Mr. And Mrs. Suitcase

Two nights before my sisters wedding, I finally decided on her gift! But that meant going on a hunt for a vintage suitcase. First I went to Goodwill. It was a bust. I was about to give up and just give her money, when I remembered a cute little store in my home town, Encore. I ran in and quickly looked through the store, I was on my way out the door when I spotted this perfect HOT pink vintage suitcase. 

I cut out the vinyl with my Silhouette and slowly stuck it on! For some reason it did not want to stick. I was about to give up when my mom stepped in and finished it for me! 

I put a cute little poem in it and it will be the perfect thing to keep all of their wedding treasures.

I made one for my other sister, and she said it is so handy to keep everything in and go back to look at. Here is hers!

Quiet Book

I made this Quiet Book for my niece for Christmas. I used my Silhouette to cut some of it out, but did a lot of it by hand. I got to practice putting grommets on and applying snaps. I made it so I can add pages as she gets older, by using 3 inch binder rings to hold it together. 

Bridal Bouquet Ornament

My best friend got married in May, and left her bridal bouquet at my house to dry. It was hanging awkwardly in my guest bedroom inside a brown bag. I saw a post on a Silhouette page that I follow that had the petals in an ornament. Perfect! I got out her bouquet and picked out some of the better (not moldy) flowers! I found a plastic ornament at Hobby Lobby and filled it with the petals. Then I cut out Mr. & Mrs. out of gold vinyl and 2014. I tied a little bow on it and boxed it up! I like that it is small and she can remember her wedding every year at Christmas time!

I teach, therefore I drink

These tea towels were a hot gift for my teacher friends! They are available in my Etsy shop

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Navy

One of my good friends has a brother-in-law who is in the Navy. She wanted some gifts for her niece, nephew, and BIL. I think these turned out so cute! Her girls even helped me paint the sign and cut out the words for the shirt and onesie! 

I still need to perfect my PVP techniques. Thankfully, she wanted a rustic sign! It was made from wood that I got off of an old pallet. The white paint is chalk paint, and the blue is acrylic, so it distressed really nicely. 

Pillows

I needed Christmas Pillows to match my house, so I went to work. A lot of these are made from scraps that I had in my craft room! I made the chevron and canvas ones tie pillows because I didn't have as much fabric! I love them, and still have them in my living room! 

To make this one, I traced a sign that I liked and cut it out with heat transfer vinyl using my Silhouette. This one I made into an actual pillow, instead of a cover. I stuffed it with a lot of random scraps of stuffing and batting! It cleaned up my craft room a lot!

These pillows, I made for my cousin's boss. They initially wanted me to embroider a blanket, but it was NOT working. So we had to revisit the gift! I think these turned out 100 times better! Each employee chose one word to describe their boss. Then I put them into a word cloud and cut them out of heat transfer vinyl.  I stuck them on to IKEA pillows! IKEA came to town recently, and I LOVE it!

NICU Graduate

This was a custom order for a friend whose niece was in the NICU. I love the pink girly version and the fact that she is now doing well! 

iPhone costume

So this is way delayed! Here is my Halloween costume from this year. I used my Silhouette to cut out almost everything. I used the trace tool to make a lot of the apps. I used scraps of fabric and heat transfer vinyl to iron it all on to a black t-shirt. I got a ton of compliments on it and my students LOVED it! It was a lot of work, but it was worth it.

Nativity Sign & Christmas Decorations

This little sign here was part of the reason I was so busy this Christmas! I posted a picture of my decorations and had so many requests for this sign, that I bought the commercial license for the design and created a "sign factory." I think I made and sold/gifted 25 of these puppies. The sign is available on my Etsy shop. 

I had the boards cut at Lowes, stained them (Kona & Barnwood), and then cut out the vinyl. Next year, I think I might try to stencil them, because I think it will go faster. 

I loved my new light up JOY sign from Big Lots and my red/white/silver/gold tree. Well, actually I loved all of my decorations! The wreath on my door was a fresh cut wreath from Lowes that I picked up while shopping for the wood.

Pumpkin Shirts

I have a tradition of making Halloween shirts for the kiddos before we go to the pumpkin patch. This year only a few were able to go, but we still had a blast! Schaake's Pumpkin Patch in Lawrence is so fun because you get to go in the patch and pick your pumpkins!

Aunt April, You made this for ME?! 

Be Royal

For the first time since 1985, the Kansas City Royals are in the play offs! Shirts are flying off the shelves. I decided to make my own! A little Silhouette action, and I had a shirt for under $5! 

Even though I'm lacking in the sleep department, it is so fun to be a "baseball city" right now! 

OSU onesie

This little ruffle butt onesie & burp cloth turned out sooo cute! While it is not my favorite team, I think Baby W will look great in it. I used my new ruffle foot to make the ruffles. I wish I had a surger to finish the edges, but instead, I folded the fabric over, ironed it and then sewed it. Then I made the ruffles and sewed them on to the onesie.  

This little diva got 2 matching bows! 

I used fabric and heat transfer vinyl to make the football.

Tri Delta Onesie

I made this for a future Tri Delta. I think it turned out so cute! It took me a while to weed out all of those little details, but it was worth it! 

Baby Farrah

Sweet Baby Farrah joined the world at the end of May. Being the first girl in her family, she needed some princess clothes! I whipped up a few of my favorites for her.

Baseball Baby Girl Onesie

Just had to share this cuteness! It is one of my best sellers on Etsy! 

I made one for a friend with a 1 year old. She wore it to the Royal's Spring Training and she said that 4 older men commented on it! 

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