Cute as a Button: Lyla's First Birthday Bash

Naptime is Crafttime: DIY Fall Frame

Here's a fun fall craft for even the mommies of the speed nappers!

{Lyla-the-napping-champ is in this category lately thanks to teething 4 teeth at once.  Joy}

First thing to do is gather up a spare frame you have laying around your house 

(or even one that is already out on a shelf!)

I got these gold frames from my local dollar store last year when I was planning my gender reveal party.

 Next, find a pack of fun fall paper.  

This I just got at Target.

Sooooo cute!

Then do a little snip snip action and...

Ta-Da!

Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.

I had plans to make more with my other frames but Lyla started crying.

Poor girl.

Hopefully this passes soon!

*Enjoy!

Naptime is Craft Time: 2 Minute Pincushion

Want to know how to make a super easy but oh-so-cute pincushion?

I'll show you!

But seriously, don't blink or you might miss this...

It's that fast.

What you need

-A cute coffee mug or teacup 

{mine is from Anthropology forever ago but they still have adorable ones here}

-A scrap piece of fabric

-A rubberband

-Stuffing 

{I've been stealing stuffing from an old pillow to make my recent projects!}

Step 1

Take a handful of stuffing and put it in the center of your scrap fabric

Step 2

Tie the rubber band around the end of your fabric

Step 3

Put the fabric ball in the mug

TA-DA!

Easiest craft in the world.

Throw a bow on this baby and she could also be an adorable gift!

What 2 minute naptime crafts have you made lately?

  

Weekend Roundup

Hi-ho 

hi-ho 

It's back to work we go

Okay so I'm a stay-at-home mom and not really technically going back to work... 

But pretty much, yeah, going back to the work week

We had a nice weekend together as a family.  Jesse was sure to make Mother's Day special for me and let me stay in bed all afternoon and not lift a finger all day.  Woohoo.

Then on Monday (Jesse doesn't go back to work until Monday night so our "work week" isn't until tuesday-ish) we had a little family adventure:

Check out the cheesy grin on that cutie's face!  

She looooved riding in her chariot.  She sat in her seat and waved her arms around the whole time we were riding.  Then when we stopped she just smiled and made a lot of grunting noises (which is happy sounds in Lyla-land).  It was just so nice to get out and get some fresh air and spend some quality time together as a family.  Hopefully we can sneak some rides in this week and this weekend too.

Oh, and another highlight of my weekend was snagging this little puppy:

Isn't is BEAUTIFUL?! 

I might have squealed for joy when we saw it at Salvation Army.

I can not wait to get my hands on this little one and paint it up (after a TON of scrubbing of course!).  The question is... what color should I do??

A Girl Can Never Have Too Many Bows

Remember in this post when I talked about the millions of bows I was making while pregnant?

Well, I wanted to share our little bow holder we made for our little miss.

This is by far the easiest little project to do and can add so much character to your baby's nursery.

When picking the frame for the project I knew right away which one I would choose.  

A little backstory:

Two years ago {I can't believe it's been that long!} I was doing my daily Goodwill shopping for random goodies for my wedding decorations.  It was then that I stumbled upon the cutest little wooden frame and I knew right then that I needed it!  

Now, as most of you know, it is important when shopping for thrift store treasures to be sure to look past what an item currently is and to see what it can become.

This was true for this frame.  It had the most ridiculous picture of a cardinal in it.  But I looked past the ugly print and saw the beautiful treasure!  I snatched the $6 frame and happily skipped home knowing it was going to be a perfect addition to my rustic decor.  

I wish I had a better picture of the frame itself but you can see it there in the back. 

We threw that ugly bird print straight in the trash and printed up this cute saying:

Come as you are

Stay as long as you can

We're all family here

So there's no seating plan

I originally wanted to keep the frame to put a wedding picture in it but the glass unfortunately broke on it's commute from Ohio to Alaska.  Bummer.

  

But, fortunately, it was still put to good use...

Which brings me back to the point of this post!

I know, I know,  you can say it

"FINALLY!"

To start with I took some lace ribbon I had laying around (another left over wedding item) and stapled it to the back of the frame.  

I had to be stingy with it because I only had just enough ribbon to make it work.  But if I had more I would've put more rows in there and made the strips longer so I could have used more staples.

Now, my husband doesn't allow me to use a drill {for good reason!} so I had to recruit him for this next part

He drilled evenly spaced holes all along the bottom of the frame

Next, We manually screwed in these little cup hooks that we also had here on hand for the ribbon holder

These were a great size to hold headbands!

I quickly realized once it was on the wall that it looked pretty bare without any fabric or anything behind it.

I grabbed a piece of foam board from our office and cut it down to fit in the back of the frame



I took the last little bit chevron fabric we had on hand and simply hot glued it onto the board.  I just barely had enough fabric to cover the whole surface so to cover up the trail I added some different lace on either ends too

Ta-Da!  I love how it adds a little rustic touch to her room.

I put the bows Lyla wears most often on there and the other bows are stored nicely on her bookshelf in a little birdcage that was left over from one of my bridal showers

I'm very pleased with the way that the project turned out.  

And even more pleased with this little number--
Total project cost: $0

For the win!