Men's t-shirt to child's t-shirt

My daughter has a field trip this week and she has to wear a red shirt. I didn't think it was a big deal until I looked in her closet and she owns zero red shirts. I decided to try and make one myself. My husband has a bunch of these red shirts so I started cutting away.

Before

I made a pattern first by tracing one of my daughter's shirts. (I love drafting patterns that way). The only hard thing was trying to keep all the logos intact. Part of 'explorer' is gone, but I don't mind. I used the sleeves by making them smaller. I even used the collar. I like it and my daughter now has a red shirt :)

After

Back of Shirt

Daddy and Daughter with matching shirts

Easter dresses!

I made Easter dresses for my girls. I love how they turned out and loved making them! I followed this tutorial on Craftiness is not optional. I love her blog and all of her awesome tutorials!! I put invisible zippers in the dresses and it worked! I am scared of zippers and tend to stay away from them unless my mom is in town helping me :)

Windows by Melissa

My very talented sister-in-law, Melissa, has started her own window treatment business and has a shop on etsy! She makes curtains like roman shades, hidden tab, rod pocket, and more! They can be custom fit for your window too. You pick your own fabric and Melissa does all the hardwork. Easy!!

 Roman shades - These would be nice in any bedroom!

Ribbon Valence - How cute would this be in a little girls room? I love it!!

 Hidden tab - LOVE this fabric.

Check out her awesome site on etsy here:

New beds for my girls

My husband made new beds for our girls and they turned out awesome! I love them!! It really opened up their room and gave them more space to play. He made the bottom bed tall enough to slide their dressers underneath freeing up even more floor space. He is so talented and he made up the plans for it. He sketched them out on google sketchup, made a cut list, and then started building. We were inspired by these plans and these plans on Ana White's amazing site. She is so talented and I love the plans on her site. I have more projects that I want to build (well, probably my husband). My next project for their room is curtains and I already started sewing them! Maybe that will be my next post.

 The top bed

 Bottom bed with dressers from IKEA

 Picture from the doorway

They even have a little cave to play in underneath the bottom bed

 Someone asked how we made the bottom of the beds so I am adding pictures of what the beds look like underneath..

We bought 1x3 furring strips (they are really cheap). We used 15 for each bed.

We also bought 1x1 furring strips. We screwed them to the 2x4 sides.

Then we screwed the 1x3 furring strips to the 1x1 furring strips. They are spaced about 2.5" apart.

I hope that makes sense!!

Matching Outfits :)

Cutest baby boy!

When my best friend asked me if I would make her little boy a tie, I was very excited. I make a lot of girl things, but not many boy things. With the extra fabric, I made her husband a matching tie (she makes them match for church sometimes)! Then she wanted a matching skirt too. She sent me these pictures of their matching outfits. I love it! I want to make him a bow tie next.

 (He wore this to work. Gotta love accountants!)

I used this tutorial from a Very Homemade to make the baby tie. For my friend's husband, I just made up the pattern. I used my husband's tie for the length. For the skirt, I just made up my own pattern and made an elastic waistband. I love the brown coordinating fabric. It matches the monkey fabric perfectly!

Riley Doll

My sister has been asking me to make a doll for her little girl so I made one to match the dress I made her. I am calling it the Riley doll, after my cute niece.

For the dolls hair, I got the idea from the dolls that mmmcrafts made. I love how she added the cute pigtails and hair accessories. So cute! I used the Black Apple doll pattern to make the doll. I love making those dolls. My kids have a lot of them and play with them all the time!

Chicken Florentine Casserole in the crockpot

I have said all of this before, but I love allrecipes.com and I love Bountiful Basket!! I plan my menu for the week based on what I get in my basket. We eat a lot healthier sincbased on those two ingredients. This recipe is soo delicious! 

I am going to give you the recipe how I made it, then I will give you the original recipe. I did not have all the ingredients so I omitted and substituted some things.

Chicken Florentine Casserole in the crockpot

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts halves

1/4 cup butter

4 cloves minced garlic

1 tbl lemon juice

1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup

1 tbl italian seasoning

1/2 cup whole milk

1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

1 bunch of fresh spinach

4 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced

1. Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium high heat. Stirring constantly, mix in the garlic, lemon juice, cream of mushroom soup, italian seasoning, milk and cheese.

2. Arrange spinach over the bottom of a crockpot. Cover the spinach with the mushrooms. Pour half of mixture from the saucepan over the mushrooms. Arrange chicken breasts in the dish. Sprinkle chicken with papirika, salt, and pepper. Top with remaining sauce.

3. Cook on low for 4 hours. (My chicken was frozen so I cooked it on high for 4 hours). If sauce is a little thin, add some flour and stir. Serve over noodles or rice.

This way turned out awesome and it was easy since it was in the crockpot. Now here is the original recipe, which is also awesome!

Chicken Florentine Casserole

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts halves (uncooked)

1/4 cup butter

3 tsp minced garlic

1 tbls lemon juice

1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup

1 tbls italian seasoning

1/2 cup half and half

1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

2 (13.5) cans spinach, drained

4 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced

2/3 cups bacon bit

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

1. preheat oven to 400 degrees. Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium high heat. Stirring constantly, mix in the garlic, lemon juice, cream of mushroom soup, italian seasoning, half and half, and parmesan cheese.

2. Arrange spinach over the bottom of a 9x9 inch baking dish. Cover the spinach with the mushrooms. Pour half of mixture from the saucepan over the mushrooms. Arrange chicken breasts in the dish and cover with remaining sauce misture. Sprinkle with bacon bits and top with mozz cheese.

3. Bake 25 minutes until bubbly and lightly browned.