Days of the Week #neverusedhashtagsbefore

I don't write near as often as I should, so to make up for every day this week, I'm going to be a total dork and make up my own days of the week hashtags (you've all seen the #throwbackThursday, #mancrushMonday, etc. posts, right?!). My goal is to make them even cornier than the ones everyone uses...I'm pretty sure I can reach that goal--if I'm good at anything, it's being completely corny!





#sparklesunday  

Heather and I took all of our old pointe shoes and decorated them...we started a Disney princess theme, but this one isn't finished. I couldn't ever find a ribbon or anything to hang it with that seemed to fit it. Hopefully I'll finish it someday!

#margaritamonday     

For Heather's bachelorette party, I used some kind of glue for plastic (I don't remember what now!) and loose glitter to decorate these margarita glasses. And Heather's has ''bride'' on the bottom of hers in little rhinestones

#menumonday      (for those who don't drink! ;) )

I made this for my mom for mother's day this year (shh, don't tell her yet!) and haven't finished making the menu cards that go in the clothespins,  so I've got to get on that!! I'm going to let her decide how to use the green boxes on it--either putting main course ideas in one/desserts in the other, using one for quick dishes/other for when she has more time, etc.

#tututuesday   

I love this tutu Heather made!! too stinking cute.

#weddingwednesday    

Heather's and my cousin, Christen during her bachelorette party! I designed her sash on a website (bridalpartytees.com), and I think it turned out pretty cute!! (the part under her hair says "the future")

#thankfulthursday     

Heather got this Thanksgiving onesie for her niece last year and made her this adorable tutu and flower headband to match!! 

#featherfrenzyfriday 

Heather's and my first attempt at a decomesh wreath! We made this for our cousin's baby whose due date is on my birthday!! Can't wait!!





#sassysaturday    

Scamper is as sassy as it gets. Especially when she wears her Barbie shirt with her special Auntie-made tutu and bow ;)


So since tomorrow (well, technically today!) is "feather frenzy Friday", I guess I need to plan some kind of feather craft to do...maybe my corny days of the week hashtags will help remind me to make good and crafty use of my spare time within the next two weeks 'till summer school starts!! ;)

Happy Friday everyone!
-Sarah



SICK of the Cold

Here in Texas we have been iced in going on 4 days now. Wow, I am so sick of the cold. Also, I'm sick of the cold/stomach bug I'm assuming I got from Heather over Thanksgiving (thanks a lot, sister!). After over 2 days of literally lying in bed all day every day, only getting up for the occasional bathroom break, I decided to be productive today! SO since I haven't updated in way too long, here's an update! :)

Things have been..........crazy. And that's putting it lightly. There hasn't been a lot of time for crafting, BUT the crafting we have done has been put to good use! Here are pictures! I'll start with the oldest :)

 Halloween 2012
Heather and I actually took the time to decorate our house in Halloween 2012 for a mini Halloween party! Here are some of the things we made for it...


Time consuming but easy, and I think it turned out pretty cute!



I LOVE this candy bucket Heather and I made. You can't see all of it too well in this picture, but it says "Witch's Brew" and it's written on top of a broom!

 Baby Shower 2013

Our cousin Jessica had a baby shower in spring of this year, so we made her sweet girl a few things! We will finally get to meet her this Christmas and I can't wait!!!


Our cousin's favorite princess growing up was Cinderella, so we made this for her daughter (Riley). The picture was taken with my phone and is horrible, and we did move the wired flowers around before actually giving it to her! lol!

          Heather made this bow, and I thought it was just so stinkin' precious!

What little girl doesn't want a tutu!?

Riley's daddy is in the military, so what better way to honor him than to add camo ribbon to a girly bow? ;)

Our aunt let us know the style Jessica wanted to decorate the nursery,
 so we made a memo board to match!

Heather's Wedding 2013

Heather got married to her long-time boyfriend in June! I have WAY more pictures of homemade things that we (and our mom!) did for the wedding/shower/bachelorette party, but the pictures are on my camera, and I don't have it with me :(

It's blurry, but I made these invitations for the shower!

And I made these invitations for the bachelorette party!

We made "sweating for the wedding" shirts to wear during our workouts in the months before the wedding! I don't have a picture of mine or my friend Brittany's, but all three of us made them!

Heather decided to do a broach bouquet, and she spent so much time on it! I think every minute was worth it--
it's beautiful!

Here is a picture of all of the bridesmaids and Heather and our broach bouquets!

