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<a href="http://crazyhappycasa.blogspot.com/2015/05/cute-finds-3.html" target="_blank">Last time</a> I mentioned how I already started getting into summer mood and got a cute bikini cover up. A few weeks ago I was looking at swimsuits at Nordstrom and fell in love with this cute white bikini top. Sadly, I couldn't find it in white (or black) anymore but they still carry it in other colors. And the price? Unbeatable! Only $16.80!</div>
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I also found this gorgeous necklace for $7.98! There are several similar models that go for similar prices so I may or may not get another one ;)</div>
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As I mentioned in <a href="http://crazyhappycasa.blogspot.com/2015/06/elastic-waistband-trick.html" target="_blank">this post</a>, I have really gotten into sewing mode lately. And I found these little heart shaped buttons for $2.11 (50pc). I'm sure Zoe will love them so I can't wait to make something with them!</div>
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I am so ready for Memorial day weekend! The weather has been a little crazy this past week, rainy one moment, sunny the next. But who cares? we have a long weekend ahead of us ;)</div>
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For this month's cute finds I have 3 products that got me very excited as soon as I saw them, and their prices are very attractive as well!</div>
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In my last post I mentioned how I am giving Zoe's room a makeover. Sometimes the little details can give a new life to an item that has been around for a while. We have a white dresser that we bought on sale and painted white a couple of years ago. We simply painted the wooden pulls that came with it for a bit of color. The other day I was browsing on Etsy and found these cute round pulls and immediately thought of the dresser. There were the perfect pop of color for it and I love the updated look the dresser now has.</div>
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Continuing with Zoe's room redo, I was also looking for some artwork to hang. I had some spare frames from Ikea so I was on the hunt for a cute print or two. When I found out about Help Ink I was immediately hooked. They have super cute prints and the fact that they give part of the revenues to the charity of their choice immediately attracted me. I bought the "Right Kind" print and it looks very nice in person! I will definitely will purchase from them again.</div>
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With summer quickly approaching, I started thinking about swimsuits and cover ups. That's when I stumbled across this super cute bikini cover up. They say that you get what you pay for, so I was a bit afraid that the quality might not be the best but when it arrived I was happy to see that it not only was inexpensive but also looked great in person too!</div>
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In the past month I started working on Zoe's room redo. Although she did have a nursery before, we never did any major decorating. With all the hormones going on I couldn't make up my mind so I decided not to do any drastic changes to the room and just stick with easily removable decor like wall decals and curtains.</div>
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At the beginning of the year we decided to turn her nursery into a playroom and move her to a bigger room in the house. Now we have a blank canvas when it comes to decorating. Also, a few weeks ago we got her a big girl bed (I can't believe I'm calling my baby girl a big girl! #uglyfacecry) and that's where we are right now.</div>
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Here are the obligatory before pictures for the record. You can see the room in all of its bareness, blah-ness and mismatched pillow-ness. It really is a <strike>blank</strike> beige canvas ;)</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213919764251397897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710627473805998611.post-55903844247759366602015-04-17T07:00:00.000-05:002015-04-23T21:38:28.721-05:00Cute Finds #2Happy Friday Everyone!<br />
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This week flew by for me! I guess being busy at work made it seem like the week only lasted a couple of days.</div>
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It's time for this month's cute finds! Since H-town has been giving us beautiful weather lately, we have been spending quite a bit of time in our patio. This also means that I have my eyes peeled for any cute and affordable patio decor or any outdoor eating accessories.</div>
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A couple of weeks ago I shared with you a monogrammed tray I made using an <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/06410406/" target="_blank">Ikea tray</a> that cost me a whopping $7.99. Using a bit of shelf liner and a scrap of vinyl I made it look like this: </div>
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For the price, I think this one is a steal! You can see how I made it <a href="http://crazyhappycasa.blogspot.com/2015/04/personalized-tray-ikea-hack.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I also found this cute beverage dispenser a couple of weeks ago at Burlington. It was only $12 so I didn't think it twice. You can find a similar one <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Style-Setter-Springfield-Glass-Beverage-Dispenser/23746101" target="_blank">here</a>. (I got the chalkboard sign at Michaels for $0.39)</div>
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Have you been to Target's dollar spot lately? It never disappoints! Last week I found these little jars for $1 each and love them! I am using them to store buttons and I'm already thinking of so many ways I can use the rest of them!</div>
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Finally, with spring comes the cleaning and organizing! Although my organizing side is still hibernating (shame on me, I know), I couldn't resist these little baskets. I got them at <a href="http://www.fivebelow.com/" target="_blank">Five Below</a> for $5 each. I discovered this little store last year and I am a fan of it. It's basically a dollar store only 10000 times better. They have cool stuff at -drumroll- five dollars or below ;)</div>
