Valentine's Shirt

For Christmas, I had this really cute dress for Sarah that my mom bought her.  But it needed a shirt to go underneath it.  I really wanted a black shirt because the dress was light beige.  I looked around and finally found a shirt at the Gap for $2.99 with 40% off.  Score!  It was a Halloween onesie and looked like this.

Pretty cute and worked great for what I needed it for.

I hate wasting stuff.  Even though this shirt was stinkin' cheap, I wanted to get as much use out of it as I could.  So, I thought I could easily cover up that pumpkin with something else.  I chose a heart for Valentine's day because pretty soon, this isn't going to fit her anymore!

So, I got some fabric and attached some interfacing to it to give it some stability.

I cut out a heart shape and pinned it over the pumpkin.

Then, I sewed a really tight zig zag stich all around the heart.  And voila, an adorable shirt for an adorable little girl!

I call this, and freezer paper stenciling, the poor man's version of embroidery.  {wink wink}  Turned out perfectly for a simple Valentine's shirt!

Here are our outtakes.  I guess I took too many pictures and left her unattended for too long.  Poor gal can't sit up for that long!  And she wanted that ice cream cone!

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Giveaway!!

I am super excited to be hosting my very first official giveaway!  I am giving away two gorgeous burlap banners just in time for Valentine's!!

My friend of Isaboo Designs graciously offered up two of her Valentine's banners to be given away.  They're seriously adorable!  In fact, all of her stuff is!  Check out her Etsy shop.  I own this cute wallet.

Here are the two banners up for grabs!

Cute, right?!?

Want them for your own?  Here's how to enter the giveaway!

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I {Heart} Mondays

Howdie Ho!  It's been a busy, yet productive day over at the Scotts today.  Finally sitting down to do my Monday round-up.  There are some amazing Valentine's projects on the web lately so for the next few weeks, I'll be highlighting some of my faves!  Today I'm focusing on decorations and some cutesy things!

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This is a great project to include your kids on!

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My friend has an Etsy shop and has these adorable banners for sale.  Ca-Ute!

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And some other random yet adorable finds!

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Happy Monday!  See you later this week {fingers crossed} with some new Valentine's decor!

A New Person

A couple of months ago, my brother decided he wanted to be baptized.  He was baptized as a younger child but after growing up and "living life", he decided he wanted a clean slate.  A new beginning.  So, he talked with one of his closest friends (whose a pastor at my church) and he was baptized.

I went backstage so I could capture this A.MAZE.ING moment!  I was so very proud.  And crying during all of it.

I was ordering some photos from Shutterfly and came across the photos from that day and thought my brother might like a copy of them.  So, I ordered a set for him.  Then I got to thinking, wouldn't it be nice if I put something together for him, like a keepsake, and attached 2 Corinthians 5:17 to it.  I found the frame in my closet, not being used.  I printed off some pictures and voila.  A personal reminder to Ian that the old life is gone, a new life has begun!

Hallelujah!

"Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.  The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" - 2 Corinthians 5:17

Instead of photographing the photos, here are the ones I chose:

I'm wrapping it up and including a personal note and dropping it off to him tonight!  I hope he always remembers how he felt on November 20, 2011.

A Look Back: Valentine's Style

Here are just a few of my Valentine's Decorations/Crafts from the past:

I made these bookmarks for my husband almost three years ago.  He still has one of them!  :-)

This is one of the first wreaths I made.  A gorgeous red felt wreath for Valentine's Day!

I love, love, love garland so I made this simple garland last year.  I can't wait to hang it up again!

And here's my most recent wreath I made this year.

Happy Decorating & Crafting!

You Wanna Piece of Me?

When Hosea made this face, my family laughed and laughed about it.  Look who I caught making the same face today?  

Valentine's Wreath: XO!

Several months have gone into the creating of my XO Wreath.  Let me bring you up to speed.

I am a wreath-making fool.  I love making wreaths for all occasions.  Months ago, I pinned this idea on Pinterest.  You basically take a swim noodle or foam tubing from Lowes and create your own wreath for a fraction of the price.  Woo Hoo!

Several weeks ago, I came across this beautiful berry wreath on Pinterest.  Knowing darn well I'm no good in the foliage department, I tucked it away trying to think of a way to make it mine. 

Then last week, I was trying to organize Sarah's room and was pulling out some of Hosea's old toys that were age appropriate for her now.  I came across an old play mat of his that I remembered had been recalled so I put the whole thing in the trash pile because I couldn't remember the specifics of the recall.

But then, I looked over at those noodle-looking thingies and remembered that wreath.  I snatched them out and waited for bedtime.  

Here's how I created my version.  I took the noodles and cut the blue cover off.  The forms were really stiff but I thought with enough duct tape, I could keep them together.  Luckily, when I took the covers off, out came a hard pipe thing from the middle of the tube.  I was able to throw them away and easily mold the noodles into the shapes I wanted them in!

I cut one of the tubes in half to create the X.  In order to get it as flat as I could, I cut out an indention in one of them for the other piece to fit into.  It still stuck out a bit but not nearly as bad.

Then I taped the X together (totally forgot to get a picture but imagine a lot of tape!).  And then taped up the circle (all I had on hand was painters tape.  It didn't hold that well so I picked up some duct tape the following day).

I spent a couple of hours wrapping the X and the O with a ton of yarn until they were finished!  The only thing I had to do which I wish I had done first was I spray painted the ends of the Xs because I couldn't wrap them.  I couldn't figure out how to wrap them to where they looked nice.  Any suggestions??

Overall, I really like it.  It's a lot different from the wreaths I normally do but I like that it's different.  Not nearly as gorgeous as that berry wreath but this one is all mine.

I'd love to see what Valentine's decorations you're coming up with.  I've got something else I'm working on that I'll be posting soon.  {wink}!!

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