It's Spring Break now and I'm staying on campus to help with this musical I'm choreographing at one of the local high schools so I have had a LOT of time by myself, which means a lot of time to craft and watch Disney movies. In fact, within the last three days, I made three of these adorable pillowcase dresses from The Mother Huddle for my beautiful little goddaughter.
(Sorry for the poor quality phone pics. I was too lazy to get out my camera. Priorities.)
Here are the first two I made, using the suggested double folded bias tape for the strap. It took me quite a while to finish the first, but after that I was whipping them up quick! The last one (below) I tried the lined version, adding in this fun crocheted ribbon at the bottom and a string of ruffles as the strap. In love with them! I could make ten more.
Now let's go way back to Christmas. Usually I'm thrilled to talk about Christmas, but this winter has been so rough I don't even want to think about anything to do with the 'S' word, but I have to admit, it was an excuse for some fun crafting opportunities. I try to do at least 85% DIY gifts, if not 100%. And it usually goes over better than anything I could have bought.
I've done this before, but I made four of my best friends these photo books of happy things. Books you can look at when you feel sad or down or angry to remember all the things there are to be happy about.
Here's some example pages and covers. I usually use Picaboo but I think for one of them I used Shutterfly because of some sale or something.
One of my roommates LOVES blacks, so I made her this bow clutch from Elm Street Life which I am seriously proud of. Still. Again, please ignore my awful picture.
I guess I didn't really DIY these ones... but I got them printed on a photo book site called Printer Studio.
This is what I made for my dad. I used a Tim Holtz photo board I've been eyeing for a while and printed out black and whites of my sister and as babies, kids, and now. I wrote a quote about family and glued in three pennies - my parent's anniversary, my birth year, and my sister's birth year.
Sorry for the sideways picture. Technical difficulties.
For my goddaughter, who you can see by the dresses above, I spoil and use as a crafting excuse, I made this adorable little elephant from Create Studio. I love it so much. I ran to the store for more grey felt as soon as I finished but I still haven't had time to make more. I have a weakness for elephants.
And last but not least, (again sorry it's sideways) I made my fellow Disney loving friend this silhouette of the Cinderella castle, all hand drawn and cut from pink scrapbook papers. The letters caused my hand great agony but it was worth it. Anything princess related is worth it.
Alright, that's enough. I'll try to be more regular, but let's be real. I've got back to back shows the rest of the semester. Life of a dance major.
Have a lovely Spring! It's coming!!