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Has it happened to you that sometimes you go to the store looking for something and end up finding cute -<i>totally unnecessary</i>- things that you were not looking for but end up getting them anyway? No?? Then I guess it's just me ;)</div>
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It makes my day (heck, sometimes even my week) when I find these little gems and I want run and scream to the world something like: I found these cute little cupcake liners at *enter store name* for only *enter price*!!!! Run to the store before they are gone!!!!...But I do realize that would be awkward. So the next best things is letting you know through my little blog :)</div>
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I am planning on doing this kind of post monthly and I hope you enjoy the series. Here we go.</div>
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I've mentioned before that I love baking, and although I don't do it as often as I used to, my heart flutters when I see cute baking supplies. The other day I was walking through Homegoods and found these little cupcake liners/cups, they can also be used for candies and I think they would make a perfect accessory for a party table. I found a 20pc set for $2.99 and as soon as I saw them they jumped on to my cart and it was impossible to get them out of there. I guess the love was mutual.<br />
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During the same trip, I found this cute egg crate. I've been drooling over <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/5552534/?catalogId=41&sku=5552534&cm_ven=Google_PLA&cm_cat=Shopping&cm_pla=default&cm_ite=default&gclid=CjwKEAjwiq-oBRC9gvHCsvDdn2cSJACV3DFRwUj-VMcmhJJjR-yhPtk5oxIZp1jjCLxjsrhHqWvA5BoCrNrw_wcB&kwid=productads-plaid^83089262263-sku^5552534-adType^PLA-device^c-adid^45527541343" target="_blank">this </a>egg crate for a while now so when I saw this one I knew I had to have it.<br />
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Three words: Target Dollar Spot. Enough said...just kidding. There are no words that can describe my love for this little spot. They have sooo many cute things and the best part is that everything is under $5!!! I found these cute little lanterns for $3 each. I think I'll tweak them a bit though, stay tuned :)<br />
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Finally, I little while back I found the cutest earrings on a cute Etsy store. They have an amazing variety of very sweet and delicate jewelry and their prices are really good too. I got the ones below.<br />
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The other day I baked a cookie cake for hubby and when I pulled my trivet to let the cookie cake cool, I realized how sad it looked. It is a basic rectangle cork trivet that I got several years ago at Ikea, it was old and one of its corners was crumbling. So a little idea popped up in my head. I remembered that a couple months ago I bought a little package of 4 trivets on sale at the craft store. I thought they would come in handy at some point and this was the perfect project for them (am I the only one who buys things -that I don't need- thinking that they might come handy later on???).</div>
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I had some felt handy as well and it was the perfect pop of color for the trivet. Here's what I used (white paint and silhouette not pictured)</div>
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I used some tacky glue to attach it to my trivet and after letting it dry I got this</div>
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I was planning on making a green one as well but then Zoe woke up from her nap and cuddling with her took priority ;-)</div>
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This little project couldn't be any easier since my Silhouette did most of the job, and I am very happy with the results. I hope you like it as well!</div>
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Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and although I am very excited, I haven't planned anything big to celebrate it. I think I speak for both of us when I say I just want to spend V-day cuddling up and watching a movie at home or something within those lines.</div>
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With that said, I have to add that we might be skipping the fancy date night this time but what I will not skip is the obligatory Valentine's dessert for hubby. Like I mentioned in <a href="http://crazyhappycasa.blogspot.com/2014/10/getting-closer-to-happily-ever-after.html" target="_blank">this post</a>, he is a chocolate lover, and Valentine's day is the prefect excuse to bake something yummy for him.</div>
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Thinking about desserts got me thinking about a new project that I've been wanting to do for a while now.</div>
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I had a set of cake stands that worked perfectly fine, however, they were lacking pizzaz. I liked them, but I didn't looove them. The main problem I had was that the lack of color, so there I went to my craft supplies to look for some paint.</div>
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I let them dry and voila! Love the pop of color!!<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Can you believe that we are less
than three weeks away from turkey day?? Crazytown, I know. Seems like yesterday
when I was getting a certain 3 month old ready for a thanksgiving dinner :P. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With Halloween behind us, I
finally have time to think about thanksgiving decor (heck, I’m even ready for
Christmas decor). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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part time job at a banquets hall. We used to set up rooms for parties ranging from small gathering to 300+ guests weddings and events. We would carefully fold each napkin, polish the silverware and set beautiful tables for these events. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fast forward to now...we rarely (if ever) host any ‘fancy’
event at home so I never get to set up a fancy table; this is why I got very excited just thinking about thanksgiving
dinner. No, we won’t be hosting a 5 course dinner, but setting a pretty table
sure makes it feel like it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I stopped by HomeGoods the other
day and picked up a few things that caught my eye (tablecloth, chargers, napkins, place mats, etc) and when I got home I started looking for things for the centerpiece. I
