Want to Make: Clothing

Love this halter top.

Really love the design (and color) of this maxi dress!

dress based off of a shirt. What a cute design!

Love this ruffled neck shirt!

cute maternity top.

Want to Make: Wall Art II

I love looking at the beautiful wall art others have made. There are so many great ideas out there. Here are some ideas I’ve found that I love:

bird wall art with books as background. Love this.

this is easy! it uses office supplies.

kitchen idea

message center

Initials with denim for a baby!

Nursery Canvases ... love these.

World Market knock off...love it.

modge podged baby sign. Love that stuff.

love this color!

with ribbons. Sort of looks like a message board!

A Sad State...

This is the current state of my crafting and sewing stuff. Since moving, I haven't gotten organized yet. I can't even see my sewing machine amid the chaos.

When I finally get organized, I'll show off my newest repurposed creation for organization.

Want to Make: Organizing Essentials

I have so many cards in my wallet, it would be useful to have one of these.

These baskets are so cute. They would be great for any room. I love the fabric they've used!

Bins from plastic, fabric and glue! Way easier than sewing some baskets...what a great idea.

These buckets are super cute. I just need to find some springs!

Cute idea for organizing toys with many small parts.

Scrappy Stuffed Turtle

I still have some of the great fabric I used to reupholster the rocking chair I shared here and here for my toddler's room. I'd already used some of the extra fabric to make pillow shams but I wanted to find a neat way to use some of the tiny scraps in his room.

Enter a stuffed turtle.

I used the tutorial found here to cut the pieces and assemble the turtle. It was really easy!

The one big change I did make was to use mostly t-shirt scraps to stuff the turtle. I used some polyester fluffy stuff, but it's mostly t-shirt scraps that were too small to use but I didn't want to throw away.

This turned out to be a great way to reuse some scraps, save some money (and a trip to the craft store) and also made the turtle heavier. I am considering making bookends using the same type of filling. They'd have to be a little bigger, but I think using t-shirt scraps as stuffing makes things denser and heavy enough to hold children's books.

Here's a few more pictures of the happy little turtle. What a great scrap busting project!