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DIY Pokemon Pikachu Costume

October 27, 2014 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

DIY Pokemon Pikachu Costume I have shown our Squirtle and Charizard costumes.  Now it’s time to show off the other two Pokemon.  We couldn’t do Pokemon without having the mail one, Pikachu.  And he is the cutest Pikachu ever!  Seriously, he’s so cute!  This costume turned out better than I hoped and he tolerated the…

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Filed Under: boys, fabric, Halloween, Halloween costume, Pokemon, sewing, Uncategorized

DIY Pokemon Charizard Dragon Costume

October 24, 2014 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

DIY Pokemon Charizard Dragon Costume A couple days ago I revealed that our theme for Halloween this year was Pokemon.  It actually took some convincing with me kids, some of them were super excited about it.  Two of them were not.  My second son wasn’t super excited, which really surprised me because he’s the one…

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Filed Under: boys, fabric, Halloween, Halloween costume, Pokemon, sewing, Uncategorized

DIY Pokemon Squirtle Turtle Costume

October 22, 2014 by Kaysi 1 Comment

DIY Pokemon Squirtle Turtle Costume Halloween is just around the corner and I am finally getting costumes made.  I like to do family themes every year.  They are getting harder and harder to do because my kids are getting older and starting to have an opinion about who they want to go as.  Can you…

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Filed Under: boys, fabric, glue gun, Halloween, Halloween costume, kids, Pokemon, sewing, tutorial, Uncategorized

Halloween Girl’s Headband with Bottle Cap Spider

October 7, 2014 by Kaysi 1 Comment

We are in full Halloween mode right now.  That means that if my little girl wants to wear her Halloween shirt, she can.  I thought that it would be fun to make her a couple of cute headbands for Halloween.  I made them elastic because those seem to try on her head much better.  Plus…

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Filed Under: girls, Halloween, ribbon, sewing, tutorial, Uncategorized

Easy Halloween Decor Idea: Spiderweb Table Runner

September 23, 2014 by Kaysi 2 Comments

Easy Halloween Decor Idea: Spiderweb Table Runner I have then fun table in my entry way that I am going to decorate for the holidays.  It’s one of the first things that you see when you walk into my house and so I had to make it bright and fun!  I put up the decor…

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Filed Under: fabric, Halloween, heat transfer, sewing, silhouette, tutorial

DIY Polka Dot Shorts

July 23, 2014 by Kaysi 5 Comments

Do you ever walk into your closet and look around and say to yourself, “I have nothing to wear”.  I do that all the time!  At the beginning of summer I actually didn’t have any shorts to wear.  Those joys of losing baby weight and clothes not fitting.  I have a hard time finding shorts…

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Filed Under: fashion, girls, paint, refashion, sewing, shorts, tutorial, Uncategorized

Traveling Toiletry Bag Tutorial and Paperless Coupons #WalgreensPaperless #CollectiveBias

July 21, 2014 by Kaysi 6 Comments

This shop has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. Lately I have been going to the gym almost every day to go work out or to go swim or to go play with my kids.  It seems like when I go in the morning, there is somewhere we…

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Filed Under: fabric, sewing, tips, tutorial, Uncategorized

Super Easy Ruffle Fabric Swimsuit Cover

July 2, 2014 by Kaysi 3 Comments

We have been swimming a ton lately.  It always seems like we have to run errands before or after we hit the pool and my little girl just goes in her swimsuit.  So I wanted to make her a cover up that she could wear to the stores if we need to go somewhere.  Did…

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Filed Under: fabric, girls, glue gun, sewing, summer, tutorial, Uncategorized

Knit Ruffle Pillow

April 17, 2014 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

I have a thing for pillows.  I love making pillows for every room!  They are so much fun and add so much color and personality to a room.  Here is one that I made for my master bedroom.  You can’t go wrong with ruffles 🙂 This is how I made it: I took some grey…

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Filed Under: fabric, home decor, pillow, sewing, tutorial, Uncategorized

Super Easy 15 Minute Reversible Skirt #CraftMonthLove

March 18, 2014 by Kaysi 2 Comments

Disclosure: I was given product to review, all opinions, ideas and content are 100% my own. #CraftMonthLove   Did you know that March is national craft month? Well it is!  So if you haven’t been getting your craft on this month, you should!! Jo-Ann Craft and Fabric Store is making it easy for you to…

