Bird pillows tutorial

The pillows are so easy to make - I made two pillows last night for this tutorial in 45 minutes. Princess and Angel are starting school in the fall and last night they had a sleep over in the kindergarten. Their kindergarten is on a farm and they were going to sleep on the hey loft - with eight kids and two adults. I thought the adults deserved a little something extra and decided to make the tutorial and gifts into one. Here is the tutorial:

For the pillow with another fabric on the bottom, I still use the same procedure.

The butterfly pillow is also made the same way - but I cut the butterflies without a pattern - for the birds I made patterns, three different kinds of birds, cut in different fabric and turned both ways.

Now it's your turn.

Tone (and do come for a visit: Bless, by Tone)

Embroidery hoop basket - tutorial

Missy hasn't posted this one yet, so here it is. As my finale project I made the Garden House - I will give you some of the tutorials. Today is the embroidery hoop basket. You can see the version I made for the finale in the above picture.

Materials you will need:

2 pieces of coordinating fabric - size: the circumference of your hoop, length of choice

1 embroidery hoop - I use the wooden ones.

Tie a ribbon around the closure of the hoop - and enjoy your basket.

I will try to get the pillows' tutroial ready by tomorrow.

I had so much fun being part of this competition, and want to give Missy a big thank you for having me.

Happy Dance

 I made it - I am in the finals - HAPPY DANCE!Though I am sad to see Jill go. And now I have to go back making my finals project.

I used the rest of the paint to paint a scenery - where the sky is always blue. The rope ladder is "fastened" to the branch.

The perfect place to chill and tell each other secrets.

And with all the pillows from the house and a blanket on top - no one will know their secrets.

Lot's of fun for hours, no matter what the weather is like.

I made it with my Cupcake Playstation

 This is the perfect kids-can-do-station - it's a game table, with lots of storage underneath, it's a cupcake bean bag that serves a multitude of fun things - it stores coloring books, reading books, it serves as a chair for the game table. It's the perfect play station.

 The cupcake bean bag has a wrapper - the wrapper has many pockets - to hold the things the kids like to play with. The bean bag can also be without the wrapper. The wrapper is made in an oil-cloth fabric and is easy to wipe. The bean bag is just a cover and can easily be taken off and thrown in the washing machine.

 I have been looking for a way to store the kids' board games - I don't like them in a pile on top of each other - this table has several shelves to store the board games and puzzles. On top of the table I've painted a tic-tac-toe cupcake game - and I've made wooden cupcakes as tic-tac-toe pieces. I put a curtain around the table - it makes everything look tidier.

 The cupcake bean bag is big enough to hold two-three kids, it's good for reading and playing.

A fun and inspirational activity station - for hours and hours of fun.

Down to four of us

(My neighbor forgot to fasten the hook in her dress)

 I made it through this round - hurray. The theme was Sunshine - what better than sun dresses.

The sun shield is painted with the text: You are my sunshine - fabric paint

 The dresses are inspired by this Chasing Fireflies-dress and this Modcloth-dress

Having a picnic, in a romantic dress and being able to get some shade from the sun - what could be more perfect?

 The dresses and the sun shield all bring me back to the old days - and they are perfect for a picnic in the sun. The shield is for giving some shade to the food or to the baby. 

 Can you tell it was a cold day - 60 degrees and cold winds, they were both really freezing and I had to be really fast taking the shots. (She's trying to get some heat from the pillow...)

But I LOVE how these turned out. And I hope you do the same.

I made it another round and thankful Sunday

 I made it through this round of SYTYC. I'm thrilled because I love my next projects and would love to be able to show them off.

Iam so grateful for a Sunday with my girls today, that I won't spend time on the computer anymore, rather spend time with them and then later have Sunday school at my church.

Have a blessed Sunday, Tone

The voting has started

The voting has started - and I really want to go on in this competition - I have so many ideas for the weeks to come. I hope you vote for me your favorite.

Be blessed, Tone

Clothes rack for children

Polls are now closed at So You think You're Crafty, and I can let you know which was my entry.

I saw a clothes rack tree in a magazine about a year ago, and I have wanted to make one ever since. This is my interpretation of a clothes rack tree. I included an owl and a squirrel since I intended the rack for children.

 Interior wise it is very trendy with the "natural" look, and what is more natural than bringing a tree into your house. The rack holds many clothes due to all the branches. I used decorating concrete in a basket and just put the tree into it. I love the basket - it can hold little things that doesn't go on the rack, like hats and gloves - or shades in the summer.

 I'm a little in love with my squirrel - he got just the look I was after.

 The owl is keeping watch. Both the squirrel and the owl are removable. The owl has a hole in the bottom, that way she is easy to stick on a branch.

 "Any acorns, anyone?"

The basket - room for hats and gloves.