Bracelets to match!

Today my 4-year-old and I made these bracelets for the girls and I to wear with our hot pink cheetah matching outfits I made on Monday -- aren't they cool? They are all exactly the same except Mommy needed some extra

wiggle room.

Crochet Booties 2

I made a second pair using the baby fingering weight yarn and ended up with a nice yellow pair of booties that would be great for a newborn. (A little smaller)

also added the tie to the pink ones. I had run out of the pink yarn so I found some varigated baby yarn and I think it jazzed them up a lot!

Spring Harvest!

Alas, these are not from my own personal garden...The deer won't hardly even let the grass grow in our yard. But my friend lets me raid hers! I am so grateful as I LOVE fresh veggies from the garden. I have never worked with a beet before so that is exciting...and all these strawberries mmm mmm good!

Q&E Crochet Baby Booties

http://susan.kraus.net/pages/pattern6.html

Above is the pattern I used for these Q&E Baby Booties. They were super quick and super easy! They start with a round at the toe and then work to the heel with sport yarn. I did use a needle one size smaller than the pattern because I always end up with a project a little bigger than the pattern gauge. I think I am going to give them to you Tracy L -- for your baby girl...See you Saturday!

Hot Pink & Orange Cheetah Outfits!

My girls and I will look good hitting the town in these cute outfits won't we? I made myself the skirt which hits about mid calf from Simplicity 4599 View C. I haven't got any hot pink zippers in my home collection so I hope to pick one up today while I am out so I can see if the thing will even fit...

My girls have sundresses from New Look 6195 view B. My youngest stays home with me so hers is finished, but her big sister is at school today so I have to wait for her to come home today to get the elastic and straps fitted to her.

I am excited about these! My friend Beth said "I have some fabric I found while cleaning out my house" and she wanted to know if I wanted it...I definitely did and knew it would be cute in just the right application!

Please help me decide what color shirt I should wear with this skirt...Maybe I'll post some options.

I'm Being Published!!!

Lark Books http://www.larkbooks.com/ has offered me a spot in their newest book "pillowcase challenge" where they want to see what people can make with a pillowcase.

They sent me a pillowcase and this is the remote control organizer I came up with ... it could organize other things too. This is my first craft to be published in a book and I am excited...I'll even get paid...cool! Here is the finished product that I made...and I still have a lot of work to do on the instructions, but isn't it pretty?

Bias Tape edged Washcloths

My girls were in need of some new washcloths in their bathroom. They were still using those baby ones. I found that regular $2 each (and up!) washcloths are just too thick to give a bath to a 4 year old. I found some thin ones in a 9 pack at our walmart and they are just too boring, so I plan to jazz them up in a couple of different ways...the first two I just added some edging. I started with a bias (cut at 45 degrees) strip that I eyeballed at about an inch and a quarter and then ironed into a double fold bias tape. I sewed it right on the washcloth edge to dress it up. The fabric is a pretty green with hot pink polkadots...girly! I'll post the other ones as I finish them -- I still have 7 left to play with! but right now I have got to step away from the sewing machine and clean the house...

Finished Angel Sleeve Smocked Bishops

My friend decided that she wanted me to go ahead and smock the 12 month dress that I had prepped for her to smock, and here is how they turned out...I think her kids are going to be the cutest ones at the wedding they're attending in their matching brother/sister outfits -- these go with "Aidan's Jon Jon" below.

All Star Towels

I embroidered 5 of these for the "book parade" next week at my daughter's school, the librarian asked me to do something "girly" and "sporty" with all star on it...I think they are cute! These will be part of a prize bag full of sports stuff the top readers in each grade will get (the girls of course). The boys had a green towel with sports things embroidered on them.

I knew him when he was a kid!!!

http://www.carolinaliar.com/

The lead singer Chad Wolf (formerly Wolfenberger) of Carolina Liar grew up about 5 houses down from me and his big sister was our babysitter...he was two years younger than me...how cool to know somebody famous! Nice to know that somebody from Moncks Corner is famous!

Stephanie's Bishops

I thought you'd enjoy seeing what a bishop looks like while it is getting smocked...

These "sister" dresses are to coordinate with Aiden's jon jon a couple of entries down. She wants to learn to smock so I finished off the size 6 and am going to teach her on this size 12 month dress.

Our Rainbow Cupcakes

Our Rainbow Cupcakes turned out yummy!

Cannas Multiplying & Decapitated Rose

Here is a quick pic of the Canna I received from a cousin. I got one last year and planted it and look how many came up this year! I will be able to divide and share next year I bet! Doesn't it have a pretty leaf with those zebra stripes on them?

