Pacifier clip

Another project I have been meaning to do is a pacifier clip. My two year old still uses a pacifier.

Ok so here is the story. She NEVER took a "dummy" (thats what we call them in England) but when I had to stop nursing her when I got pregnant this time my wonderful, amazing, extremely helpful 8 year old thought it would be a great idea to give her a pacifier that she found from when the 18 month old was a baby. BIG MISTAKE! she loved it. So much so in fact that now she is completely attached to it and I fear that she might hide it in her purse on her wedding day for a quick suckle to settle nerves :)

No but honestly she loves it. The only problem at the moment is when it falls under her crib in the middle of the night and she cries cause she cant find it. Me and my 9 month pregnant belly have a little bit of a difficult time crawling under the bed to get it. So for months I have said I really need to make her a dummy (pacifier) clip. So last night I finally did it.

Again this was so easy I have no idea why I waited so long. I could have saved myself so much discomfort in the middle of the night especially these last few weeks.

All I did was:

Buy:

Ribbon

Clips

cute bows

cute buttons

I cute the ribbon long enough to double it over and hung the clip at the bottom. I ran a couple stitches across the bottom to keep the clip in place and a single stitch up either side of the ribbon so that it wasnt a loop. I wouldnt want it to get stuck around her neck. I them added some velcro and the cute bow and button for decoration. And that was it.

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy!

Boppy Cover Remake

So I was given a boppy a few months ago and it has been sitting in a closet with all the other baby items just waiting to be used. Last night I pulled it out and decided to finally redo the cover. It needed a serious make over. It was so simple to do. I literally took the old cover traced around it on some really cute fabric, cut it out, sewed a zipper on it and then sewed the whole thing together. It only took about 1/2 an hour to do. I have no idea why I had been putting it off for so long. Now that I have done it I think I will make another one as a spare. Here are a few pictures :)

Here is while I was tracing and cutting the fabric. And that is the old cover.

Here is the finished Boppy cover on the Boppy. So easy Im not sure why anyone would ever buy a cover over making one :-)

Soft Bowling Ball and Pins

i found this tutorial on london mummys blog and knew i had to make them! they're called skittles. i just call them soft bowling ball and pins :) but anyways, they were fun to make! the bottoms are filled with rice and the rest is polyfill, so they stand nicely. the top and bottom have white cordorouy for better grip on the carpet. what a great christmas gift idea right!

Rag Blankets

While in the states this month I made rag blankets. My sister has already listed on here how to do them. Have a look at this link Anyway I thought I would post mine on here. On thing I will say is that the smaller you cut the fringe the better they look. I LOVED Making these and cant wait to make some more in the next few weeks!

Picture Memories

We recently had a brand spanking new baby and I am now obsessed with creating memories. Just before his baby blessing I saw some matting/mount for a frame for $1 and decided to buy it. The aim was to have everyone who came to the blessing leave a message for him, as a memento of the day, and so he would know how much he is loved - plus it will look great in his nursery.


I have seen it done for weddings, but it would also work for birthdays and holidays too. Anyway. This is how ours turned out:

Cute baby booties

These cute shoes were incredibly easy and fun.
You can find the tutorial here at Stardust Shoes

Heather Bailey has the free download for these cute ones check her out.