I Have An Addiction...

to fabric that is.The sad thing is- I don't sew. Thank goodness my mom does, otherwise I'd have all of this cute fabric and nothing to do with it! I ordered these the other day from Hawthorne Threads. If you haven't heard of them and you love fabric, you must check them out. They have the cutest designer fabrics at great prices.
Does the fabric on the right look familiar? That's right, it's the same design as my new header! All of these are going to be burp clothes for some of my friends' babies. Won't they be adorable?
These will be especially cute for little boys. I can't wait to see the finished products. Once they are done, I'll show you!

Hockey, Snow, and Prayers

This has been a busy week! I feel like I haven't stopped since we returned home from Atlanta Sunday night. I am definately going to enjoy this long weekend by resting a lot!

Tuesday, our school went on a field trip to the Cottonmouths game. The kids loved it and I always enjoy a good field trip!Gavin was nice enough to help chaperone. Who am I kidding- Gavin pass up a hockey game? Yeah, right!
I've also been working on these this week:
I decided to experiment with these onesies, and they turned out pretty good. I think this is going to be my gift of choice for all of my friends' kids.

In other news, my long weekend was made even longer by this:

That's right- snow! It started snowing Friday morning, so we were dismissed from school at 12:30. I rushed home to throw on my snow clothes and play.
The dogs were too funny in the snow. Maddie kept grunting and growling at us for making her stay out in it.
But, Maisy absolutely loved it!
Wait- was there an extra dog in that picture? Yes, we are also dog sitting Daisy for Beth and Brett this week while they are at Disney World.
After the dogs had had enough, we headed to Auburn to play in the snow with some friends. Unfortunately, my little camera died before all of the sledding began. But, I did get some pictures and video with my phone. After sledding, we headed back to Kim and Ward's to pick up my Canon. We decided to go to Samford Hall for some more pictures.
I have enjoyed the snow, but am glad it is starting to melt. I'm definately ready for warmer weather!
Now for the prayers. One of our student's father was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon. We were notified of this on the way back from the field trip. A few of us stayed with him at the school Tuesday afternoon until 5:30 when someone was able to pick him up. He hasn't returned to school and no arrangements have been made because the police are still investigating the incident. He is such a good kid and I hate that this is happening to his family. So, will you please pray for him and his family? That God will wrap his arms around them and comfort them through this difficult time? It would mean the world to me.

Brittaney

How To: Appliqué Pillowcases

I've had a few people ask my how I made the pillowcases from the earlier post. So, I've decided to share.

This is what you will need: an iron, pillowcase, fabric of your choice, and some double-sided iron-on adhesive. I got this from Joann's Fabric.It's $2.99 for 3 sheets which can go a pretty long way.

First, you'll need to find out which side of the Steam-a-Seam sheet has the netting on it. You can do this by peeling back a corner and feeling the inside. The rough side is the side with the netting. Then, on the netted side, draw the letters on the sheets of Steam-a-Seam backwards. If this is difficult, but you can always make it easy by tracing letters that you print out from your computer backwards. Then, separate each letters by cutting the sheet (I cut the paper and then drew the letters, which is more difficult). Peel back the side of the sheet that you didn't draw on. Put the side that has the letter net-side down onto the back of your fabric. Then smooth the sheet onto the fabric so that they stick together. I used my license to smooth them together.

Next, cut out the letters on the fabric.

After cutting out all of the letters, peel the backing off of the adhesive sheets and arrange them on your pillowcase as you want them. Then, get to ironing. You need to iron each letter down for about 20 seconds. I iron them a little more to make sure that they stay put.

There you have it- a cute custom pillowcase!

Creativity Strikes

I've been trying to come up with some cute ideas for Christmas gifts lately. We have a lot of kids in the family and a lot of my friends have kids too. I really love personalized presents and homemade presents, so I decided to try to come up with some of these types of things as presents for the kids. Last week, I saw picture of an adorable pillowcase and thought "I can make that!" So, I made it and another one. They turned out really cute and I definately plan on making more for gifts. Here are a few pictures of the pillowcases: