Sock Bun!

For all you moms out there wanting an easy cute hair style this is great.
I found this tutorial and decided I had to try it!

Here is how mine looks. Try it out and let me know how you like it!

Here is the front. I used a snowman sock and you could see part of the white so i put a bow in front of it.



If you see any fast and easy hair styles let me know! I wear my hair up everyday and I'm getting sick of the same old same old!

Fixing American Girl Doll hair!

If you have looked at my previous posts you can see that our American Girl doll always has her hair up in a crazy pony. Well it's because her hair is ruined........or so I thought! Since I gave my daughter the doll I have been watichng tutorials online like a crazy person. ((Most are posted by 10 year old girls haha)) While I was checking out the tutes today I found one on washing the AG dolls hair! I was like no way this has got to be to good to be true! I figured it couldn't get any worse right?

I washed and conditioned her hair and straightened it and it turned out AWESOME!!
If you want to do your dolls hair make sure you check out the tutorials they are great. If you straighten your dolls and hair make sure its WET!! and on the LOWEST setting! I highly reccomend you watch the tutorials.

Now if you are at a garage sale and see an AG with crazy hair you will know in the back of your mind you can make it like new!

American Girl Dolls!

I got out my American Girl dolls today. I loved these and my daughter really wants one so I gave her one of mine. I can't wait to get her one that looks like her for her birthday!

Here is my Samantha doll and my doll of today. I was going to sell them and buy my daughter one but the dolls don't sell for anymore than they do new so I'm keeping it. I did see the outfits i have sell for $25-$55 each but I just don't think I can part with them!
I loved them a lot, I'm sure you can tell by the hair!

She was SO excited when I let her play with it! and OMG when she found out she could keep it! I've never seen anyone so excited about a doll.

I've been searching the web for doll clothes tutorials and I found a super easy one for pants. I botched the pants. I better read the tutorial next time instead of looking at the pictures! The next ones I make will be perfect! The headband turned out cute at least!

I made this dress and headband from scraps I had around my craft area. i LOVE the way it turned out! I Wish I had more fabric so i could make my daughter a matching dress! how cute would that be!

The dress didn't really have much shape so I added a cute flower belt that can double as a headband!

My daughter is sleeping so I put the doll back in her bed. I can't wait to see how excited she will be when she wakes up!

** Ally **

I finally made some clippies!

So I've been wanting to make those cute little "sculpture" clippies everyone makes but I was to busy and scared. I finally made some last night and I'm super proud of them! I couldn't find any tutorials so I just searched for pictures on google and made them how I thought.

If you like any of them and want to know how let me know and I can make a tutorial for you.

If there is anything you want me to make let me know and I can try and make it and if it turns out I can always do a tutorial =) Can you tell I'm itching to make a tutorial haha.

Here is my cute little bumble bee and some cherries


It's Minnie Mouse!


This is my FAVORITE one! It's actually the entire reason I started making the clippies last night. I wanted one for my daughter. I'm going to give it to her on her first day of dace. I made the other ones to kinda boost my confidence so I could attempt this one. Not bad for my first try. the one I was modeling it after had a pink clip too but her dance outfits are black and pink so I did mine black.



*Ally*

**Picture Post**

Happy Bento Baby!

My happy Bento Bella!


Sisters!



*Ally*

Happy First Day Of School!

Today is the day. My oldest started the first grade! She was super excited!
She picked out her outfit about a week ago.
I topped it off with a bow I made for her that says 1st Grade.

Waiting for the bus.
She loves waiting for the bus and always wants to go out super early.
I still have no idea why haha.

What a GREAT kid!
She gave me a kiss climbed on the bus and posed for a picture.
*tear*

My two year old misses her sister and seems to be lost without her haha.


I was feeling kinda bad for not making my 1 year old a cute lunch. So I made her a quick little one this morning. I mean come on who wants to be the only sister with a boring lunch on a boring plate? I just made her a peanut butter sandwich that I cut into squares and then i put in some grapes, cheese, orange and strawberry slices. No tooth picks because well she would probably eat those too!

I got this cute little cupcake container at walmart in the .97 section.
I also got a lunch bag and sandwich bags that match.


Peek-a-boo baby!
It's lunch time!


*Ally*

The Year of the Bento!

Wow! It's been a while!

My daughter is starting the 1st grade this year, tomorrow to be exact!

Ok anyway on to the Bento! A few months ago I discovered the wonderful world of Bento. For some reason in the last month I have been completely obsessed! Bento lunches are super cute and since my daughter is picky well I figured why not!?

I have been researching and looking at all the bento supplies and finally broke down and bought some. Well of course I waited to long and they wont be here until the mail comes tomorrow and thats to late for the first day of school bento. I'm crafty so I decided I'd give it a try. When The mail comes tomorrow I will be getting some egg molds, little face shape cutters, sandwich cutters, and some alphabet cutters!!.....I can't find the link to the alphabet ones but they are just tiny little "cookie cutters". I still want to get lots of cute picks and some food markers but this will do for now.

Ok so here it is, my FIRST Bento!

As you can see it's nothing spectacular but it's a start. I made my own picks out of tooth pick and rhinestones and they turned out pretty cute. I might even hold off on buying picks if i can keep making my own. I saw the grape done like this on a differnt blog, I can't remember where but I thought it was super cute and well, kids love to eat off tooth picks!



I also have two bologna and cheese sandwiches held together with a tooth pick with a cut out that says "Roses are red, violets are blue, you're eating lunch and I'm thinking of you!" I just printed this out and used my 1inch hole punch to cut it out and then glued it to my toothpick. I stuck some rhinestone picks in to add some bling. I put in some cottage cheese with strawberries and for dessert some marshmallows and reece's pieces. I'm sure she won't eat it all but I had to pack some cheese in there to keep it from moving around to much in her bag.

I could not find a lunch box or bag that would fit her bento flat so i need to make sure I'm packing it tight. I put the lid on and turned it upside down and gave it a good shake and it didn't move. Yay! I used a ziplok container that I got in a two pack for a little under $3. I believe I got it at walmart. I also got some cute little containers that I plan to use for bento too in the .97 section they just started. I was looking online at the Easy Lunch Boxes and they are the same thing as the ziplock containers but they cost about $22 for a pack of 4. I'm WAY to cheap for that! These work just fine for us.

My two year old was pretty jealous that she wasn't getting a packed lunch so i made her one too.

I just used the left over cheese and bologna from the other bento and rolled them on some cute tooth picks. I didn't put a cute note in it because well 1. I will be home with her and 2. She can't read. But I'm sure she will love this and will more than likely demand one daily.



Well thats all for now. I'm going to try and blog daily from now on. I am going to be busy with work and my oldest is in dance and girl scouts. I forgot how much I like to blog and show off my stuff =)

Good night! and good luck putting your little ones on the bus!

**Ally**