Placemat Bag

This bag is made from a single placemat. Sew the ribbon on placemat making loops at the end for handles. Then fold bag in half inside out and sew edges. Turn right side out.

Baby Shadow boxes

I got these large frames from IKEA. They were deep enough I thought I could use them as shadow boxes. I put in my babies crib blankets, coming home outfit, blessing outfit, bib, and burp cloth. The blankets have slid a little bit and need to be fixed.

Canyon Roll

Tutorial from Skip to My Lou

Seattle Seahawks shirts

I made these shirts for my four boys to watch the Super Bowl in. File can from the Happy SIL site!

Chef Apron

My son wanted an apron that would fit him.  We bought the blank apron at Hobby Lobby. He picked out what he wanted on it.  I found the split utensils on Happy SIL Site!  Utensils and words were done with glitter HTV.

6 T shirt lap quilts

 

These are T shirt quilts that use 6 shirts.  Each T shirt is cut out on then sewn together with fabric in between and on back.  Then quilt is tied.  I have a pattern for 9 T shirt quilt too.

BYU T shirt pillow

This pillow was sewn using a T shirt.  I have the pattern.  

Cougar Y

Wood and vinyl bought at Wood Connection.  Painted wood and rubbed on vinyl.  Hung with blue craft wire.

Car cake

I took a round cake and cut it in half.  Cake pieces were placed on platter with flat side down and the round circle on top.  I cut cake off front to make hood.  Then I added frosting and and used the frosting tubes to outline windows and write name.  I added Oreos for wheels, licorice for bumpers, Sprees for lights, and Mike & Ike's for other lights.  He turned one so I added one candle for the antennae.

Home Sweet Home

This is a wood frame that I painted. The Home Sweet Home is vinyl. I bought the frame and vinyl from Crafty Little You. I embellished it with flowers bought from Hobby Lobby. 

Angry Birds kid game

I made the birds and pigs with pom poms. For the birds I added fun foam beaks, pipe cleaner eyebrows, and googly eyes. The pigs have googly eyes and fun foam noses and crowns. I did these for boys at a birthday party. They didn't want to play the games I had planned. They just wanted to play with these and their sling shots.

Celebrate Board

I bought the board already in white from the clearance section at IKEA. I used chalkboard paint to make the chalkboard square.  The Celebrate letters are wood letters I bought at Hobby Lobby and the glued on paper with Mod Podge. 

Name Beach Towel

I cut the letters on fabric with my Silhouette.  The letters were ironed on beach towel.  Then I machine stitched the letters.  Font is Impact.

Cowboy costume

This cowboy costume was made out of jeans.  It has leather fringe added to legs and edged with red trim.

Mummy jars

I helped my boys make these.  They took medical gauze and wrapped around a glass jar.  They glue googly eyes on.  Yes, my oldest wanted a monster mummy and did multiple eyes.  We then put in a battery tea light to light up at night.

Shoot the Bad Guys

I taped laminated "bad guys" to our garage door for the kids to shoot water guns and capture.

Kick Croquet

The hoops are made from pool noodles stuck in the ground with wooden dowels.  Then you kick balls through the hoops just like hitting a ball with a mallet in croquet.  Idea was seen on Pinterest.

Superhero Cake

Cake base is a sheet cake.  Buildings are styrofoam covered in paper and then drawn with markers to make windows and bricks.  Superheros are toys.

Ninjago Cake

Cake base is 9x13 cake.  My son actually designed the training area with Piroline sticks, pretzels, and candy.  The Ninjago guys are Legos.

Angry Birds cake

Cake base was cut from 9x13 cake.  The towers are candy bars.  The birds and pigs were made out of modeling clay.

Angry Birds Balloons

I did this for a birthday party.  The balloons were blown up with helium so they would float.  I found the faces on the internet, cut them out, and taped on balloons.

Train Cake

I've done the train cake twice because it was a fun one.  I used pound cake for the cake base.  After frosting I added Oreo wheels and candy, animal crackers, licorice for the cars.  The steam is popcorn on craft wire.

