Beach Bath Robe

Okay, so I actually made it this week. I made the goal last week to post at least one craft a week. And here I am, but barely. Now as I share this post, please bare with me. I am not a great photographer, so my pictures are not fabulous. So here we go...

I had a couple of crafts that I could have chosen from to share with you today, but I am really wanting to share some pictures of my little one today. She is just so cute and I can't resist it today. A couple of months ago, Dana at MADE posted a pattern for a beach bath robe. Click here to see her adorable pictures, fabulous work and to purchase the pattern for an unbelievable price (totally worth it). I purchased the pattern and have made 3 robes already and I know that I'll make more.

This robe was a gift for a friend. When I made it, I didn't know if she was having a boy or a girl, so I chose gender neutral fabric.

And I made my own bias tape! (I'll show you this tutorial soon).

At first, I really hated sewing on bias tape. But now it's one of my favorite things. I don't know why but there is something very fulfilling about first making a bunch of bias tape and then sewing it on and seeing clean stitches just really makes me feel accomplished. Oh so happy.

This robe is great! Carly loved hers. She was excited to put it on every time she went swimming and it was such a lifesaver when we went to Hawaii this summer. I was able to take Carly out of her sandy bathing suit and wrap her up in the robe while we walked back to the hotel room.

Here's some more pictures of our friend's robe. Thanks to my little model Carly. She love posing for the camera.

  

I promise, REAL tutorials are coming. This week has been CRAZY!!! I have been working like mad to get Halloween costumes done, so I haven't had too much time to post this week. Hopefully I won't have so much to do next week so I can post my first real tutorial.

Have a great weekend. Hope you all do something fun!

Halloween

So, I haven't been very good at this whole blogging thing. I'm a little lazy when it comes to taking pictures while crafting and then uploading said pictures. I promise I will try to be better. I'm making a goal...Once a week.  I will post a craft. I know that's really not that often compared to other crafting bloggers, but it's a start right.

For now, let's just have a Halloween discussion. I am not the most creative person. I borrow a lot of ideas from other people. So at Halloween time, I can never make up my mind for costumes. I change my mind about a million times and then I end up spending WAY too much money on making the costumes that I decide on.

This year Carly was going to be a peacock. Well, surprise, I changed my mind. I decided I wanted to do family themed costumes. Here were some of the other options:

Shark, scuba diver and a surfer who had been bitten by a shark

Tangled

Little Red Riding Hood, wolf and grandma

Three Musketeers

Cinderella, Prince Charming, Fairy Godmother

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I'm not going to give away the final decision yet. I bought fabric today and have a date with my rotary cutter tonight. I have some serious work ahead of me and hopefully it will all turn out really cute. Stay updated for pictures soon.

In the meantime, here's some pictures of our costumes from last year. Carly was Tinkerbell, Nate was Peter Pan and I was Wendy. These costumes are 100% homemade. I am most proud of Carly's Tinkerbell wings and my Wendy dress because I made it without a pattern and it was the first time I had EVER sewn sleeves.

My brother stood in as Peter Pan for one of the parties that we went too. Thanks Uncle Brian.

I love these two. Aren't they so cute together?

Love this picture