Happy Halloween

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween!  This was Kason's first time trick or treating and we all had a ton of fun!  I'm so happy with how his costume turned out and I'm glad I gave a go at making it on my own.  It was original, creative, and affordable.

I started with a blazer and a pair of pants that I picked up from a local thrift store.  I distressed both pieces by cutting little bits off from the seams, scraping the fabric with sharp scissors, and cutting small holes.  Then I used Heat and Bond to adhere patches and used embroidery floss to "sew" around the outside of each patch.  I threw them in the wash to complete my distressed look!  For just a few dollars, I achieved a very "Frank" worthy wardrobe.  :)

 

Then it was on to constructing the head of Frankenstein.  I started with a McDonald's Happy Meal pail.  It fit perfectly on Kason's head and he actually liked wearing it around the house, so it was a win/win situation. 

I cut a piece of polar fleece to cover the outside of the pail and used Fabri-Tac to glue the ends together creating a cylinder.  Next, I cut out a piece of black craft fur and used  hot glue to glue the fur around the top of pail.  I cut the side pieces for the hat and attached them with Fabri-Tac and used a piece of Velcro to attach it under Kason's chin.  I finished it off with black stitches and little, wooden knobs that were painted silver and hot glued onto the sides for Frank's bolts.  Then I just slipped the hat onto the pail and hot glued around the edges to hold it in place.

My little Frankenstein

 
Have a wonderful start to your week!  I'll see you all on Tuesday for Sutch an Inspiration!

Making It Match

Hello, and happy Monday!  I hope you all had a GREAT weekend!  I've been super busy trying to get the fam ready for a 10 day trip to Alaska!  I'm so excited, but also a little nervous since I'll have my nine month old, Kason, in tow.

Well, Alaska weather is definitely different from Texas', so I bought a ton of warm clothes for him in February on clearance.  I was able to get over 20 items from The Children's Place and Target for about $100!  What a steal, huh?  A few of the pants didn't have matching shirts, so that is what I've been doing...making shirts to match them.

Take a look at these cutie, plaid pants.  I loved them because they were summery looking (most winter gear is well, wintery...dark colors and heavy).

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I went to Babies R Us and found a pack of long sleeve onesies and decided to jazz them up to match the pants.  I used the little dinosaur patch as inspiration, so I cut up some old, khaki pants, found an image online, used a freezer paper stencil to paint the dinosaur (I used the tutorial from Holy Craft HERE), and then hand sewed the patch onto the onesie!  Too cute!

Here is another one I made to match a pair of camo cargos.  My little guy is going to be stylin' in his one of a kind onesies...made by mom! :)

Wishing you a happy week!  :)