Sorry about a delay!

I am having trouble with my camera, so posting pics is not happening. I am delaying the leg warmer give away until I fix it, because I don't want to give away anything sight unseen. I promise I am working on it!

This week:
hair flower/bow tutorial
diamond tutu tutorial
boys pj pants "recon" tutorial
some halloween crafts

a talk about costumes :-)

and the leg warmer give away!

Also I will be adding some notes about my back to school sale, I have hair bows, flowers and a few outfits and tutu left, want to clearance them to make room for fall and winter crafts.

WINNER OF THE HALLOWEEN TUTU!

IS LINDSEY! YAY!

Lindsey, please e-mail me at sewinlove@ymail.com so I can get the details to send you yoru prize!

I LOVE give aways!

SOOOOOO Everyone can leave a comment on this post to be entered for a weekend give away of baby leg warmers.

I am trying to get a picture of them up but am having a little difficulty with my camera. I have a new tutorial also, for eggshell votives, however the pics just won't work. I will hammer it out before the weekend is up, and I will draw the winner of the weekend giveaway on Sunday. Tell your friends, tell your enemies! The more visitors I have, the better for everyone, because I will do give aways more often.


Ok? Ok!
Congrats Lindsey!

Last day!

LAST DAY to leave a comment so you can be entered into the drawing fo a cute free Halloween tutu!

Glitter Flower tutorial

You can do this with your kids, even as young as 3 years old. Then use the flowers to decorate a picture frame, make a hair clip, or Glue them with a hot glue gun to a metal pail for a great flower pot or gift basket.

You will need:
silk/fabric flowers: I like to get several different colors then mix them up for a colorful effect
Glitter: I use the kind for scrap booking
Glue: Elmer's is fine, though I used permanent no sew glue for this tutorial because I am out of Elmer's glue
small paint brushes: flat ones work best
some bottle caps and/or sectioned off plates for the glue and glitter

First, take apart your flowers:








Set aside the bottoms, the tiny petals if you have them, and the center parts.










Now, put glue in a bottle cap or sectioned off plate.









Place Glitter the same way, on a sectioned off plate for example, so you can either brush on the glitter or dip, whichever you desire






Now take your first part of your flower, And the idea is to put glue where you want your glitter. You can brush glue on, or dip it in the glue. You can do just the tips of the petals, or randomly (Like my 3 year old did, lol) or do s line up the center of the petals. Whatever you like. You can also chose to do one petal at a time, though I found that if you are just doing the tips, brushing them all and then dipping them into the glitter worked best.













Once your Flowers has the glitter on the way you like it, do the next layer of petals. Do as many as you like, I have made flowers with 6-8 layers of petals and had a beautiful effect, but for this tutorial I did only 2 layers and they came out nicely.

Now, take your center piece If you are going to make it glittery, read on, if you are not, simply put your flower together and let it dry. For Elmer's glue, a couple of hours is fine, but for hte permanent fabric glue, let it sit overnight.

IF you are making your center piece glittery also,
1)paint it with the glue generously,
2)then sprinkle the glitter into it and
3)shake off the rest,

Repeat steps 2 and 3 until happy with your glitter on the piece.........












Now, put your flower together, let it dry, and use it to add sparkly fabulousness to your home, hair, or locker!

Some news:

I am going to do a giveaway on Friday, And I will be giving away a pair of gender nuetral (though brightly colored!) baby leg warmers for up to size 18 months! BUTTTT The catch is in order to be entered into the drawing, you have to have left a comment or be a follower before i begin the drawing, so make sure you click those buttons!

and don't forget to look at the tutu giveaway post, ok? it's a stunning tutu!




OH YEAH I almost forgot to tell you all, because someone asked me....my home is SMOKE FREE and PET FREE.

Another GiveAway

Halloween is coming and it's time to start thinking of what you want to be, and get the kids to settle on one choice so the creation can begin. Unless you are like me, and do it last minute. I am done waiting too long, so I am going to post some simple costume ideas and tutorials, and we will have some fun with autumn decorations and Halloween ones, too. And it wouldn't be my blog without activities to do with your kids, and things to teach your little ones.

So, here is my first giveaway! This tutu is size 2T though you can get away with putting it on as small as 18 months and as big as 3T. It is black tulle with red tulle tied into diamonds with black satin ribbons. It's very rockin'! The longest layer is 18 inches from the waist, with 16 inch layers of black and the red tulle is 14-16 inches. And hey, you could get this awesome punky tutu for F-R-E-E!

There are 2 ways- leave a message with your name, and why you would like to win this tutu, OR Click the button to follow the blog and leave a comment saying you are a follower. If you do not leave an e-mail, you must check back for the announcement so I can contact you for the information on where to send it. I will do a random drawing. one entry per person, please.

DEADLINE is August 28, 2009 at 10p.m. EST. Winner announced the following day.



I wanted to say, future give aways aren't all-girl....Boy stuff coming next time!

GiveAways!

To start out my brand new blog, I want to first tell you to stay tuned. There will be crafts you can do with your kids, advice, anecdotes and stories, stuff you can buy, and give aways!

Let's open with a giveaway, unfortunatly this one is not by me.

That will come very soon though!

All Children’s Furniture, which offers everything from kids furniture to toys, is sponsoring a Razor scooter giveaway on BabyCenter’s MOMformation.

In fact, check out MOMformation for lots of great blog posts, articles, giveaways, and more! There is even recipes. I can get enough of baby center and mostly of MOMformation.