Magazine Decor Balls

Use your old magazine to make home decor balls. For the ball on the left, click HERE and the ball on the right, go HERE. Created by Oops, I Craft My Pants.

Snowball Soap

HERE is a fun January/winter activity with the kids (or for decorating a bathroom!) Make snowball soap. Visit Home Sweet Home to learn how!

Strawberry Tree

Don't forget to enter the giveaway for a Lil Blue Boo pattern of your choice HERE.

This looks so adorable and delicious (especially with a little bowl of fruit dip nearby). Make this strawberry tree for a special occasion, a party or an edible arrangement. Find out how at the How-To Gal. Click HERE.

The Dress I Want To Make

Want to win a pattern for this t-shirt dress? Or maybe a different pattern from Lil Blue Boo. READ BELOW!!!!

I read about the Design Challenge at Lil Blue Boo and loved everything about it - especially the prizes and giving back!!! Ashley, the creative genius behind Lil Blue Boo, is quite the woman. She can do EVERYTHING, and she does it extremely well! If you haven't checked out her blog, you simply must!!! And you probably should become a follower too! She is ridiculously talented!

In honor of Ashley's kindness to me (she volunteered to make me my first button and didn't even know me), the craft blog world and needy children (read the "giving back"), I wanted promote this contest. Because she is so kind and generous, she volunteered to do a giveaway. The giveaway is for any one pattern from her ETSY shop. You choose the pattern you want!!!

I NEED the Recycled T-shirt Sienna Dress pattern to make for my daughter.

Okay! I want the Recycled T-shirt Halter or Tie-Back Dress too!
This Recycled T-Shirt Hoodie would be great for my son (or daughter).She has more patterns that you can buy at her ETSY shop, Lil Blue Boo. Adorable patterns to make all those t-shirts in your closets and boxes into stylish recycled clothing!!!

After you win or buy a pattern from Lil Blue Boo and make some wearable art, you can enter it into the LBB and Dharma Trading Design Challenge. Ashley is going to highlight different techniques you can use to win the design challenge on her blog throughout the month, like this one HERE and HERE.

So read up on the Design Challenge, get a pattern (either win or buy one), read Lil Blue Boo to find a technique you want to use, make a wearable work of art AND submit it in the Lil Blue Boo and Dharma Trading Design Challenge. It's that easy:) When you win, let me know!!!

Now for the giveaway part!!!

How to enter?
Visit Lil Blue Boo's ETSY shop and tell me which pattern you would select if you won. Leave me a comment with your email address (so I can notify you if you win).

Want to be added in again?
"Follow" both my blog and Lil Blue Boo. Add yourself on the left sidebar at the top for my blog and on the right sidebar a little ways down for Ashley's.
(Already are? You're automatically entered in again. Write another
comment.)

Want another chance?
Buy something from Lil Blue Boo. (Let me know what purchase you made.)

One last entry?
Make a post about this giveaway on your own blog with a link.
Share this excitment with your friends and readers.

This giveaway will run until next Tuesday night, January 12th. The winner will be announced on Wednesday. If by some chance you don't win, visit Lil Blue Boo and get a pattern today!

***I had to repost this. The comments on the former post will be the first 13 comments in the contest!***

Lil Blue Boo Giveaway and Design Challenge

These are the comments for the Lil Blue Boo giveaway the first time I posted this. They will be included in the giveaway as the first 13 entries!!! SORRY for the scare!

Nursing Bra from Regular Bra

If you go broke buying expensive nursing bras or can't find one you like, worry no more! Make your own from a "regular" bra. See the tutorial HERE at Mamas Worldwide.

Winter Tree (And Giveaway Winner)

The winner to the My Tiny Sweet Cheeks diaper cake giveaway is:
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MrsOrtelle said...
I'm a follower! :)
Congrads and remember My Tiny Sweet Cheeks for your diaper cake, bibs and other baby (and mommy needs.) Visit the blog HERE!

Every season and holiday needs a tree of some sort. HERE are two different, but similar trees for winter (One is branches, the other is made from dowels and has a tutorial). Love the crystal snowflakes with blue ribbon! Sweet Pea is the creator.

Guest Blogger - Tea Rose Home - Adorable Jean Skirt from Pants

Enter the giveaway for a pattern of your choice from Lil Blue Boo HERE.


Hello everyone! I am Sachiko from Tea Rose Home. I am so happy to be a guest blogger on Someday Craft today and share one of my tutorials. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity Michelle!

I love designing, sewing, and crafting. My blog "Tea Rose Home" is the place I get to share my creations and thoughts with many people. I post lots of tutorials. Here are some examples of previous tutorials: Modern Square Garden Quilt, Framed Fabric, T-Shirt Makeover and Sweet Scarf for Little Girl. You may have seen three of my tutorials that have been featured on Someday Crafts. They are the mannequin, scrappy corsage and corduroy skirt.

Come visit me sometime, I'd love for you to stop by! Here is a tutorial I have done for Someday Craft's reader.

It all started when I decided to get rid of this worn pair of jeans...


