Crafting up Special Holidays!

We like to spend our Saturdays creating crafts with our precious children. Here are the most recent Fall-tivities that we have done.

I fell in love with this hat on Pinterest. Luckily I had the right colored yarn and was able to whip this up in an evening. For the pattern click HERE! Our Summer here in Florida lasts through October so sadly the Firefly wasn't able to wear her beanie very often. For my Facebook friends you all saw her adorable reaction to trying this hat on, my baby is a character! I love knitting her hats and since she's so dang tiny they take no time at all to complete. Today we are home sick and I'm assuming we will be trapped indoors for the remainder of the weekend so I hope to get several knitted projects completed for the baby and for a few others who I believe deserve some home-made gifts this year. Even though we have no Fall to speak of I think a pumpkin hat is a necessity for Baby's First Year!

We wanted to document her first Halloween with something we could use year after year. I didn't want a pumpkin or something that would be neat for this year but would wear off or rot. My husband painted this oval canvas. Of course we included the Puppy's footprint, they are best friends. During our stamping of their feet my husband and I were laughing hysterically. The Firefly curled her toes up as soon as we put the paint on them. As delicately as my husband tried to be with her foot she immediately curled and wiggled when her foot hit the canvas. Then, it was the Puppy's turn and he too was uncooperative. My husband had to touch-up both prints, I wrote out the saying, and then he painted the bat tree and spider web. I am so excited to hang this up with all of our Halloween decorations. It's perfect and I will always remember the whole family making it but just to be safe I think I am going to write up a small description of their reactions and put it on the back of the canvas with the date and their ages. I think that would be a neat gift for her to be able to read just what we did and see the final product.

For Halloween my adorable duo went as Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf. I used one of her hooded towels as a template for her hood and cape. I used Heat n Bond Hem to attach ribbon in a cross on a white onesie for a fake corset. Then, using tulle I created a matching tutu. For tutu instructions go here. For the Puppy I just winged it and it came out amazing. Although half way through the design stage my terrible boy went and hid in his house hoping Mommy would stop measuring him and trying things on him. He did like the final product and proudly strutted around in his biker vest. He was perfect during the trick or treating and only barked at the people who didn't complement his costume. The Firefly slept for most of the night so she was only in her costume for about 5 minutes. As soon as she is feeling better we are going to dress them up and do a photo shoot. They will never know their photos were taken a month after Halloween!

First Thanksgiving! Our dear friends have a baby a few months younger than the Firefly so I made the girls Turkey onesies complete with googly eyes. I went to Joann Fabrics and bought up some Fabric Quarters in fun colors and patterns. Then I just mimicked a onesie I saw on Pinterest. To top off their ensemble I once again made them each a tutu (baby girls can't have too many tutu's right?!). I used brown, tan, and orange sparkly tulle. Let me just share with you that the orange sparkly tulle, while fun, was a pain in my tutu! I had orange glitter crap all over the couch, the baby, the puppy, the rug, my hair, and my husband. I vacuumed it all up and three days later the puppy came up with an orange sparkly nose. I'm thinking if you cut the tulle and then spray it with some hair spray or something similar it might lock the glitter onto the tulle or just forgo any glitter filled tulle and stick with the shimmery kind. I just love this outfit and I patiently waited for weeks to put the sweet girl into it and show off her adorableness with the family gathered at Thanksgiving. Alas, my angel was sick and not feeling up to showing off so once again she was dressed, a few quick pictures were taken and she was put back in comfy clothes. Now her Thanksgiving getup is added to the list of items she will be dressed in for a re-shoot with her Halloween costume. Oh well, I'm not one of those moms who sacrifices comfort for beauty. I've discovered that in my four short months as a Mommy!

With the leftover fabric from my turkey onesie project I created bibs for my Firefly! It was a very simple and easy project and let's face it if she has to drool, vomit, or spit on something it might as well be a home-made, pretty colored bib.

I have a list a mile long of things to design, sew, knit, craft, and/or paint for Christmas so stay posted. For a teaser, I am making a very special and inexpensive gift for the amazing teachers at my daughter's school. You can always find my crafting here or on Pinterest. I am working on a side page that will detail each of my projects for easy duplication!