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Crayons to Go

I think these crayon rolls are the cutest thing.  I saw my first one in person when I went on my visit to Josie’s house.  She always makes the cutest stuff.  Now she has upgraded to crayon wraps complete with books, paper and other accessories?!  I just can’t keep up!! 

I found a lovely little tutorial for the rolls at Skip to My Lou.  They are so easy and a great gift idea.  Just throw it your purse or diaper bag and always have a little entertainment with you.  Not that you couldn’t just throw the whole crayon box in your purse but this is SO much more stylish and adorable.  Again, I was using up some of my Heather Bailey fabric.

On a completely different note, our little Abby will be turning 1 in a few weeks!  How quickly the time goes.  She has developed such a little personality of her own already and has also decided that she wants to be on her feet.  She’ll scream and yell at you in her little baby talk until you grab her by the hands and take her for a stroll around the house.  Funny because she doesn’t even crawl yet, just a little butt scoot.  I think she is going to skip the crawling step.  

Oh, and I even did a little school shopping for Molly this past weekend seeing as she will be starting kindergarten in September. AHH!!!

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Terrific Tutorials

Quick message.  I found my little reversible dress tutorial on a great blog today.  It's called 30 Handmade Days and for each day of the month she has a list of tutorials she’s found.  It was very exciting to find me there on day 21, but even better than that I found a lot of other sweet tutorials that I have to try there.  Go check it out and if you're anything like me, you can add a few more things to your list of things you want to try!

Who wants to make a reversible dress?

Well everyone, I have finished the reversible dress tutorial!  You can find it here.  I hope that I have made it clear and easy to follow.  I am certainly no pro at making dresses (who knows if my techniques are even right), but I have made quite a few of this kind and they turn out incredibly cute.  I would really appreciate feedback if the tutorial has been helpful to you, or even if it hasn't.  I am definitely willing to answer any questions you may have if you get stumped along the way.  I hope you don't get stumped though! 

I am now thinking of a new reversible dress that I would like to give a shot.  I will definitely share once I get a chance to try it.  I think I see a reversible pants tutorial in the future as well.  The possibilities are endless!  I seem to be gravitated towards this whole reversible thing.  Maybe it's because I don't have a serger and I like the look of the finished reversible clothing.  That and the fact that you get 2 choices out of one product!

Ok, get dress making and let me know how it goes!