Tinkerbell Costume

Well to my fellow Canadians Happy Thanksgiving! Now on to the fun stuff.

Peyton wanted to be Tinkerbell for Halloween, and really it was the day I had dreamed of. I would one day have a little girl and I could make her all these great costumes.... well that day has come and this is what I created.

TINKERBELL for a 2 year old.





I don't have a tutorial and I will tell you why. I had no rhyme mor reason when I created this. It literally is what happens when you leave me alone for an hour with a sewing machine, sissors and fabric... I used:

1.5 meters of both greens
.3 of a meter of the pink
sequins 1.5 meters

(and my secret... a tutu from the spring... because I was going to make a green tutu but they were all out of the green and all they had was pink... so I bought a little more and added it on the shoulders. The tutu is seperate and can be taken off and worn with other costumes or for ballet... and then the tinkerbell outfit can be less puffy)

This is so super easy and now that I have made it I think I might sit down and draw a tutorial. I am not kidding it took an hour and that is with me trying to fiqure out what I was going to do.

Well I hope you like it... Peyton sure did! I am linking to all of these plus my usual links on the side.



Between Naps on the Porch

Featuring My Favorites Friday No.6

WOW week 6... While I am blogging about Halloween things I am in my studio creating Christmas items... but I will spare you the Christmas items until after Halloween. This weekend is Thanksgiving... yes here in Canada... we have Thanksgiving before Halloween, and then because I am a dually my mom hosts Thanksgiving again in November... THIS IS THE BEST TIME! I get Turkey 3 months in a row!

Okay on to some really awesome tutorials or ideas I found this week I hope you love them I really do!

Fall Table Runner/ Mat from Make It and Love It



Cinderella Dress fit for a Princess and a Tutorial from Make it and Love it (I know again)


What a great Halloween Costume... (and what a pretty princess!) I always vote for pretty over scary at Halloween, so this is such a perfect dress up... and it really could be worn as a dress up outfit all year long!! GREAT JOB! Want to make your own head over and take a look!

Pumpkin Bowling from A girl and a glue gun


Fall Dress from At Second Street

Wow if this dress doesn't make someone want to sew I don't know what will... I LOVE THIS DRESS! I want one for my baby girl so bad!!! Brilliant and awesome job!


Fall Pillow from Dream Home



I love trees so this is one pillow I want to make for my house!!! Great job!

Have a great weekend you guys! See you next week!

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Peyton's Dresser Before and After

First I want to say YEAH and thank you so very much.... yesterday I hit 50 followers.... while that doesn't seem like a lot I never thought that I would get here... So thank you to everyone who reads my blog, makes comments and follows... I actually do go into every followers blog (if possible) and look around... You guys make me very happy!!! THANK YOU!

Last year at about this time I found a dresser for dirt cheap on craigslist... I really wanted something vintage in my little ladies room.

Well it was damaged, and it needed work and I wanted a white dresser... ALL WHITE. We moved in January and the movers did some damage breaking the mirror encasing and really just damaging the dresser.

ENTER: My daddy... (the man who calls me little pix and pixley in case you were wondering why Kate Pixley) and his amazing craftsmanship. I swear if it could be built and he had the proper material he could do it!!!

He took both Joshua's dresser (see before and after here) and Peyton's. Her dresser needed much more work and time and I think the paint that was used is really heavy duty.... as it is plastic so it won't be ruined by make-up when she is older ... I might have ruined mine that way.

So here is the before:



You can see the damage in the pictures to the tops and sides. He actually took the whole top off and shaved off about a quarter of and inch because it was so damaged.

Here is the after with mirror on top:







Isn't it pretty!!! My dad is putting a plaque on the back that reads to Peyton Love Grandpa... ( I still have my little stool that he made and put to kati love daddy 1985) So I know this will be cherished!!!

I hope you all have a great day!!!

YEAH an Award from Crafting and Creating

What a great day!!! Sun is shinning, it is nice and warm with the crisp autum air and... I got an award from Crafting and Creating HOW SWEET!

So I am supposed to list 10 things that I like and then pass it on to 10 other blogs, so here goes:



10 things that I like:


1. My kids Joshua and Peyton
2. My family they all rock!
3. COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE
4. Sewing and being creative
5. late night chats with friends
6. Finding money at the bottom of my purse
7. My moms cooking
8. Dinner with my Dad ***he is a great listener***
9. spontanious trips to Wal-mart just to walk around
10. Blogging

10 blogs I want to pass this award to:

Pinkapotamus
Just Better Together
Ashley's Thrifty Living
The Other White House
The Creative Crate
Shelly Inspired
Something Pretty
Sew Many Ways
Scraps and Scribbles
Creating my Way to Success

WHOO ARE YOU?

1. If you could add one room to your house, what would it be?
For sure no doubt a craft/sewing room and it would be bigger than the master bedroom and have lots of room for practical storage and BOLTS of fabric!

2. How many pillows do you sleep with at night?
I sleep with 2 pillows... one is that foam one that curves to your neck and one it a big fluffy.... I watch tv to unwind after work (I get home at around midnight) and I use big fluffy, then switch to the foam one later on... ( I am sure you have stopped reading now lol)

3. What is the best costume you've ever worn for Halloween?
I was a nurse and I made the costume... and I loved it!

4. If you could erase one item off the face of the earth, what would it be?
OHHH I don't know... that is a hard question.... I think I like the one answer I read which said to eliminate the plastic stuff that pop cans come in... because I hate seeing a bird caught in it and it really has no use!!

5. Where do you do your best thinking?
um.... watching TV or laying in bed...

WINNER of the Zipper Pouch

And the winner of this sweet little bag is......
by Random.org



#3- Crystal

Hey CONGRATS!!! Send me your address and I will send it out Monday! I hope you enjoy!

Featuring My Favorites Friday No.5

Good day and welcome to feature friday No.5..... I hope that you had a great week!! Our days here in Vancouver are very warm... I have no idea what has happened by I think our seasons are mixed up.... so as of October 1st, I am wearing a tank top and shorts and so are the kids... It is very hard I find to decorate for Fall when the weather is so very Summer...

Before I start I wanted to remind you that today is the last day to enter to GIVEAWAY for a zipper pouch... just a thank you for being such great followers!!!

Okay so lets start!

Tin Can Luminaries from Sewing in No Mans Land


This is a great little how too.... I love this because really this is an all seasons project! So go over fall in love with this blog and give it a try!


Webbily Halloween Lantern by Michelle Made Me



Isn't this just awesome... I have been keeping my spaghetti jars because I knew something would come up that I would want to do with them... and I think that this is it!!! This is a great tutorial... so go over and check it out!

Fall Topiary from Bugaboo, Mini, Mr & Me



This is so cute, and easy!!!

Fall Mantel by Ashley's Thrifty Living


I love that she actually gives to tutorial for the pillow, and all the little things on the mantel... so sweet... I love the wash board on the wall in the back.

Lastly,

Okay I know lots of crafty people out there and really we all love the lables... well this is a great tutorial from Crafters Anonymous that teaches you how to make your own lables!!!! I KNOW RIGHT!!! So exciting!



I love this tutorial because while you could make lables you could also make ribbon for a baby shower or bridal shower and wrap some really cute handcrafted items, and do the ribbon with the baby details... name, birthday and weight etc.... SUCH a great idea go over and check all of these out!!

Have a great weekend!!! The GIVEAWAY closes tonight at midnight... SO ENTER!

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