Mickey Mouse Cupcakes & Cake Pops

For my son's second birthday, he wanted to have a Mickey Mouse theme.  He loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse which was the inspiration for his party.  And of course, the party would not be complete without cake pops!

I made a birthday banner with Mickey's colors and then used matching balloons to decorate.

I found a cute idea for Mickey Mouse cupcakes on a blog and used Oreos for the Mickey head and mini Oreos for the ears.  However, that did not work out as well as I had hoped and was definitely a Pinterest fail but that's okay because plain red cupcakes worked just as well.   The bottom row of cupcakes was my attempt at the Mickey heads.

iPad Cover Blue

I love sewing these iPad covers. This one is for my sister for her birthday. I used a flannel fabric for the lining which makes it even softer and more protective for the iPad.

Zipper Wallet

I enjoy sewing these projects because I can do it during my son's nap time. This project was fun and turned out to be a great gift.

iPad Cover & Pencil Case

For Mother's Day I wanted to make my mom some homemade gifts. I made a iPad cover before and I use it all this time. It's so nice because then I can put it in my purse without it getting scratched. There is also fusible batting in the middle of the fabric for extra protection. I originally found the pattern and steps on a blog via Pinterest but for some reason I can't find it again.  For the pencil case, I followed the instructions from sweet-verbena.blogspot.com.

Quiet Book

I found this project months ago on Pinterest and was so impressed by so many creative bloggers. I had never sewn felt until this project. It did take awhile to complete this book since there are 12 pages and each piece of felt has been sewn together. I love that there are pages with Velcro, zippers, buttons, snaps, and magnets to keep my little one occupied for a long time. 

I did not create all of these pages on my own.  I wish I was that creative! I was so inspired by these three blogs and appreciate all of their step by step instructions.  I'm glad to have completed this project with the help and inspiration from those bloggers.  I printed the templates from this link. This blog is so awesome! She has so many awesome templates. I made a car page inspired by this link. I followed the directions from this link for the cover.

For the first page, I wanted to have my son learn how to recognize and spell his name. The letters are attached with Velcro. He can also see how many words he can spell with his name. I plan to make more letters and put them in the front pocket so he can spell more words.

The second page are three zippers. I sewed on a tongue and made eyes with a sharpie to make the zippers into snakes. For the third page, I used the dinosaur template from jocelynandjason.blogspot.co.uk. The spots and spikes can Velcro on and off the dinosaur.

The fourth page is a bucket to hold all of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head's parts and accessories. Page five has the potato shape. Again this is from the template created by jocelynandjason.blogspot.co.uk.

The sixth page has a dog collar with a buckle. I found this dog shape on a baby card that I had received from a baby shower. It worked perfectly. I also added a small bowl for the dog bone and orange ball.  The stoplight page is on page seven.  It was really simple to make and the first time I made button holes.  The three circles are attached by buttons.

The eighth page is a barn with five finger puppets including a horse, pig, duck, chicken, and cow. The ninth page is an apple tree with five apples snapped on.  They can be stored in the basket too.  Both of these pages were from jocelynandjason.blogspot.co.uk.

 

The tenth and eleventh pages are the care pages. I still need to print out the street signs for this page which can be velcroed on.  The car is in the pocket on the left.  I got this page idea from serving-pink-lemonade.com.

 

The twelfth and last page is the shape page.  Each shape has a magnet on it and are stored in the back pocket.  The pages have two eyelets and are able to be removed from the book or rearranged.  I got the directions for the cover from thestillers.blogspot.ca.  

T-shirt Quilt

My brother had a lot of t-shirts that he collected over the years and I made his favorite ones into a t-shirt quilt. First, I cut all of the t-shirts and ironed on a fusible interfacing to the back of each shirt for stability. I then sewed the rows together with shirts that were similar in height. My favorite row is the t-shirt pocket row. After the rows were sewn, I attached the rows and then added a flannel backing. There is one layer of batting in between the shirts and the backing.

St. Patrick's Day Cake Pops

These cake pops are made with chocolate cake and dipped in a vanilla coating. I couldn't find sprinkles shaped like four leak clovers which would have also been cute so I used green sprinkles on half and green frosting swirls for the other half. I also dipped some Oreos with the extra vanilla coating.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Burp cloths - girl

I love making baby gifts and so I made some burp cloths for my friend who is having a baby girl next month. You can never have too many burp cloths!

Animal Finger Puppets

I'm working on a quiet book for my son which is such a fun project! It's been taking awhile to complete the pages but its worth it. I printed templates from http://jocelynandjason.blogspot.co.uk and followed her instructions. Such a great site!

I was so excited about these cute finger puppets so I had to post it. I'm still working on the barn and will post that later.

Oreo Truffles

These are so delicious and easy to make. See the recipe here.

Football Cake Pops

Happy Super Bowl Sunday! While I'm not the biggest football fan, I love having people over and enjoy the atmosphere and excitement of the game (and of course the commercials). I saw these cute football cake pops on a blog and decided to give it a try. I really enjoy making cake pops and love a new challenge. These took a long time but were definitely worth it. I hand shaped each football and dipped then in chocolate. I used a plastic zip lock bag as a piping bag for the laces. Those were hard to keep straight. Oh well, at least they taste great! Here are some picture of the finished product and some of the process.

Hand Towel Bib

I love when projects are free. For this one, I just used two hand towels from the closet and extra scrap fabric. I got the tutorial here. I love how big the bibs are and that it protects so much of the clothing. I used Velcro to attach mine instead of a snap. I love these!

iPad cover

I used the same fabrics for this cover that I used for the diaper carrier. The yellow fabric is actually a cloth napkin from Target and the inside gray fabric is a bed sheet leftover from a curtain project. I added fusible fleece to give it extra padding.

Pencil Case

I found this really cute pencil case on Pinterest. The tutorial was pretty easy and so I will definitely be making more of these. It's so great to use this in my purse because then I can find my pens and lip gloss so much faster. Before it would all fall to the bottom of my bag into an abyss.

Recovered Couch Pillows

I made pillows for my couch a few months ago but since then, they have started to look faded. I'd like to blame the dog but I think they were actually messed up in the dryer. Anyway, I had left over fabric from another project so I decided to make new slip covers for my pillows. I had to look up how to do the zipper part since I had forgotten since last time. The pillows turned out really nice and I hope they stay nice for a long time! Next project I would like to try sew slip covers for my couch cushions.

Grommet Curtains

I am in love with grommets! They are so easy to install. I've been putting off this project for months because I was nervous to try them. I've heard of a "grommet tool" which I don't have and didn't really want to buy. But these grommets are the snap kind and so all I had to do was measure, cut the hole, and snap them on. They definitely make my $10 curtains from Target look a lot nicer. Now I might have to put grommets in all of my curtains.

Diaper Clutch

In an attempt to better organize my diaper bag, I found some cute ideas on Pinterest and decided to give this project a try. The yellow patterned fabric are actually cloth napkins from Target. They came four in a pack and I thought they would make cute grow pillows but I never got around to making those. Anyway, this islet clutch is more practical for every day use. It's really handy and I just guessed in the measurements. I think next time I will make it a little more compact.