Scalloped Fabric Garland Tutorial

I love garlands, buntings, pennant banners, whatever you want to call them.  They look great on any wall and I thought one would look super cute over the baby crib, so I decided to make one.

I am decorating the baby room with woodland prints, gnomes, woodsy fabrics, browns, and creatures of the forest.  So when I chose my fabrics, I wanted something along those lines.

This was a really quick project to sew and it doesn't use up very much fabric.  I used pieces I had on hand and just cut everything very close to the pattern edge.  :)

This tree stump fabric is one I picked up in California at Birch.  Super cute.  My favorite part about the bunting is the bias tape that I used.  It is a linen tape with a lace print on it that I got at Shirokiya (a Japanese department store) in Hawaii when they still carried craft supplies.  I love love love it.  Super delicate look and it adds a little touch of Hawaii (for me anyways).

This little one with the tiny mushrooms is from Birch too.  I think I need to make a fabric trip out to see my Aunt again, she just happens to live within an hour from their little shop.  I used two wood grain fabrics, one in green and one in brown. I will be using  a lot of those in my baby sewing projects coming up.  They go perfect with my theme.

I don't have the crib set up yet, but I am thinking I want it to drape across the top.  I made this little gnome wall hanging a while ago and it goes perfect!

To make this bunting, I used a free pattern and tutorial from Sew Mama Sew.  You can find it here.

It is a great tutorial with step by step instructions and pictures.  You could make it really long to go across a huge hallway, or just do a few little pieces for a corner or kitchen.  I love that you can choose any fabrics and make it a completely different feel.  I know this will go perfect in the baby room and I can't wait to see it above our brown crib!

Baby Bow Tie Tutorial

With a little man on the way, I have been looking for sewing projects for boys.  This little bow tie tutorial is perfect and could be made for babies or grown men.  I am thinking of making a matching one for my husband and making him wear it with the little one for some cheesy pictures.  Don't tell him, but I think that would be super cute.

I made 3 in different prints.  I figure baby boy can't always be preppy, sometimes he can be a little more stylish.  Oh, and they will probably get spit up on, so back ups are great.  :)

These take about 10 minutes each and use a sewing machine, a glue gun, and those little things we call hands.  Super fast and easy.  Beginner project for sure.

When you finish sewing them all up, you sew snaps to the back on each side as well as snaps to the onesie/bib/t that you are going to be putting them on.  That makes it easy to take off just the bow tie and wash the outfit.  Perfect!

I used this tutorial from One Young Love.  Lots of great pictures and step by step instructions.  If you think this is beyond your skill level, think again and give it a try.  It really is SO easy.

photo credit: here

Here is a little snapshot from the One Young Love blog.  She did a great job and picked some really cute colors!  What an awesome gift for a baby shower.  Love it.  Now get out there and make some adorable tiny bow ties!

Free Printable Photo Booth Props

My wedding had an amazing handmade photo booth with props to boot.  Here are a few of the awesome props that I used and links to print your own.  If you are on the fence about having a photo booth at your next party, just do it!  The pictures are so candid and fun and people will loosen up just playing in the booth.  You can't go wrong.  All of these printables are from other blogs/sites.  Please click on the links below each photo to be taken to the proper sites to print and use them.

Get this printable from Oh Happy Day.  

These super fun staches and lips are from Catch My Party.

(click the link above to get it!)

Another seriously bomb printable from Oh Happy Day

I think the lips and the beards are so rockin!  It takes so little effort to make such a cute prop!  Print em out here at craftzee.

A few more from The Pretty Blog can be found here.

I also printed these (from The Pretty Blog) to give people as they exited the booth with our picture site on the back.  Then I uploaded all their photos instead of printing them out, saving time and money.  

You can view photos of the props we used and see which ones you like for yourself here.  My favorites were the hats surprisingly!  They were so fun.

Freebie: Thank you card printable clip-art

I made my thank you cards for my wedding and my bridal shower and I thought I would share the ones from the shower.  I got the clip art frame from graphicsfairy.  Graphics Fairy has every kind of clip art you could imagine!  Here is the image.  I just copied and pasted it into a word document, shrunk it to size, and then printed it.

Click on it to get it in its full size and then just copy it to your computer.  I put 2 per page and cut them out, but you can make them as large or as small as you like!  Have fun with it.  I stamped the back of each card with a custom stamp from etsy too.  

Free Wedding Invitations

Too bad my wedding is coming up in about 9 days, because this invitation being offered at Wedding Chicks website is incredible!  You can customize the text and colors to whatever you want.

Click here to download.

You could use this for your bridal shower, bachelorette party, rehearsal dinner, or the actual wedding.  The words are all fully customizable, so get on it and make yourself something cute and free for your special day!