Chase's 3rd Birthday

My favorite little boy had his 3rd birthday party in July!


Brittany and I made the banner, Brittany made the adorable little candy trains in the right corner, and her friend made the cute little cake and cupcakes!

Brittany's Wedding 2013

Three months after Heather's wedding, my BFF, Brittany got married! I have a few more pictures of things we did for her wedding too, but they're not with me! I think this was both of our most proud piece of art though...  

It's blurry, but isn't this card box absolutely gorgeous!? We painstakingly put tiny rhinestones, one by one, on the damask print. One of her friends said, "It's beautiful, but no one is going to realize that you did all of that! They'll think you bought it like that!" We said, "Oh well, it's beautiful!" lol!

And coming soon...Our cousin Christen is getting married, too! (all three of my best friends got married within 7 months of each other--how crazy is that!?! I LOVE it!) So, I'm sure I will have some more pictures to show after her wedding!

Since that is all I can find of the most recent homemade things, that's all I'm going to post! Hope you enjoyed it and.....

 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

 -Sarah

Tutu cute PIGtures

A few weeks ago, Heather decided to make a leopard tutu. I dont know if she was trying to multi-task or was just having a blonde moment (I can say that, I'm her sister! ;) ) but she accidentally cut a ton of tulle half the length it was supposed to be. So, considering we've probably spent hundreds of dollars on tulle alone, there was no way I was going to let all of those short strips of leopard cuteness go to waste!

Just as I was trying to think of a purpose for all of the tulle, I heard a little "grunt, snort snort, grunt" coming from the living room. I knew what I needed to do-make Scamper a tutu, of course! And it just so happened that the tulle was the perfect piggy tutu length!

So here's some "pig"tures of Scamp in her "bossy" shirt (which describes her well) and her new tutu! Just click on each picture to see the whole thing!

Her tummy was just a little bit chunkier than I thought so I had to add a ribbon extension to make it fit, lol!! So if I ever get around to fixing it, that tacky pink ribbon will be gone!

Introducing...SCAMPER!

Lately I've been obsessed with the Food Network channel (I know, I know, I need a life! ;) ), especially Chopped and the Food Network challenges. So, the other day I was watching one of the cake challenges and felt inspired to make a cake!

I started thinking about what I could make a cute cake for, and then it hit me...Heather's boyfriend (Traber) and I got her a micro-mini pig for Christmas, and we were going to pick her up the next day. SO, I made the little piggy (even though she wasn't allowed to eat any!) a "welcome" cake for her "gotcha day"!

DISCLAIMER: The cake pictured below was made by a beginner and has several flaws so don't be too critical ;)

I made a carrot cake (out of a box of course, I'm not trying to be a chef or anything! ;) ) with cream cheese icing.

Then I added green food coloring to some of the icing and used a fancy icing tip that I had forgotten I bought (think I have a shopping addiction?!) to make the grass on the top. I also added some yellow food coloring to icing to make little ruffles on the side.

I found the little edible pearls at Walmart for about 3 bucks, and LOVE them if you can't tell! haha! The flowers were made out of fondant (pink that I bought and some that I dyed purple) with the pearls in the middle of each...so easy!

I found a tutorial for the fondant pig on www.videojug.com ...the step-by-step instructions they give made it pretty simple!

Then for the words.....they were the one part of this cake that I truly, TRULY hated making. I have horrible handwriting so I decided to make the letters out of fondant. A lady I used to work with (who now has her own bakery by the way! Impressive, huh?) told me that you can use the Cricut to cut fondant if you change the settings. That probably would have been very simple and fast, BUT my Cricut is my child! I could never forgive myself if something happened to him because I was making a pig cake (no offense, Scamper! ;) )!

So instead, I used an X-Acto Knife to cut out each letter. SO tedious and time consuming, I don't recommend it unless you have incredibly bad handwriting...even worse than mine! ;) After that, I added a darker sparkly pink edible gel to the letters to make them a little cuter! and that's it! So I might have to add another hobby to my long list--stamping, Cricuting (yes, it's a word...now!), painting, dancing, fishing, and now...cake decorating!

Ok, NOW I get to brag...about my CUTE nieces!!!!

My two nieces (Honey the Boxer and Scamper the mini pig) meeting for the first time...wow, imagine how crazy I will be if I ever have a human niece!!! lol!

Scamper and her mommy (Heather) looking at the cake I made

Another cute picture of Honey and Scamper

 I'll put up more pictures of Scamper soon but I ran out of room on my camera! haha!

-Sarah