy embellishment

and one with a scalloped type edge,
fun stitch and rosy embellishment

The bib was so simple, I just used one of my
kids bibs for the template, added a seam allowance,
choose cute little embellishments, sewed
it all together and added a snap.

The back was just a plain pink,
but it's still reversible.

See? Awesome length and width for real moms
with babies who really spit up :)
None of those 10 x 5 rags they call burp cloths ;)

Christmas Kitchenette

Made from an old nightstand
with plywood attached to the back

Silverware baskets were added to the bottom right
side to hold all kinds of kitchen goodies.
On the top I added hooks to hang pots, utensils, etc.

The left side is a towel rack & pot holder made
from the leg of a cookie cooling rack I cut up for the oven.

I used a wooden J and spray painted it silver.
The bowl was just a plastic bowl
with a shower drain in the middle.
The burners I traced on and we screwed
down some replacement oven knobs.

The curtain on top I made VERY quickly, it's all
straight stitches and simple lines. Put up with a tiny
curtain rod found at walmart.

I took apart the drawer, attached the front with hinges, added a
magnetic piece to keep it closed, and cut down a cookie cooling rack
to the inside of the oven.