Happy Easter! With things a little crazy right now, I thought I'd offer a free Cricut cut file for the upcoming holiday. Get your free Happy Easter Peeps Cricut Design Space file by clicking on the link. Upload it to your projects in Design Space where you can resize it or even change the colors if you'd like! Enjoy!

Easter is almost here! And although it may look a little different this year, your little one can still enjoy the day. To help make it special, you can create this super cute bunny bum hair bow!

All you need is some felt or leather, a hair clip, hot glue and the template. The pompom is optional because the template includes a center for the bow. 
I purchased my template at Design Bundles. They have it as a single file or you can buy it in a bundle with other templates. Then just download the file - they offer multiple file types. You can cut the file by hand or upload it to your Cricut or Silhouette and have your machine cut the file.
The leather I used is available on Etsy. It is sold in individual sheets or as sets. I used chunky white glitter and chunky pink glitter. You could also use felt as long as it isn't too thin.
Once you have the pieces cut, use your hot glue to put them together. The back part of the bow has the feet attached. You will glue the pink pieces to the feet. For the top part of the bow, fold it so that the cut edges are touching. Glue those ends down to the back of the skinny part. Then glue that bow on top of the piece with the feet. Glue your hair clip to the back of the bunny feet part. Take the skinny strip and wrap it around the center and around the hair clip. Open the hair clip then glue the ends of the leather down onto the inside of the clip. Add the pompom or the center piece that was cut from the template to the center front.
You can also glue this onto a hairband if your little one does not have any hair. And you might need to resize the design if your little one is really small.
I hope you enjoy and have a happy Easter! Stay safe!

Are you planning a vacation to Disney for spring or summer break? If so, be sure to make these cute Mickey Mouse Disney Earrings using your Cricut or Silhouette cutting machine. Here is a link to the free SVG cut file as well as a link to the Cricut file. Just load the file and use either faux black leather or black suede for your material.

Then poke a hole towards the top of each with an awe or other sharp object. Put a jump ring in each hole then add an earring finding. Make a small red bow and glue it to the top near the ear of one Mickey face if you want one to be a Minnie.

Enjoy wearing your earrings on your next trip to Disney!





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Every month a group of bloggers are challenged by C'mon Get Crafty to create a new craft or project from their own stash of goodies! Everyone is allowed a $10 allowance for necessities to complete their project (i.e. paint brushes, glue, etc), but the bulk of it must be created from their own stash of goodies. This month I decided to make a Pillowcase Dress from Fat Quarters. 

Pillowcase Dress From Fat Quarters

I made this for my granddaughter who will be 1 in May. I am estimating that she will be between a 12 month and 18 month size this summer.

Materials:

2 Print Fat Quarters (same print)
1 Solid Color Fat Quarter to coordinate with print
1 ½ - 2 yards coordinating 7/8" ribbon
Thread to match
Optional: bias tape to match print fabric

Directions:

You can use this chart to make your measurements. I got this chart from The Polka Dot Chair but if you search on Pinterest you can find others. I looked at several and averaged it out to estimate my measurements.

Step 1:

Put the 2 pattern pieces of fabric together. If your fabric has a pattern, put them right sides together making sure the pattern is going the same direction. Otherwise it doesn't matter. Fold them in half so that your fabric is 9" wide. Cut desired length off bottom. I cut mine so that it was 15" inches long. Draw your armhole using the above dimensions then cut it out. Cut the solid piece of fabric for your band. Since my opened print fabric is 18" wide, I cut mine 18" wide and 5 " wide. You will need 2 of these.

Step 2:

Pin the solid bands, right sides together on the bottom of each piece of the dress. Sew using a 5/8" seam. Trim seam and iron open. Pin the 2 dress pieces with right sides together. Sew from under arm hole to the bottom of the dress in a 5/8" seam. Trim seam and iron open. For the arm holes, either sew bias tape along the arm hole or iron and sew a small 1/2" seam. I had to cut the arm hole a little after I had sewn the front to back to make it curve a little more at the bottom.

