Tulle Tutu too cute

I have been trying to find a tutu online for a decent price, well that’s not working! My little girl’s first birthday is next week, and for her birthday I wanted her to have a really cute tutu to wear.  All the ones that are really fluffy and multi-colored are $40 bucks! Well, I decided to do it by myself. 

This was super easy! I hit up Wally World and bought some elastic and tulle.  I was amazed at how cheap the tulle was.  I was thinking $4 plus a yard, but it was 1.93 and the turquoise was on sale for .98 a yard!

Anyway, all I did was measure my daughter’s waist with the elastic and cut.  I then quickly sewed the elastic together.  When I sewed I overlapped the ends about 1” to account for stretching. (so the waist length I measured minus an inch.)

I then just started attaching the tulle to the elastic. I cut the tulle down to 6” by 16”.  I wasn’t too worried about being exact.

Here are some pics of what I did.  I did not take a pic of the elastic part, but let me know if you can’t figure it out and I will help y0u.

 

Here is the tutu in progress.

When I attached the tulle pieces, I attached them by this method. (I have know idea what it is called, maybe latch hook! haha) I bet if you just tied a knot it would be fine.

All done! After the prep work this only took about 30 minutes for me to tie.

So pretty!

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Just checking it out

Twinkle Toes

Well, I saw this on this on samstermommy and loved it!  Her's is called Glitter Toes, I'm kinda partial to Twinkle Toes! On her blog it says that it  is the new craze! I looked at her posting date and its from a little over a year ago. I guess I'm a day late, but not a dollar short!  I live out in the back country too, so Twinkle Toes is definitely new to me!  I had all the goodies at home to twinkle my own toes.  I wonder, if  I could get my Itty Bitty to stay still enough for me to do this to her little piggies! Maybe, if I do it while she is sleeping. 

 I followed samstermommy for the most part, but I used a clear coat first and then sprinkled the glitter on.  It seems to be working fine!  I might try the color polish next time, if I did a color such as red.  I apologize for my feet!  They have been through alot!  The bunions (what a funny word) are from my dad's side of the family! We all have them. (side note: thinking about getting them taken off) Anyway, they look way better in the real!

The flash makes my feet look really white!

Here is a pic with no flash 

I included this one, because it looked cool, and shows they really are Twinkle Toes!

I put two coats of clear on top of the glitter.  I waited about a half an hour between clear coats.

You will fall in love with Twinkle Toes, I promise!

Playdough fun

I was checking out my pictures from break and forgot all about when we made playdough.  My son wanted purple, but I didn't mix the food coloring good enough! Oh well we still got a shade of purple. 

If you want to make this version the ingredients are:

Ingredients:
1 cup of plain flour
1 cup of water
1 Tbsp. of cooking oil
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2  cup of salt
food coloring

To Make:
Pour all of the ingredients into a sauce pan.  Cook slowly on medium-high and stir it until the playdough thickens. (this happens quick!)
This recipe takes less than 10 minutes


Here are all my ingredients in the sauce pan. Next time I would color the water first because I didn't get the purple I wanted, and it cooks very fast.

Stirring....

Stirring....

All stirred together

I put the play doug in a glass cake dish with flour.  The playdough was very sticky, I wasn't sure if I made it right!

I just kept adding flour until it "felt" like playdough.

My son checking the taste.

Playdough a HIT!

Multi Colored Fun Over Christmas Break

The kiddos and I had lots going on over the Christmas Break from school.  We entertained family and friends and got rested up for the long stretch until spring break. I get to go back to work on Monday and see my other kids. (4th graders)  I love my job, but a big part of me would love to stay home with my own babycakes!  I told my son that momma has to go make some money to pay for new toys! haha. He's not too upset!  My itty bitty baby girl will just be daddy's girl til I get home.  Yes, he works too, but our schedules overlap.  His job entails reminding people to slow down, wear seatbelts, etc.  I'm sure you probably figured out what he does.  (he works for the state)haha!

Well, I have been wanting to try melting crayons together for awhile, and I tried it with my 4th graders at school and failed miserably!  We tried heating them up on the stove and then mixing them together to get a multi-colored crayon.  Long story short they all ended up brown and brownish green.  So, I thought I would try and perfect it at home first, then try again with the school kids.  I have to say they came out pretty cool!

I first took off all the paper off all the crayons.  I found that if I put them in hot water the paper came off a lot better.

I broke up all the crayons and put them in a mini-cupcake pan.  I put them in the oven on 400 degrees for about 7 minutes. 

Beautiful! Look at what came out of the oven, fabulous new crayon colors.

Let them cool for a couple of hours and pull them out of the cupcake wrappers.

My son trying them out

Fun Momma!

I loved doing this!  I am going to look for some silicone molds or candy molds and try it again.  I have a huge tub of crayons at school, that need a little tender love and care. 

totally cute crayon tins

This idea is so dang cute! I love the way the crayons look in the cans.  Wow, I am easy to please!  This is a project that I am going to put on my to do list! Check out Mom's Crafty Space for the details!

New to Blogging

Well, I finally did it....started a blog.  I don't know who will follow, if anyone! But, I think it might be fun. It has taken me all day just to get this far. My kiddos are demanding....jeez! haha I have been on Christmas break and and am enjoying the time off immensely! Does this posting have a spell check? I'm sure it does, just don't see it yet.  I will figure it out soon enough.  On my time off I have been enjoying time with family and attempting to be creative and crafty!  More to follow on the craftiness.