Halloween Ribbon Wreath

I was looking for a cute Halloween tutorial to do this week and came across this really cool one. You can do it for any season or have one hanging year round. It is from The Long Thread blog about a year ago. Such a cute idea. Since it takes a lot of ribbon, try buying in bulk online rather than at the craft stores to make it alittle bit more inexpensive. Have fun and any finished projects, we would love to see pics!

Supplies:


12″ foam wreath form

24 yards 1 1/4″ black grosgrain ribbon (or less if using a wider ribbon)

Scissors

Measuring tape


Steps:

1. Cut 45-50 16″ pieces of ribbon.

2. Tie one strand of ribbon in a knot around the wreath. I used a “messy knot” — right over left, then right over left again, pulling in the opposite direction. It doesn’t really matter how you do it as long as you are consistent all the way around. Repeat with the knots, pushing them close together, until you fill the wreath.

3. Cut one long piece of ribbon (48″) and tie one end to form a knot. Leave a long loop for hanging and tie another knot onto the wreath.

4. Trim any frayed or long ends.

Recipe Friday: Sweet Dinner Rolls

My sister introduced me to this awesome homemade roll recipe. It is so easy to make and so good!!

Sweet Dinner Rolls

Ingredients:
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup warm milk (I don't warm up the milk. I just use it cold)
1 egg
1/3 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup white sugar
1 tsp salt
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 (.25 ounce) package of active dry yeast
1/4 cup butter, softened

Directions:

1. Place water, milk, egg, 1/3 cup butter, sugar, salt, flour, and yeast in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select Dough/Knead and First Rise Cycle; press Start.

2. When cycle finishes, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. (I do not put any flour down. I think it makes the dough taste floury). Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 12 inch circle, spread 1/4 cup softened butter over entire round. Cut each circle into 8 wedges. (like cutting a pizza) Roll wedges starting at wide end; roll gently buy tightly. Place point side down on ungreased cookie sheet. Cover with clean kitchen towel and put in a warm place, let rise 1 hour. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

3. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until golden.

And enjoy :) You can check out the actually recipe here: Sweet Dinner Roll Recipe

Tutus, Tutus, Tutus

Just wanted to put up some tutu's I have been working on. You can do so many differnt variations and they are great for so many things, Halloween, dance, dressup, or just because. Check out our Etsy shop to get your own or have one custom made!

WE ARE BACK!!!

I know it has been longer than anticipated but we back and better than ever! We have so many new products in our ETSY store, so please check it out. We will be adding lots more in the months to come. We have shifted our store to feature more kids items like onsies, tutu's, skirts, and more.

Since it is Tuesday and we have missed out tutorial, we will pick that up next week but will do our Recipe Friday again. We have also decided to do tutorials on different things not just crafts to help make it more interesting for everyone.

Here are a few pics of the new things in our store:

Coming back!!

Now that summer is over and the fall is coming, we are coming back to our very neglected blog and shop! We both had a very busy summer. Amanda moved into a new house and to a new state. And Katie welcomed a brand new baby girl to her family. We are both just now getting back into our normal routines and schedules and ready to start crafting again :) Starting in October, we will be having Tutorial Tuesdays, Recipe Fridays, giveaways, and more!!

We appreciate and love all of our followers who are still checking out our blog! Thanks!!

Here is a preview of some things we made this summer. We will post more about them in another post!

Puzzle Pockets

My daughter has just started playing with these kind of puzzles and the pieces are always missing. This is such a great idea to keep all the pieces together. I found this idea at U Create.

Board Book Gifts

This goes along with Katie's post a few weeks ago. Katie and I had bought these bare books. I made mine into teacher gifts for the end of the year. They went over as big hits. It was easy and fun to make. I used the 8x8 books since I had a lot of pictures.