just a little addition...

I wanted to add this to the button jar tutorial since Jingle mentioned that she used the mason style canning jars.  I used a few of those too!  Since the lids come in two pieces just glue the two lid sections together first and then proceed with covering them with felt. 

easy as pie!

xoxo

crissy

tuesday tute

I have lots of buttons

I like to organize them by color

the green collection is my favorite

I store them in glass jars - but the jars were starting to look boring

so I gathered some supplies

felt (various colors to match my buttons), hot glue, sharpie, scissors (you might need white paint too, depending on the color of your lids and felt)

if the lid is dark and the felt is a bit see-through,

paint the top of your lid white

after the paint dries, trace around your lid,

leaving a little excess felt that you will trim off later

cut out the felt for the top of the lid and the rim

using your HOT glue gun (ouch)

carefully glue your felt to the top and rim of the lid

make sure you have a nice seam where the two pieces of felt meet,

trim off any excess (glue or felt)

take a break and stare at the cute baby who is wearing legos as jewelery

now pick out some buttons for the top of the lid - glue them in place

you're done!

now I can display my button jars and they aren't boring!

green is still my favorite.  :o)

xoxo

crissy

valentines...what a hoot!

I needed some inspiration for valentines day. 

These made me smile.

all images found here.

Then weheartit died, causing internet explorer to freeze which made me mad.

But, finding these little owls made me forget about being mad.

skunkboycreatures

xoxo

crissy

this week in pictures

we practiced making a great picture...

we ran

played outside

and inside

kitty posed for a portrait

we flew high

and my hair went from light to dark (I LOVE it!)

we celebrated a birthday by wearing a cake lid

it was a great week but we are tired now and ready for bed. 

nighty night

xoxo

crissy

saturday is for sewing

I finished this a few days ago...

Isn't it adorable?

Rachel over at Smile and Wave had a cute tutorial for a jumper. I took a quick look at the picture and then made one for Little Big. Its really very simple, you only need four different pieces of fabric, two buttons, small piece of elastic and basic sewing skills...the variations you can come up with are pretty cute!

Instead of the pleats, I just gathered the skirt - this made it easier to add pockets. The skirt is also shorter, so its more of a tunic - looks super cute with leggings!

There's nothing I love more than fat baby legs stuffed into leggings.

a d o r a b l e.

I did the straps a bit differently too. Best part, she liked wearing it and had fun filling the pockets with little toys.

Cute.

xoxo

crissy

project #6

I was finally" inspired" to finish another project for style school.  May I introduce project #6...

they are hanging above my desk in the craft/spare room.  cute.  Can't wait to put these inspiration boards/chalkboards to good use!

I copied the idea and made one for Riley's room. 

he was incredibly thrilled to pose for a picture - can't you tell?

what crafty things are you up to today?

xoxo

crissy

PS its my daddy's birthday today!  Happy bday dad - love you!

mmmm...tasty (thursday)

Happy Thursday everyone!  Its not quite Friday and its not mid-week either.  Its that day of the week where you are almost there but just not quite.  I knew I'd need a pick-me-up for today so I made THESE yesterday. Sugar usually does the trick (temporarily, atleast)...

You will need:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 egg

1 egg yolk

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (I used the mini kind because they are cute)

To make them:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and grease your cookie sheets

Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; 

In a another bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy like this:

Mix in the dry ingredients until just blended, don't over mix or you'll get flat cookies:

Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon - like I mentioned before I used the "mini" ones:

Drop cookie dough by a large/heaping tablespoon at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart because they will spread. 

Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Enjoy!

xoxo

crissy