borrowed the decor from the <a href="http://crazyhappycasa.blogspot.com/2014/10/fall-decor.html" target="_blank">fall entryway decor</a> and to be honest with you, I
doubt it will come back to the entryway (hint: I have the x-mas itch already so
it was the perfect excuse). <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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middle of the table and put all the silverware in place. My table is not that
big and with the decor taking a lot of space I ended up not putting the glasses
in there. But now that I think about it, it works better that way since we have little ones in the family and glasses (as well as the candles I ended up not putting) are just one more thing to keep an eye on. Yes, it takes away a bit of the fanciness but I'd rather avoid a catastrophe (aka wine stains) than risking it in the name of a fancy table. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi everyone!! I just wanted to pop up today to share with you a little something I did this week that I thought was super easy and can add a very nice touch to a wrapped present. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week my adorable niece turned 5, she is a sweet and very feminine little girl so when I was wrapping her present I wanted to do something special for her. I wrapped it with a floral wrapping paper that I had handy and then I started thinking what can I add to make it extra special for her?</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I looked around and when I saw my silhouette cameo the light bulb went off. I cut the letter L (her initial) out of purple card stock but when was going to put it on the present I realized that it got kind of lost with the flowers in the background. This is when another light bulb went off, as I mentioned, she is a girly girl and what can be more feminine than lace? I went to my kitchen and grabbed a small white doily to put behind the letter L. It was perfect. I used some double sided tape and voila! a beautiful-feminine-personalized present for my little niece was born :).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I loved her reaction when she saw the present and even though the pretty wrapping only lasted for a little while, it was all worth it. So there you go, a cute and inexpensive idea that you can use the next time to run out of present-wrapping ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I woke up feeling very blessed today. Blessed to have an amazing husband that loves me more than words can describe, blessed to have a healthy daughter that makes my days as happy as they can be, and blessed for all the wonderful things that I have in my life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On my way to work I started thinking about how after 10 years together, my husband and I manage to remain madly in love just as we were when we started dating. Even though we were teenagers back then (he was my high school sweetheart but that's a story that I will share another time) we knew what we wanted for our future and we fought hard until we reached our biggest dream -getting married-.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So what is it that keeps our love strong? I came up with 6 things that consistently make me fall for him over and over again. These are not new concepts by any means and you may have heard them before but sometimes we run on autopilot and we forget say or do certain things that make a marriage special. Every marriage is unique and you/your spouse might add or take out some of these, this is just what works for our marriage :)</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Sometimes life gets busy -especially if little ones are involved- and one of the first things that get neglected are date nights. I can attest to that; however, I still think it is very important that we take some time off our busy lives and go out to enjoy each other's company. In my case, I am extremely fortunate to have my mother in law living close by and she is happy to babysit for us whenever we want to go out on a date. I know this is not everyone's case though, and even when you do have someone who can babysit life can get busy and leave little room for regular date nights. </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Spending time together is nice, being next to each other feels awesome, but sometimes (and I am sometimes guilty of this) being together translates to me on the iPad next to him watching TV. Sometimes we do need to unwind and pinteresting (in my case) and football night (in his case) does wonders. However, talking about how our days went and making each other laugh at the silliest things is the perfect end to a busy day. It is also very important to make sure that you have enough intimate <i>quality </i>time, and that may vary from couple to couple but I'm not gonna go there ;).</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The point is that spending time enjoying each other is very important in maintaining a healthy relationship. Even though we have been together for ten years, I feel like there is always something new that I learn about him. And at the end of the day by knowing what he likes I can make sure that I do what makes him happy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> And by getting pretty I don't mean full makeup and fancy clothes. I just make sure that I look and feel my best for him AND for me. Sure, after a full week of wearing business casual apparel the only thing I want to wear are a pair of yoga pants, a soft t-shirt, and my fuzzy slippers, but when I take an extra 5 minutes to brush my hair and put on cute but comfy clothes it makes me feel a thousand times better. Only had time for a pony tail? sure! but you can put on a pair of cute earrings. Don't feel like putting mascara on? that's fine too, but you can wear tinted lip balm...you get the idea.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Who doesn't like like to feel appreciated? It feels great when take the time to do something for my hubby and responds with a "thank you baby, it means a lot me". It is not like I do things to get a thank you or a compliment but it definitely feels great when I for example bake something for him (see #1) and he not only eats it all but he says thank you so much baby, that hit the spot!!! It makes me want to do more stuff like that to make him happy. And just as I like to hear those things, I bet he does too. And that goes for special things that we do along with the everyday stuff like unloading the groceries from the car :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Last but definitely not least is saying I love you to each other. And by this I don't mean the "have a good day honey, I love you!", but rather looking in his eyes and saying I love you, and I'm glad I have you in my life". We need to remind each other of how much we mean to each other and that we try our best to keep our love as strong as it can be. You don't have to wait until you see each other at home, you can text him a couple of sentences telling him or her how happy he/she makes you, I'm sure it definitely will make him/her smile.</span></span></div>
