Busy Being Crafty

This weekend I made this set of onesies and t-shirt for a friend of a friend who is expecting a little girl.  I LOVE how the colors worked out (I was worried that pink and too much black might be too garish for baby stuff, but it isn't at all.)  Next up will be a set of matching burp cloths.

Fun!

 

I've been wanting to stick yoyos on something.  yoyos=LOVE

Want one of these for myself!

One of my favorite alphabet appliques.

 I also made another little Halloween number for Maia.  She'll be set for the days leading up to Halloween.  A girl needs wardrobe options.  Her mother, mycousinamanda, taught me that when we traveled together.  She and I stuffed suitcases with many more articles of clothing than one human could ever wear in a 4 day vacation time frame.  Then she traveled to Japan many times and learned to pack light.  And then she taught me to pack light. (Her and Rick Steves.)  Packing light is overrated. I'm still trying to find the happy medium. ;)

Front.

Back.  Ruffle butt! I heart the candy corn fabric.

I finished the edges of the ruffles this time. We'll see how they hold up.

Stereotypical

It all started when Joe bought a new pair of cowboy boots.  He's from Florida, so he was a little excited to own his first pair.  Since he bought a pair, I decided to finally splurge and get those Old Gringos I'd been wanting.  Thankfully, I waited so long they were on sale. They are, by far, the coolest and most comfy pair of boots I've owned.

My first pair of Old Gringos!

Joe's are ostrich. Mine are butterfly and leopard. ;)

A picture... per Joe's request. ;)

Next my brother hooked Joe up a new Glock through some military wholesale program. I'm not a huge gun person, though I do not object to them.  Joe bought me a handgun when he was working overseas.  When I fired it for the first time, the spent casing flew behind my sunglasses and burned my cheek right under my eye.  I haven't shot it since.  Now we can go to the shooting range and practice together, or so he says. I think you see where this is going...

Ford F-150 Lariat. Doesn't look like a truck from here.

Now we will have two black on black vehicles. Gangsta.

I guess Joe thought he needed a pickup truck to complete his transformation. We spent all Saturday test driving trucks and shopping around for a good deal.  We think we found one, so by the end of this week, Joe should be a "true Texan." ;)

I Love Surprises!

Well, not all surprises. Let me rephrase. I love GOOD surprises, and today I got a really nice one.  When I arrived home from work, there was a package waiting on me from my brother's girlfriend. I wasn't expecting anything, so I was really curious as to what it could be.  She is a very thoughtful person and sends thank you notes and cards for various occasions, but I really wasn't expecting this.

A super soft and comfy Victoria's Secret UT hoodie & t-shirt!

Turns out they sell UT stuff in North Carolina, too.

I heart them! Thanks again for thinking of me, Holley! Hook'em!

Halloween Craftiness

The blissful change in temperature inspired me to get creative today. Despite being completely congested and miserable with some crazy allergies, I dug out my long sleeve TCU t-shirt and leggings, (it may be a little too early in the season for long sleeves, but hey, I was excited) and headed to Hobby Lobby and Joanne. Since I have a billion projects I'm dying to try, I went a little crazy, but hopefully I will have some cool things to post on here in the coming weeks.

Planet Applique has a ton of cute Halloween designs, and I won a random drawing a while back and had some credit built up.  I haven't made anything for mycousinamanda's baby, Maia, lately, so I thought I'd be the crazy, crafty auntie and make her some fun Halloween stuff. 

I used a tutorial for this tutu from a fabulous site pinned on Pinterest (thanks, Heather!). The tutu is adjustable and should, at least, make for some festive pictures. I love babies in tutus.  Anyway, I like how it turned out, and it was super easy.

Check out the pics. The model monkey (the only stuffed animal in my house) is now quite a bit smaller than Maia, but you get the idea. :)

Halloween tutu and cute ghost tee.

Close up of the girly ghost.  It needs to be ironed flat.