Diaper Girl

Here is another one of the onesies that I made finished and placed on Diaper Girl. The day before a shower I was going to after changing Warren's diaper in the morning this idea popped into my head. Could I form a body out of diapers, instead of doing it for a diaper cake? This is what it ended up looking like. Let's call her Daffodil for the yellow flower on her shirt.

I painted a box to put her in with a box of wipes to stand on and a tube of Desitin diaper rash cream in her arm.

I used 28 diapers to make her. Three sets of 7 for the head, upper and lower body. 2 sets of 2 for the arms. Finally a roll of 3 for the shoulders/neck.

She was quite fun to make and design. Now I want to make Diaper boy.

A Purse

This is a little purse that my visiting teacher had and I thought that it would be fun to make. Click here to view the tutorial. I made a few additions adding flowers and doing the pockets a little bit different too. Here is the purse that I made.

Long Time

It has been since the first of May since I have posted anything. I learned how to make flowers from Cami. Thuy taught me how to my a purse, and I tried to incorporate some flower techniques that I learned from Cami to put on the purse. I made some flower magnets for Mother's Day gifts. Tried to make a little dress for a little baby girl which I am not through with yet. It is ending up being more of a shirt (It got a wee bit to short). I finished a onsie that I had been working on before for a shower of a friend too.

These past few weeks for shopping I have been addicted to Smith's they had an event where all coupons that were less than $1 became worth a dollar off. It was a grand old time. Getting some storage and other items for FREE or less than a dollar. (If you are wondering why I put coupons on here too it is a project that I work on every week. We create shopping lists and opportunities to learn how to save money.)

I will post some pictures later and some of the things that I was able to get one some of my shopping trips.

I still have yet to complete one of the projects that I had originally set out to do. I WILL DO them I promise. My husband said that if I haven't done them then they need to go. I will get to work. However, in the process of doing this blog I have had the desire to create things which is important too.

Best Deals of Last Week

Walgreens

I got the following:

2 pkgs. stayfree

2 pkgs. plackers(floss)

2 reach floss

2 boxes aluminum foil

3 pkgs. household gloves

2 candy bars

2 boxes baby wipes

all for $3.29

without MFC and Register Rewards it would have been.... $21.78 an 84% savings

Ruffle Bum

I love the morning shows Good Things Utah and Studio 5 are so fun to watch. I love the little crafts, recipes and other ideas that they feature. The other day I was watching and thought this would be a perfect gift for one of my friends who was having a baby shower. I don't have a picture of the one that I gave to her yet, camera was out of juice, but I had so much fun that I made another one that evening. Thank you for the idea Heidi. I think I will make so more they are so much fun. Here is the link to the tutorial/instructions Baby Onesies (Ruffle Bum). Below is a picture of the onesie I made.

I thought a flower would be fun on the front. The first I just kind of winged it.

This one I got the idea for the flower from here (Sweet Charli) and then the stem and petals from a shirt I saw at the baby shower that I went too. The girls shirt had some fabric that was thin and wound back and forth on the top of her shirt which gave me the idea for the stem part. Initially I thought this one would be cute with a ruffle bum too, but I decided that the front would have been sufficient at least for me.

There is another flower that I want to try from here. My husband asked me why I don't do a boy type shirt...last night I came up with an idea. Hopefully it works out.

Mending

Today I mended some clothes that have been needing to be fixed for a year and a half :) YEAH!! I have a 2 pairs of pants to fix that require more than stitching.. I need to go to the store and get some patches to help these puppies out. Also some binding tape for a blanket that I am making for my son. The blanket doesn't really need it but it will add a finishing touch. I better finish it before he out grows it.

Coupons

Walgreens

3 toothbrushes and 3 M&M's $1.93

20 Free 4 x 6 photos

1 Free 8 x 10 photos

1 Kotex U-Thins and 1 M&M's $1.13

Kmart

5 Dove Deodorant and 1 chapstick $1.73 + $5 off on my next purchase

2 Tampax, 3 Pantene Shampoo/Conditioner, 1 Zest $5 + but I'll get a $10 rebate

5 Febreeze air fresheners and 1 bib $3.33 (used my $5 off coupon)

These were my best deals of the week. Went to Rite Aid too and got some stuff for rebates.