Friday, January 22, 2010

Get Your Craft On!

That's right, ladies, get your craft on! It's about time we share our ideas/projects with each other, and what better place than our blog?! We are all creative and we have so much we can learn from one another. I know many of you have great ideas of crafts you do with your kids that I would LOVE to do with mine. Not only kid crafts, but why not ones we make for fun?! And not just crafts, but other hobbies as well. I mean, Shayne's an amazing decorator - I would love to get some tips from her! Kenna makes awesome stamps - how fun is that?! Not to mention all the great kids crafts she knows how to make, Kacie is always coming up with cute activities for her kids, Jaime makes fun crafts - I love that she made an ordinary shirt sassy with some fabric flowers (I would love to see where you got the idea!), Ronni is just amazing with all her talents, and Kelby has great ideas too. I mean seriously - with seven of us, we can come up with some great things! So - POST! Share your fun ideas, crafts, decorating tips, whatever you want. (Can you tell I'm pumped about this?!) If you got your idea from a great site - acknowledge it so we know where you got it! Let's GET OUR CRAFT ON! :)


So, since I'm so pumped about it - I'll go first. The most recent thing I have made was a little tutu for Josie. There are so many different ways you can make tutu's - this one just happens to be my favorite one. It's so simple to make.

All I did was measured how long I wanted it to be on Josie, then I took 2 yards of 2 different colors (usually I use 3) of tulle, cut them to the desired length (I make each layer a little shorter than the one underneath) and sewed them together. Then I took 2 1/2 inch ribbon, pinned it across and made a casing out if it. Once I sewed that on, I put elastic through it with the help of a safety pin, and then sewed it together. I then made a little bow to put in the back. It's so fun to embellish these tutu's with bows, gems, buttons, etc. You can do anything. I just decided to leave this one simple and plain. I got the great idea from my friend who had made one for Lydia a while ago.
So simple, cute, and fun! It sounds more difficult than it really is. I can't wait to see all of your ideas!