I've been M.I. A lately!!

I cant believe how long a I have let my blog go with out any kind of post! Im so sorry! Life has been so crazy around here, First I hurt my back and have been unable to do anything exciting, then I opened up a small shop in a local craft mall to sell all the goodies I make, I also have been doing ALOT  of craft shows lately, Finally my poor little car went KaPoot and we had to buy a new car, It was our first time ever buying a new car so it was a experience in its self, Plus my mom keeps me pretty busy on the weekends with yard sales and "treasure hunting" Its truely amazing what you can find.

Anywayz,

April is my birthday month so I have compiled a list of fun tutorials and even some great giveaways pertaining to Easter and my Birthday. I will also be keeping you updated on things that Im making and doing. 

I cant believe Im about to be 25...yikes!..lol

Cartoons Good vs. Evil

Ok, So I have read several blog posts this week about  Disney Princesses vs. Disney is evil, and I have to say that I agree with almost everything that these ladies had to say about this subject.  I have to admit that I am very strict when it comes to what Destiny is allowed to watch on TV.  When Destiny first started watching cartoons I made a big deal about what she could or couldnt watch, and my husband laughed and said I was being overprotected!!!! I KNOW, HOW IS  THAT EVEN POSSIBLE..LOL

I have to say that their are much worse cartoons our kids could be watching than the Disney Princess.....and here is a run down of what I do and dont ALLOW!!

I allow almost anything that comes on PBS....I love love love this channel.... here is a link: http://pbskids.org/findit/index.html

 It has excellet learning shows like: Curious George, Word World, Super Why and many many more.....

I also allow most of the NICK JR cartoons, like dora, diego, wonder pets, max and ruby, team umizumi,
kai-lan,backyardigans, however I absolutly DO NOT ALLOW: SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS..that is a nasty smart mouth, underlying adult content that no child should watch...In my opinion tweenager/teenagers shouldnt be watching it either!!
Needless to say I HATE SPONGEBOB!

a nd I also allow most of the Playhouse Disney cartoons such as: Chuggington..(so cute), of course Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Mannie....

However I dont like her to watch the Imagination Movers... I dont know how I feel about grown men acting so juvenile.....So I only allow this if there is absolutly nothing else...Not that she ever wants to watch it anyways.

One of our absolute favorite characters is STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, She is Destinys idol! and Im pretty proud of that....She has learned so much from it, like manners, being nice, sharing , not hurting feelings.

I cant tell you how many times we have been on playdates and if a kid is being bad,mean.... She comes and tells me Strawberry shortcake says thats not nice.....lol. And I do give SSC all the credit for her manners, that is something that i just didnt think much of to teach her, I guess i just thought she was to young for that....(besides please, and thank you of course) ...


So in my opinion...
(no particular order)

My top ten faves are:

1....STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

2....CURIOUS GEORGE

3....OLIVIA

4...MAX AND RUBY

5...WORD WORLD

6...MARTHA SPEAKS

7...DORA

8...KAI-LAN

9...MICKEY MOUSE CLUB HOUSE

10...CHUGGINGTON

HATE LIST:

1..SPONGEBOB

2...CAREBEARS....never thought I'd say that....some of the cartoons are okay others not so much.

3..BARNEY

4...DOODLEBOPS

5...IMAGINATION MOVERS

6....MISTER ROGERS

7...YO GABBA GABBA

Well I guess that sums it up.....

I would your imput...

Great Tutorials

Great Tutorials

Here are a couple tutorials that im planning on doing and i thought i would share the url, for the tutorial with you so that you to can try them out. So here is the first one.

1.Button Bracelethttp://blog.creativekismet.com/2006/07/03/button-bracelet-tutorial/

2. Scrabble tile pendant

I love this!! it is so cute.

http://crafttutorials.net/2008/09/how-to-make-a-scrabble-tile-pendant/

3.Felt Pencil Toppers
http://whimsy-girl.blogspot.com/2008/11/felt-dessert-picks-tutorial.html

Its TUTORIAL time!!!

Ok,  Everyone I have been out and about in the blog/internet world coming up with some great tutorials!!

And I have again decided to share them all with you. So here we go you can click on the pictures for the link back to the tutorial...Enjoy!

First up is a really awesome 

Sewing Bag Tutorial

It opens up and has several great compartments you should totally check it out!!

And this one is great for the kids!

This is a super cute bowling bunny tutorial, and Im so going to make Destiny a set!!

And a totally awesome CAR CRAFT CADDY

Can you believe how awesome this would be to have on long trips??? To bad my sewing machine cant fit...lol

We are going on vacation in July to VEGAS!!! And we have decided to drive this time so we can see all the awesome stuff along the way...so im so making this!!!

And the next tutorial is for all those awesome women that are expecting a little bundle of joy!!

This link is a round up of all kinds of maturity clothing tutorials

I wish I had been sewing when I was prego's with Destiny

OMG...I love this..It makes me what to have another baby....

This Summer Tweets Bird Mobile Isn't it just AWESOME!!

AND this one goes out to all the little boys who are tired of only girly sewing tutorials..lol

I can think of so many cute ways to make this be a colorful fun hat for all little boys...and maybe some little girls too...

I can so see Destiny in a shirt like this one.

Isnt it super cute!!!

Ok,Well thats all for today..now its time for me to go and work on some of these great tutorials, and the dreaded house cleaning that is so desperatly needed after such a busy week!!

SEE YA NEXT TIME

List of Free Toddler Clothing Tutorials

Toddler Clothing Tutorails

I recently went on a search for some free tutorials to make my daughter some summer dresses and I found a couple really cool tutorials that I wanted to share with you all so here is a list of links to the tutorials.

(you can click on the name of who it is from for the link)

Easter Dress

From:

imakestuff4fun

Tank Top into a Baby Dress

From:

Obsessively Stitching

Messy Dress Tutorail

From:

Alisa Burke

The H & M Dress

From:

Crafter Hours

Little Boys Tie

From:

Purl Bee

Mans shirt into a boys shirt tutorial

From:

made-by-rae

Retro Kids Shirt

From:

Tangled and True

OK, so thats all I have for now, I maybe adding more throughout the day so keeping checking in. Im definatly going to be trying some of these out and will post some pictures of my creative work soon..... Hope you enjoy these tutorials.

And dont forget that I have a Giveaway coming up soon!!!!