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Filed Under: craft supply coupon, craft trends, crafting coupon, fabric, fashion, girls, Jo-Ann, Jo-Ann coupon, sewing, sewing coupon, skirt, Spring craft, tutorial, Uncategorized

Easy Kitchen Aid Bowl Cover Sewing Tutorial

January 7, 2014 by Kaysi 22 Comments

This post contains affiliate links.  This Christmas I got a Kitchen Aid!!  I actually bought it for myself before Christmas (anyone else buy their own gifts?).  I got really a good deal on it and have already put it to good use.  I love being able to store the attachments in the bowl but I…

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Filed Under: fabric, home decor, kitchen, sewing, tutorial, Uncategorized

Personalized Applique Christmas Stockings #FabulouslyFestive

December 18, 2013 by Kaysi 18 Comments

  Disclosure: I was given product to create with, all ideas, content and opinions are 100% my own.  This post contains affiliate links. I am super excited to share these stockings with you today!!  I have been wanting to make stockings for awhile and finally got the courage to do them and I love how…

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Filed Under: Christmas, fabric, heat transfer, sewing, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized

Personalized Turkey Placemats #TurkeyTableScapes

November 7, 2013 by Kaysi 8 Comments

Personalized Turkey Placemats When it comes to Thanksgiving, the first thing I think about is the meal.  I think about how it’s fun to have place settings at the table and have it all decorated, ready for the meal.  Now that we are starting to get bigger and older as a family, we are having…

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Filed Under: autumn, fabric, heat transfer, kitchen, sewing, silhouette, Thanksgiving, tutorial, Uncategorized

Spiderweb T-Shirt Dress

October 15, 2013 by Kaysi 5 Comments

Do you ever go into a craft store and find something that you just love that you just have to create something with it?  That is how I was when I found this spiderweb fabric from Jo-Ann store.  I just loved it and knew that I wanted to create with it in some way.  I knew…

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Filed Under: dress, fabric, girls, Halloween, refashion, sewing, tutorial, Uncategorized

Halloween Rag Table Runner

October 2, 2013 by Kaysi 7 Comments

Halloween Rag Table Runner It’s October!!  And it’s officially time to start decorating for Halloween.  I love decorating for Halloween, but I don’t care for the scary part of Halloween, I like the colorful and fun and cute side of it.  I have a pretty big table (have to have a big table when you…

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Filed Under: fabric, Halloween, home decor, sewing, tutorial, Uncategorized

Gathered Sides T-shirt Refashion

September 12, 2013 by Kaysi 7 Comments

My baby is now 4 months old and I am starting to lose the baby weight, but I still haven’t lost it all.  I’m in that “in between” stage.  I don’t fit in my regular clothes but I don’t want to buy a ton of new clothes that will only work for a couple of…

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Filed Under: girls, refashion, sewing, shirt, tutorial, Uncategorized

Baby Boy Outfit

September 6, 2013 by Kaysi 4 Comments

This post was posted on TRR blog, but in case you missed it there, I’ll share it with you here. I have been wanting to make a little outfit for my little baby.  The Ribbon Retreat has some of the BEST boy fabric!  I love it so much, such a great selection. I got the…

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Filed Under: baby, boys, Cricut, fabric, sewing, shirt, tutorial, Uncategorized

Grocery Bag Holder

September 3, 2013 by Kaysi 10 Comments

Disclosure: I was given this fabric to create with, all opinions, content and ideas are 100% my own.    For the longest time I have wanted to make a grocery bag holder.  I just throw all of the grocery bags under my kitchen sink.  It doesn’t look very good…  Not sure why I haven’t done…

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Filed Under: fabric, kitchen, sewing, tutorial, Uncategorized

Rag Circle Skirt

July 9, 2013 by Kaysi 3 Comments

Whenever there is a holiday or a big event, I love to make my kids matching clothes to wear.  It usually just consists of ties for the boys and then a skirt for my daughter.  Recently we blessed our new baby, so I wanted to make everyone something out of this super fabric that I…

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Filed Under: clothing, fabric, girls, sewing, skirt, tutorial, Uncategorized

Baby Blow Out Bag

June 18, 2013 by Kaysi 7 Comments

My little boy is now at the horrible blow out stage.  If you’ve had a baby, you know exactly what I am talking about.  It’s horrible, especially happens when you are on the go.  Or if it gets all over you, my baby’s first one got all over me…. it was lovely.  I always have…

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Filed Under: baby, fabric, sewing, tutorial, Uncategorized

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