One of A Kind Christmas Stockings

I am so very excited to share the four versions of stockings I created for all four of my kids. For a few years I have been meaning to make my kids stockings but it kept getting put off. I decided this was the Christmas I would finally make them, and I'm so happy I did!

Each one is custom designed and created myself. I drew out my own patterns for each of the characters and bought coordinating fabrics to match. These took a LOT of hard work but have so much attention to detail & are very sturdy. I used batting & created an insert so you don't see the batting on the inside, and no seams are showing. These are so sturdy and so wide that they fit a LOT of goodies for my kids on Christmas day & stood upright perfectly!

 It sure was a beautiful Christmas this year!

A Tiny Love For Owls

So I've always had a small love for owls, but it wasn't until I became an adult that I truly appreciated them, especially to incorporated in my home decor. I have been doing a lot of keepsake things with my daughter Hailey because she our last child of four, and I know these precious baby moments are fleeting so fast. A close friend of mine recently made these & I knew I wanted one for my own tree!!!

Little salt dough snowy owl ornaments!! A beautiful keepsake to always cherish on my tree every year!!! It's so simple and so cute!!!

Here is how to make them!

What you'll need:

2 cups flour

1 cup salt

1 cup warm water

(Olive Oil)

• Preheat oven to 250'
• Combine flour & salt. Gradually knead in warm water. You can add a little olive oil to make it less sticky. Knead for about 10 mins.
• Mold your ornament with your hands and not a rolling pin. Press your handprint.
• Cook for about 5 hours or until your ornament cooked through. You may need to set them on a wire rack so they'll cook through.
• Let them cool and then paint! Attach anything you'd like to make it unique!

Pallet Shelf

So this past Fall my husband and I built a pallet shelf that I had been dying to make. I found a similar idea off of pinterest, but we changed it slightly to make it our own. The pallet was free, so all that we spent was about $7 for the paint, and to this day, it's my most favorite shelf in our place!!

Alaskan Handmade Mitten Ornaments

These ornaments are simply beautiful, and they are designed and made entirely by myself. I decided to create a beautiful ornament to give out to all my friends & family this Christmas, and decided on making mittens!! These are so adorable & so far everyone just loves them!! It makes me truly happy just to spread a little happiness during the most wonderful time of the year!

These are VERY simple to make!! Just take a sheet of paper & trace out a mitten pattern. Cut out and pin to felt. You'll need to cut out four mitten shapes (two for each mitten). Take some embroidery thread and sew around the edges, leaving the top open. Stuff with polyfil and glue some lace around the top. Make sure you add your twine to the inside of the mitten before gluing it shut. Add some decorations & buttons & you have the perfect new addition to your tree!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

An Adorable Rocking Horse

I am soooo soo very excited to share the rocking horse that my husband and I designed and built together for our youngest daughter Hailey. It all started one day while surfing pinterest, I saw one & knew it was something that I wanted to build. So I went to work drawing up the designs. My husband and I spent hours making everything as proportionate as possible, and he bared with me while I made numerous adjustment & changes as we started to build. It just had to be perfect!!! lol

And it is perfect. 

Perfectly handmade from the heart. I'm just so proud because we both did the work together and not one did more then the other. My husband is insanely talented at woodworking and I LOVE designing creations, but he gave me his input on the designs and I helped build. It was amazing watching it come together.

The designs I drew up

Sanding

Starting to assemble

Cutting out the pieces

Assembled

I can't wait till Christmas morning when she sees it, even if there won't be too much of a reaction because she is only one. lol

Cinnamon Stick Xmas Tree Ornaments

This is a wonderful little project to do with kids!!! Each year it's a tradition in our family to make a new ornament together, not only pass out to our family & friends, but add to our tree as well. 

The Cutest Little Reindeer You Ever Did See!!

So this little reindeer hat was one of the first hats I made without a pattern. I made one for her when she was a newborn, and I decided she needed one for her 1 year photos!!! This is by far my most FAVORITE crochet hat!! I still need to figure out how to get the felt antlers to stick up, but other then that it's perfect!

Beautiful photos taken by Jaime at RED Photography

Tinkerbell and an Owl

So I decided to really go all out this Halloween and make my kids costumes! My daughter chose tinkerbell, and she said she ONLY wanted green. LOL My other daughter Hannah decided she really wanted to be an owl. So, I went to work! The owl costume was super easy, all I used was scissors and a hot glue gun. Then I crocheted the owl hat for her.

The tinkerbell one I kind of just eyeballed and used measurements. I accidentally slipped up and made the belt to far down, so the day before Halloween I brought everything up and although my stitches weren't perfect, it worked and that's all that mattered to me! To this day, every day my daughter Jenaye comes home from school, she changes into her tinkerbell outfit. It is her favorite out of all the dresses she has, and that just melts my heart.

A Sweet Little Red Riding Hood

It's been awhile since I've posted a new blog entry, but I was very excited to share this costume I made for my 11 month old daughter. I knew once I had decided I was going to make costumes for my kids this year, what I wanted to make for my youngest.

It just seemed like a perfect fit for her, and boy was I right! Since we've had a very drawn out, warm fall this October in Alaska, I took advantage of it and got some absolutely adorable photos of her wearing her costume. She gave me tons of picture to choose from!! Oh. The. Cuteness!!!! The only thing I need is some shoes to complete it!!

One thing Im also excited about was finishing the dress with a zipper, something I had yet to do!! It was actually very easy!! The hardest part was most of the dress was eyeballed because my daughter was either sleeping or wouldn't stay still for me to work. So I was nervous when I went to have her try it on. I was completely surprised at how perfect it fit!!