Hey guys!
I am taking a little break from crafts & Etsy orders today to have a little “me” time!! Yeah!!!
Little E & I are headed to the mall to find an outfit (or 2, or 3) for the Florida v. Tennesee game tomorrow!
Hoping to put together a little something like this:
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or maybe one of these…..
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This is pretty cute too!
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Man I love orange & blue!!
What are you up to this weekend?
Betsy, a good girlfriend of mine from high school lives just a few houses down from me. You may remember when I first got my sewing machine for Mother’s Day this year, I whipped up a few pillows. Betsy immediately commissioned me to make some spring pillows for her front porch. I’ve made her a couple sets of pillows so far and she has loved them!
Now that it is football season and I have been busy crafting my Gator stuff, Betsy has asked me to make her a few FSU things. I’m telling you, it’s hard being a Gator in Seminole country! But I don’t mind. She knew she wanted an FSU rag wreath and some FSU pillows. A couple trips to JoAnn’s later and here’s what I whipped up…..
This wreath is so super cute! I have made a few fabric rag wreaths for various holidays, but our other girlfriend in the neighborhood made an FSU one like this so Bets knew that’s what she wanted! I used one of the 3-tier wire wreath forms from Hobby Lobby. I only tied the fabric strips on the first and last ring. Make sense? It’s really full and really didn’t take too long to make.
Now for my favorite! The pillows! I am in love with how these turned out, despite the colors! 
I. Love. Them! I followed this tutorial and they were so super easy!!
So that’s it! I’m off to make some Fall pillows for my front porch!
Do you have a favorite football team? Have you made any crafts to show your team spirit? I’d love for you to share!!
Have a great day!
I am linking up to many of these great parties:
M: DIY Showoff Project Parade, Metamorphosis Monday, Made by You Mondays, Just Something I Whipped Up, Today’s Creative Blog, Making Monday Marvelous
T: Get Your Craft On, Tip Junkie, Home Stories A to Z
W: Passionately Artistic, Twin Dragonfly Designs, Creative Spark @ Clean & Scentsible
Th: Just A Girl, Gluesticks, House of Hepworths
F: Sassy Sites, I’m Lovin’ It, Remodelaholic’s Anonymous, Frugal Friday, Friday Fun Finds, Feature Yourself Friday, Pity Party, Weekend Wrap-Up, Weekend Bloggy Reading
S: I Heart Naptime, Be Different, Act Normal, A Little Lovely,
Hey guys! Boy, I tell ya….I sure do love long weekends! Scott actually had Friday off as well so we had a 4 day weekend! Score!
Friday we took a day trip to Destin to go shopping at the outlets! It was fun. I may or may not have spent $175 at the Carter’s outlet. Whoops. The whole store was 50% off!! How could I not stock Emily up for Fall!?!
Saturday we just kind of relaxed and got some work done around the house. And of course we watched some football! Emily was ready to watch her Gators win!
And we came out with a victory! Woohoo! Although Emily didn’t quite make it to the end of the game.
Today we caught up on more housework (oh you know, touching up baseboards and such) and played with little Miss Em.
It was such a great and relaxing weekend. I wish my husband had 4 day weekends more often! The weather was pretty crabby most of the weekend so we didn’t get to go out and enjoy the sun. Thankfully we live in Florida and there will be much more warm weather and sunshine for us to enjoy!
What did you do for your Labor Day weekend?
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Have a great week!
Ummm…..the answer is a resounding YES in this household! We are so stoked for football season. We have season tickets again for our beloved Gators! Go Gators!!!!
So, to get in the football spirit, I thought I would add a few things to our front porch to be sure and let allllll the neighbors know that we love our Gators!
I was inspired by this wreath that Stacy at She’s Kinda Crafty made. She is awesome! {I mean, she has to be right? She’s a fellow Gator!}
Isn’t it GORGEOUS! I fell in love and knew I had to make one!
So off to Hobby Lobby I went with my coupon in hand. Lucky for me the ribbon was 50% off so I scored a ton for quite a steal!
I won’t give a tutorial because as I found, there’s about a million of them out there for ribbon wreaths (here’s a good one from Jen @ Tatertots & Jello).
So with Stacy’s wreath in mind, I got to work! A couple hours and a burnt thumb later, here’s my finished product:
Eeepp! I love it. All that orange & blue just makes me so giddy. About the only thing I did differently from Stacy was use wooden letters instead of paper. I just used some spray adhesive and blue glitter on them. I secured them to the wreath with my glue gun. Easy peasy!
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So, are you big football fanatics in your house? Is your husband in 20,000 different fantasy football leagues like mine? Spill it!
Have a great weekend!
I am linking up to many of these great parties:
M: DIY Showoff Project Parade, Metamorphosis Monday, Made by You Mondays, Just Something I Whipped Up, Today’s Creative Blog, Making Monday Marvelous
T: Get Your Craft On, Tip Junkie, Home Stories A to Z
W: Passionately Artistic, Twin Dragonfly Designs, Creative Spark @ Clean & Scentsible
Th: Just A Girl, Gluesticks, House of Hepworths
F: Sassy Sites, I’m Lovin’ It, Remodelaholic’s Anonymous, Frugal Friday, Friday Fun Finds, Feature Yourself Friday, Pity Party, Weekend Wrap-Up, Weekend Bloggy Reading
S: I Heart Naptime, Be Different, Act Normal, A Little Lovely,
Su: Under The Table & Dreaming, Remodelaholic
Other: Fall Frenzy
So we had a huge party at the house for the Super Bowl. And wouldn’t you know, I didn’t take one single picture. I was crazy busy allllll day long. I made about 5 appetizers and 5 desserts, cleaned the house like a mad woman, and took care of the baby all right by myself. Scott had friends in town and played golf. I was a little stressed on Sunday, needless to say. The party started at 6:00 and of course at about 5:55, Emily decided she was hungry. Argh! So before I had to run upstairs to feed her, I did snap a couple shots of some of the food.
{football brownies}
{I made the cupcake stand and all of the food had those cute cards that I whipped up in Photoshop.}
{Believe it or not, this was the very first time I had ever made cupcakes. I truly don’t think I’ve ever made a cupcake in my entire life. Weird.}
All in all, it was a great time with great friends. But, I think I’ll only do it again next year if I can either hire a babysitter or a maid before the big day.
Amy
