Pretty Fall Headbands {from Shortcake1031}

Want to know one of the fun things of having two girls? Dressing them up! Oh how I love it. When I was younger, I was not girly. I was more into sports and things like that, but since having my first daughter my love for girly things has gone through the roof! What can I say? And these gorgeous headbands from Shortcake1031 fit the girly bill for sure!

My oldest has such an imagination and loves to accessorize and pretend to be different people and all. This week it's been all about weddings. She'll dress up as a bride, all fancy and such. So these headbands were so great to come in the mail this week. Now she just wants a purple wedding dress with pink polka dots (she's a non-traditionalist).

The little one got a pretty headband too! Isn't she just adorable? She's so cute now a days with her smiles and cooing.

I have to say that Natalie, the creator behind Shortcake 1031, did such a great on these headbands. They are made very well and I highly recommend her stuff :)

My daughter would recommend them too.

She says they are beautiful!

I just had to take like a million pics of the girls. I can't help it :)

 

I even got a super fun and pretty headband. Unfortunately, I didn't have anyone to take pics of us girls all together and the ones I took myself ended up being not great, but you get the gist of it ;)

You can check out Natalie's headbands and all her other creations on her Facebook page. They are "One of a Kind Creations at a Price You Can Afford." Thanks girl for the amazingness that is your creations!

Pumpkin Love and Fall Baking

I can't believe it's technically fall already. That means that we have been here for a year already! It has gone by so fast. In lieu of fall arriving, my daughter and I decided to do some fall baking. And what better thing to begin with than with something pumpkiny.

(Oh, and don't forget that you only have a few more days left to get your comments in for the Giveaway Day giveaways!)

So what did we start with? Pumpkin creme pies. And let me say, these are DELICIOUS.

The recipe makes 12 and these 12 were gone in a day and a half. They are even better (in my opinion) after they have been in the fridge for a few hours.

The amount of filling the recipe makes is plenty, so I would suggest making two times the amount of the creme pies to get the most of of the filling. Plus, they will go very fast anyways you might as well make more.

I really like things with pumpkin. What are your favorite "fall" foods?

{Here are a few other recipes I would like to try this fall:

Source: cookiesandcups.com via Jessica on Pinterest

Source: recipedutchess.blogspot.com via Jessica on Pinterest

Source: allrecipes.com via Jessica on Pinterest

Source: verybestbaking.com via Jessica on Pinterest

Source: joyofbaking.com via Jessica on Pinterest

PR&R Week 4: Repurposing

This weeks challenge for Project Run and Play was Repurposing. Fun right? I love to repurpose things. Let's start with how I made the sweater. I actually used one that I had already in my "to be remade" pile. I made it just like how I made this one here (which is a tutorial on how to).

I added these crocheted butterflies that I made using this tutorial. These are my daughter's favorite part of the outfit :)

I then made the pants. I used a button down dress to create them. I changed the buttons though (the ones on it were atrocious!).

The top was made from different t-shirt scraps that I had laying around as well. I tried to go to a thrift store with the baby one morning, but she wasn't having it so I just made it out with the dress. So is life :)

So, the voting is on until Sunday night. Head on over and vote on your favorite.

Here is a before of the dress used for the pants:

And, here are the cut up shirts I used for the top:

Crocheted Hangers {from Annarose Notions}

A very sweet reader of Happy Together, Nanci, sent me some beautiful crocheted hangers from her shop Annarose Notions.

It took me back to staying at my grandmas when I was younger because she had all kinds of crocheted hangers. Some were wild colors, some with pom poms. But I remember loving to pick which ones to use for my clothes. I also love the retro feel of these.

Nanci did such a beautiful job!!!! She has a lot in her shop in you are looking for something like this. They would make great gifts. Christmas is coming up.....

I threw some sweaters on my hangers :)

She also kindly sent a little pair of crocheted baby booties for baby. She kept pulling them off her feet :) But I know she's get some use out of them this winter :) Thank you Nanci for sharing your creativity with my family!

Cardboard Quote Art DIY

Many of you might have seen the picture of a chalkboard with this quote (which is by Christopher Columbus) on it floating around pinterest the past month or so. Well, I fell in love with it and wanted it so bad! I even emailed the artist and asked if she had a print of the picture of it, but I didn't hear back. So, I decided to make something myself.

I finished this up before the baby came. I did it as simply as I could, but there are things you could do to make it better. I started with a lid from a bankers box (you know, those storage boxes you buy at the office store?). I happened to have one just laying around in the garage. I cut off the sides and then painted the front and back with black paint.

Then I found a pretty font I liked (here is the one I used) and used my Silhouette to create a stencil with this quote. You could just do this free hand or even try the adhesive vinyl and just stick it on after using the Silhouette to cut out the words. Then I just painted over the stencils I created. I ended up using a paint pen to do this because I found it easier with such a small area to cover.

Then I found this rope trim at Hobby Lobby. I bought enough to go around the whole thing.

I took my hot glue gun and glued the edge to the underneath of the cardboard all the way around.

It turned pretty nicely on the corners. I added a bit more glue there to help keep it lined up nice.

Then I went back and pushed the rope over to the top and hot glued it in place there as well.

It adds to my view of when I'm washing dishes ;) And it was cheap and easy to do!

Project Run and Play Week 3: Boys

What a change for me this week over at Project Run and Play! Creating something for a boy! I had to put my thinking cap on. Since I have no boys and really don't think about their fashion much, I decided to be inspired by my husband who is a pilot in training for the Coast Guard.

I wanted to make a comfy outfit with "pilot" details. I started with the jacket. It's made out of fleece so it is really soft and warm to wear. I added gold notions on it.

Then I added an applique onto a shirt I bought. It's an outline of a vintage airplane with words to a poem called "High Flight", one of my hubbies favorites.

My hubby let us borrow some of his flight gear for the pics. How sweet of him :)

The pants were a simple wide leg with pockets on the front and back.

My little model loved them. He didn't even want to take them off in the 90+ Florida heat.

Thank you so much to his mommy and daddy for letting me borrow him for this week's competition!!!!

Don't forget to head on over and see the other boy ensembles and vote for your favorite!