Changing Pad

I just had to make a girly changing pad for S, since E had his own. I used the PUL fabric from JoAnn's Babyville line. It matched the diaper strap and car seat cover and shoulder straps that I've made, so my OCD side is thrilled. It was a quick sew, flip it right side out, and sew again project.

Drawstring Bag

E loves his Cars cars, and he has to take them all when we go places. He tries to carry them all or put them in my diaper bag, so I decided to make him a bag for them. I found a good tutorial here and just made the bag the size that I wanted. I used 1" ribbon for the string. He was really excited to put cars in it - now we just need to find the rest of them!

Crib Skirt and Bumper Pad

I've had these both done for a long time, I just needed to take pictures. The baby room doesn't have the best lighting, so excuse the photos. The in-progress photos are from my phone, so the same warning applies!

For the crib skirt, I sort of used the tutorial here, but I made some changes. I only have 2 ruffles, and I just sort of pinned and made my ruffles as I sewed. I'm happy with how it turned out!

For the bumper pad, I couldn't find anything in the stores that matched, and I wasn't about to start sewing all those ties and make one myself. On pinterest, I saw an idea to take a plain white bumper from Ikea and add fabric to it. Brilliant. I still had scraps from my quilt, so I made some more trapezoids and just sewed them right onto the bumper. Quick, easy, and colorful!

Craft Shopping

I always groan when I have to buy something for a craft or sewing project... it means driving to Winston-Salem, and battling traffic to get to Michael's or JoAnn's. Now that I have two kids, I almost gave up on a project and bought the end product on etsy. But, I hate doing that knowing that I can make it so much cheaper and I can make it exactly how I want it. So, I loaded both kids up and took a deep breath and headed out. I went to 4 stores and Susie stayed asleep the whole time. Emmett had to walk along the stroller or cart, and he didn't get into stuff at the stores! I try not to bribe too much, but he totally got a prize. In JoAnn's, he seriously held onto the cart the whole time!! I was amazed. Thank you kids!

Diaper Strap

I had just enough elephant fabric left over to make a diaper strap. I decided to try something different this time, so I made it wider and used two fabrics instead of one. I had to also use two strips of velcro because it was wider. I love it! These are seriously my favorite diaper bag accessory!

Elephant Taggie

Another Pinterest idea. It was time consuming just because of so many steps, but I think it turned out cute. I wanted to do this instead of an initial like E's. The hardest part was sewing with the minky, and sewing the plastic into the ears so they'll crinkle.

Car Seat Shoulder Straps

I hate how the straps in Susie's car seat dig into her neck, so I made little strap covers. One side is cotton, and one side is minky. I started with 6x6 squares. I made them to match the cover with the elephant fabric that I love. Hopefully they'll help!