If you've been following our blog for a while you know how much I love to sew. Yes, it is true- I sew A LOT! I found some ADORABLE Disney princess shirts for sale on Etsy a few weeks ago but I seriously couldn't stomach the thought of paying $35-$55 for ONE shirt. Guess who came to the rescue? My husband! He owns his own business and he was able to get me a handful of plain white shirts for me to be crafty and creative with. The shirts arrived and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with each one! I purchased some iron-on appliques of each Disney princess and began looking for the correct fonts for the names. Each character has their name in the font that Disney chose to use. I simply followed my instructions HERE and got to work. I simply cut out each name of the princesses I wanted to make and attached them to the shirts using a bonding material. I added extra security to the letters by stitching them into place. I hope that these shirts will inspire you to create your own and that … [Read more...]
Melting Beads Craft
Last week my daughter and I were having some special girl time and we made some Shrinky Dinks...the princess pack. It was a lot of fun to see her face when her creations came out of the oven a fraction of the size that they once were. So I got to thinking "hmmm, I wonder what would happen if I put some of those plastic craft beads in the oven." I tested it out and after a few tries I finally figured out the correct temperature to melt the beads...and they were SO pretty! For about $5 you can get one of those big buckets of beads at your local craft store (many of you likely already have some in your home). -Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F Lay out the beads in the shape you wish them to be. Make sure that they are really close together so that when they melt they stick together. Set them on some parchment paper and then pop them in the oven for around 10-12 minutes. When they come out they will be melted and stuck together. I even tried it with those glassy/glittery … [Read more...]
Fingerprint Art
I had a ton of fun making spring photos with my fingers the other day...and in all honesty the kids didn't participate. I know this is something they'd love to do, however, we were "blessed" by 12 inches of snow this past week so they were more inclined to go sledding than finger art! LOL Bumblebee- simply use the thumb for the body and the pointer finger for the head. When the ink is dry add the details using a black marker Frog- my personal favorite! He's cuuuuuute! The thumb is what you use to make the body. Add the black details when it's dry and then use a green marker to add little triangles for the webbed feet. Butterfly- use your pointer finger and print two next to each other to create the wings of the butterfly. When the ink is dry use a black marker to fill in the details. Flower- your thumb will get a work out when making this flower. Dip your thumb in yellow ink and make the flower shape. Clean your thumb off then add two green prints for the leaves and … [Read more...]
Personalized Disney Water Bottles
Welcome to our week of Disney! We will have five fantastic Disney inspired posts for you this week and a few giveaways! Make sure you come back each day and enter! Last week at Target, in the dollar section, I found these awesome water bottles. They are red with black tops- PERFECT for what I had in mind! (Honestly, I was just about to purchase some custom water bottles on Etsy for $9.99 each!). I spent $3 on each bottle, and purchased five (I have four kids and my neighbor is coming with us to Walt Disney World so I made one for her as well.) I just happen to have a Cricut Die Cutting machine and knew exactly what I was going to do. I grabbed my Mickey Mouse cartridge and began cutting out the kids names in Disney font. For those who do not have the ability to do this you have a couple of options: you can purchase vinyl letters in Disney font on Etsy for a fairly cheap price, you can cut them out on your own using sharp scissors and some sticky vinyl, or you can make a stencil out … [Read more...]
Disney Shoes and Hair Bow
Welcome to our week of Disney! We will have five fantastic Disney inspired posts for you this week and a few giveaways! Make sure you come back each day and enter! Wanna know how to turn simple flip flops into adorable unique shoes for Disney and for the Disney fan? It is really easy. First, I found these adorable Mickey Mouse flip flops at Target for 7.99 but, any pair will do even the cheapies from the dollar store can be made cute! You will need to cut six pieces of ribbon 4 inches long, and then cut a triangle out of each end of the pieces. Arrange the pieces of ribbon in the order you want them to appear in your decoration. Pinch the pieces of ribbon in half like this. Insert a needle with thread into the center of the ribbon and attach the remainder as well. Wrap the thread around the center of the ribbon stack several times, very tightly, then knot it and snip the end. Wrap a small piece of ribbon around the center to cover your string and glue it to a pony … [Read more...]
Disney bags for our trip
Welcome to our week of Disney! We will have five fantastic Disney inspired posts for you this week and a few giveaways! Make sure you come back each day and enter! Measure and Cut the following in fabric: 2 pieces of fabric 14" by 30" (outer and inner bag) 1 piece 3 1/2" by 26" (casing) 1 piece of 1/2" ribbon measuring 2 yards Fold your two long piece of fabric in half (right side to right side), sew each down the sides and finish the edges with a zigzag stitch. Turn one of the pieces right side out. Place the lining inside outer fabric with wrong sides together, matching side seams. Pin them together, starting at the seams and zigzag stitch together close to edge. Set aside. Take your casing piece of fabric and press each short end down 3/8" and stitch to closed. Fold casing in half, lengthwise, and zigzag edges together leaving ends open. Match casing on outer fabric of bag with the ends meeting in the middle of the bag and straight stitch to bag. Press … [Read more...]