Step 3:

Fold under and iron 1/2" along the top on both the front and back. Fold under and iron another 1". Sew along the bottom edge to make a casing for the ribbon. Using a safety pin, thread ribbon through the front casing and around through back casing. Tie a bow from the ribbon and trim as needed. To keep the ribbon from unraveling you can use some clear nail polish or some fray check.



I had all the fabric (purchased from Hobby Lobby) and thread so the only thing I had to purchase was the ribbon. It is grosgrain that was on sale at Joann. The roll was $2.50 and I only used part of the roll.

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“In like a lion, out like a lamb” – will it hold true where you live this year? According to the forecasts it looks like this might be more lore than a weather predictor this year with most areas having higher than normal temperatures! Whatever your weather holds, I hope you enjoy these Free March Planner Stickers for your Life or Happy planner! If you click on the picture below it will take you to the PDF file to print for your Life planner. If you would like a PNG file for your cutting machine, click here. The link for the Happy planner is here.

The “lucky” sticker is from a free printable from My Busy Beehives. Check out her Frame It Friday to get a free full size printable!

 

Would you like a free cut file for Valentine's Day? This is the perfect file to make a shirt for your daughter for Valentine's Day to show how much she loves her dad! My Heart Belongs To Daddy is a Cricut cut file you can download for free. Just click on the link below to get the file.

After you download the file just save it to your Cricut Design Space account and use it how you like. The fonts used in this design are Bubblegum and Childish. Both fonts can be downloaded from the DaFont website if you do not have them.

Free Download Here

Happy early Valentine’s Day! Celebrate with these Free February Planner Stickers! As everyone knows, February is the month of love and romance.  People go to great lengths to show how they feel. The average amount spent per person is $147. Furthermore, in 2016 Valentine’s Day sales reached an all time high of 18.9 billion dollars! That’s a lot of money! 

In addition to celebrating Valentine’s Day in February, be sure to celebrate the Random Act of Kindness week which starts February 12. The Random Act of Kindness day is February 17.  Share a smile or give a compliment because “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” (Aesop)

Printing these free stickers on this sticker paper  is one way to share your love and kindness with others. Click on the links below to download these stickers. I’ve shared both a pdf and a png file so you can cut by hand or use with your cutting machine. Enjoy!

How will you show a random act of kindness in February?

February Planner Stickers  –  pdf file

February Planner Stickers – png file

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No Sew Fleece Blanket Without Knots

A No Sew Fleece Blanket makes a great Christmas present for anyone who is always cold like I am. It is quick, easy and fairly inexpensive (the NFL fabric is a little more expensive than a regular print). This version does not have knots but instead loops the strips to make it almost look braided from the back. The fleece fabric used is always going on sale at Joann.  Or if it is not on sale just download their app - they are always putting out great coupons.  Walmart is where I found the backing for this blanket. It was on clearance for $2 a yard. You can't beat that! And just an FYI - I am not a Dallas Cowboys fan. I made this blanket for another family member who happens to love the Cowboys. 

Materials:

2 yards printed fleece 2 yards solid color fleece Scissors

Directions:

1. Lay the print fabric, right side up, on top of the solid fabric. Trim around the edges to make sure they are all even. Once everything is even, cut a 4 inch square from each corner.

2. Around all 4 edges, cut 4 inch long strips about 1-2 inches in width.  

 3. Fold the strips up onto the blanket.

 4.  Where the fold is in the strip, cut a small 1/2 inch slit in each strip.

 5. Grab both pieces of fabric on a strip, loop the strip under then push the edges through the slit. Or you can reverse the loop and the "braided" part will be on the front.  Pull strip all the way through. Repeat for every strip all the way around.

 6. It should look like this from the front.

 7. It should look like this from the back.

The finished blanket!