Make your own miniature potion bottles!

We made these halloween bottles using these items below. 

-Glass Bottles Rounded

-Glass Bottle tube style

-Foam Ball to make eyeballs

-Red feathers for the Phoenix fathers

-White beads for the human teeth

- Blue beads for the Unicorn Tears

- Green Sculpety for the dragon scales

- Red food coloring for the various organs 

- Ribbon for the various organs

Other items in this halloween scene...

- Mirrors

- Fire Place Mantle

Most of these as you can see you just put the items like the beads or feathers into the jar. For the eyeballs we colored circles on the balls to make the colored part of the eye and the black part of the eye. For the organs we put bits of white and red ribbon and cording into the jar and added the red food coloring. For the dragon scales we flattened a tiny bit of sculptey clay and baked it. Then we cut it up into tiny scale like pieces. 

For all of the bottles we made tags or labels out of paper and either taped or glued them on and some we added a bit of thread around the top.

These were so easy and fun to make... Happy Halloween!

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Game Chair Makeover

In the winter when it's cold and windy outside I love to sit next to my fireplace. But just sitting near it in a chair is not enough... no I like to plop myself right in front of it. But over time that's not the most comfortable and my butt or leg would usually fall asleep. So I looked around for some options and I thought these game style chairs would be perfect. Light enough for me to move around and more support than a bean bag. But man are these things ugly, they scream man cave or teen boys room.

I picked up these two used game chairs on my neighborhood swap and sell for $10 each. A dear friend of mine had this perfect fabric that she generously gave to me (I had been looking for the right fabric for weeks and she walks into my house with it! I was meant to be!)

I did not take photos of my process but here is what I did to recover the top of the chair.

1. Cut your fabric a few inches wider that needed and heat up your glue gun. Fold the fabric under and start gluing, holding it a minutes or two until the glue sets. Fold under and glue all the way around pulling the fabric tight as you go.

2. Now I did not think the glue would hold over time with me and the girls sitting on the chair so I reinforced the edging with upholstery nail heads. The frame of this chair was wood so I could hammer them right into the edge. I love the finished look it gave the chair.

Click here for the nail heads I used.

Pretty easy right? Now you can make that ugly game chair match our own decor... yes it's still a game chair, but it's a pretty one and super comfy to sit next to the fire.

Girl Scouts SWAP - Bow and Arrow - How To Video

My troop made this SWAP a year ago when we did archery for the first time.

These SWAPS are so cute and super easy to make. Check out my youtube video with step-by-step instructions on how to make these fun bow and arrow SWAPS.

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Puppet Show

I made this puppet show theater for the girl awhile ago and thought I would post it. This would make a great Christmas gift and is SUPER easy to make. You need two tension rods that fit between your door frame, red fabric and gold trim if you want to add some pizazz! Make a pocket at the top of the fabric and slide in the tension rods...

like I said so easy!!! 

You could even use the iron-on hem tape to 

make the pocket if you don't sew.

I also love that it is easily rolled up and stored away, 

not taking up much space at all!

Go ahead and make one, you can do, I know you can!

My girls love putting on shows!

Refashion - T-shirt to nightgown

I took a t-shirt that was too boxy for me and I really didn't like having two metallic gold flowers on my boobs! So I made it into a nightgown for Amelia. I took in the sides and cut off the sleeves. Then I took the sleeves and trimmed them down, gathered them up a bit and sewed them on. It made a cute ruffle cap sleeve. Amelia loved it!

Happy Earth Day!

Easter Frock

I made both of the girls these skirts for Easter (Anna was not in the mood for photos, she was being a Grumpy Gus). Amelia posed nicely, too bad I got the neighbor's trash can in the background... oh well, they all can't be prefect photos. She looks so sweet with her new skirt and matching head scarf (or Easter Bonnet as she called it).

Here is a great skirt tutorial if you want to make your own.

Refashion - T-shirt skirt

I found this great tutorial and had to make this cute skirt for the girls. I changed mine up a bit: I only added the ruffles to the front of the skirt and I sewed the elastic right to the fabric instead of encasing it. I thought it would be less bulky around the waist this way. I also added two skinny strips of fabric to the top row so that you won't see the sewing stitch and it makes an extra ruffle.
Since I made my skirts out of 2 old white t-shirts I dyed it on the stove. I knew white skirts on a 4 & 5 year old would not be white for long! I dyed each skirt one at a time and learned that the first item will be a bit darker so if you want the items to match you should dye them in a bigger pot at the same time. I need to get a bigger pot!

Anyway... it was easy to make and pretty cute for about $1.50 a skirt (elastic & dye). I'll add a photo with the girls wearing them soon, but it is cold and rain today.

Handmade Hat

I saw this hat pattern on Martha's site and gave it a try. It was really easy to make and so cute on Amelia. I wanted to make one for myself but for some reason I look odd in hats without a brim. I think it might be that my big curly hair competes with the hat? Anyway... if you have an hour and some fabric, make yourself a hat.