Support Blog for Moms of BOYS!: August 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Monster Mash at Dragonfly Designs!

Okay, you all know how I love monsters right...? I mentioned it here and here.

Well, in case you weren't sure...

I LOVE ANYTHING MONSTER!!!

So when I saw these guys at Dragonfly Designs...awwww, I'm in love.

These little guys are definitely on my to do list!!!

And look at this guy...so sweet!

So head on over there and see what all Dragonfly Designs has to offer...tons of inspiration!

Ginger

SSB

Monday, August 30, 2010

Hoo Hoo loves you baby?

So I've seen so many of the cute little owls everywhere and I decided to try my hand at one.

Perfect reason to make one? My sweet little niece who loves coming to her Aunt Gigi's house!

Isn't she sweet?

I had some white minky left over from an order and the cutest pale pink paisley fabric!

I thought that would be perfect!

I also had some matching stripped fabric for the eyes and nose and did my first try at applique!

I appliqued everything to the minky, sewed the button eyes on, sewed and stuffed...

...and that's all she wrote.

So stink'n cute! And soft...I know she'll love it!

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking:

Marketing Monday at Trendy Treehouse
Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do
Just Something I Whipped Up at The Girl Creative Party Blog
Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity
Anything Related at All Thingz Related
Messy Monday at The Pumpkin Patch
Hoo's Got Talent at Night Owl Crafting
We Did It Wednesday at Sew Much Ado
Show and Tell at Blue Cricket Design
Show off Your Stuff at Fireflies and Jellybeans
Strut Your Stuff at Somewhat Simple
Get your Craft On at Life as Lori
Plant a Seed Friday at Punkin Seed Productions
Feature Yourself Friday at Fingerprints on the Fridge
Crafty Friday at Home Sweet Farm

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Mad Skills Monday Link Party #23

Hope everyone had a great week!

Here are some of my favs from last weeks Mad Skills Monday party...

Okay...loved this highchair cover from The Paisley Cupcake

These too cute shoes from The Muddy Princess

Loved this lamp re-do from Bille Monster!

Check out this cute teacher's gift from Suzy's Artsy Craftsy Sitcom

And last but certain;y not least...this cute vinyl cabinet door sign from It's So Very Cheri

Thanks so much to everyone for participating!! If you were featured today, snag the button below for your blog!!

Today, I'm sharing my School Bus Pillow! I loved it so much and Jack really likes it too!

Now its your turn to share! Here's what you do:

1. Link up something crafty, creative, or fun that you wanna share!

2. Please link to the blog post and not your main page.

3. No shopping pages please. An offer to buy your item at the end of a tut is welcomed!

4. Snag the Mad Skills button and include it on your tut post so others can see where you've linked! (PS- this button was designed from my sons art work....if you are interested in a custom button, please contact me!)

5. Visit other links, leave them comments (we all love comments) and enjoy their blogs!

This linky party will end on Friday the 27th at midnight.

Friday, August 27, 2010

The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round!

So I loved my Firetruck so much that I just couldn't stop there...

I give you The School Bus!

Jack saw me making it and was so interested, so I decided to let him keep it!

So very easy, the same basic method as the Firetruck. But I went ahead and made a tutorial with actual pics and a pattern, if needed, for the School Bus.

If you want the pattern, email me because my computer is being dumb and won't upload the pics.

What you need:

coordinating yellow fabrics

black/white fabrics for the wheels

red fabric scrap for the front

sewing machine, scissors, thread, etc.

First, cut out the pattern. Lay it out on your main fabric (right sides together) and cut.

Make sure you have a baby toddling around your feet the entire time you sew this pillow!

Cut out a few strips of your other yellow fabric 2" wide as long as you need. Don't make my mistake of only cutting 2 and finding I had to add a 3rd and by then, couldn't get a measurement to give you...oops.

Next, cut out all your pieces to add to the front of your school bus and lay out the design.

Then sew it all down.

I used black felt for the windows, scrap black polka for the wheels with white felt in the middle, red felt for the stop sign, and scrap red fabric for the reflecting line thingy...not sure what that's called but our buses around town have 'em.

I used a zig zag for most of the stitching cuz I love the look.

Then, sew the 2" strips together (right sides facing) to "belt " around the pillow. Again, I ended up cutting a 3rd strip so I don't have an accurate measurement for ya. I would say at least 26" long...then you could just cut of the access.

Then, pin the "belt" around the bus giving a little extra slack around the corners. Then sew one side into place.

It gets a little tricky but not too bad...I found that I would manually turn the wheel around the tight areas so I didn't accidentally stitch out of place. Then pin and sew the other side. Leave a hole to turn inside out.

Stuff and whip stitch the hole closed.

All done! The cutest little pillow on the block!

Jack won't put it down!

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking:

Motivate Me Monday at Keeping It Simple
Marketing Mondays at The Trendy Treehouse
Craftastic Mondays at Sew Can Do
Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity
Anything Related Tuesday at All Thingz Related
Messy Monday at The Pumpkin Patch
Show Off Your Stuff at Fireflies and Jellybeans
We Did It Wednesday at Sew Much Ado
Hoo's Got Talent at Night Owl Crafting
Show and Tell at Blue Cricket Design

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Toot Toot Tut

So I saw this at Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy...

and thought, "That is so cute...but I don't have anyone to make one for...?"

(Jack is a little too old and Sam just likes playing with Jacks toys)

Oh well...then yesterday, my boss announces that it was his sons 1st birthday!!

