I have never been super crafty. I find that once you add up the price on an item it sometimes is close to the same price that it would be to buy it. I am not sure why I decided to make these pillow cases but the kids and I went to the fabric store and they picked out their fabric. They were really excited. We got home and I hurried and cut out the pattern and began sewing. I made Trey's first and couldn't believe that it was so easy. While I was trying to sew Brooklyn's, already having seen Trey's completed pillowcase, she couldn't wait any longer and started pulling on one end of the pillowcase yelling "pincess!" It brought back a really funny memory of my mom making us shorts every summer when we were little and we would wait under the table while she was sewing ours and then would put them on "hot off the press" as she would say. I realized I had a little extra peice of Brooklyn's and decided to make Beary Bear a pillow case as well. They love them and take them on every sleep over or trip with us. I do get a little proud when I see them laying in their beds! After making the pillowcases it gave me a little more confindence to do more crafting.

My sister Mary and I have been having fun looking at craft blogs together and picking out different crafts. I took my first ever DI trip about a month ago to see if I had that special gift of turning someone elses junk into my new treasures. Some of the things these ladies can come up with is unbelievable! Well I got this picture frame for $1.00. I already had everything else to make the hair bow holder at home. The before picture.

The finished product. This is the only picture that I took of the final product.

My first hairbows. I purchased the items to make them over a year ago and decided I was finally going to figure out how to do it and am very excited to start doing all of mine...Well, maybe not all. I made a headband and bow that match these for Beary Bear that I will have to post a picture of.