Gracie's Little Corner of the World

I finally put together Gracie's bed and she slept in it last night! From 11-5. Not too shabby for an almost 3 month old.

I really love all the elements on the bed but I want to make her little corner super special, since it's pretty much all she's got. Here's how it looks now:








































The first thing I want to make is a mobile. She is so alert and I think she'd love something to look up at. Here are some of the mobiles I like:

Ruffles, Ruffles

I bought some ruffle ribbon that was on sale a while ago at Wal-Mart and I couldn't decide what to do with it.

But now that Gracie is going to start sleeping in her crib, I decided to make her a little pillow with it.

I am OBSESSED with ruffles right now! I seriously want to make my house a ruffle palace. Okay, maybe that's going a bit too far. Are there ruffle projects you have bookmarked that you want to do?

And here is the ruffle pillow:

Fabric Flower Wreath

I have been wanting to make one of these for FOREVER.

Seriously.

But I was never confident enough in my flower-making abilities. BUT, then I found this tutorial:

Lil Blue Boo

I LOVE how it turned out!!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies

Wow, that is quite a name for a dessert!

I found this recipe the other day and I knew I had to make some for my AMAZING friend! She watched Luke so I could go to a doctor's appointment (and she deserved more than brownies...I ended up being gone for 2.5 hours! But that's another story).

Anyway, these are scrumptious. And I took the author's advice and cut the cookie dough part in half and it was perfect.

Now... Go make some!


Food, Folks, and Fun

Cookie Dough Brownies

Ingredients:

For the Brownies Layer:
1 box of brownie mix (family size)
Ingredients on box the box to make the brownies
For the Cookie Dough Layer:
1 ½ C (3 sticks) salted butter, room temperature
1 ½ C brown sugar
⅔ C granulated sugar
1 t vanilla extract
9 T milk
3 C all purpose flour
2 C chocolate chips


Directions:

Make the brownies according to directions on the box and bake as directed.

To make the cookie dough, cream together the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Beat in milk. Add in flour and mix until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.

Once brownies have completely cooled spread the cookie dough on top. Place in freezer for 20-30 minutes or in refrigerator for several hours to set.

The Good and the Bad

I decided to learn how to make fabric flowers, since I have a little girl now. I used these tutorials (pretty easy stuff!):

House of Smith's

The Purl Bee

The first ones were very successful. I'm happy with the turn out. However, the last two...a little sad. The green one I made up, which is pretty apparent.

The Good:





















































And ... the Bad

Pottery Barn-style Framed Chalkboard

My amazing friend Kellee is the guest crafter on my blog today! Shout out to Kel!

She made a super cute, Pottery Barn-style chalkboard with a very chic framed border.

Check out her pictures and what she said about her project:

This ugly frame had a mirror in it (in the following picture you can see it) but I knew it had potential. I found it at a garage sale for a $1 or $2. My new motto is that the uglier the frame the better it will look with spray paint. Very Ballard Design or Pottery Barn if you ask me.
















This is the mirror that was in the frame



















Finished and done! With a little white spray paint and some chalk board spray paint we have the cutest chalk board! My favorite spray paint brand is Krylon. It works on ANYTHING. The chalk board spray paint I got at Michaels and it is also Krylon. I have done tons of projects with just one can of the chalk board spray paint.

































Thanks, Kellee! It looks awesome!

Sorry...

It's been so long! I have been moving and living in a hotel, so there hasn't been a whole lot of crafting going on.

But I HAD to share this link my friend shared with me. I can't wait to get my Cricut out now and do some crafting damage!!!

http://www.alliebdallie.com/2010/06/cutting-fabric-with-cricut.html

Isn't this onesie cute? Check out how to make it with the link above ^^^^^