post #6 :: little bear

over a year ago a dear friend 

(long story short she served ice cream at our wedding as a high schooler we didn't know, then "met" her again at FPU in the dorms while David was a RD, she was the first babysitter for Cohl 

and became a sweet friend)

anyhow she was pregnant with her first baby

so I really wanted to make something special for her

I found a pattern book with just the "special little someone" I was looking for

this little bear

**handmade with love for Ryan**

{the pattern calls for a tougher fabric so I used a new dish towel that I loved and stitched the eyes and nose and added buttons for the shoulders and hips}

definitely going to repeat this sweet little bear

post #2 :: big letters

I wanted to make something super cute and colorful for my girl's rooms with this one fabric I found. I loved every color in it, it's one of those that just makes you happy to look at.

I already had their bedspreads then found a paint that matched, but wasn't too girlie, I covered their letter and made a pillow cover too

first I got the large letter from Michael's, let the kids paint the letter {to involve them a bit} then cut different sizes of the fabric that I also used for the pillows and hot glued them on...I then hot glued ribbon, lace and other findings over the top of the fabric pieces where the seams were to make for nice edges and cover odd spots

 without a head board I felt that their pillow selection and letter needed to pop

this is all of the ribbon I had left