Guitar cake

Here is the guitar cake that I made for my sons birthday party.

Creative thinking!

I have been brain storming with a friend, Camille about some craft things I could try out. She also has some pretty cool crafts you can check out at http://camillescasa.blogspot.com/. I decided I wanted to try barbie clothes. Everyone I talked to said they are really hard. It was a little challenging but I think I did pretty good for my first time. Tell me what you think? Would you buy these or something similar? And how much would you pay? It took me a hour and 15 min for the dress but I think I could do it faster and 2 hours for pants and shirt. I don't think these are the greatest but I think I can improve.

Toy Story Birthday Cards

I wanted to make my boy's birthday cards this year. We are having a toy story theme this year. He really loves toy story but I didn't want it to be all about Buzz and Woody. My son also really likes guitars and I wanted to make a guitar cake this year so I wanted the card to have a little something from each thing and this is what I came up with. It's not as cute as I wanted it but it will do. My favorite is the guitar. What do you think? I will post the cake and decorations when the party is over.

Skirt

I looked every where for a dress and I couldn't find one. So, I decided I would just make a skirt with this nice top. It turned out pretty good. I just used a simplicity pattern and made my own changes and added the ribbon. I worn it a couple sundays ago when my husband and I gave our talks in church. Tell me what you think. I have started another and will post it soon.

Here's the skirt up close.

More Project From Boise Trip

The main project I helped my sister-in-law is finally finished. We refinished a hutch. It had three layers of paint on it. We sanded it all they way down. That was the part that I helped with the most. It was missing glass and I suggested using chicken wire. I also suggested putting in her can fruit. She did all the hard work though. She painted it black and the ruffed it up with the sander. I think it really turned out great.


While we were working on the hutch my brother was working on this cabinet for their bathroom. I think it also turned out great.

Halloween Costumes

We likes to have a theme for our Halloween costume. This year we were Curious George, Man in the Yellow Hat, and Banana. I bought the monkey costume at DI for $3.00. Then I bought some white pants at DI as well and dyed them yellow and use one of my husband's old white shirts and did the same thing. Our Walmart cut back on their fabric so the only stiff fabric they had was white, so I thought I could dye it as well but it wouldn't absorb the dye. I ended up spray painting the fabric. I was worried that it would rub of on stuff but it did. I got my husband's hat at the dollar store and painted it yellow and put a black ribbon around it. It was an easy year for Halloween costumes and they were fun to make.

Redid some couches

My husband's parents gave us a couch and my sister-in-law gave us a love seat. I went to a Home Fabric store. They had some fabric for 3.00 yard. I redid the two couches for 65 bucks. It was a fun project and I couldn't have done it without my sister-in-law and my husband they were a lot of help. The first thing we did is took all of the old fabric off. We got it all down to the wooden frame. We started with the bottom, then the arms, then the front of the back, and at last the back. Then we used the old cushions as a pattern so we knew what size to make them. That is it! It was a lot of work and it took two days to cover it and two days to cover the cushions. Well here are the pictures! Tell me what you think!

Before

After

I haven't gotten the feet on yet. But I will.