Recent Crafting

Summer is such a fun and busy season! Sean and I have been on-the-go for weddings, showers, birthdays and all kinds of good celebrations. One of my favorite things about being crafty is making personalized gifts for our friends. Here are a few projects I have worked on recently:

Have you seen these new hair ties? I think the brand name is something like Emmy Jay and they sell for around $3 each. My cheap-o self figured I could make them on my own so I ordered a bunch of colorful fold over elastic and now have no shortage of hair ties that don't leave a crease. I saw an idea online to put a bunch of them in a jar for a friend's bday and will do that soon!

Some friends of ours are having baby boy Palmer in a few months and their shower was this past weekend. They are big Razorback fans, so I tried to combine a pig and my love of monograms for this cute outfit.

Our friends' little girl Zoey is turning two next week so I made this special birthday shirt for her to wear! I used fusible interfacing for the two, cupcake and candles then stitched around all edges. The frosting is ruffled chiffon that I hand stitched onto the shirt.

This is only sort of crafty, but has been a great project. My friends who post over at Thriving Home shared this prayer plan for wives to use when praying for their husbands. I took that list and wrote them out on a spiral index card, which I keep on my bathroom counter top. It has been a great physical reminder to be praying for Sean and over the course of 31 days covers a wide range of topics. I think it's neat Sean can see what I'm praying for each day, too.