Little Monsters

When I started this blog I thought it would be all about my weight loss...but it's morphed into more about me and my life of which weight loss & gain are a big part of that.  You are going to start finding lots of projects, recipes and anything else that I find worthy of talking about on here. :)  Enjoy! And please always feel free to comment & share with your friends!

I have been trying to take on some of my Pinterest projects lately.....  Because let's face it, we could pin and pin until we turn purple! :)  I love Pinterest, the idea that we can keep all of our ideas in one place and categorize them....  Finally!  LOL

So my nephew just had his first birthday and my sister said that she was going to do a "monster theme" for it.  Right after her and I talked about this I came across the cutest pattern (on Pinterest of course) for little monsters.  So of course I just had to make them!!  The easiest project I have come across yet and they turned out soooo stinkin' cute!!  All it takes is some time, felt, thread & stuffing.  I bought the the small sheets of felt that you can get at Michaels or even Walmart for .25 each.  It was perfect!!

I did sew the faces on primarily by hand.  I started to do it with the sewing machine and I am just not good enough yet to make that look good. :)  It's a working progress....one day I'll be that good!  Until then, I can do it by hand.  Slow and steady wins the race...right?

I was so excited about them that I sent a pic to my sister.  I was just going to surprise her and mail them, but I couldn't wait any longer.  Needless to say it sounds like they will be a hit and she loves them! I am sure my nephew will love them just as much!  He's 1,
how can he not?

As you can see I did the fronts and backs of each different colors to really give it that "monster" feel.

You can find the pattern here.

Happy Crafting!
~K

DIY Door Hanger

I don't know about you but I love Pinterest!  I have so many pins that I decided that it is time to start making some of those things!  The door decor is so popular right now and it adds that little something to your house that is so inviting.  I picked a relatively easy one to be my first.  I think the tricky part is buying a flower that isn't too big for the project you are working on.  I am not sure exactly how successful I was, but I am happy with my end project.  I also have to work on my bow making if I am going to use them at the top of these.  I hope that you have more success with that than I did.

What you will need:

• wooden letter
• hot glue gun & glue sticks
• yarn - color of your choice
• fake flower 
• ribbon of choice

You will need to hot glue the yarn to the top of the letter so that it stays in place & the begin to wrap it tightly around the letter.  There might be spots along the way that need to be glued, be sure to only use a drop of glue - using too much will lead to a huge mess.  Once yarn is wrapped tightly around the letter glue the end on the back so that it's not noticeable.  Glue the flowers of your choice to the letter.  Tie your ribbon into a bow and glue that on as well, don't forget to make a loop for hanging purposes.  My bow was sad looking so I added a few leaves and a flower to hide my mess.  

  

That's the wonderful thing about this project - you can add anything you want to it to make it your own.  Not to mention that it hides all the imperfections that are part of the process.  

Happy crafting!

~K