Angry Birds Cupcakes

Each cupcake is frosted and sprinkled with colored sugar crystals.  Eyes are marshmallows with small M&M's.  Beaks are yellow gum drops.  The pig noses are marshmallows that are frosted green.

Boat cake

Taking a 9x13 cake I cut the boat base and two sails.  After frosting I added lifesavers for windows and a Twizzler flag.

Wall-E cake

For the cake part I made three square cakes.  Two were stacked on top each other for the body and the third was cut in half to make two triangles for the wheel legs.  After frosting wheels legs I added Oreos for the gears and cut chocolate Twizzlers for tread marks.  The head I cut out of styrofoam and wrapped in tin foil then used a marker to make the black eyes.  The hands are spatulas that I bought at a dollar store.

Leprechaun trap

My son and I made this to catch a leprechaun.  We took an empty oatmeal can and wrapped it in green felt.  Then we added yellow and black felt to make the buckle and shamrock fun foam shapes.  The ladder is tree twigs glued together. We got the idea from Family Fun.

Big Brother- Little Brother shirts

My boys feet were painted with fabric paints and then stamped on shirts.  The lettering was printable fabric sheets that were ironed onto shirts.  This was done before the Silhouette and HTV were popular. Now it would be so easy to use HTV to make this.

Christmas stocking

Christmas stocking I made for my oldest son.  It was a kit that I bought.  It is felt pieces hand stitched onto stocking and then embellished with beads and sequins.

Let it Snow Crosstitch

iPad cases

Each person picked out what they wanted on their case. I cut the vinyl on Silhouette.  Minecraft file came from Happy SIL Site!  JKD font is Monogram and Josh font is Arial Black.

Magnet Photo Boards

I bought the boards at a Wood Connection. Cut vinyl on my Silhouette.  Hung with ribbon from Hobby Lobby.  Font is Old Book.

Flush, Wash, Hang, Brush sign

Signs hung in my boys' bathroom. I bought wood and vinyl from Crafty Little You. Painted wood. Put on vinyl.  Added ribbon from Hobby Lobby to hang on white hooks.

Menu board

Made at a Super Saturday. It is a frame that is painted. The beadboard has vinyl days of the week. Beadboard is inserted in frame. I write on it with whiteboard marker. It was originally painted with chalkboard paint.  But when the vinyl was peeling off the chalkboard I decided to sand off the rest and use it as a "whiteboard"  But it left the black inside  the beadboard grooves.

Fall plate

Cut vinyl letters and leaves on Silhouette. Placed on gold charger.   Leaves were bought from Silhouette store.  Font is KB Lime Light.

Baby Boy gift bag

Words cut from vinyl on Silhouette. Placed on blank gift bag.  Boy Words Set file came from Miss Kate's Cuttables.

Minecraft cake

Sprayed green food coloring on edible cake sheets. Cut into squares and placed on top of frosting. 

Retirement card

Retirement words cut with Silhouette on paper. Then glued to card. Card file came from Silhouette store.

Teacher Appreciation water bottle

Water bottle tag and flower made with paper on Silhouette. I had to make 125.  Water bottle tag came from the Silhouette store.  Flower was a free file from Silhouette.

Door Heart attack

Cut paper hearts on Silhouette. Wrote things I loved about each boy. Taped a new one on their door until Valentine's Day. 

Tiki

Cub Scouts made these. Crimped brown paper. Cut out eyes, nose, and mouth.  Added other details. Taped around glass jar. Put tea light inside jar. 

Angry Birds Valentine box

Bought box. Covered with black tissue paper. Cut out face features from construction paper. 

VIP poster

Cut letters and balloon in vinyl on Silhouette. Added stickers. Font is Marker Felt.

Mickey Mouse cake

Head made from round cake pan. Ears made from ball cake pan. 

Big Brother shirts

Batman symbol and lettering cut in HTV on Silhouette and ironed on shirt.  I got file from Happy SIL Site!

Skeleton shirts

Skeletons cut with glow in the dark HTV on my Silhouette and ironed on black shirt. Skeleton file is from Silhouette store.  Name font is Boner.