Baby Sack Dress TUTORIAL

Here is the tutorial from the dress I posted earlier that I made for my daughter. This dress is a little different because it is not a halter, and actually fits! She had a little girl cousin that is only 3 months older than her, so I made the girls matching dresses! Here is the tutorial.

 First I just roughly measured my daughter, then I cut out a shape kind of like a trapeze dress would look like. I made it about four inches longer than I wanted to account for the top and bottom hems.

Then I hemmed up the sides about 2/3 of the way, leaving room for the arms and the top seam.

FIRST hem the arms, then fold under twice for the hem of the top. Make sure it is open on both ends so there is room to put the ribbon through.

Then, using something to push the ribbon through, push it through the front, then continue the ribbon to the back of the dress. You should end up with both ends of the ribbon on one side of the dress.

I taped my ribbon to a crochet hook and pushed it through.

FINISHED PRODUCT! It ties on one side, and looks like a cute little sleeveless dress. VERY EASY!

Baby Dress/Shirt

Having a little girl is SO fun. I swear I dress her more fashionable than I dress myself. Here is a cute little dress and matching headband I made her. 

It started out as a dress, but since I am a non measuring person, it ended up being a tad short, so I paired it with some jean leggings, and it looked like it was suppose to be a shirt! I will have a tutorial to come!

My little girl's room, AND Dresser makeover

With all of two hours notice for our sweet little Mia, we didn't have a ton of time to get a room ready! In the past year of waiting for a baby, and I had been going back and forth on what color scheme I wanted to use if it was a girl or boy. I always had in my mind that red would be so cute for a girl, and different. I am also OBSESSED with polka dots, hence the blog name, so I knew if we got a girl I had to do something with polka dots. Here is the room before Mia came into the world. It was my junk/craft room.

 Mia's room before

 Mia's dresser before

 Yellow paint and red polka dots!!!

Little Sis and Big Brother. I LOVE her room. I still need to add some decor to the walls, get some blinds, and put a few finishing touches, but I think it turned out great! I also love the red dresser!!!

Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake!

I thought cheesecake was very intimidating. I grew up on the Jello No Bake cheesecake, which I love! ;) It is not too rich, and I think I could eat the whole pan of it! This cheesecake is a recipe from my roommate from Master Chef. She is from Texas and we had so much fun together on our time at master chef!

This cheesecake is AMAZING, and not difficult to make. It is also not extremely rich! Here are my horrible pictures, but go to her blog, 3 Maries Catering for a beautiful picture of it, and the recipe!

ALL the shirt refashions I have done!!! In one post!!!

I thought it would be fun to compile all the shirt refashions I have done, and put them all in one post! Under the picture I will have the link so you can go to the direct post for the tutorial! Enjoy.

Shirt Makeovers with rosettes

Shirt Refashions I have Tried

Another Shirt Refashion

Ruffle Shirt

Ruffle/Rosette Tee refashion

Ruffle Shirt

Plain Shirt into Cardigan

 No Sew Shirt Tutorial

  Clearance Shirts into Awesome Shirts

 Clearance Shirts into Awesome Shirts

 Simple Shirt Decorating

 Flower Shirt (Shirt I wore on MasterChef!)

 Ruffle Embellishment Shirt

 Simple Shirt w/iron on transfer

 No Sew Shirt Upcycle

 Plain Tee into Cardigan #2

Braided No Sew Shirt

Ruffle Convert Shirt

WATCH MASTER CHEF REMINDER!

Master Chef airs on Fox Monday June 6th and Tuesday June 7th! Watch ME cook for the judges! I swear I am in that crowd somewhere!

Easiest Headband in the WORLD!

So, now that I have this ADORABLE sweet little baby girl, it is time to girl it up around here. Hobby Lobby has a wonderful supply of CHEAP baby headbands and accessories! Here is one little head band I made for our sweet girl.

SUPPLIES:

 Sweet sleeping baby girl!

Braided NO SEW Shirt

Now that I am a stay at home mom, and I am figuring out how to handle two kiddos, I am back!!! Here is a fun shirt that I got the idea from Welcome To the Good Life.

Start with a CHEAP plain shirt... I love Old Navy. They had these for $3.

 Next, Either cut off some of the bottom of the shirt, if it is long, or do like I did and use another scrap shirt in the same color. I had some hideous white polos in my closet from when I worked at Jo-Ann fabrics... I was not sorry to cut one of them up!

I decided to change up my neckline a little bit. I basically just cut off the shirt collar, then I was lazy and used liquid stitch to tack down the edges.

With your scrap shirt or whatever you use, cut three long strips of fabric, then tie the top, or use a safety pin and braid all the way to the bottom. 

 Tie knots at both ends, and then start attaching to the shirt with liquid stitch!

 Finished product!!! A cute little accented shirt.

 And then.. because you know I just can't help my self with accessorizing, I added these little rosettes. They are on a pin, so they don't always have to be attached!