The Dish Mat

 I saw this cute dish mat tutorial around Christmas time on Life in Grace and I instantly knew I had to make one. Of course that "instantly" has turned into almost 6 months but that is actually a lot faster than I get around to doing a lot of things. Anyway, Darby from Fly Through Our Window created the tutorial, which I didn't follow exactly, more just did my own thing but used the tutorial as a guide line. It turned out great! I'm so excited to start using it, I think I'll end up making an even bigger one next time.

Just line all your dishes in a row when you don't want to put them in the dishwasher. I'll probably just be using this for the larger items that don't fit in my dishwasher but I wanted to make the pictures pretty.

When you're all done just roll it up and store in a drawer, so simple. This is a easy and fast craft. I almost finished the whole thing last night when Reed and Addie had to make an emergency fish taco run.

Click here to be taken to Darby's tutorials and then click "Dish Mat". Did I mention how much I love Fly Through Our Window? It is one of my favorite feel good blogs. I could spend hours reading all of her posts.

Easy Homemade Baby Bib

Here is a really easy and cheap way to make baby bibs, use an old vinyl tablecloth. I bought this tablecloth from Walmart for like $4 about a year ago. It had its fair share of hard use and when it had one to many gross spots we took it off. I love the bright color so I wanted to do something with the extra material that still looked good and a baby bib was perfect!

I traced out my favorite bib making it a little bit longer and wider. I like it to cover Addie's shoulders, she always turns her head and gets her shoulder all gross.

I pinned up the bottom to make a little "pocket" for fallen food and sewed it down.

I then just used this bias tape to go around the edges to give it a more finished look. Finished it off with some Velcro and there you have it.

Here is the finished bottom pocket. I do not sew straight, that is about as straight as it's going to get.

It's really hard to get a picture of the finished project, even if you tempt toddlers with fruit snacks.

I love this because you can make SO many out of one tablecloth. You also don't even have to add the bias tape. To make it even simpler just cut out the bibs (the vinyl material doesn't fray) and safety pin them on. I'm going to do that with the rest of the tablecloth. I'm a very lazy crafter.

Check out The Thrifty Home for more Penny Pinching Ideas.

Learn ABC's with a blanket

I think this blanket would be a really cute baby blanket. Make it with some soft fabric and change it just a little. Maybe I'll do that for our next baby.

Click Here to go to Moda Bake Shop for all of the fun sewing ideas they have.

Click Here for a tutorial on how to make this blanket.

Tag Baby Blanket

I saw this tag baby blanket on homemade by Jill a few months ago and I knew I had to make one.
I got some cute girl fabric and matching ribbons and got to work. I wanted it to be a really easy quick project so I just cut a large square in the middle and then added some strips around the square. To finish it off I found a really nice soft fuzzy fabric for the back. My daughter loves it!

Adorable Little Girl Skirt

Image from Made

I Saw this Mercado Skirt Tutorial on Made today. Aren't they adorable! I'm so excited to make one for my little girl. I will have to make hers a bit smaller since she is only now wearing 12 month clothes.

Go here to see Dana's amazing site. I love her site, her projects are so fun and her photography is amazing.

Go here for the tutorial for this skirt.

I'll post my finished product when I'm done, I'm so excited!