I have been looking for this picture for what seems like For-ev-er! And I just happened across it today while I was searching through iPhoto for some other lost picture. oh dear. Anyhow, I haven’t been in a very crafty mood lately—I have had so much going on, and I haven’t been sleeping very well. boo hoo. poor me. So, I thought I would just share a crafty project that I did way back when…hmm, when did I make these? ha ha. who knows?

In case you can’t tell from the picture, these onesies are stuffed using about 15 newborn diapers and they are snapped around a bottle of baby powder.  I actually started off with plain white onesies and used Iron-on appliques that I got from JoAnn’s to dress them up a bit. (I fell in love with the “little stinker” one….wish I would have kept it. ha ha.) Before I gave them away, I wrapped them in clear cellophane and added a matching ribbon and card. so cute.

Anyhow, they make for a pretty simple and cute baby shower gift…if you’re looking for some ideas .

Have a Happy Day!

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Made by You Monday @ Skip to my Lou

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of being a guest blogger over at All For This Penny…unfortunately so much stuff came up that I wasn’t able to blog about it at all. So sad. But now that things have settled down again I thought I would share the link with you!

You can check out my tutorial here and make sure to say hi to my friend Jessica (she has the cutest blog ever!)

This next neighbor gift might take a bit more time and money than the previous two ideas but I still LOVE it. Grab some flour sack towels (or any other kitchen or hand towel) and spruce them up with some embroidery or a cute applique. Here are a few I made a while back with fabric scraps for wedding gifts.

(Yes, I do have a yellow oven. Jealous? Yeah, me neither.)

Here are a few great tutorials and ideas on different ways to embellish hand towels:

Embroidered Hand Towels

Patchwork Towels

Birds or Monogrammed Towels

Iron-on Transfer Towels

I ran across this really amazingly fun blog today called Made With Love and Glue (what a cute name!) and I found this idea to make an appliqued (hand) turkey shirt. Oh man…I really thought this one was creative and so of course I just “Had to Share!”

Remember, today is the last day to enter the ruffle pillow giveaway.

I love to applique (I haven’t done it in a while but the love is still there) and this wall hanging started it all. A year or two ago a bunch of the girls in my family got together to craft. Some of us learned to applique while others quilted. I jumped at the chance to learn how to applique and I’ve never looked back (thanks Aunt Suzanne!). Appliqueing is actually a lot easier than it might seem. For a great tutorial on some of the appliqueing basics, check here, and then go make yourself a festive Autumn wall hanging.

To see more of what I’ve appliqued, check my flickr account.