Three Simple and Free Place Card Ideas for Thanksgiving

I rounded up some items from around the house and outside to come up with three simple and free place card holders for the up and coming holidays.

The first is one of my favorites. They can be used for wine tastings, dinner parties or Thanksgiving dinner. Easy as saving a few corks for the bottles.

Cute little pine cones. Give a nice earthy feel to the table.

Nothing says fall like apples! I gathered a few colorful leaves and wrote the names on them in

gold pen. 

Fall Love

Fall has officially made it's way to our home.

What kind of pumpkins do you tend to gravitate to?

I love the big dark bumpy ones!

BTW I'm totally loving my antique urn!

July 4th Countdown

Do you have one going in you house too?  The kids (and adults) are so excited this year.  Everyone in our house is finally old enough to celebrate and head to the fireworks.

We have been reading up on our Olivia. This time of year Olivia Forms a Band  by Ian Falconer is Sophia and Maxon's top pick. Olivia's family is celebrating July 4th also. We always enjoy Olivia's spunky personality and wild imagination.

Staying in true fashion, I made Sophia a 4th of July skirt. I found this great vintage looking  navy, red, and white fabric on ebay. I love that it is not your traditional stars and stripes and can be worn more than once.  I did not use a pattern, as skirts are pretty basic. I am however planning on creating a tutorial for it. So stay tuned!

I wish all of you a safe and HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Crayon Window Hearts

Are you a Martha fan like me? I book marked this project last year to do with Sophia for Valentines day. Seeing as she had her preschool Valentines party today I figured we would keep with the theme and try our hand at a this craft.

It was so easy and has such a pretty look. I love how the warm sun light hits the hearts.

"LOVE" Door Hanger

Here is my Valentines door hanger. I just finished it up today!

I had a hard time coming up with something that was not already on the web or in stores.  I created a challenge for myself. What could I create that was simple, beautiful, and different? Also, what do I already have at home to make it for FREE!

I had cardboard form a diaper box, red paint, red knit jersey fabric, red/white gingham fabric, and moss.

Here is what I came up with. I "LOVE" it!

I started by cutting out letters from the cardboard box and painted them red.

While the paint dried I cut 1 inch strips of red fabric. I then gathered the fabric to make ruffles by using a wide strait stitch down the center.

I just used my hot glue gun to adhere the ruffles to the letters.

Using cardboard again, I cut out a heart shape to make the "O" in LOVE. I just hot glued the moss on.

I made 1 inch bias tape out of the red and white gingham fabric to use as a bow and string the letters together.

 Challenge complete!

Valentines Crayon Roll-Up

Yep, my mind is already going there. Valentines Day! I made this fun crayon roll-up for Sophia and also one to add to my etsy shop. Don't you just love the fabric! I love the fun and fresh colors and that it does not just say "Valentines" but, could pass for everyday hearts.

Now to just come up with a fun idea for the front door. Stay tuned!

Our Home at the Holiday's

I love the cozy feeling of our home at Christmas. The soft glow of all the lights to the warm smells of something baking.

I like to try to change it up a little bit every year.  Are you like me, you get sick of the same tree and decorations every year? This years color pallet green, brown, ivory and metallic!

Starting with the front door. I went for a simple and natural look.

Come on in!

A few red berries.

We don't have a fireplace to hang our stocking on but, they are hung on the railing with just as much care. I still need to go and get Sophia and Maxon's stockings embroidered with their names. Mommy is a slacker!

Our tree.

Dinning Room. Just don't look in my buffet! Another thing on my list of things to do.

Sophia and I with our first gingerbread house. Ha, I just noticed my teeth are a funny color from the candy we ate while decorating.

Have a wonderful Christmas!

Hot Chocolate Winter Top

I find inspiration form all over. I found these holiday ornaments and thought that mug of coco would be adorable on a winter top for Sophia.

I LOVE IT!!!

Here is the little tutorial.

You will need three different colors of felt.  One (your choice in color) for the mug, brown or tan for the hot chocolate and white for the whipped cream.

Matching thread and a sewing machine.

I found a photo online of a tea/coffee cup and cut it out to use it as a template.

Stitch on the chocolate part.

Then add the whipped topping.

On to the flower. I used my sewing machine to make the design. If yours does not embroider you can make a simple flower by hand.

I added the stitching on the bottom of the mug with just a needle and thread.

Place and pin to shirt then baste around the edges of the mug.

Your done!!



Holiday Twirl Skirt

Another check off my homemade holiday gifts check list! I made two of these sweet skirts, one for my niece Emma and one for Sophia. Emma will receive hers in the mail early so the girls can match at our family Christmas party and pictures.

I use the Edith Twirl Skirt pattern. For all the little details the skirt has it was really easy and simple pattern to fallow.

Sophia and I love how they turned out!