turning the back of a shirt to lace

So my mother in law let me borrow her sewing machine and I need to share this expierence, and if you are a sewer youll completely understand. So she brought me her sewing machine and threaded it for me and everything, didnt show me how to threat both needles just did it for me. Showed me some stitches on a practice piece of scrap. You know basic sewing stuff. So then she left and im attempting to sew on my own...bobbin keeps falling out all the strings kept getting tangeled ive been working with this sewing machine for 3 days now and have STILL not accomplished any sewing project. I even replaced the needle. So anyway, I ended up HAND sewing this because I already bought the material and I wasnt gunna let it get wasted by this worthless sewing machine that was NOT being compliant with me. Heres a short tutorial on how I did this one

First I cut the back of the shirt off like this.

 so only the front of the shirt is left to work with. I then laid the lace material (got at walmart for 4.99 a yard but I only used a half a yard or less) behind the backing of the shirt that I cut off and SAVED..

that is the back part of the shirt ^
Then I cut the lace around kinda like tracing it.

I sewed the "back lace" onto the front and sewed it like it would be inside out and then trimmed all the string up at the end flipped it right side out and wa laaaaa..

 

 

Monday morning craft: Toddler motor skills toy DIY

I always see all these moms posting on pinterest "twenty things to do with your toddler" or "ways to distract a toddler." I discovered this womans blog who specialized in these type of things and I ended up reading A LOT of her stuff. I seen this project on her website and decided to give it a try, as my son loves to practice his motor and development skills ;).

What youll need

1. Wrapping paper of your choice
2. An empty container you could use a pringles one etc. (I used a container that dry bread crumbs came in) you get the idea...
3. Large bottle caps. Gatoraid bottles, vitamin waters, etc.
4. Stickers for decoration
5. Tape
6. Knife or sissors

Okay so first I washed the bottle caps and container really well with soap and let dry.(figuring that my 15 month old will taste every piece) Next, I cut wrapping paper to the size of the container and taped one side underneath and overlapped the other side and taped together so you get this,

 

Now take the plastic lid that the container comes with and cut a hole in the top that each bottle cap can fit through. Decorate the bottle caps with stickers put the cap on the container and let your little one get to work!

 

 

 

glitter jar!

It's sunday and I was typically looking for something to "glitter-fy" today. I went searching down in the basement to find this little plain clear glass jar. Heres what you'll need: loose glitter, a jar, elmers glue, water, and a thick painting tool(like a styrafoam brush).

 

Mix together on a plate 50/50 mix of water and elmers glue. Use the styrafoam brush to mix it up then brush it onto the jar and sprinkle glitter immediately. Do one side at a time. Once finished let dry for 10 minutes and go over the whole jar with more of the water/elmers glue mix to seal. 

DIY skull t shirt

Today was the normal boring stay at home mom laundry/cleaning type saturday. But this made my day making this :) I just drew it on and cut on the lines. This was really just a practice one but now since ive got the idea ill be ready to do another BETTER one soon.



another pinterest t shirt cut up

I really liked the idea of this one in the back. All you do is fold the shirt in half the opposite way of which it would lay, like this..

You get the idea. I also cut the neck so it kind of hangs on my shoulders. Yay for cutting up tee shirts ;)

Cream cheese wontons. Baked not fried!

For some reason I was craving cream cheese wontons all day and I remembered that I have a half a container of wonton wrappers from my previous recipe the mini wonton tacos. This is too easy and im guessing way healthier than those deep fried ones from panda express.
-wonton wrappers
-muffin tin
-bowl of water
-cream cheese (I used weight watchers reduced fat)
-pam cooking spray

Pre heat your oven to 325 degrees. Scoop a dab of cream cheese into each wrapper and then put your fingers into the bowl of water and wipe along edges. This works as a "glue". Push all the edges together to make the wonton shape. Pop them in the oven for about 8 minutes or untill the edges are a golden brown. Serve with sweet & sour sauce :)

Tonights dinner: crockpot chicken, potatoes, & mini carrots

I got home about 4:00 and totally didnt even prepare for dinner tonight so I came up with this really quick. I put into my crockpot cut up potatoes, mini carrots (the ones that come in a bag), and chicken breast. Then i mixed in these spices:

And added a little bit of ranch dressing. now my crockpot is absolutely amaaaazing so it should be done in about 2 hours :)
SO easy for a weeknight dinner.

magnetic make up board!

Im so so so excited for this one! Ive been wanting to make this for quite some time now and I finally remembered to get the stuff i need for it. I dont know if you can tell in the picture but I pained the outer edge black (got the paint at walmart for 89 cents) and used some loose purple glitter that I got at dollar tree (it came with 5 other colors so thats a AWESOME deal) and then I purchased magnet strips from walmart (89 cents as well) oh yeah I forgot to mention i bought the cookie sheet at dollar tree too. So I made this for under 5 dollars. The magnetic strips come with sticky stuff on the back so I only used those on the light items like eyeshadows. The heavier items i had to hot glue gun them to the back. Most of my makeup never leaves the house with me so im okay with it having a magnet glued to the back. This will be so much more convient than my cluttered make up bag!