Baby Sock Purse!!!!!

Isn't this the cutest thing ever? I found this @ Dollar Tree & had to share it w/ you guys. I use it for my laundry coins. lol It's funny how I find the cutest things @ Dollar Tree & buy things that I don't even need. My husband is like "It's only a dollar" phrase is so overrated w/ me! hahahahaha

Mothers Day/Birthday Gift

This project was way simple. My daughters softball team mate just had a birthday so I thought I'd have my daughter give her something. Of course my budget is always cheap because I come from a family of 6. So today my budget was $1.00. Yup, you heard me right! I went to Michaels cause they always have cute things on clearance. I found a cute desingn a mug kit. It came w/ ready made pictures for her to color but I just traced out the size on a blank paper so she can draw her own art on it. I threw some confetti in the cup to give it pop. I also ended up making lil' daisy bow clips. I was trying to figure out how I can put it in the cup. I found some of my kids project foams (the round shaped ones) and threw one in it. Wrapped some colorful pipecleaner around a pencil and stuck them in the foam. I also put some tulle in the cup to cover the foam. So now I had to figure out how to present the gift. My sis. Lepa came up w/ a cute idea. Instead of buying a bag she suggested grabbing a regular ol' white lunch bag, folding it down & punching holes in it around the rim & threading ribbon through it. It was such a cute idea. My hubby was playing around w/ one of the pipecleaners spelling out her name "Mora" and I thought it was way cute! That's why I glued it on the back of the bag! lol My daughter also drew on the front of the bag! There you have it! You can also customize this gift for a child to give their grandparent, aunt or mother. Great idea for a mothers day gift too! :)

Dallas Cowboys Tutu Dress for a newborn

Headband Bow:

Thick blue ribbon: $0.69 MICHAELS
Silver & White ribbon: $0.20 each MICHAELS
Buttons: $4.00 MICHAELS (optional I used a star button for the Dallas Cowbows symbol)
Bunch of small flowers: $1.00 DOLLAR TREE
Elastic Band: $1.20 WALMART

I took a guestimation on the headband and just hot glued a piece of elastic to the ribbon & just folded each side over on both sides & there you have it...a head band. The bow was just a creation of some sort w/ a flower glued in the middle of it & stuck in star button on the flower. Simple isn't? Just so you know the buttons are the priciest but I bought that for other purposes not for this project. So really all I spent was literally $0.40 because I had everything else already! :)

Accents for tutu dress:

Bunch of flowers: $1.00 DOLLAR TREE
Buttons: $4.00 MICHAELS

I had such a big bag of buttons so I wanted to take advantage of them. I ended up threading the tulle from the tutu dress into a white flower & a blue button & just let it hang. It gave it a lil' color & made it more than just a plain white tutu dress.




Tutu Dress:

2 yards of white tulle: $3.00 WALMART
Elastic Band: $1.20 WALMART
Blue thick ribbon: $0.69 MICHAELS
White, silver & white ribbon: $0.20 each for 6 yards MICHAELS
Iron on letters (white): $0.50 MICHAELS
Bunch of flowers (blue & white): $1.00 each DOLLAR TREE
Diamond Jewels: $0.50 MICHAELS

I don't know if your a blogger from Utah but I think almost everyone knows how to make a tutu. hahahaha If not you can watch this tutuorial @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5QO_OI1t70. The only difference w/ mine is I tied the tulle onto the elastic band rather than the ribbon. Sorry call me lazy w/ my blogs lately but I figure shorter the description the better! Although I'm contradicting my statement by going on and on about nothing! hahaha Kay anyways.....To make it a dress all I did was tie blue ribbon in the middle of the tutu & WALA that's her halter top! lol I hot glued a bow in the middle w/ the words "Dallas Cowboys" ironed on them. I also hot glued two blue & white flowers on the side of it w/ the pretty jewel glued in the middle of the flower. There you have it! Easy as peasy! hahaha Don't ask why that term is even brilliant to use but it rhymes. LOL

HERE'S THE END RESULT!

Excuse the somewhat used bear. It's my daughters bear that I thought I'd use it as my model since I didn't have a baby around! :( Oh & excuse the backgground too. Aren't wires quite the decor though? lol Well, hope you like it & is inspired to make one for your lil' beauty to show off your favorite team! I'm pretty sure my sister in law will. Oh yeah the "Dallas Cowboys" theme was thought of because my sister in law's husband (not sure if she loves the team too lol) loves the Cowboys. They named their eldest Dallas! Cute huh? I wanted to make this dress personable for not only baby but for the whole family to adore! :)