The Little House is DONE!!!

I have to say that I am having trouble finding the energy to be crafty. I am 13 weeks pregnant and I am tired. If I do have a second to do anything I usually lay down, watch tv or read a book. I have been going to bed early, so I haven't been too crafty the last couple of weeks. This week I have started to feel the holiday deadlines looming. I have a long list of crafts that I want to get done before Halloween and Christmas, so I pulled out my sewing machine again and have been working on some Halloween placemats.

This past weekend I finished the Little House. It is not perfect by any means but the kids haven't noticed. It was the perfect weekend to debut it because of General Conference. It keep the kids busy for hours. Justin was kind enough to snap these pictures for me (because I was too tired to even think about it). To see what all the sides look like click on the "Little House" label (on the left side bar) to pull up previous posts.

I was a little hesitant to post my house because I saw one on Homemade by Jill here and here. Geez, she is talented. And have you seen her quiet books. I am tempted to make one, but know it will take me 20 years. Afterall, look how long it took me to finish this house (only 5 months is all). Maybe I will start making one for my grand kids.



PS I hope I didn't sound like I was complaining about being tired. I was just giving excuses to why I haven't been crafty.

Little House Garden

I am getting sick of this little house. I want to move on to other projects. My attention span is too short for such a big project. I had a couple more ideas but I think I am just going to keep it to this. I am in the process of sewing it all together and then I will post the final product.

And of course the inspiration for this garden is from Make it and Love it's fort. That is where I got the whole "little house" idea from anyway. The middle flower is inspired by Meg's flowers over at whatever. FYI: whatever is my favorite blog. I just love all of her pictures and I want to live in her house. Or have a house exactly like it for my little family.

Little House Photo Wall

Today I finished the photo wall for the little house. Only one more wall to go! The photos will hang inside the house when it is finished. When I hung it up to take pictures the kids went crazy. They were crawling underneath it and checking out all the photos. It was impossible to get pictures without the kiddies in them.

Please ignore Lily's sunscreen, swimming, bed head.I made 4 frames with some scrap baby fabric. There are two boy frames and two girl frames. I used some leftover vinyl from the window to make the "glass" for the frames.

I printed off 9 photos of family and friends and laminated them for safe keeping. The pictures slide in and out of the frames so the kids can change the pictures whenever their little hearts desire.

This photo was not staged the kids were loving it. It gives me hope that they will like the final product.

Little House Door

I finally finished the door and mailbox for my little house today. One of my friends asked me how I was holding up the walls for the pictures. I am just temporarily holding them up with masking tape for the pictures. Once I finish each side I plan to sew them all to the roof piece. The house will hang over our card table, just like the fort on Make it and Love it. I have not finished the bottoms of the walls because I am not sure how I am going to finish them yet.



I have had these postcards since I was 13 years old. I wrote little notes to the kids and laminated them so that they will last more than one day of play. I received a Xyron 510 years ago for my birthday. I got it for all my scrapbooking but had never used it because I stopped scrapbooking shortly after receiving it. Today was the first time I used it. I bought a laminating cartridge so I could laminate the postcards. It was amazing. I can't believe I have never used it. I want to laminate everything now.

You are welcome to send the kiddies a postcard and I will laminate it and put it in their little house mail box.

I was trying to find an inexpensive way to finish the door and window without buying premade bias tape (I don't know how to make my own). I found this twill ribbon (I don't know what it is really called) sold by the yard at Beverly's. All I did was iron it in half and use it like bias tape. I love how it looks. It turns out it is not all that much cheaper than the pre-made packaged bias tape but I think I prefer it for this project anyway.

Little House Curtains

I finished the curtains for my little house. I was surprised how fast and easy they were to make and the thought came to me "Why have I never made curtains for my own house?" Then I remember how we move almost every single year.

When I decided to make curtains these are the ones that I envisioned in my head. I love how they turned out. I hung them using a dowel. I put the curtains on the dowel and then sewed the curtains to the "wall". I then added a ribbon in the middle to add a little more support. I love that the kids will be able to open and close the curtains.

Next: The Door... maybe.

Little House Window

I had been wanting a little house/tent for my kiddies. Then I saw this ONE on Make it and Love it and decided to make my own. I have lots of plans for my little house. I'm going to keep you updated as I go along. Because lets be honest, this project is going to take me awhile. Today I made the wall with the window. This was my first time sewing plastic. Luckily when I made the chalkboard placemats my friend Chantal told me that if I had any trouble sewing with oilcloth to use tissue paper. I did not have problems with the oilcloth but did with the plastic. I just put the tissue paper on top and sewed it all together. When I was done I tore the tissue paper off. Genius.

Tomorrow: Curtains