New Blog :D

So… I have totally had a blog before, but have always gotten bored with it quickly.  I guess I am trying again because I do like to write my thoughts out.  And I can keep track of special things.  Which is a total plus because I never remember anything anymore.  I love to make things and my weekend has been full of craftiness :)  Today was a special photo shoot for my little princess Cameron.  I am so beyond excited to have a girl now and be able to dress her in girly things! But picking things out is super hard, because there are so many super cute things for girls out there!!  And most of them are also super expensive :/ So me being the frugal, hey I could just make that! kinda person came up with the things I wanted to have for the photo shoot.  First thing I needed was simple, I wanted to dress Cam up as a fairy! - Ok maybe not so easy!  Enter tutu dress with matching headband;



Way poofy = Way cute!

 I used this video as a general guideline.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnxqYLKVJH0 
I kinda already had an idea how it worked, but this helped a little.  Now the hard part - the wings.  I started out with this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB5iZ5B1Mhg
Totally not what I wanted, I wanted something “real looking”, I just happened to find this video, and it was what I wanted!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTAqSAqZjY4
I must say, the process of making these was very difficult, I mean not overly so, but still a bit daunting.  And I didn’t exactly get it right.  This is how mine turned out -



I am happy with them though, they are probably a tad too fragile for my liking however.  And I have no idea what kinda of cellophane the woman in the video used because the only stuff I had melted the instant I put an iron on it.  So I improvised by just gluing the cellophane together.  I also needed something to complete Cameron’s little sister onesie.  I am kinda over shabby flower headbands - they get wrecked WAY too easily :/ I had seen something called “korker” bows before and wanted to make them.  But I had no idea what I needed to do.  I happened to have some ribbon on hand, so my first attempt invovled me trying to curl the ribbon with scissors - like you do with gift ribbon - yah it totally didn’t work… Enter google :) http://www.instructables.com/id/Curlykorker-Hair-Bows/
I was totally skeptical at first, but it worked!  And here is my result: (don’t mind the ugly couch, it needs the slipcover put back on!)





I am completely thrilled with the results :D And will definitely be making more soon!  You also call see my other project pictured here, baby leg warmers!  I love, LOVE the idea of these neato things.  But I really didn’t want to spend $15 a pop.  So enter tutorial #4:
http://www.u-createcrafts.com/2013/01/make-baby-leg-warmers-from-knee-highs-2.html
There are many, many how-to’s for these out there, but this one was my favorite - because it had a specific set of instructions for infant size :) So I totally made four pairs and will most definitely be making more, as I find some more awesome socks!  My creations for now,




I really would love to find some chevron socks, I am really loving that print right now.
That was my weekend! Thanks to Kara Abbey for taking lovely photos of my angels! Can’t wait to see them :)
I also made homemade laundry detergent, baby food, and got some sweet couponing deals, but I should go to bed now :D