Pinterest Project

Recently I saw a pin on Pinterest that was a photo of a little girl in a big, white dress. The idea was to take a photo of your daughter in your wedding dress. I LOVED the idea! How fun! So, I set out to make it happen! My little 3 1/2 year old girly-girl had a great time getting dolled up as a "wedding girl" as she called it. We headed outside one beautiful fall afternoon and took some super fun pictures! Here are some of my favorites!

Applique T-Shirts

I love making applique tshirts! I make initial shirts, number shirts for birthdays, tie tshirts, and fun holiday appliques. I hand cut all of my designs and they are all hand stitched. I leave a slight unfinished border around the applique so the design will fray just a little over time. Here are a few designs I have made:

Christmas Tree with Initial

Turkey Tshirt (girl)

Pumpkin with Initial

Zebra Minnie Mouse with Initial

"R" Initial

"1" for First Birthday

"Big Sister"

"3" for Third Birthday

"C" Initial

"E" Initial

"Lightsaber"

Little Man Tie

Dollar Store Decorating

I love the dollar store! You can find some great items for just $1. I love to get toys, party favors, coloring books, and little things for around the house. This year, I decided to try decorating using some items from the dollar store. I love to decorate my house but let's face it...it can get expensive! Here are a few pictures of some fall decorations I made this year using some things I already owned, dollar store purchases, and a bit of some craftiness!

Fall Wreath: made with a wicker wreath form, glitter tulle, fake pumpkins and gourds, and some glittered leaves. I purchased everything I needed to make this wreath from the dollar store except for the tulle which I already had on hand.

Fall Candle Scene: I used marbles/rocks, a mini pumpkin with a battery operated tealight, tall pillar candles, ribbon, and glittered leaves. I simply tied some ribbon around the candles and then arranged everything on a glass plate. I made this mostly from items are already owned and used the leftover leaves from my wreath.

Fall Table Decor: Here I displayed some fall subway art in picture frames with a stuffed pumpkin. I downloaded free subway art online and printed it at home. I customized and printed the pumpkin silhouette and glued it to some patterned paper. Then, I displayed the art in frames I purchased for the dollar store.

200 Fan Giveaway Winners...

Last week I posted about my first giveaway here at {Crafty} Mommy and Wife. The plan was to give away 3 different products to 3 different winners. Seeing as how this was my first giveaway, I wasn't anticipating a huge turnout. Five lovely fans decided to try their luck in this first giveaway of mine and I am here to announce the winners of that giveaway!

And the winners are:
Jamie
Ashley
Amanda
Jennifer
Kim

I decided to go ahead and give a product to each of you lovely ladies that signed up! If you could all send an email to a.wills84@yahoo.com with your address and contact info and I will send out a surprise goodie to each of you this week!

Thank you for participating in my first giveaway and for being such great supporters of {Crafty} Mommy and Wife!

200 Fan Giveaway!

Over the weekend I posted on Facebook that if I reached a goal of 200 fans then I would do a giveaway. My goal was met and then some...so exciting! I am happy to announce my first giveaway here at {Crafty} Mommy and Wife! Thank you to everyone for helping me reach this goal!

I will be giving away 3 items to 3 different winners. Each winner will receive 1 item. Here are the items up for grabs!

Floral Rosette Headband
Pink elastic headband featuring 3 blue floral print fabric rosettes each with a button center.

Satin Flower Clip Set
Two darling flower clips made from pink satin and featuring brown beaded centers on brown ribbon lined clips.

Tiffany Blue Boutique Stacked Bow
Beautiful two layer bow made from tiffany blue polka dot ribbon and featuring an acrylic gemstone center.

The giveaway will end on Sunday April 17th at 9:00 pm Central time. I will announce the winners on Monday April 18th and they will need to contact me to receive their giveaway item.

How to enter:
Post a comment here telling me what your favorite {Crafty} Mommy and Wife product is and why.

For an additional entry:
Go to Facebook and "like" {Crafty} Mommy and Wife then leave a comment here telling me that you have. If you already like us just leave a comment letting me know.

Bow Boards

Recently, I came across a new storage solution for all those cute bows...a bow board. I made one for my daughter and it is currently holding 70+ bows! Contact me if you are interested in ordering one or for more information. I am always accepting custom orders.

pink and brown bow board

the board is 15" by 20"

bow board holding most of my daughter's bows!

custom ordered bow board in red/cream

Wedding Shower Towel Cake

My sister in law was hosting a wedding shower for a co-worker and asked me to make a towel cake for her. I told her I would give it a shot. Here's how it came out...

I love it and it was fairly simple to put together. I think this will be my new favorite go-to wedding shower present! Thank you to my sister in law for asking and trusting me to make this!