Grocery Bag Holder

I completed another Pinterest project! This time, thanks to the inspiration of Ashley. I changed a few things from her tutorial to suit my own style, but here it goes!

Here's what you'll need:
7 strips of fabric measuring 18" x 4"
12" of matching ribbon
2 pieces of elastic (one measuring 10"; another measuring 6")
Sewing essentials (machine, thread, needle)


Here's How:
Cut your 7 strips of fabric 18" long by 4" wide and lay them out how you want them.

I think the hardest part for me was figuring out which strips I wanted where. But! I got it accomplished! 


Sew strips together along the length of fabric and iron the seams down. (This helps when stuffing the holder with bags!)


On one end of the fabric, create a casing for the elastic. Do this by folding 1/4" of the top fabric over, iron it and then fold it over again 1/2", iron it. Sew, leaving enough room for the elastic to fit through. Repeat on the other end.

String the 10" elastic through casing that you want the top of the bag to be and the 6" through the bottom casing. Sew the elastic.


Now flip the bag inside out and sew your bag up! Zig zag stitch will hold it best, especially if you are REALLY going to stuff it with bags! 


Once it's all straightened out sew on the ribbon. I ironed the ribbon under so it doesn't fray. (You can partially see in the picture below). You could hand sew the ribbon on (which I will definitely do if I ever make another one!) I used my machine and it got away from me slightly. 

This is why I would hand sew it...oh well, mistakes happen!

Yes! Now a place for all those pesky bags I tend to collect (even though I've been trying my best to use my "green" bags when shopping!)

Liebster Award

Wow! I can't believe it and I'm so grateful! Amy at The Yellow House on 3rd has awarded me with the Liebster Blog Award, which is for blogs who have less that 200 followers. Thank you! I find it ironic that I received this award, as my husband grew up in Germany and speaks German. He was able to give me a direct meaning of "Liebster". It means favorite or dearest. How sweet! 

Upon receiving this award, the recipient then awards five other blogs who have 200 or less followers. I'm choosing to pay it forward to five other blogs I love: 


Hilary at Me and My Soldier
Jennie at Always Keep Heart
Sarah at And Then I Married a Missionary
Deidre at We Craft Daily
Ashley at The Cupcake Files




To accept this blog award you must:
1. Link back to the person who awarded it to you.
2. Post the award to your blog.
3. Give the award to five blogs with less than 200 followers.
4. Leave a comment on the five blogs to let them know they received the award!

Bedroom Wall Art 2

Another bedroom wall art? I think, YES! 

I started out painting a canvas red.

Cut out a heart and traced it with pencil.

 Then glued on my gems! 

It looks like it's missing something, so I think I will add some black vinyl lettering underneath the heart.

Displaying photos for $1

I have almost two million pictures of my Stud-Man. I joke - but it feels like two million! Picture frames can be expensive and once you have them all hung up, it can be quite overwhelming. Here's a cheap and fun way to display your photos without using a frame!

All I did was buy a cheap wooden oval (at my favorite store - Hobby Lobby, and you know it - at 50% off!) then I painted it. Once it was dry, I added the picture. I put my lovely decoupage on the back of the picture and placed it right where I wanted. Next I added two, smooth layers of decoupage over the top of the whole oval and let it dry.

I'm sure all of the professional photographers out there are just cringing, but that's ok! It actually didn't ruin the picture!

Will it fall off? Does the decoupage really hold the picture on there? I did this about two weeks ago and the picture is still sticking to the wood. It hasn't shown any signs of peeling.

Bedroom Wall Art

I LOVE red! It just so happens, a lot of red things go on sale after Valentine's Day - just for being red! I found a nice red, metal wall hanging for 88% off! I added my own little saying to it and now my bedroom wall has something nice and spicy! 

Children's Reading Log

I enjoy reading to my Stud-Man and hope that he will enjoy reading on his own someday. I was thinking of ways kids could document their reading and then maybe earn something for it. Here is what I came up with! The child could either put a sticker or check mark in the box or write in how many pages they read. 

Click here if you want to see a better picture or print one for yourself!

At the end of each month, if the child has read every day (or gotten to their goals for total pages read), they could get a small gift or have a fun ice cream date. And this one would be big! At the end of the year, if they read every day they would get a BIG gift. It might be a good idea to decide on what that big gift would be at the beginning of the year, then the child can work towards it.

Socks Turned Baby Leggings

Have you ever wanted to make those cute little baby leggings, but didn't know how? Here's a quick and easy tutorial! 

I didn't have a big selection of socks to pick from, as I didn't want my Stud-Man having purple leggings. I dug deep in my sock drawer and found some black ones. They aren't the nicest ones, but suitable for a boy! 

Cut off the feet of both socks.

Flip them inside out, and fold up the side you cut to the length you want. 

Hem! And flip them back to *outside out*. (Is that even how you say it? No clue!)

Remember you want to sew around the sock, without sewing the sock shut. Make sure you hold the part of the sock that isn't being sewn out of the way so it doesn't catch the other side while sewing...it's NOT fun to fix (especially when you don't have a seam ripper)!

I used some fun red thread to spice up the plain black socks. (Or was I just too lazy to switch out my thread for some simple socks? Maybe!) 

Stud-Man sporting the leggings! Even smiling about it!