Fabric flowers have been on my craft list for a long time. With the weather getting cooler I did my seasonal closet clean and came across some jersey knit shirts from my pregnancy days. I put them in and took them out of the donate box a few times before deciding to keep them for crafting.

In an “ah ha” moment I remembered an episode of Martha Stewart where she made fabric necklaces from tee shirts with Queen Latifah and a recent tutorial on Little Birdie Secrets on fabric rosettes. After debating on if a necklace would be a good idea (because if you know me you know I’m not a necklace kind of gal) I decided to go with a headband instead. I’m not much for headbands either but there’s a 99% more chance I would wear a headband over a necklace.

And here she is:

Since I didn’t have any fabric glue I used my new favorite crafting tool- the glue gun. It got a little messy at times and I almost burned my fingers but it turned out great (and with fingers intact!). I didn’t have any matching buttons but I did have a string of metallic pearls that I knotted up and glued to the middle for a little bling bling.

Here are a couple of other flower tutorials I’m hoping to try out soon:

DIY fabric rosettes by Susie Harris

Scrunched rosetta by Simply Modern Mom

Fabric flower from Tea Rose Home

Ever since I can remember worms give me the willies. I dreaded the walk to school on rainy mornings because I knew they would be out in full force. Even now I don’t know if it’s the thought of squishing them (in my head I always imagine they would make a “squish” noise and I would feel their little bodies crumpling under my weight- ewwww!) or the thought of holding their slimy bodies that creep me out more.

We just got over a bout of rain the last few weeks so they’ve been on my mind but these worms are adorable and I wouldn’t mind having them around!

(Links to these little guys are below the image)

Blue worm pencil case, Book worm scrapbook tag, Handmade inchworm

I don’t have an entry for this week but ya’ll should go take a look at the others!

These are some of my favorites:

Free Kisses

Family Trifecta

Olive

And this one from 13 going on 30 is something the Little Peanut would totally do!

Ever since we went to the Blooming Butterflies exhibit Little Peanut has got a thing for butterflies.

Awhile back I had cutout a few and taped them to the wall above her changing table. For a long time she wanted to take them down but I convinced her that they were decoration…. until one day last week when she batted her eyes and pleaded with daddy for them. So down they went. (She is totally daddy’s little girl!)

She was trying to make them “fly” by holding one in the air and flapping her arm around. That’s when I thought about attaching them to ribbon so she could wave them around (and so they wouldn’t be littered all over the house!)

I just used tape (but glue would work just as well) to attach the butterflies and made a loop on the end for hanging -

Or for her to put them on her wrist to “fly.”

I bet they would look cute hanging from the ceiling too. Hmmm.. I bet she would love waking up to dozens of them “flying” overhead on her birthday… the wheels are churning!

Click here to download our butterfly template to make your own!

A treasury in honor of our team winning the AL Central Championship – congratulations Twins!

This years win is exciting because of our new outdoor stadium. I work downtown and the atmosphere on game days is so much fun.

Click on the individual item to go to the Etsy listing! Or view the treasury here.

Baseball Party Pennant … TheSweetLifeby… $18.00	MN Twins – Outdoor Base… lindenleaf $15.00	American Baseball Cuffl… qacreate $45.00	Peace, Love and Basebal… bearyuniquegif… $20.00
Baseball Bash..Printabl… Dimpleprints $10.00	Ceramic Baseball Piggy … ThePigPen $38.50	Tic-Tac-Toe Game – Base… gailscrafts $7.00	Baseball Pinata PinataQueen $26.00
baseball player janineyordy $20.00	Handmade Minnesota Twin… thegolfingdolp… $8.99	KHAKI’S AND A TIE, … bellasolbebe $24.00	Take Me Out to the Ball… RitaVille $34.95
Blythe Dress – Red, Whi… Nineteenzerosi… $17.00	Baseball Applique Beani… BlushBashfulSt… $15.00	Baseball Cupcake Topper… primocakes $15.00	BATTTER UP BASEBALL Sug… sugarandflour $27.00

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I live with the queen of snarky. Just yesterday as we were leaving the library I asked Little Peanut if she wanted to hold my hand out to the car. She promptly replied, “NO! I’ll walk by myself!”

It started at a very young age too. She was about 4 months when I took this.

We call this photo “The Stewie.” It was as if she knew what her shirt said (I pwn mommy & daddy)!

Remember these storage boxes? We use one of them for the Little Peanuts train set and she always tries to carry the box around but the problem is there’s no handle cutout on the other side. The poor girl always ends up loosing grip and dropping all the pieces on the floor only to rinse and repeat!

I suppose the easy route would have been to cut out another handle on the back but well… I didn’t think of it until now. There can never be too many storage boxes for toys though so here’s the new and improved version – boxes with a ribbon handle on both sides.

This box was the perfect size so I didn’t have to do any cutting (my arms say thanks!) and just mod podged the paper on. Insane amounts of hot glue were used in attaching the ribbon so I think they’re pretty secure but I’ve already told the Little Peanut the box is for Lego’s only- no rocks! (BTW did you notice the little Lego people in the photo? She insisted they be there.)

Here’s a close up:

And here she is with her new box. Don’t mind the blurry photo. She’s like Flash from the Justice League sometimes!

Want to do your own? Here’s how:

1. Check out Ashley’s tutorial on how to make the box, except skip the part where you cut out the handle. I did steps 2-3 first before adding the decorative paper/fabric just in case I messed up the marking/cutting.

2. Measure and mark where the handles will be on both sides of the box. Mine are 3 inches and I wanted them centered but a little bit closer to the top.  You’re marking where to feed the ribbon through.

3. Using an x-acto cut slits in the marked places. Just a vertical line. Make sure the height is the same or smaller then your ribbon. My ribbon is 5/8 inches.

4. If you haven’t added the decorative paper do so now. While waiting for it to dry you can do the next few steps.

5. Measure your ribbon to be 2x the length plus 6 inches. Your ribbon is going to be folded in half to add extra durability. The extra inches are used for gluing the ribbon to the box. My handle is 3 inches length so the ribbon is 12 inches.

6. Cut out a piece of rectangular cardboard about 1.5 inch longer in length and 1 inch longer in width then the handle. You’re going to glue this piece to the inside of the box behind the handle so you want it large enough to cover and then some. My piece is about 5.5 by 2.5 inches.

7. Make sure the mod podge has dried before continuing on- I speak from experience as I was anxious to get the handle on the first time! Using the x-acto knife cut through your paper from the inside of the box through the slits you made in step 3.

8. Feed the ends of the ribbon through the slits. I used the tip of the x-acto to push the ribbon into the box. Make sure you leave enough slack so your fingers can hold the box. You should have about an inch on each side inside the box.

9. Get your glue gun and glue the ribbon down. Be generous!

Make sure to do both pieces and inside the loop. It should look like below after your done gluing.

10. Glue the rectangular piece on top of the ribbon. Again, be generous with the glue.

11. That’s it you’re done. Enjoy your box!

The box pictured doesn’t have nice paper on it but yours should!