What's New: A Basketful of Beauties!

Sharing my little Felt Matryoshka dolls on my site today!

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What's New: Pretty Maids All in a Row

I've been working on a lot of fun projects over the few months, but, as often happens with motherhood, my kiddos have taken a big chunk of my creating time!

And I wouldn't have it any other way!

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What's New: Pretty Maids All in a Row 

Things to Make: Happy Little Heart Pin

I'm sharing my Happy Little Heart Pin tutorial over on my site today!  Click the link below to see all the details!

Things to Make: Happy Little Heart Pin

(I originally shared this post over at BeccaWilhite.com and HERE!)

Things to Make: Felt Happy Heart Pin

THIS TUTORIAL HAS BEEN MOVED TO MY NEW SITE, SARAHNDIPITIES.COM!

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Things to Make: Happy Little Heart Pin!

I also shared this fun little tutorial over at BeccaWilhite.com!

What's New: More Matryoshkas!

One of the items I've created for the Scandinavian Festival Craft Fair I'm attending tomorrow, are some more cute little Matryoshka Dolls!
Although these little sweeties aren't exactly Scandinavian per se, they give that same folksy feel that I always get when I go to events like this!
Here are my latest little ladies!
Each one is hand stitched and embroidered from start to finish, with little flower motifs!

Black Babushka with Hot Pink Dress

Baby Blue Babushka
with Denim Blue Dress

Soft Pink Babushka
with Dark Pink Dress

Turquoise Babushka
with Sage Green Dress

Kelly Green Babushka
with Turquoise Dress

I love how each doll has it's own personality...Maybe I should give them each names?  Katerina, Anya, Natasha, Sonya, Anastasia?  What do you think?

I'll definitely be making more of these...they're so fun!  And I'll be getting a listing up in in my shop sometime soon!  I'm also trying to figure how to make these into a pattern so others can make them, too!!

Have a great weekend, Everyone!!

Great Idea: Sailboat Onesie and Cap

This week (and for the next couple of weeks!) I'm going to be featuring items I've made...but haven't blogged about yet...on Fridays!
This week I'm featuring a cute little embellished onesie and cap that I made for my sweet cousin, not too long ago!
I made this for a shower gift for my cousin, who just had her baby - a boy - just last week!  This is her first baby, and I wanted to make something fun and useful...and without spending anything!  I'm on a "use-up-all-the-stuff-that's-mucking-up-the-craft-room-before-you-even-think-about-getting-anything-else" kick lately.  I'm loving what I've been creating!!
I decided to try my hand at an applique (there are soooooooo many super cute embellished onesies out there right now!)...but I sorta wimped out, and ended up using felt instead of "real" fabric.  (Any of you who have done this...share your tips!)
I found a onesie from my craft stash, some small scraps of felt, my hot glue gun, embroidery floss, and some baby yarn, and got to work!  (Yup.  I keep weird things like brand-new onesies in my craft stash.  Doesn't everyone?)
I cute out the shapes for my little boat and waves, and held them in place n the shirt with a tiny dab of glue.  Then I just embroidered/stitched around the edges of with embroidery floss!
I think it turned out really cute!

To go with the onesie I crocheted a teeny little brimmed beanie out of baby blue yarn!

This was a fun project...and I think I'll give it another try sometime!

Hope you have a great weekend!!