Infant Car Seat Cover

I saw this adorable Car Seat Tent online right after an old friend from High School had his son.  (Without going into too much detail...)  His son spent quite a while in the hospital and underwent a few surgeries.  Never did the family's faith fade, they stayed positive.  How could I show them support from a couple of hundred miles away? I let them know that I was praying for their precious son but after stumbling on the tutorial I mentioned above I thought, "Every parent of a newborn should have one of these to keep people from touching their babies!  A baby who has been in the hospital for as long as their son REALLY should have one."  And so I contacted my friend who loves to sew, bought the fabrics, and away we went!  I didn't get many photos as we went because after doing some cutting I was chasing my friend's 11 month old around while she did the major sewing.  But here's a few:

The straps almost ready to be attached.

Ta-Da!  All finished!

Cup Cake Hats

My Aunt makes these adorable hats for just $5.00 each!  Aren't they precious?  If you'd like one for your little cupcake please let me know!  Although you can't tell from the photos the frosting on these is pink with rainbow sprinkles.  Both are chocolate cake!  <3

Crafty... Me? No Way!

I gave it a try and succeeded!  Yes, I sound shocked, because I am!  I thought this would be WAY too hard for me to pull off, but I was able to do it.  What am I talking about?  I made this pretty flower and turned it into a head band.

Here's some photos... to prove that I pulled it off!  LoL.
(Please feel free to click the photos to enlarge them!)

First I traced a lid that was about 4 1/2" across 8 times.  4 on each fabric.

 Then I cut the 4 circles out.

I then folded them in half and ironed them flat.

 Using a ruler I cut each circle in half where I had ironed them.

 I then folded the halves in half (inside out).

 Using a sewing machine I sewed one side of each half circle.  (No cutting yet!)

 I then cut them apart and turned them right side out.

 I hand stitched the bottoms of 10 of them together, rotating fabrics.

 I repeated the above with the last six petals for the top layer.

(This is where you could also sew them together.)

I decided to add glitter to the flowers using Elmer's, a paint brush, and some sprinkle glitter.

 I then sewed the two layers together and cut the extra threads.  

I used a hot glue gun to add this cute embellishment in the center to hide the stitching. 

I used my flower as a head piece by using hot glue and mounting it onto a metal head band.

Again, thanks to the above mentioned blogger for the great idea!  I thought there were WAY too many steps, but I pulled it off and would try it again!  And Elise, thanks for cheering me on while working on your head piece!  It's nice to be reminded that it doesn't have to be PERFECT!  <3  

Here's Elise's Head Piece: