Food Face Plate Tutorial

 This is my first tutorial with photos! If I left out something feel free to send me a message. You'll need the following supplies:Edit HTML

1. plate (I chose white but you could do a color if you want to get funky!)
2. pebeo ink for glass (I purchased mine at Michael's)
3. paint brush
4. image to transfer
5. paper
6. tape
7. pencil
8. sharpie or marker

  First pick you image. I chose this one and stretched it to fit my plate. Then print it out. You can also you a photo of a family member if you want to personalize it.

 Then flip your image over and trace it with sharpie on the back side of the paper.

 Next, scribble over your sharpie lines with a pencil making sure to cover well. This does not have to be pretty.

 Trim around your image and tape it to your plate with the right side up. (Pencil scribbles touching the plate.)

 This is a boy and girl version. You are now going to trace the image with a pencil. This will transfer your scribbles to the plate leaving a template for you to paint over.

 Remove your taped on image and you'll have the following. Notice the plate on the right is darker. I did a better job with my scribbling here.

 Paint over your lines with Pebeo Vitrea 160. You could try the Pebeo pen, but I haven't had much luck with those. If you mess up a little bit you can use a toothpick to scratch away little imperfections. Allow paint to dry 24 hours and then bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes. Ink is dishwasher safe. I wouldn't use a knife or heavy duty scouring pad on this plate just in case, but otherwise you should be fine.

It's time for the annual post, right?

Seriously...I am a good blog reader, but not a dedicated blogger. Perhaps if I took the time to document all of my creations I would feel that my posts would benefit other crafters. This next creation was a fluke. I had visions of this being a cute skirt and then making a fabric flower and attaching it to a pre-made shirt. What the skirt turned into is so cute! If only I had finished this hours ago, you would see pictures of a cute little girl wearing it. Maybe in days to come I'll add some! No promises. I am after all turning into an annual poster.

So if you're thinking...I could make that. You are right, you can! This was a skirt with an elastic waist that was entirely too long for my little monkey. I didn't want to cut the waistband and re-iron to make a new band. What I did took longer...lol, but the results are cute! I took the  too long skirt cut a black rectangle of knit turned the sides in and pressed, though if you look at the inside I did not measure before I turned and it isn't "pretty." It is just knit and it's just for my little monkey so I just went with it. I decided to ruffle the top of the black panel so that it wasn't too wide. You can do this by setting your stitch length as long as it will go and your tension as high as it will go. This is an amazing little trick my dear friend taught me. I use it to ruffle everything. I have a ruffler, but don't know how to use the thing. The straps of this dress have non-roll elastic underneath red strips of knit. I wanted to keep that ruffle theme going. The straps cross in the back. The flower is a scrap ruffle left over from the bottom of the skirt. I made the red ruffle with the same technique mentioned above. So while this isn't a clear cut tutorial, the project itself is not to complicated.  Enjoy!

SIMPLE nursing cover

This is such a simple project and yet it makes a great baby shower gift or use it yourself. The size of this really depends on what you want. Some of the tutorials I read said you could make 2 from one yard of fabric. Personally I like them a little bid wider just in case. At a mom's sale I saw one of these with terry cloth sewn into one corner to wipe dribbles while baby is nursing. I thought why not have one on both sides. You don't always nurse baby on one side. The light yellow material is a square of yellow terry cloth folded in half and sewn in with the hem of the cover. There is an 11" piece of boning in the middle of the top of the cover so that you can peek at baby while he or she nurses. This gift needed to be versatile so I made a strap with suspender clips and a piece of ribbon. The strap can be used on a blanket in the event this cover is in the wash. The only thing I don't like about the ribbon is it isn't adjustable. I don't know if there is a standard link that will work well for all. For myself I just kept sizing it down until I got it where I wanted it. I've seen the clips with ribbon sold alone before with much wider ribbon. I guess some moms prefer being able to use whichever blanket they prefer. I wanted to have the option and give the receivers of this that option as well.

What do you do with all those scraps?

These are leftovers from a few projects or remnants I bought when JoAnns had their super sale before closing two stores and opening one Super Store here. Scraps make GREAT custom burp rags/cloths. The top two are made with cotton prints and chenille remnants.  The bottom is that super soft polyester that has become popular for baby blankets topped with a large leftover piece from Emma's curtains. It will make a nice blanket to lay on the floor or a nice place to change diapers on. These don't have a pattern. Just cut pin and sew!

Car Seat Canopy

The next few days I'll be posting projects that arose out of my nesting stage with our last baby. I will try to post directions as available. I used this free template. This was a simple project if you're looking for a baby shower gift. We are currently using a cover borrowed from a friend that won't blow off of the baby in a wind gust. This cover will come in handy when it gets a tad warmer. You can use thicker or thinner fabrics depending on the weather. This is GREAT for keeping strangers from peering at your baby or getting too close. If they can't see them they are less likely to touch them.

Working on a layout

Still working on a layout/design for the page so things may be slow here for awhile...which is fine since no one yet knows the page exists!

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Hope to get the site up and running and more personalized soon!