Homemade Christmas

If you're feeling crafty this Christmas and want to make your own ornaments...check out these cute ornaments I found via How About Orange

Happy Turkey Day

This is our first year staying home for Thanksgiving.  No worries though, we are still mooching off of some friends for dinner.  I've never made a Turkey before and the thought of it kind of intimidates me...maybe next year.  Someday I'm going to have a fancy dinner with a beautiful table display.  Here are a couple ensembles I found at BHG that I wouldn't mind at my future Thanksgiving festivities.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving...full of counting blessings and food!

Wanna learn the official way of setting the table.  Check it out here

Sincerely,

Ms This

Trial and Error

I attempted my first item of clothing without a pattern and I love the finished product.  It didn't end up the way it was pictured in my head but it fits and that makes me happy.  I also used elastic thread for the first time to sew up the neck and sleeves.  This shirt required little fabric and little time.  I think I'll be making some more.  Maybe even a tutorial!

Sincerely,
Ms This

Eat Drink Chic

I found this cute greeting card download at Eat Drink Chic.  Click here if you want the free download!  I love free stuff.

Felt Food

My daughter may or may not be receiving a kitchen set for Christmas...I believe every cute kitchen set requires cute play food.  My Aunt and Sister-in-law showed me this great link for making felt food from UCreate.  I also loved the book-themed felt food idea found here.  I'm a very visual person and need the instructions right in front of me when I'm "crafting" so I put together some of my favorite felt food tutorials along with some pictures to help create my own.  I figured I would share it with you too if you have the urge to make some cute homemade treats!  I pretty much copied and pasted the tutorials from different websites.  I made sure I put whom it was from at the start of the tutorial if you want to refer back to the original.  Again the links (plus more) can be found here at UCreate.


Felt Food Tutorials

Sincerely,
Ms. This

Sublime Stitching

I'm anxiously awaiting for these two patterns to come in the mail.  I found them on Sublime Stitching and I love the fresh designs that they have created.  They got me excited about embroidery and I can't wait to stitch one of these Dutch-Russian Dolls.

Quiet Book

I made this book for my daughter in hopes that it would be good entertainment during church.  I completed the project and brought it with us to church.  It did not entertain in the way I had hoped.  I think she is still a little too young for it.  She was throwing all the pieces and trying to rip them apart.  I'm a little too attached to the book to let her mess it up like that.  We are storing it in her dresser until she understands what it's for!  Mean...maybe, but look how cute it is....

This is the cover of the book.  I created a tutorial for the book if it is something you want to make.  Just click our tutorial button to find it!

I found a lot of ideas online for the pages of the book.  I copied some, tweaked some a little bit, and created some of my own.  Here are the sights I used for inspiration:

How to make a quiet book

Homemade by Jill

The Egberts

Itybty Frog

Naptime Journal

I found a template online for the mailbox on the right but I can't find the link anywhere!  I'll keep searching...

The finger puppets I found in the dollar section at Target.  Ikea has great ones and Martha has a tutorial if you want to make your own (click here)

This page along with the ARK pages are my favorite!  This one reminds me of the PINK line from Victoria's Secret.

Sincerely,
Ms This