Odyssea Market Skirt

I think MoMo for Moda has put out some of my most favorite fabric ever.  I am hoarding my Wonderland fabric and I'm hoping the rumors are true that it is going to be re-released this spring. I have been selling a few skirts at Greenies and we sold out!  So I pulled out my Odyssea (another great line by MoMo) fabric to make a skirt. 

 I think this is the prettiest thing I have made.  That plum color is one of my favorites and I like how it pulls out all of the darker colors in the print.

The plum fabric is really soft almost like a sueded satin or something.  I'm not exactly sure what it is since I got it out of the remnant bin.  I also did a scalloped stitch on the hemline.  I'd say its a size small or medium and if you really like it you can go buy it at Greenies! ;0)

Scarf Roundup

Here are some of the scarfs I've been making from all the FABULOUS tutorials out there.  It all started with the Joy's Hope scarf along.  I showed you which fabric I was going to use but never put the finished product on here!

They turned out really cute.  I mixed it up and did a few skinny ones and a couple that were wider(by putting two together instead of folding in half.)  I even made one that was a cross between the Joys Hope scarf along and the Honor student scarf! 

My Honor Student Scarf Along is my favorite.  It was the most time consuming but I LOVE it.  I used Amy Butler's (my first Amy Butler fabric I have actually bought by the way) LOVE fabric.  Its scrappy and I love the colors and it is the perfect size of scarf I think.  I also love that it isn't just a wintery scarf but can be used in the spring and fall.  You can find all the instructions for this one at Cookie Mondays.

My bunchy scarf was by far the easiest and it is the one Darin likes the best.  I think it took me all of 10 minutes to make this one.  I spent more time trying to decide on a color at the fabric store!  Hope Studios was kind enough to share her tutorial on making these here!

Last we have the ruffle scarf.  It was the winner on SYTYC (as in so you think you're crafty) a few weeks ago.  V & Co came up with this fun flannel scarf and even though you can't get the tutorial anymore you can go here to get the PDF pattern!  I think if I make this again I would make it a little narrower, but it is still one of my faves! 

So there you go.  Its not too late to make a fun scarf for the winter.  Its sunny and a balmy 50 degrees today, but I know its just a trick.  I'll keep my scarves around. 

And they are great for keeping 2 year olds entertained at church

Eating from the Pantry week 2

I need to take some pictures of the stuff I have been making lately so I can post them on here so for now I'm just gonna update how my pantry challenge is going.  So far so good!  I've decided I am going to be more creative at the beginning so that I can fall back on easy stuff at the end.  I went to the store tonight to stock up on fruit for my little fruit face.  Its a good thing we have all those canned peaches and pears.  Instead of making sure Ivy eats enough servings of fruit I have to make sure she doesn't eat too much! Anyways.  The only thing that didn't happen was having ravioli on Friday since we were at the Greenies art show.  But I'm not complaining since I can just add it to my back up meals. A couple new meals I'm gonna try this week are Fried Rice from the Betty Crocker cookbook (I'm going to add pork too) and those chicken tenders on the bisquick box.  I think the biggest challenge is going to be when we run out of cereal for breakfast!

Eating from the Pantry Challenge

I've been working on a game for our Food Storage Enrichment this week and have got some interesting ideas and recipes and while I was searching the internet for recipes I cam across the Eat from the Pantry Challenge on Money Saving Mom.  Since I've had food storage and pantry food on the brain and hadn't been to the store yet this month I decided to go for it!  Luckily I had been to Costco before I left for Oregon so we have milk in the freezer and all that.  It will also remind me to use all of that stuff I worked so hard to can and freeze in the summer! My goal is to only buy a little dairy (milk, eggs, cheese) and fruits and veggies and to only spend $40 this month!  Yikes but it should be doable with just the 3 of us.  Here is what we are eating this week...
Monday-Chipotle Chocolate Chili leftovers
Tuesday-Pizza rolls, edamame
Wednesday- Ham,rolls, mashed potatoes and corn(from this summer)
Thursday- Breakfast sandwiches with leftover ham, bisquits and egg
Friday- Brown Butter and Basalmic Ravioli. garlic bread and salad
Saturday- Fish and sweet potato fries
Sunday- Green Chili

Craftaholics Anonymous Gift Exchange

I signed up to do a gift exchange on a super cute blog Craftaholics Anonymous.  It was funny because the person I got a gift from was going to give me some countdown blocks but saw that I had made some.  So she sent me something else that was what I had considered sending. I guess great minds think alike!

Here is my Wise Men Still Seek Him tile I got from Leslie!  I hope she sees this cuz I accidentally deleted my email from her so I haven't said thanks yet.  So THANKS Leslie!  The best part?  I didn't have to make it!