It's Fall Ya'll... Fall Printable and Wooden Pumpkins

Fall is in the air. I really never have liked decorating with orange, so this year I made pumpkins to fit my already established color scheme. My inspiration came from Michelle at Delicate Construction. My "Fall Mantle"... okay so I don't actually have a mantle but I built these shelves just to pretend. Finally a space to display my "flower balls."
Who doesn't love Fall Subway art??? The links are below.

Mellow Yellow...

Burnt Orange...
Leaf Green...Poop Brown...Cornflower Blue...

Baby Girl Nebraska Outfit.... Skirt and Appliqued Onesie Tutorial

Last weekend the Huskers were struggling to dominate Washington's Football team. Saturday morning I woke up and decided to make the baby something to show her team spirit... because if you live in Nebraska, your mood is determined by the success of the Nebraska Cornhusker Football team. This is no Joke! We have no other major sport's team to follow... there isn't a single pro team in the state... and the stadium in Lincoln on game days would be the third largest town in the state... It is a BIG deal here.... anyhow, the baby needed her first Husker outfit and so I began. I was gonna save this little number until we actually had somewhere to go, but since the first half looked awful I had to put it on her, and it worked. We (the Huskers, there is tremendous ownership to this team in this state) really picked it up a notch in the second half and looked much better!
There is no need for me to reinvent the wheel or anything... a few others had amazing tutorials on appliqueing and this simple skirt. So if you are needing some team spirit or feel like creating... click the tutorials at the bottom of the page.

For a great Applique Tutorial click HERE.
For the easiest DIY skirt tutorial click HERE.
Thanks for visiting Ladycrafter14... I would love for newbie's to follow me on Pinterest or
check out some of my other Tutorials... and one last thing...
GO HUSKERS!

So Ugly it is Cute?

If I don't get some things done around my yard and office I'm going to have one sorry winter and my hubby might ground me from the computer, which is most definitely justified. I feel like if I get everything done outside, then I can have an enjoyable and relaxing winter. The problem is that I actually have to do the work. I can't just sit around and gaze into blogland or Pinterest... and let's not forget the children... who is actually watching them or better yet, taking care of their needs? Not sure, I'm on the *%$# computer. (on a side note... the best part of posting on this blog is that it cleans up my language a little... fortunate for the reader I guess, although most are probably adults... haha okay, all of my 12 readers are probably adults.) Anyhow, I do have one of the biggest potty mouths, but that is my one and only flaw....lmao! Uh oh, now I got myself started... okay okay I'm rambling and I promise to keep this blog G rated from now on.
This lovely little wreath pictured below is the first one I have ever made. Not sure I like it but I did make it myself, and sometimes that is all that matters. I got the basic design style from K.I.S.S and that can be seen HERE. I think burlap is a great material for fall. I'm still staring at the picture trying to decide if its cute or ugly? Stylish? I don't know... I didn't want to use traditional fall colors because that is so last season... hahaha... You can't sense my sarcasm via text but I'm quite the smart alick... and I shouldn't even be allowed to use the phrase, "so last season," considering I still have clothes hanging in my closet from high school... oh, and I wear them!

Ugly or cute, doesn't really matter... I like it! I made the entire thing out of recycled or upcycled items. The flowers used to be maternity shirts and centers were old earrings. The yellow and gold embellishment was on a hair comb that I painted. The burlap I had on hand and I covered up an old ugly wreath that had seen better days. Happy Fall Ya'll!

Coconut and Lime Salt Scrub Tutorial

Thanks to the Lovely Laura at Live.Laugh.Photograph I was inspired to create some salt scrubs of my very own to gift to friends and teachers and what not. Her post is very good and I wanted to give her credit for the inspiration even though I kinda made up my own recipe. Just a dollop of this stuff scrubbed into your hands or feet and then rinsed leaves them silky smooth and smells so yummy! To begin you'll need EVOO (extra virgin olive oil), lime or lemon juice, coarse salt, some fragrance oil.
The recipe I have found works good is... 5 cups coarse sea salt, 1 cup lime juice, 1 cup EVOO, and 3 tsp of coconut-lime fragrance oil (plus more in the jars)

(Purchased the oil below at Walmart) Combine the ingredients in a large bowl. If it isn't your desired consistency then add a little more EVOO.

Smells so good..... I lastly spooned the mixture into jelly jars, then added about 1/2 tsp of fragrance oil to top off each jar. I added a little twine and label which you can print HERE. I printed on cardstock and attached to the jar. So charming and so easy! Perfect homemade gift for any occasion and so easy! This recipe filled 9 jelly jars.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and recipe. For a few other crazy little tutorials click HERE or to follow me on Pinterest click HERE.

Emergency Clutch Tutorial...so cute!

Saw this post a few days or so ago on Eighteen25's blog. Since I'm having a new baby soon I thought I should make a few... one for the car, diaper bag, hubby's car... you can never have enough band-aids, motrin, or chapstick when everywhere you go, YOU GO with children:) The original tutorial can be found HERE. I modified the original just a bit...
First of all... I live NOWHERE near a Target so I went to the next best thing... Dollar General... haha! Also I used sandwich size baggies instead of snack size baggies. I cut some scrapbook paper scraps and filled the bottom half of the bag just for a little extra cuteness...
The scrapbook paper is subtle but makes for cute dividers:)

I definitely like the Target pot holders, but for the Dollar Store... these aren't bad and only $1.

(the above photo belongs to Eighteen25)

Click here to see the Eighteen25 tutorial.

Love that blog!!!

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