Felt Clip Craft Project

With the exception of Daphne’s birthday party decor, I haven’t done anything creative or crafty in months. And you know me, I always need a project to channel my creative energy or I get antsy. Since most of my sewing and crafting stuff is in storage, I decided to work on a few small projects for Daphne.

I’ve always liked the look of felt hair clippies for little girls and decided to make a few clips to coordinate with Daphne’s fall and winter wardrobe. Making this project even easier, I purchased the felt flowers already cut from Etsy seller Carefree Glimmer. I decided on some fall/winter colors, plus a pack of pinks and then I could mix and match. So here are the combos I came up with and a picture of each next to its coordinating outfit.

I will still need to add some embroidery, maybe some buttons and other little touches to each before they get glued onto hair clips. And I’m not sure I’ll make all of them. I mean, her Gymboree Cupcake Cutie cardigan is busy enough without a giant felt flower in her hair. I don’t know. But I love how the flowers match Gymbo’s Harvest Leaves line.

Once I get that done I might make a few other felt clips, like these from Tiny McSmall:

or these felt covered barrettes from Angry Chicken. And I want to find wool felt instead of using acrylic. Anyone have a good source?

New Etsy Favs

It’s been a really long time since I had a chance to just sit down and browse through Etsy. There are so many amazingly creative artists/crafters on there and I always leave the site inspired. Here are some of my finds from today:

Superior Cleaners Sign- Vinyl Decal from Tasty Suite

This would look perfect in my next laundry room with the vintage laundromat pictures I found on istockphoto. Do other people decorate their laundry rooms? Or am I just weird? I’ve always decorated the laundry room.

And from Single Stone Studios, Tropical Hibiscus Vinyl Decals. I actually like these better than the Blik decals I considered buying for Daphne’s nursery.

Sharmadesigns was featured over on Modish today and I love these earrings, available at her Etsy shop:

And these too:

And this lovely necklace:

And this isn’t a find from today, just something I saw again recently on another blog, personalized stamp from Craft Pudding. I LOVE this. I would totally never use it, but it’s adorable. I think I need a little Daphne stamp.

Tinkerella Creations

When I was a little girl I was totally obsessed with Snow White. And I have already decided that Daphne is going to be dressed up as a little baby Snow White for Halloween this year (hey, I gotta do it now before she gets older and can have an opinion and want to be Dora or something). So I squealed just a little when I saw this outfit on Etsy today. A custom boutique Snow White shorts set (for everyday wear I suppose):

And look at this adorable Cinderella shorts set:

Check out the rest of Tinkerella Creations’ Etsy shop here.

Dog Art

Etsy seller, Brian Rubenacker was featured recently on Etsy Finds and I fell in love with his dog artwork. Seriously, how cute would these be in a baby boy’s nursery?

And a cowboy/indian series, how friggin’ cute is that?

And x-ray glasses

So these will definitely be in the running for possible baby #2’s nursery, along with a space/robot theme (with Blik Space Invaders wall decals) or monkeys. Unless it’s a girl, then the nursery theme will be Surfer Girl Redux. Nah, I’m so sick of Daphne’s room decor. This is reason #1 why I’m so cheap when it comes to decorating. I get bored with paint colors, wall art, accessories, etc. after about 6 months. My living room alone in the last 12 years has gone from country cottage, french country, shabby chic, primitive americana, a Trading Spaces Laurie Smith inspired room, a gold and red “looks like the interior of the Cheesecake Factory barfed” design and finally a chocolate brown/aqua bird inspired room. And I just sold all my living room furniture today, so look for another new living room design in Houston.

Sneak Peek

Just a sneak peek at Daphne’s birthday outfit. I know it’s over the top and really bright but I love it. The hat from Itsybitsybunny is AWESOME!!! I highly recommend their Etsy shop.

Jenny

I need this, but only fellow 80’s kids would get the joke. Everyone else would just wonder why I had my phone number around my neck. No, it’s not MY phone number, it’s Tommy Tutone Jenny’s phone number:

Mantel Progress

A few months ago I took everything off the walls in my living room and have been waiting for inspiration to hit. I’ve been obsessed with aqua/turquoise and birds lately and bought this pillow from Joom last year. This pic from Etsy makes it look a little dingy, it’s not in real life:

I still have no idea what to do above my sofa, but I have made progress on the mantel. Here’s a photo of the wall decal from ellynelly I mentioned yesterday. Boy, was that a pain in the ass to put up. But I was dying for something different. I had a huge mirror and a few large black and white prints up there previously.

It’s still a work in progress. The accessories I picked up at Hobby Lobby today and I’m not exactly sure where they will end up in the room. I also have a print from Alicia Bock that I got for Mother’s Day that needs a better frame:

I don’t know, decorating has really been the last thing on my mind lately. I’ll probably finish the rest of the room by Christmas.

Birth Designs

I’ve been looking for the last year for a necklace or other jewelry piece to commemorate Daphne’s birth. No cheesy birthstone babies or little shoes on a necklace. Not quite my style. I hinted and hinted to Chris to get me something (James Avery baby charm for my charm bracelet, hint, hint) but that didn’t work. But that’s ok, because he got Daphne a really nice sapphire birth stone charm (Because her due date was 9.18, who knew she’d come in August?  It can be her “something blue” for her wedding since her birth stone is a peridot.). He went to the jeweler and designed it himself. I was impressed!!

So I think I’m going to buy myself something nice for mother’s day. Today I stumbled upon these necklaces from Etsy seller Birth Designs. Sterling silver and very reasonably priced:

Cute. I think I’d put Daphne Veronica on this. The flower beads are optional, you have a choice between stones and sterling silver beads.

I like this one too. Simple, and I could wear it with anything.

Cute, but not sure about the crystal moon.

Any opinions? They have several other cute designs in their shop. Let me know if you’ve seen cute mom jewelry anywhere else.

Buy Handmade

Just another plug to buy handmade…

I can’t tie a pretty bow to save my life. So when it comes to Daphne’s hair accessories I can make the clips, but leave bows to the experts. When Chris was in Tulsa I had him pick up a few hair bows at Dillard’s. 3 Copper Key bows for $12. Then I found an Etsy seller, Patchebagsandbows, with similar bows at a much better price, 6 for $10. And unlike the Copper Key set, you could pick your own colors. And for $1.67 each I’m not going to freak out too much if they get lost.  Unlike our MIA $8 No Slippy Hair Clippy that is somewhere in Houston (grrr).  Here are the bows:

On the right: the top six bows are from Dillard’s, the bottom 5 are from Etsy.  And here’s our hair accessory model with one of the Etsy bows:

So, support independent crafters and artists!!  You never know, you might even save a little money while finding the perfect item.

Diaper Sushi

This is adorable!! Instead of a diaper cake baby shower gift, how about diaper sushi from Etsy seller jkalea?

It’s got diapers, onesies, a blanket and more. Oh, they used Pampers Swaddlers. I got a diaper cake from the girls at work and unfortunately didn’t use a single one of the diapers. The manufacturer cheaped out and used really poor quality generic diapers. Good idea, just couldn’t use it. So just a tip- check out what brand they use before you spend $75 bucks on one.