Amelia's First Birthday

Harper got to attend her first birthday party ever yesterday! It was so fun! She came to celebrate her friend, Amelia's, first birthday. Amelia's mom told us she wanted to start collecting DVD's of favorite Disney movies for her. So, we decided to bring Amelia my personal favorite, Beauty and the Beast. I wanted to make Amelia a matching Beauty and the Beast bow, but I found every Disney ribbon but THAT one at Walmart. So, I went with her moms favorite, Nemo. I made four bows for Amelia and the were part of the decoration on the gift : )

More Bows!

I made two more bows for Harper. One I started a long time ago, it's a dog bow for her. She has a few outfits to wear it with. The other I just made tonight. I just liked the ribbons and was playing around with some different bow types.

New Bow for a Cute Outfit

I ordered a holiday outfit for Harper from my friend who created her own business, pink lime designs. The outfit turned out so cute! I LOVE the leopard antlers on Rudolph. Harper will be wearing this to our baby shower tomorrow at school. You see, because I had Harper so early, my third grade team at school didn't get a chance to throw the shower they were planning for me before Harper arrived. So, they decided to throw it once I went back to work. Now Harper gets to come too! Since she will be wearing this adorable outfit - I thought I'd make a bow to match it. I wanted to get to Hobby Lobby to buy some leopard ribbon, but I didn't make it there - so I just used the cream and tan ribbons I had on hand with some red and black gross grain. I think it turned out pretty cute.

A Christmas Style Boutique Bow

I've ordered a few bows for Harper off Etsy, but I've really wanted to learn how to make boutique style bows. So I found this blog - she has videos on You Tube on how to make all different kinds of bows. For my first boutique bow I tried I used pinks, greens and reds to make a Christmas bow for Harper. I think it turned out well for my first one of this kind! Anyway - check out her blog and videos on You Tube to learn how to make these bows. They are pretty easy!

Corker Bow

I decided to try and make a corker bow when I saw this tutorial. I wanted to make an Auburn bow for Harper, since she will be arriving in the heart of football season. I decided on some navy gross grain ribbon, orange with white polka dots gross grain ribbon and some white satin ribbon with brown footballs on them. I wrapped the ribbon around some skinny wooden dowels I bought at Hobby Lobby and put clothespins on each end. Next, just bake in the oven at 275 for 25 minutes! When they are cooled and you take the ribbon off the dowel - it will keep its korker shape!

Next, I made three individual corkers by cutting the ribbon into smaller pieces. I wrapped jewelry wire around the center to hold the bows in place.
Then I just hot glued them on an alligator clip to make a fuller and larger bow and topped it with an orange button!

Here is a view of the corker bow clipped on an orange headband. All ready for Ms. Harper to wear!

Three Layer Bow

I made this bow a few weeks ago and just got around to finishing it tonight by putting the clip on it. This bow is called a three layer bow because it is basically three bows put together to make one larger bow. You make the three individual bows first and then stack them on top of each other. It gets finished by hot gluing the "knot" piece around the center. I forgot to take pictures along the way, but you can find the tutorial I followed here.

Featured!

I'm so excited, last night I got online and saw a bow that I made was featured on one of my new favorite blogs - Fabric Bows and More. I love this site! It has so many links and directions on how to make all sorts of fun bows. To follow the link to my bow click here. So if you are a bow lover, head on over to the site and check out all the great ideas you can get there.

Spikey Pom Hair Bow

I started working on this spikey pom hair bow a few days ago - but between other projects, cleaning, dishes, taking the dog out, etc.... I got sidetracked a lot. I followed the directions for the spikey pom hair clip here. I liked the way it turned out. I think if I ever make this kind of clip again I could go a lot faster the second time around. My favorite part was using this new product I had never heard of called Stiffen Stuff.

Ribbon I chose for this bow.

A view once I got started sewing the ribbons down to the felt circle.

Hanging upside down to dry after I applied Stiffen Stuff.

Adorable girly girl bow all ready for wearing.

Bow Holder for Harper

Today I was feeling a little crafty - so I created this bow holder for Harper. We have Harper's crib, changing table and a little bookcase in her room waiting for her - but her chair won't arrive for two more weeks. So until I get the chair in the room and decide exactly where each piece of furniture is going to go - I'm not going to hang anything on the walls. So, after I crafted this cute little thing I just hung it on her door to snap a quick picture.
It really was an easy project. I got a cheap frame from Hobby Lobby in the clearance aisle for $5.80. I wrapped some foam board in fabric and then hot glued some ribbons to around the foam board. Then I just hot glued the decorated foam board into the frame. Super cute, super easy and super cheap - all for about $10-$12.

I also bought some ribbon and clips to make a few bows this week - now that I have this cute holder, I have to make some things to hang on it!

Big News

I have big news to share in blog land. Will and I are expecting our first child on (or around) October 3rd. We are very excited.

One of the first questions people ask me is "are you going to find out the sex??" If people really knew me they would know I could NEVER wait to find out what it is until the delivery. I am way too much of a planner. I already have a lot of items picked out that I would like for the baby's room. I have the "boy" plan and the "girl" plan. We will see which it turns out to be. Will swears it is a girl. I go back and forth. Initially I thought boy, then I thought girl, then I thought boy again and now I am officially undecided.

I plan on crafting some things for the nursery, but in the meantime I can't - not until I know what the sex is. So tonight I crafted something for baby Amelia.

I found these cute bows that you can make out of scrap fabric. This website has the tutorial. You can clip it to those stretchy headbands baby's wear. I just put a little clip on the back with hot glue.

I'm on Spring Break this week!