Halloween Our 2024 Halloween Costumes From thrift store treasures to handmade accessories both our Lion Princess and Demon Werewolf Cat Princess costumes grew piece by piece... proving that the best Halloween costumes evolve as kids do.
Halloween Our 2023 Halloween Costumes I realized I was running out of time to share last year's costume before this Halloween rolled around and so... Here's to last year's simple-ish and adorable costumes: Elsa and Rainbow Unicorn!
Ginger Lab Dressing "Ginger" For Valentine's Day With "Ginger" created it was time to replace her Christmas outfit with something a bit more seasonally appropriate. And so this outfit was made! Come check out how I made it here.
Sewing Our Amazing Halloween Costumes: Ada's Carmen Sandiego Last year Ada knew early on that she wanted to be Carmen Sandiego for Halloween and she didn't waver so when I decided to tackle costumes I knew that I needed to make it happen. Here's what I did to turn her into Carmen!
Sewing Our Amazing Halloween Costumes: Zoey's Black Cat Last year when I asked the kids what they wanted to be for Halloween Zoey thought about it for a second and then immediately told me a black cat. I'm so glad she did as I absolutely adored how her costume turned out! Check it out here.
Sewing What I Made During the 2022 Sewing Challenge Although this year I sewed much less I decided to still continue my trend of posting about it so here's all of my quick fixes, articles of clothing, and the kids' epic Halloween costumes.
Craftiness Update to My Simple and Quick Dresser Drawer Fix A while back I shared how I fixed some dresser drawers using my hot glue gun. Since then one drawer bottom has started sagging again. I wanted this fix to last a bit longer so ultimately I upgraded my previous plan using a cereal box.
Sewing An Upgrade on My Girls’ Home Sewn Swimsuits I sewed up some new swimming suits for my girls this summer and in doing so tried out a new way to attach the neckband.
Sewing Learn How I Created a Captain Marvel-Inspired Emblem for a Skirt A while ago I converted my daughter's grown out peppermint swirl dress into a fun twirly skirt. During the process I needed to cover up a slit at the top of the skirt and was inspired by Captain Marvel's logo.
Sewing Fix Your Holey Flats and Make Them Beautiful With Embroidery Floss! A couple months ago I looked down at my favorite flats and realized they had small holes. Since then I couldn't not see the holes and knew I needed to do something. One thing led to another and I now present my embroidery floss patched flats!
Sewing My 2021 Sewing Challenge: Skipped, Rejected, and Came Out Feeling Good Although I didn't sew as consistently as previous years I did keep track of what I sewed through the 52 Week Sewing Challenge... if you want a recap or just want some ideas based on what I did here's my 2021 sewing overview!
Craftiness Check Out Ada's Amazing "Pretty Pink Princess" Halloween Costume This year for Halloween Ada chose to be a pink princess. This turned out to be an incredibly simple costume that I wanted to share.
Craftiness Check Out Zoey’s Epic “Princess Skateboarder” Halloween Costume This year for Halloween Zoey chose to be Princess Skateboarder to save the town! As she's loved the video of Princess Skateboarder for several years I knew I needed to make it happen. Here's the last post showing the entire costume with links to how each part was made.
Sewing How I Easily Assembled an Outfit for Princess Skateboarder This year Zoey broke her two year pumpkin Halloween costume streak to become Princess Skateboarder! Here's how I've assembled the outfit so she looks the part.
Sewing How I Easily Altered a Too Small Peppermint Swirl Dress by Converting It Into a Skirt Converted a dress into a skirt using the tutorial on the Candy Castle Patterns' website.
Sewing Easily Identify Clothing With Fabric Markers Or By Your Fabric Choice Do you have trouble identifying your children's clothing? Why not change them whether it's slightly or drastically! Here's what I've been doing over the last several years.
Sewing Stitch Upon a Time Brazi: The Best Bra and Dress Pattern Are you looking for a comfortable knit bra? Or are you looking for a summery dress that you can easily slip on and look great in? Why not both? I love Stitch Upon a Time's Brazi pattern and had to finally share it with you. Check my versions out!
Sewing Simple Sewing Trick for Neckbands and Cuffs - It’s All in the Fold! Do you have find sewing, pressing, and matching up the raw edges of bands annoying? Why not try this simple trick? It makes sewing neckbands, sleeve cuffs, and waistbands so much more satisfying!
Craftiness Simple, Easy, and (Sometimes) Free Advent Calendar Ideas Are you debating making an advent calendar this year? Are you trying to think of ways to make this Christmastime magical? Here are ways that we've filled in our advent calendar throughout the years to help you have a great December.
Sewing Quickly Extend Your Fabric to Fit a Pattern Piece Have you ever gone to sew a garment and realized your fabric is too small for the pattern piece? Why not simply extend you fabric with a similar piece of fabric? Here's how I extend my daughters' panels to fit a larger pattern piece.
Apostrophe Patterns Zoey's Simple and Updated Pumpkin Costume Are you looking at creating a simple pumpkin costume? Last year Zoey wanted to be a jack-o-lantern but this year she chose to be a ‘pumpkin with no face’. Here’s how I made her dreams a reality.
Children Zoey's Simple Jack-O-Lantern Costume From Store-Bought and Sewn Items Are you looking at creating a simple jack-o-lantern costume? Zoey wanted to be a pumpkin for Halloween that changed to a jack-o-lantern after a trip to Walmart. Here's how I finished this adorable costume.
Sewing How I Planned and Sewed Ada's Simple Skeleton Costume Are you looking for skeleton Halloween costumes? Are you having trouble planning on how to make your own? Last year I made Ada's dream of being a skeleton come true and this is how I did it!
Sewing Me-Made-May 2020 Did you participate in Me-Made-May this year? I assembled all my outfits I've worn this month along with a brief description containing the pattern's website, the fabric source, and any other posts I've made about it.
Sewing Even More Peppermint Swirl Dresses Are you looking to sew an easy pattern? Are you looking for a dress that wows? Whether you want to make a skirt or a dress this Peppermint Swirl pattern from Candy Castle patterns blows you away with the gorgeousness and twirliness. Have fun sewing it up.