On another sadder note, my rose bush I was so excited about, my Jackson and Perkins Princess Di Rose, has now been completely decapitated...the deer ate every single budding bloom off of it!!! You can see how healthy it is, but every one of these stems had a bud and, sigh, they are now all gone! Daddy needs to do a little hunting!

You've got to try this

http://pandora.com/

You put in your favorite artist and they play music for you -- it is awesome...you can't download it, but for me it is a nice (commercial free) radio station of only what I want to listen to!

Rainbow Cupcakes

I have got to try these -- divide your cake mix into 6 bowls and color them the rainbow colors and put them in the pans and bake = the girls are going to flip!

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/rainbow_cupcakes

Aidan's Palmetto Jon Jon

Didn't this turn out cute? It's a size 4 jon jon that is completely reversable -- all that is left is to try it on him to see where the buttons need to be sewn into the straps -- he is going to be cute! She is having me make butterfly/angel wing bishops for her daughters and this is for her son -- more to come as I finish smocking the bishops!

Student Teacher Tablecloth

Next week is Teacher Appreciation week so I whipped this up for my 1st grader's teacher. She has a little table where the "student teacher" sits in the classroom and it has an old scrap for the tablecloth. I machine embroidered it, hemmed the edges, and added a button to the bottom. I though that she could use the button to change the name each day of the child...I think she is going to love it! It's about 40 inches square so it is a nice size too.

Butterfly Tops

Size 2 and size 6 ready to smock tops. They are exactly the same on the front and back -- these shirts really make a nice show! Now I can't wait to see what you're going to smock on there Kim!

The last 4 finished!

So, now I have 12 completed fully lined tops that are ready to smock and you can attach either shorts, a skirt, a little ruffle (to make it a shirt) or even long pants -- these are super versatile and I can't wait to see what she is going to do with them at http://palmettokids.net/

I think they will eventually land under the "haydebug's heirlooms" tab...after they get smocked of course.

4 more tops finished

Here are the 4 24 month ready to smock tops I finished up last night - I may get the last 4 done tonight!

Make your own Hamburger Helper dinner

http://milehimama.blogspot.com/2007/01/works-for-me-wednesday-make-your-own.html

I think I could try one of these next time I have a "cooker's block" and can't think of anything I'd like to cook...they aren't glamorous...but it would pass the kids test!

4 down 8 to go

I have a big job I am in the middle of -- I got the first four finished, and here are the other eight, cut, pleated, tied off and ready to sew...I should be able to assembly line them fairly quickly -- but even prepping 8 up to this point took some time! Thought I'd post this so you know why I haven't posted much lately...

Also, we spent this entire weekend on the plumbing in our new house we just are getting started on, weather couldn't have been more beautiful!

4 tops done -- 6 to go

I finished 4 of the 10 tops in this pattern for the website I mentioned below...the top two are size 3 and the bottom two are size 4 -- ready for a skirt/ruffle & some smocking -- this is fun!

New pattern - ready to smock

I'm making a new pattern for a lady at http://palmettokids.net/

It will have a ruffle attached to the bottom after it is smocked, and it could easily be adapted into a jumper, dress, shirt, whatever you want - how fun! Isn't the sash on the back fun?

The pattern is Bonnie Blue's "Hallie" and this is it in size 3. She has me making 10 of them and then sending them to another lady to smock them and then they get sold on her website -- isn't that cool?

This is a test

To see if the "subscription" email thing works...

Wanna Subscribe to me?!?!?

I think I have an option in this blog website that I can put 10 email addresses in for this site to notify you when I post something new -- if you are one of my friends or family that wants to know what I am up to, I'll put your email address in there and youre supposed to get an email notification whenever I post something new!

Princess Diana Rose

My dear friend Tracy gave me a Princess Diana rosebush (2 years ago?) and we are enjoying our first bloom of this season -- this thing was blooming all the way through October last year -- big, full blooms!

Now if I could only learn how to trim the darned thing! It's taller than me!

Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Tree

Our Kwanzan Flowering cherry tree is in full bloom and looking so pretty --

Striped Shirt (For ME!!!)

http://www.simplicity.com/dv1_v4.cfm?design=4632

Finally something for me, Simplicity 4632 -- short sleeved shirt version -- it started out as a dress, but it was pretty loose so I cut off the skirt and went back to the shirted version -- got this nice thick fabric for $1 a yard believe it or not -- my youngest is asking for a sundress to match me to I guess I'm off to pick a pattern for that! No buttons, zippers, or snaps, it just slips over the head -- that is probably why the dress was too loose. It does have two "boob darts" on the side, but overall, a quick and easy pattern to use.

