Tutorial Tuesday

Button Shirt to Toddler Dress

Click here to view this great tutorial on how to turn a mens button shirt into a toddler dress. It is super cute and easy. This is the dress that I made out of one of my husband's shirts that he doesn't wear anymore. My daughter, the picky dresser, likes her new dress and hasn't changed into a different outfit yet so that is a good sign :)

I couldn't decide which picture of the dress I should post so I put both of them on here.

Look at that morning sun shining in!

This next dress isn't much of a tutorial, I just wanted to show it to you! I bought a dress on the clearance rack at Target and thought to myself This looks easy to make. So I had to buy this cute dress so I could have a pattern to look at.

Dress from Target

My version of the dress

Back of dress

She refused to stand up and show off her pretty new dress so this is all I got!

Scrapblocks

I call these SCRAPBLOCKS...

(Probably should have turned the blocks around before I took the picture, so the letters were going the same way)

I finally finished making my scrapblocks. I love them! I saw these in someone's house and attempted to make them myself and it worked. I tried to find a tutorial online on how to make these and I couldn't really find what I was looking for. So I wanted to share with you how to make them if you wanted to. The following is an attempted tutorial.

First, I went and bought a 4x4 from Lowes. Then my husband cut the wood into blocks for me.


Then the sanding began. I tried to sand them by hand, but that made my hand sore and took a long time. So I went and bought a sander. I have to say that I love power tools. The sander was awesome and made the sanding so much easier.


After I sanded the blocks, I wiped off each block so they were clean and there was no more sand dust on them.

Then the fun started! I measured different papers to each side of the block and measured my pictures out. Added embellishments. I used mod podge to glue the papers down and then I put another coat of mod podge over the paper, so it is more durable. I put a letter on each block that spells out "family" when the blocks are all stacked together.

Overall, this is a cute project and I enjoyed making them.

Tutorial Tuesday

Freezer Paper Stencils

I saw these freezer paper stencils on Grace Violet yesterday and she has a link to the tutorial here.

Yeah, the tutorial today is not from me, but I love this idea. It is super cute and easy! At least it looks easy - I have to go buy my freezer paper today and try it out on my kids plain t-shirts.

Picture Frame

Since I bought the wonderful Mod Podge, I had to try it out. I think I have about four projects started...

I bought a plain wooden picture frame from Michaels for a dollar, I do like spending just a dollar!! Then I measured the cardstock for the frame and cut it out. I did use different colored cardstock and then sewed the pieces together with a zigzag stitch. I got that idea from the Grace Violet site.

After that I applied Mod Podge to the frame and put the paper on. Then I did another coat of Mod Podge over the paper.

Then I had to add my own little touches with ribbon and buttons, because I love adding ribbons and buttons to everything!

This is my first attempt at a tutorial so if it didn't make sense, I am so sorry :)