Baby shower gift!

I made this wall hanging as a baby shower gift for a friend of mine.  I didn't take any pics of it until right before the shower like the dork that I am.  Luckily it was super easy, so it should be easy to explain.

I found a 12"x12" wooden square at Michaels.  Some Cute fabric and a wooden K and acrylic paint at Hobby Lobby.  Some E-6000 Glue from Michaels. Some Ribbon.  A staple gun, and 1/4 and 1/2 inch staples. And spray adhesive.

First I sprayed the front of the square with spray adhesive and glued the fabric to it.  Then I stapled the excess fabric to the back of the square with the 1/4 inch staples so that it wouldnt go all the way through.  Then I painted the K green (which I had to make the proper color by mixing off white, lime green, and brown).  Then I glued the K on to the fabric with the E 6000 glue.  Then I stapled the K on from the back with the 1/2 inch staples.  Be very careful when stapling the K on that you done miss the K and just put holes in your fabric.  I then cut the ribbon to hang it from and stapled it to the back of the square.  Next I cut another square of fabric and folded the edges under so that it was just a bit smaller than the wooden square (about 11 1/2x11 1/2) I put it over the back of the square and covered all my ugly staples and just stapled it in the four corners so that those four staples are the only four you see.  And then I tied the bow which I learned how to do by googling "tying bows" and found a tutorial on you tube....which I would link but I cant remember which one I used....theres lots on there that are essentially the same. Last I hot glued the bow to the corner of the ribbon and WA LA! I really think it turned out cute!

For all you slackers out there....

So, I know this is kinda late but I just went to my sisters house tonight and helped her make my moms mothers day gift.  I'm totally in love with it and it took literally 30 minutes to do.
Since my mom is going through chemo right now, she spends pretty much all of her time either in bed, or in her recliner.  So this gift will get much use!

 We found a TV dinner tray for $8.50 at walmart.  (ahh, how I love coming home from Canada, the low prices always make me sooo happy right when I get back.) anyways, it was just a plain dark wood color.
 So we found some cute red, green, and beige striped fabric, and some white antique colored acrylic paint. 

We painted the legs and as much of the underneath that could be seen at all the white color.

We layed the fabric over the top to see how big it needed to be and cut it with about an extra 2 1/2 inches hanging over each side. Then used spray adhesive and glued down the fabric to the top. We did it outside because the glue sprays pretty far and wide.

We put a towel down and flipped it over, and used the edge of the towel to cover the fabric as we sprayed the bottom of the tray, as to not get the fabric soaking wet(because if the glue soaks all the way through the fabric it stains) Then we staple gunned the corners.

Then we used a fine grain sand paper and sanded down the corners to give it some character. Then sprayed the top with a scotch gaurd so it wont stain.  I think it turned out SOO cute.  I can't wait to serve her Mothers Day lunch on it.

Now, I'm not going to put up a picture of the entire thing finished, or tell you about the cute decorations and such we're going to put on it for her mothers day lunch just in case by some crazy chance my mom looks at this I dont want to totally ruin the gift.  Which like I said since shes going through chemo is highly unlikely, but still.  Ill put up pics on Sunday.  Happy Mothers' day to all the mothers out there!

THERES MORE!!!

AHHH!! Theres even a tutorial to make a RUFFLED birdie mobile just like the ribbon birdies!! Im totally freaking out. YAY!  Find it HERE!

Mama's Mother's Day Rag Quilt!

Me and my Rediculously Beautiful Mother, Rita Jo!!

My mother is the most amazing person in the world.  Literally.  She is now fighting cancer for the third time, unfortunately, and not doing quite as well as she has before.  We are not giving up, however, she is such a fighter and I know with the Lords help she can do anything...including beat this cancer!! For mothers day this year I decided to make her a rag quilt to remind her of all of the people that are rooting and praying for her to win this battle!! So I went to the fabric store, and I searched and searched for a fabric that would represent each member of our family.  I got one for my daddy, 2 for each of us kids, and one for each of the grandkids.  I was going to keep going and get some for my Grandaddy, Aunt and cousins, but I figured 15 different fabrics was enough.  Then I patterned them by age of the person they represent (i like the idea of random quilting, but my personality forbids it haha). 

 Anyways, I cut out 12 squares of each fabric all 6x6in. You need 2 squares of fabric per square on your quilt (one for the back and one for the front).  So I ended up with 90 squares. I did 9 square across and 10 squares down.  I love rag quilting because it is SO much easier than actually making a quilt. Having to back it and quilt it and yada yada.  Plus I think a rag quilt is more comfy like a "blanky" than a regular quilt. 

 Anyways, since my squares were so small I didnt need to sew an X on them or anything.  I just sewed them together by rows and then sewed the rows together making sure the seams would all end up on the same side of the blanket.  Then you cut the fabric so its fringey and wash and dry it so it will fray.  TA DA so easy cute, and special!! 

I think it turned out really well and I love the total mis match look of it.  I know she'll love it! I'm so proud of you mama!!

Baby Box!

This was a baby/pregnancy gift I made for my cousin for her first baby.  I got a photo box from the dollar store, ofcourse, and used scrapbook paper and ribbon to cover it in. 

Her husband served a mission for our church in Mexico and he gives his family Spanish lessons every week for FHE by reading from the BOM in Spanish, so I put "nino precioso" on the top with stickers (which means precious child in spanish). 
Then I filled the box with long ribbons with tags tied to them that I wrote a number of weeks on.  I did them in about 2 week increments, so as she grows she can tie them around her belly and cut off the excess and keep them in her box to measure her growth.  I also put some little note card so she could write down anything special about a paticular time in her pregnancy she wanted to remember.  You could put little photo albums or whatever else you wanted in there, too. 
And, depending on how close you were to the mother and how far she is in the pregnancy... you could write a letter to the baby and put it in there and tell about how wonderful the mother to be has been in taking care of the new baby during pregnancy, or if there were any funny stories from the pregnancy that the mother to be might not write down that you thought would be endearing for the baby to read one day.  Anyways Hope you like it!