mother's day....

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!

I had a very nice day hanging out with my favorite boys. We did a combination celebration since Eric's birthday was on Friday. Our friends took the boys and we drove up to Park City to go to the outlets. I got a super cute purse from Fossil. Then we drove around exploring downtown SLC. We drove through a gorgeous neighborhood called the Avenues. I am pretty sure I saw my dream home there. The homes looked like they were right out of the movies with beautiful tree lined streets and amazing architecture. Then we ate dinner at Pei Wei and finished the evening off with Iron Man 2. It was SO nice to get to sleep in this morning. We met up with our friends at The Gateway this afternoon and got some frozen yogurt. It was a perfect weekend and it certainly didn't hurt that the weather was beautiful!

This is what I made for my mom for Mother's Day.

I used the Freebird line from Moda. I love this fabric. I used this tutorial: Sew4Home. Next time I will probably get better towels. I got these at IKEA and I didn't like that they weren't actually 20 inches wide like they said they were. Of course I didn't measure them myself, so my fabric strips were a little off because of it. They turned out pretty cute anywayand think I just may need to make a few for myself!

some sewing projects.....

I really don't know much about sewing. I can sew a straight line, but patterns and sewing jargon scare me to death. So all I can say is thank goodness for online tutorials!

I am finally getting around to adding some special touches to Charlie's room. First, I made this bunting to hang on his window.
Since I loved that polka dot fabric so much, I decided to make an upholstered headboard with it. This one didn't include any sewing. Just lots of stapling.

I completed these pillow covers today. I have been looking for some new decorative pillows, but haven't found anything that I loved. I liked this fabric at JoAnn's and decided to make them myself. So easy, I made 2 of them in an hour. They have an envelope closure on the back so they come off easy to wash them. Definitely a must with the boys in this house.
A few projects I never thought I would be able to do! Feels good to do them myself. The next project on the list is a slipcover for the footstool we got from IKEA. It has a plain canvas cover now and I think it could be much cuter. Now I just need to find some fabric that I like. Good thing there are like a hundred fabric stores here in Utah. I can see this new little hobby could become very addicting!