Flip flop hangers

Found flip flops for $1 a pair today so I couldn't resist buying several colors. Then I discovered I needed a simple way to store them. Of course I checked out pins on pinterest first. Found something, but I made my own version.

http://www.epbot.com/2011/04/hows-it-hangin-flop-tutorial.html?m=1

I used pants wire hangers. I pulled the cardboard tube off first. Then bent the wire around into a circle. The pants hangers already have a hook at the end. To save space, I'm going to attempt to hook the hangers together to form a chain.

Breaking the white tube in half makes it easier to get it off the wire hanger.  

Then you will have the 2 little hooks already made for you to hang the flip flops.  

I bent the hook to keep the hangers together.  

The flip flops show better when you put the hook in front of the hanger.  

These are my daughters little flip flops.  Kid Size 10-11. 

Tablecloths to curtains

Made a shower curtain from a 70 x 108 inches tablecloth today.  Just attached 1-1/2 inch Clip Rings to it and hung it on a separate shower rod from the plastic one.  So easy and NO sew!

Next projects are curtains from a tablecloth.  Probably use clip rings on it too, but I need to cut the tablecloth in half and sew the seems to make 2 curtains.  I'm also finally finishing a denim patchwork quilt top that I put together years ago.  Just need to add binding.  Pictures to come.

It's been a while since I added a blog entry.  I just tied it to my Facebook page.  Lets see if this works.  More fun updates to come this summer.  Lots of pins to try out.  :)

Fun with food coloring

We have been having so much fun making colored pancakes.  Think we will try pasta next. 

Smurf Blue pancakes 

(A little over cooked, but you can tell they are blue inside.)

Yellow pancakes

(Hard to tell because pancakes are yellow.)

Pink Princess pancakes

Felt Heart hair-clips

Working on these super cute Valentines Day felt heart hair-clips from 'the Purl bee' blog.  Even my 4 year old made a couple.  Usually I'm a perfectionist when it comes to machine and hand sewing, but with this project I tried not to be perfect to give the hair-clips a folk art look.

I made them a little larger (large heart 1 1/2", small heart 1") and used a bobby pin instead of a clip.  I cut 2 small slits in the back heart to hold the bobby pin in place.  Remember, wavy side of the bobby pin goes down.  I also put the bobby pin top to bottom on the heart so that the clip could be worn on either side of the head.

One tip I would give is to cut the felt into squares first.  Then fold them in half and then take the heart template and fold it in half and cut the heart just like you would do when making a heart from a square piece of paper.  Hope this makes since.

Link to 'the Purl bee' blog
http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-barrettes/

Link to a tutorial on how to do a running stitch.
http://www.embroiderersguild.com/stitch/stitches/running.html

Link to a blog for bobby pins 101.
http://honeyandfitz.blogspot.com/2011/10/bobby-pin-101.html#axzz1jek2DRlR

My little ones creations.

My creations.

Can't wait to do some St Patricks shamrocks and Easter Eggs next.

Butterflies and purple 1st Bday Party

Just wanted to share my pictures from our Butterflies and purple 1st birthday party.  The candy bar was a big hit.  We covered the countertop with wrapping paper.  

Found Love Story-James and Ruth Alice Clark

My grandparents have a lost love story, and I'm just hearing about it today.  Letters were found in their attic that they wrote back and forth during WWII.  Can't wait for them to be published so we can hear the full story.

This is a love story that unfolds over the course of 3 years during World War II. James and Ruth Alice were a newly married couple when James was deployed away from his hometown in Pennsylvania. A Corporal (later Sargent) in the Army's Thirteenth Air Force - James was assigned to the 339th Fighter Squadron which performed duties in the Pacific Theater of war.

http://video214.com/play/V8Weecpyih1PbO9LrsynqA/s/dark

Valentine's Day Card Photos

Trying my hand at photography today.  My new hobby.  Trying to recreate Valentines Day cards from ideas on these websites.

http://familyfun.go.com/valentines-day/valentines-day-cards/ginormous-lollipop-1033785/

http://poppiesatplay.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-about-it-thursday_11.html

First thing.  I need to buy a white or grey backdrop.  Next time.

Walmart photo has cut apart valentines day cards that you can order.  Perfect.  Saved me some $$ on printing at home.  Here are my creations without the suckers.  :D

Valentines with suckers

Tshirt bags

Made these on Friday from some of my Mom's group tshirts.  http://www.marthastewart.com/266942/t-shirt-bag

The small tshirts work great for a kids bag.  I say an XL may be a little too big depending on what you want to use it for.  XL would make a good beach bag.  Medium and large tshirts would make great grocery bags.  The best thing is that you can wash these over and over and they don't fall apart.

I made 2 changes.  On the XL tshirt I made a 4 inch bottom by cutting out squares on each bottom side instead of a straight stitch across.  I also made a small stitch on the handles to make the handles not so wide.  I didn't want to cut more of the neck off or the opening would have been too large.

I think that's it.  Let me know if you questions about what I did.

First Blog post

Ok. Here we go.  My goal for this blog is to kept track of all the wonderful tutorials and ideas I find on the web that I test.  I'll share all my creations and let you know what my challenges were.  Hopefully I'll remember to take pictures turing the creation process.