Have you ordered your photo canvas??

My photo canvas came! I love it. It turned out great and I really like the gallery wrapped edges- it took all of 2 seconds to hang up and it really adds to the nursery. These would make great Christmas gifts! I was out of town when mine arrived, but it took 10 days or less from the time I ordered. So... you still have time to get your free canvas before Christmas!

Cookie Sheet Advent Calendar

These cookie sheet advent calendars are so cute I just couldn't resist making 1 more advent calendar!

Materials

• Cookie Sheet- found mine at the dollar store
• Mod Podge
• 25 Clear, flat-backed stones
• 25 magnets
• Christmas calendar sheet or scrapbook paper and a ruler
• Christmas clip art
• Drill
• Ribbon

1. Find 25 Christmas pictures that are about the same size as your stone. Word or Google images are a great place to look. I decided to go for a vintage look. Use a stone to trace around the picture and cut out

2. Mod podge the pictures to the stones and then add a magnet to the back

3. Mod podge your calendar page to the cookie sheet (my mom got this for me at a church Super Saturday activity, so I'm not exactly sure where it came from)

4. Drill 2 holes in the top, thread some ribbon through and knot at each end. Start your countdown to Christmas by adding 1 magnet to the calendar each day. 

Merry Christmas!

Creations by Kara Giveaway & a Winner!

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Have you noticed this darling button on my sidebar?

 It's the most clicked button, so I'm sure you have:)

Today you're in for a real treat! I'm going to give you the mini tour of Creations by Kara's shop. I love everything in it and the best part is that it's all for a good cause. They are raising money to fund an adoption- I really can't think of a cause I'd rather support. Let's give them a nice Christmas gift and start shopping!

Here's what I'm loving...

Yummy little bubble skirt

This vinyl decal just cracks me up! Maybe when I have a washing machine I'll buy one...


And of course the hair accessories. Today Kara is giving away 4 darling hair things!

2 felt flower clippies in the color of your choice

A crochet flower rosette- works great as a hair clip or brooch

And... an organza ribbon flower clip

Ready to win? Just leave a separate comment for each entry method:

• Name, email and your favorite part of Thanksgiving
• Follow naptime crafters
• Add a naptime crafters button to your blog
• Visit Creations by Kara and pick out your favorite item
• Add Creations by Kara to your favorite shops

Have fun getting some Christmas shopping done! If you have a little girl on your list Creations by Kara definitely has something perfect for you:)

The winner from the Buttons & Badges giveaway is...

jennifer 1 said...

i am grateful for great weather this far into November! And that it is the weekend.

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Christmas Book Advent

I bet you have a lot of Christmas books. Maybe 25 or more? Perfect!  This is by far the easiest advent calendar ever and you're kids will love it!

1. Gather your books

2. Wrap

3. Open 1 a day

 Can you guess which kid is me?

If you want to save yourself some work in the future and be green this holiday season you can take this a step further. 

1. Pick 1 Christmas card for each book- I know you have some stashed away somewhere:)

2. Tape to a resealable envelope

3. Stuff your envelops and open 1 a day

So much fun and now you may actually read all of your books:)

Check out the rocking 50% OFF and FREE shipping deal for a photo canvas on my sidebar. My canvas should be arriving any day now:)

Happy Turkey Day!

Put down your thread and needle, stash the glue gun, and fold up your fabric

Take time today to give thanks

Today I'm thankful for:

My family

The Gospel

Autumn leaves and Winter Snow

Good Health

Christmas Season

and...

Alll of you!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! 

Crafting & Creativity Diaper Clutch Tutorial

Sarah over at Crafting & Creativity was kind of enough to let me feature her diaper clutch tutorial. It turned out so great and looks like a pretty quick project- perfect!

Tutorial time!! I'm going to show you how I made this diaper clutch:


I bought 2 pieces of fabric. My local Walmart sells these pieces for $2.00 each. Yup, it only cost me $4.00 to make this project!

The supplies before I started.... sewing machine, pins, scissors, measuring tape, seam ripper- which I sadly ended up using.

The fabric you need for the main piece should measure about 10 inches by 13 1/2 or 13 1/4 inches. And you need TWO of these so that your clutch is lined.

For the pockets you need 2 pieces in your other fabric that are 10 inches by about 11 inches. Take each pocket piece and fold it in half and iron over the fold. So now each pocket is 10 inches long by about 5 1/2 inches.

Take one of your pieces of the body and lay it facing UP. Then line up each of your pocket pieces. The space in between the pockets measure 2 1/4 inches.

Then lay your other piece of fabric over top facing DOWN. Add some pins if you like.

Then sew around 3 of the sides.....

....leaving a nice seam allowance.....

...then trim off any excess seam allowance and cut the corners so that they will look nice and not bulky when you turn this inside out.

So on the 4th side, you can sew along most of it. Just leave a couple inches un-sewn, like this:

Now you want to carefully turn it inside out...

It should look something like this.......

{I labeled the picture just to make sure my instructions weren't confusing.} Now sew up that part that you didn't sew. Stitch as close to the edge as you can.

Now flip that pocket to the other side. And your clutch will now look like this.....

Then fill it with diapers and a case of wipes! If you want to make a fancier wipes case, follow THIS tutorial of mine!

I added on a fabric yo-yo flower that I made and used my glue gun to secure it on. {You can learn to make one by following THIS tutorial.}

This would make a great gift idea for a baby shower, or for the mom with young children on your list this Christmas.

You could also add some velcro or some other way to attach the sides. I may try that another time. But for the first two, I wanted the simple design. And velcro is horrible if you need to pull out a wipe in church or another setting that requires quiet. But I definitely have a bunch of ideas to dress up the basic design.

And for those who asked, the finished dimensions are:

13 inches by 9 1/4 inches when opened up.

Thanks so much Sarah!

Product Review: My Baby Belts

Are your kids pants always riding low? Now there's an adorable solution! 

My Baby Belts was kind of enough to send little miss a belt to review. Ok... actually I'm reviewing it, but she gets to wear it:)

Check out the cute packaging!

And the verdict from little miss... Comfy, functional, and the perfect amount of sassy!

 She refused to look at me, but seriously isn't this belt ADORABLE! I'm in love:)

Make sure you head on over and check out My Baby Belts. These would make great Christmas gifts!