Baby Blankies

Since it seems that half the women I know are having babies lately, I decided I would make some homemade and useful baby gifts. Thanks to some suggestions and searching on Pinterest (of course), I found these super cute car seat blankets! I made flannel and reversible cotton fabric ones with no batting in them for spring and fall type weather.

I hope Momma's and babies both love them as much as Bear and George!

How to Make a Bottle or Sippy Cup Tether

I found just a handful of these online, and I decided to try my own design out with materials I already had. It's just a rough draft, so it's not really pretty, but you can get the idea. I think I might try my hand at making some prettier ones.

Materials: Elastic cord (could also use a hair elastic if it's the right size), Ribbon (or cotton belting or you can make your own strap with cloth which is a little more work) cut to about 2 feet, Velcro, thread

 Measure elastic cord by tying snugly around a bottle or cup with the lid on

 Put ribbon around cording and sew down with knot on the inside of ribbon (so it will look better and stay tied)

 At the other end of your ribbon, sew on one side Velcro, then fold over and put other side of velcro in desired spot-- you will have something like a leash handle when they are attached

 You can attach it to anything you can loop it through. My purpose was for when we are eating out or in the stroller to keep that cup off the floor.

Casserole Carrier--Thank you Pinterest!

 Oh, I am sooooo excited to announce that I actually did one of my pinned sewing projects from Pinterest!!

I found  the pattern a 2 Little Hooligans and the idea to use the cotton belting for straps at TaylorMade. They have some great ideas on both blogs for the carriers and it is rather simple, just takes a little time. I spent roughly 3 hours (not straight, of course) from start to finish. I am thinking these would make great Christmas gifts, especially with an etched monogrammed Pyrex pan included (that's another project!). Hope this gives you a little inspiration to try one of your pins!!