Make-Over Monday

I was looking at patterns one day at Hobby Lobby, when I came across this purse pattern. The pattern actually suggested that you use a pair of pants as the fabric.

The making of this purse happened way before I started trying to repurpose clothes on my own! (without a pattern)

The pattern I used was Simplicity # 2597.

It was a fun and easy sewing project. I went shopping for a pair of kaki pants at my

local Goodwill. I think I might have paid around $4.00 for the pants.

The pants were in a great/almost new shape.

Plus, there are several other cute purse patterns included in this pattern also!

Pants Before:

(Sorry, this is a really bad picture!)

Purse After:

Happy Monday!

I'm Linking Up Here

Summer Schedule

I am going to start trying to organize my blog a little bit this summer. I have come up with a routine schedule that I will try & hopefully be able to keep up! I think that if I have a set routine and/or agenda that it might make it easier to blog more consistently. (I am not yet promising this throughout the busy, hectic school year!) We will see! :) So here is what I am thinking so far:

Sunday--Might be my down day?

Make-over Monday-- repurposing

Totally Fun Tuesday--fun ideas to do with the kiddos

What I'm Working On Wednesday--my projects

Thankful Thursday

Feature Friday --I see awesome stuff

in blog land and want to share some of my favorites!

Sun-sational Saturday--- this one is open for

anything fun and summer like!

What do you think? I welcome any suggestions and/or ideas!!

6th Birthday Party

My 1st baby turned 6 a couple of weeks ago! Of course, like I said with my 3 year old...It is bittersweet! I remember holding him and cuddling with him like it was just yesterday! It is almost scary how time flies so very fast! This past year has been a year of many "firsts" for him. Here are a few!

First year of Kindergarten..

First time to play a real organized sport..soccer

First time to perform on stage for school plays...

First time to go on field trips...

First time to ride on a school bus...

First 'real' school pictures...

First report card..

And there will be many more 'firsts' to follow!

Here is a picture of the cake I made for Landon's 6th Birthday. He wanted a Mario cart birthday cake. I think this turned out pretty good! It was a very crazy morning with alot of stuff going on at once! I am just thankful it turned out with all that CRAZINESS going on!

Crocheted Newsboy Hat

I crocheted my first hat! It was really not as difficult as I thought it would be. I added a crocheted strip and buttons to the front of the hat to make it into a hat for a boy.

I found the pattern here!

I made this hat to give as a baby gift to our Music teacher.

She should be having a baby boy anytime now!

She loved it! It made the cutest/sweetest little baby gift!

I'm Back!!

I'm Back!!

Sorry, I have neglected the blogging world!

I have been so very busy ending the school year.

I have 2 more days...but my

many projects have pretty much come to an end! YAY!!!!

So with that said...

On to a NEW POST!!!

Picture collages

By this time in the school year I have taken tons of pictures of my school kids!

In Kindergarten, there are so many photo opportunities!

So at the end of the year, I put together a picture collage for each child. Each collage is personalized with pictures of them and their classmates.

This weekend I worked on putting together 19 collages! I have used the same picture program the last 2 years to create these collages.

So..you are probably wondering what program I used?

I used Smilebox.

I got to talking to a couple of teachers about Smilebox the other day. The really fun thing that I wanted to share...is that if you go here....

and if you are a teacher...

You can sign up to receive a free premium annual

subscription to Smilebox.

This is one of the FUN perks of being a teacher!!

Ok...so your not a teacher...

You can still register and get the basic Smilebox for free!

I would love to show you a picture of these awesome collages that I made..but I do not share photos of my school kids on line. So you will just have to go and check out all of the neat things that you can create on Smilebox!

I was not paid by Smilebox in any form or fashion for this little advertisement! I just LOVE the fun stuff you can create on there!

Addicted to Ruffled Diaper Covers!!

Have I said how much I LOVE making ruffled diaper covers? Okay..if not, now you know! :) I used the same pattern as before, only this time I made ruffles using ribbon! I made this as a baby shower gift! It is just WAY TOO SWEET!

I think I might try starting an Etsy shop, just so I can sell these cuties! Anyone have any advice or suggestions about selling on Etsy? I have noticed people using Facebook as a means of selling their things? What do ya' think?