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have a designated space for a home office and I have been trying to decide how I
want to decorate it. So far, it has a white Ikea expedit shelving unit as well
as a big brown desk, filing cabinet, and office chair that we scored on
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I might have already mentioned that I am a die hard pinterest fan, I just love all the inspiration that I get there! It is so easy to just pin the image you love and come back later when you need to use it. However, I do not have a system to save the pictures that I find in magazines and brochures. I usually just fold the page to remind myself to come back later but 99.9% of the time I forget about them. This is why I decided to make a real life pinterest board (aka bulletin board :P)</span><br />
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big frame that I got at my local Goodwill for $13 buckaroos. I gave it a coat
of white spray paint and then I forgot about it…I literally did! It sat
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without disassembling it. That meant that I had to stick it directly to the
glass. BUT I soon realized that all the push pins and tacks that I found were
longer than the thickness of the cork sheet. Bummer, I didn't feel safe knowing
that I could break the glass. Not that I have some weird super strength power or
that I would pin stuff with a hammer but ya never know! Just saying :P<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sprayed it with spray adhesive and tried to align it quickly before the
mosquitoes would eat us alive (hubby and I were working outside). Well, those mosquitoes were fierceless and as a
result, the cork sheet and cardboard were not aligned correctly (sad face). The
adhesive was very strong so there was no way I could realign them without
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I mentioned in <a href="http://crazyhappycasa.blogspot.com/2014/10/fall-decor.html" target="_blank">this </a>post, I have been introducing the fall to my casa by doing to simple rearranging of items I already owned and bringing some new (inexpensive) items. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our front door was still lacking color though, and although I have other plans for Halloween decor, I still wanted to put up some fall decor without breaking the bank. Some of the houses in our neighborhood already put up beautiful decor and some of the wreaths caught my attention. I have never even attempted to make a wreath so this was the perfect time. I got a foam wreath base from the craft store (40% off with a coupon) and as usual, it sat there for a couple of weeks before I finally did something with it (I'm such a slacker). I had seen a tutorial for a coffee filter wreath a while ago but I wanted color and white coffee filters were definitely not going to cut it. The next best option was tissue paper, they sell it in a rainbow of colors so that was the perfect material. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I used yellow, orange, and brown tissue paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once I made all the little flowers I simply poked holes in the wreath base using a pen and put a drop of hot glue in it. Then I would push the paper flower's "stem" in it before the hot glue hardens and about 976 flowers later...voila! I had a wreath. Lol, I'm just kidding, it didn't take that many flowers, or even that long to do it. Luckily, my baby girl is a really good napper and gave me enough time to do most of it during one nap.</span><br />
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For the past few weeks I've been a busy bee trying to squeeze in as much crafting time as I could. A few days ago I did this little project that I'm very happy to share with you.<br />
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I wanted her to have a personalized outfit for her birthday party, but since it is a one-wear outfit, I didn't want to spend too much on it. That's why I decided to DIY it. I got a pack of plain white shirts and a quarter of a yard of pretty fabric that goes with her birthday theme.<br />
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I used some fabric interfacing that I had on hand and cut a square of both the fabric and the interfacing. I ironed them together (rough side of the interfacing facing the fabric) on medium-high and pressed for about 30 seconds until they were bonded together. Then I used my die cutting machine (I have a Silhouette Cameo) to cut a number 1 on the fabric. I simply placed the fabric on the cutting mat (interfacing facing down) and used the cotton fabric setting. If you don't have a die cutting machine you can simply trace the shape you would like to cut (in this case the #1) and just cut it with scissors. Then I proceeded to remove the fabric from the mat, I peeled the interfacing cover and positioned it on the shirt. Once I got it where I wanted it to be, I ironed for 30 seconds again on the same setting and voila!<br />
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It was missing something though, so I used one of the itty bitty scraps that were already fused to the interfacing and cut her name using my die cutting machine again.<br />
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Now she has a cute shirt for her birthday and it was only around $3.50!!! I call that a win!!<br />
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I can't wait to share with you all of the other birthday projects I'm working on!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.madetobeamomma.com/2014/07/hit-best-shot-link-party-28.html" target="_blank">Made to be a momma</a></span><br />
<a href="http://placeofmytaste.com/2014/07/work-wednesday-4.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">Place of my taste</span></a><br />
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