Friday, March 18, 2011

Getting crafty


So I was given some clothes and not all of it fit or worked for me so I decided to re-purpose it. In the bag was a yellow stripped halter top, I decided this would make an adorable Easter dress. Miss M. as usual wanted a hair accessory to match so we got creative. The top part of the dress is a T-shirt that has a stain on it right below where the yellow ribbon is- but when made into a dress you can't see it. It won't fit for too long as she is constantly growing but for now I think it is awfully cute! Have you re-purposed anything lately? let me know, I love new ideas.

My Hero


Mr. Ry, posing to his fans. So I found a tutorial on one of the many blogs I follow to make a hero cape out of my husbands old T-shirts. It was so easy and only required sewing to add the lightning bolt and the "R"on the back. It was so fun to see my little mans excitment over his new cape. He has requested that I make him 5 more.


For about 20 min. he chased his sister around the kitchen, both laughing the whole time. I loved how if flapped behind him when he ran fast.


The lightning bolt and "R" for super Ry.

This is his super hero pose, he does it quite often. At gymnastic when it his turn to run and jump into the foam pit, he backs up strikes this pose and then run as fast as he can into the foam blocks! He cracks me up to say the least.

Miss M also requested that I make her one with a flower on the back and an "M" for supper "M"- They are characters but most of all my hero's.

The cape is simply the back of the shirt cut to the shape you want and cut around the neck hole and either tie it like I did or add Velcro to attach the cape- Give it a try!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Our chef!

Miss M. really loves to bake lately- she received an apron from a friend for her birthday and now acts as if she was knighted into a position to head baker. Any time I start cooking out comes the apron and a confident voice "I can do it!"



So I decided to let her do all the work and we decided to make pretzels. I was shocked that she did not spill anything! I always use to help her or shield the table from a spill- when I realized spills can be cleaned up. She was so full of Joy that I would let her do it herself.


Slow and steady with the water-it was really heavy.




She loves to sprinkle the sugar!!!



Measuring salt in her hand!








Our finished product- some with salt, other with cinnamon and sugar!


Yummmmmm!!!!!