It was a much darker color when I bought it, but now, some parts are faded (knees, rear...you know how that goes). Then, the frugal side of me kicked in and stopped me form throwing the jeans in the trash. After much consideration, I decided to make a jean skirt for my little girl, since she is out growing the one she has.

Here is what I did;

1. First disassemble the jeans. I cut it around the knee, and cut off the seams, and cut along the edges. You will need the top portions too but cut out the pocket area. Basically, you need 6 panels to make this skirt, and some left over for the waistband and applique. Remember to stay on the edges when you cut, you should have enough fabric left for this project.




2. I made a simple template (quarter inch seam allowance included). It is 13 1/2" tall, 4 1/2" wide at the top and 8 1/2" wide at the bottom. I gave a very slight curve for the top and the bottom. Using the template, cut out 6 panels.


3. Sew 3 panels side by side and make two of them. Open the seam and iron.


4. I used a zigzag stitch on the edge of the seam, so it won't flay. Do the same for all the seams.


5. Sew the front and back together in the same manner.

6. For the waist band, cut two 2" X 13 1/2" strips. Sew them together side by side to make a long piece, then make a big hoop. Pin the hoop around the waist (right sides together) and sew using 1/4" seam allowance.

Fold 1/4" on the other side. Iron. Fold it in half and Iron. Leaving 3/4" opening, sew around the edge. Put elastic through. (measure your little girls tummy, plus an inch for overlap).


7. Finish the bottom edge using your favorite method.

8. Now, the skirt is ready for embelishment.

Iron fusible interfacing to the left over fabrics. This is the fun part where you can do whatever you desire! I did some on the right side, and some on the wrong side of the fabrics, so when I do that applique, I will have two colors to work with.


9. I used cookie cutters for the flower templates. The ones I used were the second and third smallest ones.


10. Trace the flowers and cut.


11. Cut out other fun shapes to go in between the flowers.



12. Sew the circle onto the dark flower, then, sew the dark flower onto the light flower, that way you don't have to sew many layers at onece.


13. Lay the flowers on the seam line between the each panel. That way you won't have to measure it, they will be evenly spread out. Go around the entire skirt.


14. Time to enjoy!

Isn't that darling? Want to know what Sachiko did with the leftover material? She made a jean corsage. How can jeans be so elegant and beautiful? Go see how she made the corsage HERE and become a follower of TEA ROSE HOME so you don't miss out on her amazing creativity!

Looking Forward to Valentine's!

Enter the Lil Blue Boo pattern of your choice giveaway HERE.

Valentine's is the next "big" holiday to for which to decorate. (If you have ways for decorate for MLK Day or Presidents' Day, please submit them at somedaycrafts@gmail.com) I'm excited to see all the red, pink and white decor. What are you going to do for Valentines? Here are some ideas to get you started!

How are you going to tell your significant other that you love him? With your hands? I LOVE this idea created by Happiness is Homemade found via Love, Actually. Click HERE and HERE.

How are you going to decorate? With Heart wreaths found via Design-Aholic.

Create a book from a deck of cards like I found on Craftster. Please go read some of the pages in this book. It will make your gut hurt!!! Click HERE.
I think this heart ornament wreath would be perfect for Valentine's. Or a ornament wreath with white, pink, red and silver!!! (You can spray paint ornaments so go buy all the ugly one on deep clearance NOW.) Gorgeous! Found at Enchanted Rose Studio. Click HERE.

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CUTEST Quiet Books EVER

The giveaway for the My Tiny Sweet Cheeks' diaper cake is still going. Enter HERE.

If you are thinking about making a quiet book (or 2 or 3), or can be easily persuaded into making one, you MUST visit Making The World Cuter and see the two books she has made - one for a boy and one for a girl. These are amazing! See the books HERE.

A Family of M&Ms

My Tiny Sweet Cheeks still has the Diaper Cake giveaway going on. Click HERE to enter. Look how cute these pajamas are for Susie Homemaker's family! Make a different color for each kid and you have a family of M&Ms. This would also be fun for Halloween costumes or for a family reunion (especially if your last name starts with 'M"). Read more HERE.

Bubble Light Chandelier

Enter the giveaway for a diaper cake from My Tiny Sweet Cakes. Click HERE. Take those clear ornaments from Christmas (there may be some on clearance) and turn your chandelier into a light full of bubbles. Such a fun idea! Learn how HERE at the Inadvertant Farmer.

Fortune Cookies (A Day Late)

It's not too late to enter the diaper cake giveaway from My Tiny Sweet Cheeks. Click HERE! Celebrate special ocassions with fortune cookies. (New Years, Valentines, Graduation, Birthdays, etc.) I love writing fortunes (serious and funny ones!) HERE is a recipe as well as directions on how to make them at Under the Table and Dreaming.

Unique Pendant Light

Enter the Diaper Cake giveaway from My Tiny Sweet Cheeks by clicking HERE. Fancy up a room with a unique looking pendant light! Made from tape and WAX PAPER, to see how it was created, click HERE. Very inexpensive, yet so cool! Found on Apartment Therapy!