Ric Rac Giveaway from Beautiful Additions

Want to brighten up the winter months by adding some colorful ric rac to your stash??

Check out Beautiful Additions on Etsy. Juli, who owns Beautiful Additions, has all sorts of colors and sizes of ric rac. She also has organza bags (you could use them as shower favors or wedding favors!) and all sorts of neat ribbon.


She's here today with a giveaway for Monkey See, Monkey Do readers! One lucky reader will win this 34 piece bundle of multi sized ric rac in various sizes and colors. (Each piece is one yard long!)



To enter, you have to follow Monkey See, Monkey Do and leave a comment saying what item from the Beautiful Additions shop you like best.


For a second entry, "Like" Monkey See, Monkey Do on Facebook and then leave a comment saying so!

This giveaway will end December 7th at 8 am EST.

Baby Winter Hat with Earflaps

I'm [apparently] really into hats.
{Proof is here, here, here, and last week's whale hat creation.}

I made this super cute hat for my super cute child.

The top part of the hat was made using this tutorial. I made it smaller to fit my little guy and then I added earflaps and a chin strap.

I am constantly kissing those chubby cheeks.

Another Repurposing Project

I found this wire basket in the our barn. So I spray painted it. No big plans for it yet, but I’m going to use it in some way!

Have I shown you our barn? It’s kind of neat. It needs some work, but it has all kinds of treasures I’ve discovered. Some have already been repurposed.

I have more projects in the planning stages.

Projects in the Beginning Stages

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I started a bunch of projects the other day. I had tremendous energy and got to work on a few things I’ve been wanting to do!

Here are some sneak peeks of projects I’ll be showing over the next few weeks!

1. I ironed some fusible fleece interfacing onto some fabric I’ll be using to recover a computer chair for our kitchen.

2. A hoodie for my 2-year old. It needs a new zipper and some sort of embellishment on the back. This is from an old t-shirt and is perfect!

3.Don’t let all the button holes go to waste! I’ve come up with a perfect way to re-use the button collars from polo shirts. You’ll have to stay tuned for that.

4. My husband’s Christmas gift in the beginning stages. He follows my blog now on his feed reader at work, so I’d better not say anything about it!

5. This is not really a project but it is a storage solution for my scissors! I started hanging them on my wall organizer. (I still haven’t utilized that dowel rod for a roll of paper yet.) It keeps my little guy from getting a hold of them.

Pumpkin Spread

I found this recipe in my Martha Stewart magazine (November 2011).

It is for using up left over pumpkin from a can.

Beat 2 sticks of softened unsalted)butter -- I used salted butter and then didn't add extra salt later with 1/4 cup plus 2 T pure pumpkin puree, 3 T maple syrup, 1/2 t pumpkin pie spice and 1/2 salt with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy. You can store it in your fridge for up to two weeks.

Yum. Makes a great toast topping.