Woodscape with a Cardinal flare!

A baby room like no other baby room! I was looking through an old Martha Living magazine called Baby and found a baby room so beautiful I could not wait to get it started for our own little guy. All the colors were neutral and had a flare of red as the accent color, I just loved it. I really wanted red as well, so I decided on a red cardinal, which is really hard to find for a baby's room, lucky my mother-in-law had these handmade pillows made by her mother that just made the room super cute. Here is a list of projects I did to create my woodscape baby room!
I striped the chair and painted it white! Added the cute pillow and a red Ikea trashcan. Great little reading nook for baby "E".

I hand stitched two pictures for the room with matching fabric from his bedding, one cute tree picture and a fun bird picture.

Created three hand sewn blocks from felt in red, white and tan colors. I used 1-10 numbers and stars shapes on the blocks, will be great to play with when the little guy gets older.
Here is an up close shot of my hand stitched bird picture!

Revamped lamp shade, punched holes in the bottom of the shade and ran red satin ribbon through it. Then I hot glued a red ribbon on top adding loops to it creating a fun look!
Great find for 4 bucks at the local thrift store, spray painted white and added a red cardinal in the cage, just a fun piece to dress up the room even more.

Got old frames and painted them white, then I added some old pictures, as well as leaves I collected. Great collage on the wall.
Hand stitched mobile, I could not find anything that went well with the room, so I created my own.
Up close details of the bird!

The final area is the crib. All the bedding was handmade by my sweet mother-in-law in white, tans and rich browns. I made a cute flag banner using old linens and we also got a cute name picture that I hung above his bed. (not seen in the picture)

Well I hope you like the room, I do. Creating something handmade makes everything more personal for your family. Enjoy!

Beckymae

Shots from the Show!

This Saturday!

~You are warmly invited to join me for~
An Uncommon Holiday Show & Sale

This Saturday, November 7th, 3pm-8pm

Georgetown Chamber of Commerce 100 Stadium Dr.

Across from the Rec Center on Austin Ave.

Shop fabulous products!

Sample gourmet delights!

Connect with excellent services

All provided by local women in small business!

Click here for a list of our wonderful vendors and get some early shopping ideas!

Join us for a fun evening of classy Christmas festivities!

I'd love to see you there!

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What I have been up to Lately!

Roses are red... you know the saying! Well, I am working on a special project for myself, which I never do, so I am needing to make about 20 of these beautiful roses in two shades of red that I will be adding to a black scarf. I can't wait to see how they turn out. After I am finish maybe I will write something up so everyone else can make themselves one for the winter season...

I love poppies, I now will have poppy headbands at my two shows (look for details soon on the shows!) in November as well as poppy earrings, poppy necklaces, poppy phone charms, poppy hair clips and whatever else I can come up with that is poppy!

Happy Halloween, look at these cute little witches legs coming out of this fun pillowcase dress I made for one of my dear friend's daughter. It was so easy and fun, since I only have a boy and will only have boys is always fun to do some girly stuff, if you need anything just stop by the shop and make a request, I am always looking for new things to create!

Here is that sweet princess and her beautiful halloween dress! What a smile!

Anyone want to eat scary dirt! We went to our first halloween party of the year and I made some yummy dirt pudding! It's so easy to make and kids love the idea of eating all kinds of weird stuff!

Recycled Flower Pin

Handmade Recycled Flower Pins! Find some cute sweaters you don't wear anymore and start cutting them up into squares to have on hand. For an up coming craft show, I wanted to create some cute winter pins. Here a simple way to create them in less than 30 minutes!




Pick color choices for your pins, I pick some great colors for winter that will look great on any jacket or top!

Cut circles is to several different sizes so they will layer on top of each other. I use only 3 or 4 depending on the fabric thickness, otherwise your flower will be really large and sticking out too much on your jacket.

Here is the flower layered on top of each other.

Next pick a cute button to hand sew on top of the flower and through all the layers which will hold your pin together.

Next you will need a piece of felt, your color choice, I picked green so it would look like a leaf from the back. You will need a pin also that you can find at most every craft store.

I cut my felt to a round shape or you can make a leaf shape. Next cut to little slits into the felt and feed your pin through it. Close the pin so you won't have to worry about it fall out before gluing it.

Everyone loves Tacky glue and you know it will hold about anything together. So Add the glue to the back part of the green felt and pin.

I lay my pin closer to the top of my flower so it won't fall forward when I wear it on my jacket. Let it dry over night so it will be completely dry to wear!

Pick your favorite flower pin to wear and you got a really cute new accessory that will add fun to any winter wear!

Traveling to Spain

As I began to think about our trip in one week, I started having wonderful memories of our year in Spain. It's been 5 years since we were in that beautiful country, but it seems like forever. This time around we will be taking our 3 year old son and a friend's daughter for our 20 days of Spain. We will be spending the first half on a mission trip helping in northern Spain. Mostly labor, feeding pilgrams, cleaning, washing and sharing our faith. Here a picture from the Camino de Santiago, when we walked the journey 5 years ago!

I will be closing the etsy shop during my time away from the US, it would be easlier for me and my loyal customers!

Its amazing how you make a decision about something and then it happens with hard work and lot of faith in God!

We will miss our family and friends but this chance to go again and is what we both have wanted for a couple of years now!

Please think of us during this 20 day journey, remember to say a little prayer each day to ask God to protect us during our travels.

Listing Baby shoes

I finally have found some time to start listing my baby shoes made from vintage fabrics!

Checkout my etsy shop to see all the new selections I have in stock now!

Baby Fever!

Well it been a rough couple of months, but now we are back and trying again for God to give us another precious life. Our son asks us often when he will have a brother or sister to play with, so the plan is to keep trying until we are.

So in the mist of all the baby desires, I have created 20 cute little pairs of shoes for the Poppy fest in late April, they are all made from vintage fabrics that I have found over the past few months.

I just love the way some came together, so here's some pairs. Enjoy!

The finished Products

Here is just some of what I made, checkout the rest in my shop!