Countdown Blocks

The materials for this project were a gift from my mom (thanks Mom!) and I went to Not So Idle Hands to just refresh how I wanted to do this. Instead of edging the corners with khaki paint, I just took a paper towel and did one light swipe with white paint over the whole block (it dried super fast). Then I sanded the corners/edges with fine sandpaper.

And whala!

Next Home Made Ornament on the List

LOVE this super simple ornament idea. Not sure if I'll get around to it . . . but I'd sure like to!

Find directions here!

First of the HM Christmas Ornaments

I love these simple and super sweet homemade ornaments. SO cute. Find the directions here!

Recessionista Coach Bag Giveaway

This has nothing to do with crafts and everything to do with guilty pleasures.

I would love to win this:

Wouldn't you?

Head on over to Recessionista to enter a comment for a chance to win this darling bag.

And you should take a look around their site. I have been drooling over the prices of the way cute stuff they have (not to mention showing the blog to my hubby as a not so subtle hint for Christmas). Enjoy!

Quiet Book Page

I did it! I finally finished my Noah's Ark page for my quiet book! I made seven of them. Some friends of mine are doing a swap. In a week or two we'll all get together and swap pages. I am excited to see what everyone's page looks like.

This is a great way to do a quiet book if it's intimidating to do (like it was for me). It wasn't so hard or scary. I looked at some ideas online to come up with my page. It's a combo of some of them plus a few of my own touches (the buttons and the stuffed clouds).

I learned a lot in the process, fell in love with my sewing machine, and most of all . . . I feel empowered to tackle projects that scared me before!

Finger puppets to come!

Pitter Patter Boutique Giveaway on Make It and Love It

Burp cloths

Baby Legs

Toss Me Not Sippy Cups

As well as Nursing covers, blankets and More!

I personally love the Sippy Cup invention and some of those sweet baby legs.

Checkout the Giveaway here and the boutique here! The giveaway ends Nov. 16th

Teacups and Mudpies Giveaway

Make It and Love It is having another great giveaway!I am really impressed with this company (?) called Teacups and Mudpies. They have a LOT of cute BOY stuff (and plenty of girl stuff too)! Yeah! So here is some examples and info about them and the giveaway:

What am I trying to win? A $50 gift certificate!

Cute stuff huh? Go ahead and enter yourself in by going to Make It and Love It!