We've Got Spirit, Yes We Do!!

Addison's school has spirit day every Friday starting this week.  Each Friday, students need to wear a school t-shirt, school colors, or a t-shirt of their favorite sports team.  Since she has a plethora of pink, and not so many sports t-shirts, I had to get creative.

The school colors are red, gold and black, so I decided to make a fun headband for her to wear.  I am sure this will be one of many that I make for her so she can swap them out each week.  I will probably end up doing some shirts for her too, but I need to get out to the store to get some solid color shirts.

This is what I came up with, using the fabric I already had on hand.

I made this last night, and when Addie came downstairs this morning she saw it sitting on the island in the kitchen.  "Ooh - that's so pretty Mommy!!"  She was very pleased that it was for her!!  I loved the horseshoe printed fabric - they were some scraps given to me from a friend.  I wondered what I would use it for, and this was as good of a project as any!!

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Cuckoo for Camo

When Addison came home from Summer Camp yesterday, I found myself faced with a challenge.  She told me that they are learning about the military (to celebrate Memorial Day) and that everyone has to wear camouflage to camp today.  Addison is as girly as they come - and although she likes to fish and watch hunting shows with her daddy - she doesn't have a lick of camouflage in her closet.   I started making calls to some of my friends in the neighborhood that have little boys to see if they had any old camo t-shirts in their closets.  Low and behold, my friend's husband had an old pair of shorts that were on their way to the trash - score!

So last night, I made Addie a headband to wear today.  Of course I had to add a little pink (for fear that she wouldn't wear it otherwise).  I love the way it came out! 

It was a big hit when I dropped her off - and the director said that all of the kids who wore camo today get a special treat!  Yay for Addison!  Have a great Wednesday!!

 

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More Flowers for Day 9!

I hope you all aren't getting sick of me doing flowers - I just love making them!!  I sought out and found a great tutorial on these flowers that I keep seeing (and trying to make), and finally found one at jones design company.  I was missing one critical step, and she pointed me in the right direction - thanks Emily!


Today I used the same technique on two different projects.  First, I needed wanted a pin to wear for my interview today.  I wanted something simple and soft.  This is the final result - I did this one a bit different than the tutorial above, but I like the way it came out.

I felt like I was copping out a little just doing this one project since I just did a pin the other day, and this is the same fabric I used on my necklace.  So - I decided to make Addison a felt flower headband as well.  She wore it to school this morning.  Poor kid was so tired today!  She made the fake funny smile that I told you about.  Boy - when she gets older, she is going to hate me for posting this!

I wrapped the headband in 100% wool yarn - love the texture!

Now to go prepare for my interview - wish me luck!  
Till tomorrow!

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Day 6 - Valentines and Roses!!

I LOVE Valentine's Day projects! So many bright colors and flowers - reminds me that Spring is right around the corner (well kind of).  I made Addison a headband over the weekend, and thought the fabric was cute, so I wanted to adapt this project into some Valentine's stationery.

Addie's Headband

The card itself is made on a heavy weight textured ivory cardstock.  Rather than line the inside, I decided to print on a lighter weight textured white paper.  The I just sewed some of these beauties on there and Voila! 

I scoured through some of my old Stampin Up paper and found the coordinating designer series paper, so I lined the envelope as well.


Done, right?  Nope.  As I was working I had another idea.  What else do you think of when Valentine's Day comes to mind?  CHOCOLATE of course!  So I added this as well...

Front of the card

Back - cute, huh?

Lots of fun projects today - I could seriously go on and on with these.  Hope you enjoyed them!!

Till tomorrow!

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