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Tons of Tutes... My Girls' Storybook Princess Party. Just so you know...This is a LONGG post LOADED with DIY ideasand Fun Party Details. You've been warned. :)My Girls recently turned 1 and 3! (ahh! Still in shock.) I love putting together their birthday parties and making it a special day full of fun memories.One of the best parts of being a mommy has got to beseeing their faces when I put together fun things like this. They are so sweet! Sophia wanted a princess party but was also in love with anything mermaids!

It started with the invite..I made fun DIY Pop-Up invites! "To get to their Castle you must travel through the butterfly garden, past the mermaid candy cove and the pirate ship of captain bubbles. Each place on the map matched up with a station at the party! Supplies & Cost of Castle Boxes...FREE Paint...FREE (mixed white and pink leftovers) Banner Garlands...FREE (Designed/Printed on Cardstock and Sewn together.) Drawbridge(working!)... Zip Ties...Target (Home Depot has a 100 Pack - $4...LOTS leftover.) Ornament Wreath 101. After seeing this ADORABLE ornament wreath on a million other blogs, I knew this had to be my next project. SO cute, right?! And Eddie Ross was telling me I could actually do it myself?! Score!!! First up…a stop at the Dollar Tree.

Here’s what you’ll need to get started… A glue stick, a wire coat hanger, and ornaments. Take your wire hanger and bend it into a circle…or in my case, something that’s in the ballpark of being circular?! Now. Thank the Lord I was only about 4 ornaments into the project or I’d have been BEYOND annoyed!!! But keep going…and make sure to alternate colors and sizes as you go. I was getting SO excited as I kept going. I mean, c’mon y’all. And if you’re anything like me, you might actually think about leaving everything where it is for your husband to clean up the next day. Now I need to figure out where to put it!!!! Total cost: $11.

Not too shabby, right?! Candy Heart Garland. I'm excited about the new look for my blog. The design comes from the same lady who designed my photography business blog. I'm still working on things and will hopefully have it finalized soon. Also... I will have more info on the Sew and Tell competition in a day or two. If you would like to sign up, please do so asap! Valentines Day is a big deal for Alanna because we usually have or go to a party with her friends. Anyway... Last night I made a garland out of candy hearts. For my first attempt, I hot glued them to a grosgrain ribbon. I figured it was the weight pulling it over, so I glued another row of hearts to the backside of them. Getting annoyed, I gave it one more chance. It looks adorable and it was really cheap! No Sew Felt Owl Plush. Who wants a NO SEW tutorial for this ADORABLE owl plushy that ONLY takes about 45 minutes to make? This would be PERFECT for Activity Day projects or Young Women activities! *NOTE* You can hand stitch everything if you don't want to use the glue gun!

;) 6 sheets of felt*2 sheets for body*1 white for eyes*1 for wings (any color you want)*1 for belly (any color you want)*one for the nose (I used orange)Glue gun/gluesticksNeedle and Embroidery thread (any colors you want)stuffing (not the kind you use in a Turkey...)The Template (save it as an image, open in Word Processor/Works/Photoshop) and printScissors2 buttons (or you can cut out 2 small circles of felt for the pupils) OWL TEMPLATE (2 pages)Each page is the size of an 8.5 x 11 piece of cardstock Okay, now you're going to cut out the pieces. These will be your pattern for you to trace onto the felt. Now, decide what color you want the different parts of the owl. Now, if you want to you can just stitch the pieces individually. Embroidery Designs at Urban Threads - Projects.

Now it's time to grab that other sock, provided it hasn't disappeared. Don't laugh -- I have about a half dozen socks whose partners have mysteriously vanished. It can happen. Turn the sock inside out and flatten it the other way, so the heel is folded in half. This sock is much more picky as to what it turns into. The diagram to the left shows you what I mean. The long front half of the sock is the tail. Before cutting anything, I'll give you a bit of advice I learned the hard way: You'll notice the tail and the arms are the uppermost section.

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