I knew exactly what I wanted to do for little Jackson!

I am so in love with it!

I used blue felt for the window, yellow flannel for the ladder, and white minky fabric in the wheels...

Lots of fun color, pattern, and textures!

Perfect for a 1st Birthday!

You could head over to Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy to see where she got the tut from.

I didn't follow the tut though...just sorta winged it.

What you need:
Coordinating fabrics with color and texture
sewing machine
thread, pins, needle, scissors, etc.

Its very easy:

Step 1: I cut out a pattern in the basic shape of a fire truck

Step 2: Cut the fabric - 2 sides for your truck (I will draw out a pattern to post later)

Step 3: Cut a 2" wide strip of fabric to "wrap" around your truck (make sure its long enough to go ll the way around)

Step 4: Sew all of your embellishments onto the main side of your truck

Step 5: Pin the strip of fabric to one side of your truck and sew into place (right side in)

Step 6: Pin the other side of your truck (right side in) to the strip and sew into place. Leave a hole to turn right side out.

Step 7: Turn right side out, stuff and whip stitch the hole closed.

All done!

Thanks Stacey for all the inspiration!!! Can't wait to make another!

Jackson loved the new gift!

UPDATE: Click here to see Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy's Tut!

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking:

Crafty Friday at Home Sweet Farm
Messy Monday at The Pumpkin Patch

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Whatever Wednesday #2

So we had to do some maintenance on our computer and discovered hoards of duplicates in all of our pictures...so naturally, we had to go thru and weed out all the extras...

which led me to these old favs of Jack when he was little:

Wow Jack...think you're a bit too big for that!?

Baby Jack wearing daddy's hat!

Daddy and little Jack snuggling...awwwwww!

Enjoy!

Ginger

SSB

Monday, August 23, 2010

Purple City, Dark City

So here is the post for my recent painting I mentioned here.

I have to be honest, when I found out I was chosen to teach this painting in class...I was less than thrilled.

Not my thing, not my style...what can I say.

But I got started and the further I went, the more I liked it! I mean it reminds me of Batman or Sin City or something...right? I half expect to see a figure in a cape at the top of the buildings!

Here are a few close ups...

I kinda made up my own little story with this painting...This is the darkest, seediest part of the city...a mysterious vibe surrounds it.

I have to say that I just live it now. Go figure?

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking:

Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do
Motivate Me Monday at Keeping It Simple
Marketing Mondays at The Trendy Treehouse
Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity
Anything Related Tuesday at All Thingz Related
Hoo's Got Talent at Night Own Crafting
What You're Working With Wednesday at Me and My Bucket
Creative Therapy Session at Life in The Pitts
Show and Tell at Blue Cricket Design
We Did It Wednesday at Sew Much Ado
Hook'n Up with the House of Hepworths
Show Off Your Stuff at Fireflies and Jellybeans
Get Your Craft On at Life as Lori
Strut Your Stuff at Somewhat Simple
Hodge Podge Friday at Its a Hodge Podge Life
Plant a Seed Friday at Punkin Seed Productions
Crafty Friday at Home Sweet Farm

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Mad Skills Monday Link Party #22

Alrighty! Who's ready for some crafty skills!?

Here's what we got...

These totally cute mustaches from La-de-da!

And these neat party poms from Love Stiched

And this intriguing painting from Cottage Hill

And this funny story with a happy ending from Pinkapotamus

And tour this re-vamped sewing room from Sew Chic and Unique

Great work ladies! If you were featured today, please feel free to grab the button below and display on your blog with shameless pride!

Today I'm sharing the latest painting I did for class! Interesting huh?

This linky party will end on Friday the 27th at midnight.

Dream Home Scrap Owl!

Ok, I have seen these little guys everywhere, but had to blog about this one from Dream Home!

All scrap fabric honey...what a great way to re-purpose!

I seriously wanna start making some owls! They are so cute!

My nieces birthday is coming up...I think I need to make one of these cuties for her.

So head on over to Dream Home and tell her SSB sent ya!

Ginger

SSB

Friday, August 20, 2010

Ad Space Giveaway WINNER!!!

Our other lovely winner from the Mad Skills Monday Ad Space Giveaway is

The Nifty Nest!

Isn't the name nifty?? Sorry...I just had to :)

So this is an awesome blog with tons of fun crafty ideas to spruce up the house!

Here is a little about her...

I started The Nifty Nest after deciding that I wanted to make this home that we are leasing, more like my own. I know I can't paint the walls and decorate in that way, so I figured if I could expel my creative side into furniture, wall hangings, and decorative pieces I could still make this place a home for us.

Plenty of inspiration! Check out this Superhero Cape!? So cool.

And she's taking custom orders too!!!

Check out The Nifty Nest!

Ginger

SSB

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Ad Space Giveaway WINNER!!!

So I announced the 2 winners from last weeks Mad Skills Monday Ad Space Giveaway...

now its time to let them bask in all the glory!

Rubies and Pearls is a cute little blog with plenty to offer!

Here's what she has to say...

I started Rubies and Pearls as an outlet, and a way to archive my projects. But as I've put more time into Rubies and Pearls and looked at other blogs my vision has changed. I have seen how a blog can connect all different types of people. I hope that maybe I can inspire you, and I certainly hope to be inspired by others!

She certainly has inspired me. Did you see these envelopes? Next on my project list...