Part 2 of the Too Late for Christmas tutorial series is superhero masks! These were so easy I made two in every color and I used this pattern that is perfect in every way. MATERIALS washable felt Heat’N Bond 3/8″ braided elastic INSTRUCTIONS fuse 2 layers of felt together with Heat’N Bond trace mask pattern … Read more
Pin It Now that Christmas is over and I have time to breathe again (and now that it’s too late for you to use for this Christmas…), I’m going to be writing up tutorials for the handmade gifts I made for my boys this year. First up: Tool Belts These come together quickly using mostly … Read more
I went to someone’s Christmas Party/Show/Fundraiser and one of the acts was this elf playing the violin in a celtic style. I thought it was amazing and then I found her channel on Youtube. Below is the song that she played that night. It is a medley that she arranged herself of the following songs: … Read more
It’s not that I procrastinate. I don’t. Procrastination is not one of my many weaknesses, it’s that (like all of you) I just have so much to do all the time. I’m forever dealing with the most urgent crisis so everything feels terribly last minute. Especially holiday shopping. Not being on top of my holiday … Read more
Here are some of the costume items I made for my boys for Christmas. Super hero capes. Click here for the free patterns. And more super hero capes. I’m still working on a Super Why cape also. What others could I do??? Super hero masks (Click for tutorial) and tool belts from old jeans. These … Read more
Pin It I don’t know about the rest of the boys on the planet, but my two older boys love toys that aren’t really toys best of all. This Christmas I’m hand making most of their gifts and they’re mostly getting various items for their costume collection. I’m sick of all the toys they don’t … Read more
As we unearthed all our Christmas decorations this year I realized we had a stocking crisis. There are now 5 people in our family and we only had 3 stockings and they were hideous. The only solution to having cute, personalized, and coordinating stockings for our whole family was to make some! So it went … Read more
I use my Cricut all the time to cut fabric for applique – mostly onesies and towels but also buntings and I may even do a quilt in the near future. I did this towel for a Christmas present and cut out the flower and name with my Cricut and it was so fast and … Read more
Pin It Is there anything more cheery than a bunting? I think not. I wanted to add a few things to our collection of Christmas decor this year and figured a bunting would be just the thing. I did this one out of paper instead of fabric, which was WAY faster but maybe not less … Read more
Pin It We have a fancy Christmas party to go to next week and I needed some fancy but flat shoes. I think glitter will do the trick. I covered these cheap plain black flats from PayLess with very fine black glitter and I love how they turned out. You could definitely make over thrifted … Read more