Retro Cupcake Apron

Judy, from Sprizzie, and I shared some cupcake making ideas last night at our Relief Society meeting. Of course we NEEDED matching cupcake aprons for the presentation! This is what I came up with. It is the Simplicity 3949 pattern.



I added ric rac and the ruffle to cute it up! I love the fabric & the colors - it's so retro feeling. It's my new favorite apron!

Easter Skirts & Ties

The Easter skirts and ties were super cute. I loved that the girls skirts were out of the same fabric but each were different patterns.

Bunny Jars

Instead of packing for our camping trip, I have been obsessing about these:
Yesterday I saw this tutorial for Bunny Jars from Torie Jayne. For the past 24 hours all I could think about was making the jars. I went through all the children's toy animals only to find not one bunny. (If I want to make dinosaur jars sometime, I am set!) I went to a few stores keeping my eyes open. Finally at Pier One I found these porcelain bunny ornaments - they were the closest thing so I bought them.

Last night I cut off the hangers (which I wish they didn't have) and epoxied them to my jars. (I save every jar I come across. I even emptied out a bottle or pickle relish because I liked the jar!)


This morning I got out the spray paint. I first primed them then painted them what ever colors I had on hand. I filled them with paper grass (which was also hard to find this late in the season) and then put the malted milk eggs in. I think they are cute.
Now I can start packing for our camping trip!!!

Bunny Silhouette Art

I made this cute bunny picture today. It's been a while since I spray painted anything so I was looking around my house and found this frame I picked up at a garage sale for $1.



Then went through the scrapbook paper and found this paper. I went through my spray paint collection and found a color that matched. I glued the paper to a matte and then cut the opening with a paper crafting knife. I tore a page out of Charlotte Bronte's, Villette (I read it and didn't like it so the 500+ pages are perfect for crafting!) Then I googled bunny silhouette and cut it on the Cricut. Easy peasy!

It sits in my kitchen window! Happy Easter to me!!

I am in Love

I found this little beauty at an Estate Sale this weekend. $1. I am in love!

How do I get anything done with a Bengal Cat!!!

As soon as Marbles hears the tissue paper of a pattern rustle, he is running for it! He loves to hide in it, chase it, and nestle in it. Pinning and cutting is a whole other story!

(I am working on skirts!)

A New Apron for Me

I have been collecting apron patterns and tutorials. I found this darling retro blender fabric and knew it was destined to be an apron. So instead of getting out one of my many new apron patterns, I dig out an old one - McCalls M5505

The pattern has you hem all the edges and there are so many raw seams especially with the ruffle. I cut another apron front out and used it as the back. I sewed it and turned it and now there are no exposed seams! I love that!

Easter Neck Ties

I spent the day with Jennifer from Jennifer Sews Again learning & trying to make neck ties. I have always wanted to do this and so had sue - so I guess now is as good of time as any. We scoured the creative sewing blogs for patterns, trying some but just not happy with the results. We ended up deconstructing an existing tie. We un-stitched all the pieces, pressed them, then traced them and came up with our own pattern. It worked great. Ties are just a little sewing on the machine and the rest is pressing and hand stitching! Now we will have ties that match the girl's skirts for Easter!

Kitchen Banner

I took down all the window treatments by the kitchen table. It looked quite bare. I wanted something smaller and lighter yet full of color. With the all white kitchen finished, it is screaming for color now. I decided on a fabric banner. I traced a circle and folded it in half, sewed the curvy part then turned it right side out. Then, just use double fold bias tape to sew all the scallops together.

More Pyrex

I picked up this little beauty at the Goodwill today! It's in pretty good shape too. You never know what you are going to find there!