I thought I would start off by showing some things I've made in the past.  This is the shirt I made for the Peanut's 2nd birthday.  I would like to make her a shirt every year (at least until she gets too old and it's not cool anymore) but I'm struggling to come up with an idea for her 4th birthday next month.  And how the heck is she turning 4 already??

Two years ago I decided that she needed a personalized Cookies for Santa plate, so here's what I came up with.

This is probably one of my very favorite items I've made.  I gave it to church to sell at a festival.  The first person who walked up bought it.  I really need to make one of these for myself. 

Here's a little before and after picture.  We don't have a fireplace, thus no mantle, in our house, so we were in need of a stocking hanger.  My husband and I bought this ugly one.

And I turned it into this, and I'm thrilled with how it came out.  Oh, and yes, our dog gets a stocking too.  Her life of being spoiled came to an end when the Peanut was born, but there were 4 hooks, so Shadow made the stocking hanger.

I'll also be using this blog to show crafts that I do with the Peanut.  This might be one of my favorite Christmas decorations ever.  I found the idea on Pinterest. 

As you can see, getting a not quite 3 year old to hold her hand still for hand prints is no easy task, but I think that makes it that much better!  Hope you enjoyed seeing some of the crafts I've done.  Happy Saturday, and hope you find some time to do some crafting this weekend.  I'm off to start a new crochet project, I'll post pictures when it's complete.

My maternal grandma was crafty.  She could do anything.  She once knitted me a dress.  I was in middle school, and I was a tomboy who hated dresses, so I didn't appreciate it at the time.  Now I look back and appreciate the effort she put into that dress.  I think I get my craftiness from her, or at least that's what my mom says.  She passed away when I was 15.  Now I think back and wish I would have shown more interest in crocheting and knitting, so I could have learned from her, rather than YouTube. 

When I was 13, I made Color Point sweatshirts for both of my grandmas for Christmas.  If you don't know what Color Point is, you basically iron a pattern onto your garment, and then you make the design with little dots of paint.  They were probably ugly, but both grandmas wore them with pride.  In fact, Grandma R may still have hers, and wear it.

As an adult, I got into scrapbooking.  I used to watch the Cricut infomercials and practically drool over them.  Never thought I'd have one because they were too expensive.  On Christmas 2008, I was about 8 months pregnant with the Peanut, and my husband surprised me with a Cricut, so I could make a scrapbook for her.  And that's when I feel I really started being crafty again.  Since then, I've upgraded to the bigger Cricut.  I've made countless gifts, and a lot of things for the Peanut.  I'm inspired by her, and my frugal side.  There are so many cute things out there for little girls, but I refuse to pay for something if I can make it myself.  So, I teach myself new things.

This blog is a place for me to show off my craft wins, as well as my craft fails (like bows - who knew bows would be so hard??)