More {Fall Goodies}

I ♥ the fall

and I wish I had some

time

to sew

'cause there is so many

cute things

I would love to get my hands on.

Fun Baby Stuff

Just posted some more fun stuff on ETSY

I ♥ Kleo Bag

You Like??

Only $39.95

for a customer order feel free to contace me!!!

♥ 's to Nancy

Enjoy!!!!!!!

this was a custom order-- if you like what you see feel free to contact me at

iheartprettythings{at}gmail{dot}com

I ♥ This Fabric

I love this fabric. I found it yesterday and fell in love. I love it because it looks designer, but it definitely was not. The price was quite lower than what I've been paying. So if you like it, go check it out here.

P.S. Thanks to all of you who have placed custom orders with me the last few months. You have no idea how you have blessed my life. I love you all!!!!

P.S.S. feel free to contact me at iheartprettythings{at}gmail{dot}com to place a custom order

What Are You Waiting For???

Girly Green

Pretty Polka

They're Here

UPDATE: Girly Green is already gone-- don't fret, there will be more fun stuff later this week.

If you would like a custom order contact me at iheartprettythings{at}gmail{dot}com

Don't Look

If you are related to me

and

you don't want to see you're

Christmas present

don't look at my blog in the near future.

I'm quite busy

sewing

lots and lots of gifts

all I have time for is one pic

I gotta make sure

I take pics of everything :D

I♥Texas Halloween's

It was the PERFECT day for a pink poodle to stroll the neighborhood begging for treats. The weather was great!!!! Our neighborhood was great-- so many decorated houses and people sitting out on their porches waiting for trick-or-treaters.

The Prissy Poodle herself. Claire had a blast!

Rager Family Update

This last week was wild and crazy. I enjoyed a morning at the pumpkin patch

with Claire and her Preschool. It was a very chilly day.

She is such a cutie and her little personality keeps us busy :D

The next day we enjoyed a photo session with the fabulous Janie.

I am totally in love with these pics.

I included this last pic because it was taken the first weekend in May of this year.

I have been losing weight since the middle of July and this is my before and after pics.

I am so pleased with my results and Dylan's. Because of my concentrated effort to be healthy, my family is reaping the benefits also.

Almost thirty pounds down and a little more than thirty to go.

One last update.

We are still holding our breath on Dylan's job.

This last week was supposed to be our last paycheck.

Yet, he's still working.

We have no idea when the store is closing.

The stress is driving me crazy!

I have to say thank you to the fabulous friends who have been my life support and sanity.

I have been truly blessed.

I love my Texas family.

I miss my Idaho family.

Things are going to work out. Right?

♥Thursday's Tutorial♥

Today I thought I would share with you a few tutorials I've been wanting to try out but haven't got around to.

1. Halloween Treat Bucket

2. Nursing Cover

3. Baby Booties

4. Applique Tutorial

I have been practicing #4-- I definitely need more practice. Thank goodness I have the BEST friend in the whole world who takes all my "practices" and at least pretends to cherish them :D

Next week be looking for my diaper/wipe tutorial

Ribbon Ornament Tutortial

Last year I began looking for craft ideas for our Christmas Craft Night for enrichment. I walked into Pottery Barn one day and saw these ornaments. They were selling them for something like $8.00 a piece and of course my crafty brain went berserk. I splurged and bought one. I took it home and carefully examined it w/out tearing it apart. I figured out my version and figured you could make your own for under three dollars. They are not hard, but do take practice. The one on display today is definitely not the best, but my lazy bum just wasn't up to digging through my Christmas stuff just yet. So you get the, a year later and out of practice version :D

You will need:

3" foam balls

1 roll of 3/8" ribbon-- this will be the main color of the ball

10" of 3/8" ribbon that contrasts with your main color

18" of baby ric rac in a contrasting color

5 " of 5/8" ribbon for the hanger

hot glue gun/hot glue sticks

scissors

1. mark the top and the bottom of your ball-- use a marker-- i used what was in reach, a pair of scissors to poke it so i would know where the top and bottom was.

2. place a small dot of glue on the top of the ball and place the end of your main ribbon-- note do not cut your ribbon!!!! once you have wrapped your whole ball then you can cut it. then place a small dot of glue at the bottom of your ball and wrap the fabric around to this dot. Make sure that you don't use a lot of hot glue or you will end up with something other than a ball-- it will be kind of pointy at each end rather than round.

2. You will then begin wrapping your ball. Always crossing the same point at the top and bottom, but moving the ribbon over just slightly. Make sure as you wrap to keep the ribbon tight and to find just the right angle so your ribbon is not bulgy or gappy-- are those words??? you will see what i mean. this is also why you need to use the right width of ribbon-- anything bigger will not wrap tightly to your ball.

3. You do not need to glue every pass of the top or bottom. Remember too much glue will make your ball look weird. I just wrap tight and glue intermittently. Every two or three passes.

4. Once you've wrapped your whole ball you want to end at the top. Cut your ribbon closest to the middle and make sure its glued, make sure the last pass of the bottom is glued too. It will look like this. The left one is the top and the right one the bottom

5. You take your 5 inches of your 5/8" ribbon and place a small line of glue at one end. Then fold up the end over the glue, to make a finished edge.

6. Then on your finished edge place another small line of glue and fasten the other end of the ribbon to it, to make a circle.

7. Then place a small amount of glue at the top of your ball, where you finished up with your ribbon and attach the loop you just created. Make sure that your unfinished edge of ribbon is covered up by the ribbon you're attaching-- so it looks pretty :D Then hang your ball, so that you can visualize what the front and back of your ball will be-- you may not have to do this, but for some reason if i don't i always do it backward and have a seam showing when i hang it on my tree.

8. Once you've established where your front and back will be, take your ten inches of 3/8" fabric and find the center. You want to glue the center of your ribbon to the exact center of your ball in the front middle. Once again, small amounts of glue intermittently. And try very carefully to wrap your ribbon in a straight line around the center of the ball-- trust me it is very noticeable if its not straight, as you can tell. When you reach the back create a finished edge, just like you did when you made the loop in step six. Then glue it over the other unfinished edge to cover it up-- make sure this part is at the back of your ball.

9. You will then cut your 18 inches of ric rac into two 9" segments and repeat what you did in step 8 excluding finishing the edge. Let me emphasize again-- be careful and make sure that you keep straight lines-- if you look at the following pic you will see why its so important.

p.s. hot glue is really hot, for some reason i always forget this--

favorite fabric & feature

I was featured on Tip Junkie. It's probably not that big of a deal but, it is a huge compliment to me. Go check it out here, if you'd like.

I found this fabric in August and fell in love-- so when I sold my first item on Etsy the first thing I did was purchase this fabric. I've been so afraid to do anything to it because I am in love. Did I mention that I ♥ this fabric. Okay, enough of that. Yesterday, I sat down, traced a pattern on poster board, put my fabulous tips from Stacia to use, and the end result is even more loverly than the beginning. I've now conquered pockets in my purses and mystery magnetic closures. I feel like I'm pimping my babies out on Etsy-- but it fills the gas tank and allows me to keep creating so I'm not complaining.