Thanks to my 4 year old for being my photographer!

Ansley's Birthday Purse

My girls are going to "Ansley's" birthday party tomorrow so I whipped up this little purse for her...these are the school colors here -- she is going to love it!

Monogrammed dress correction

I hope you all get a good chuckle at my expense -- I guess I don't win the Aunt of the year award...I didn't even know how to spell my own niece's middle name -- how sad...anyway, It isn't perfect, but here is the correction I had to make -- that C was supposed to be a K -- it is ever so slightly off to the right, but it will just have to do...

I hope she likes it!

MCT Monogrammed Purple Dress

This one has a story, this belonged to my eldest daghter (almost 7 now) and then my youngest daughter, now 4 years old -- and has come to rest with my sister's daughter -- she's two - When I handed it to her (no embelishments, mind you) I said -- give me that dress back, I can monogram it for your daughter and then I also thought of that fringy fringe I love to put at the bottom -- I wish I had thought of it when it was my own kids dress, but I guess it all worked out, now our little MCT will have something stylish and new out of our old hand me down...I hope she LOVES it!

Monogrammed Hand Towels

I have a wedding shower to attend tonight so I went to the bride's registry to find out her colors and got two hand towels and monogrammed the bride & groom's initials on them this morning -- Won't they be delighted?!

http://doubleoak.blogspot.com/

http://doubleoak.blogspot.com/

I've created a blog because there is a lot of interest in what is going on with our house we are building -- I'll post any progress as it happens and i've also added a link to it to the left of this site where I've listed my sites I'm addicted to...check it out sometimes!

Pajamas to Match Molly Doll's

My daughter loves her Molly American girl doll...and on the left is a photo of the pajamas that she came with -- Molly the doll wore them to bed last night and cuddled all night with my daughter -- I decided I wanted to make some matching PJs for my daughter but didn't have quite enough of the striped fabric in my stash, but I did have this fun red hibiscus print that she LOVED! I think it turned out really cute - This pattern runs from about kid size 4T all the way through adult XL -- it is easy too. Simplicity 9964 -- what do you think? I think they will look nice all cuddled up together. You may recognize that red hibiscus fabric -- I think we bought it on our first trip to Hancock together and only paid $1 a yard for it! This was the end of my stash of both of these fabrics -- so I am glad my stash is shrinking a little for it!

Free Entry into Cypress Gardens for Berkeley County Residents

Did you know that if you are a resident of Berkeley County that you have every month free entry into Cypress Gardens? The third Saturday of every month you can get in free if you arrive between 9 and 12 AM just by showing your license to prove residence -- My parents took my girls a while back and almost nobody was even there -- There is a lot to see and now that they are thinking of closing the alligator and crocodile exhibits you need to go and see it before they move!

I hope to see you there!

Molly's Pink and Black Outfit

I made this today for my oldest daughter's American Girl Doll to wear so that she will be coordinating with her pink & Black outfit -- a couple of links down -- pattern is McCall's 5554

Blurry Photos - problem solved!

You may have noticed all of my photos had this blurry area on them for the past week or two (or maybe longer!) and I finally thought " oh well, I'll have to get a new camera " and I turned it around and there was a blob of something on the lens...duh -- cleareer pictures are in the future!

Our House So Far

I know it has nothing to do with my crafting blog, but here is the house we are building so far, and since I did do a little shoveling, It is something I made with my own two hands...

Cheetah Girls 3 tiered Skirt

Simplicity 4206

http://www.simplicity.com/dv1_v4.cfm?design=4206

I used the skirt and the shorts out of this pattern envelope to make this skirt. I assembled the shorts and separately assembled the skirt, both all the way until they wanted you to create the waist elastic casing -- then sewed them together at the waist, created a casing and inserted the elastic, closed it up and viola, I have a true skirt with shorts on the inside.

I think this will not work for just any skirt/shorts pattern, they have to the exactly the same size around the waist to be able to sew them together (or you could use a knit and stretch it to make it work!).

This was a fun cheetah Girls fabric from my friend Tracy -- I have just enough fabric left to make the sleeves of the shirt in this same pattern envelope (view B) but I want to choose just the right fabric for the bodice -- something funky...It may take me a while to find just the right thing to make this shirt, but the skirt turned out awesome!