Owl Party

Sometimes you look at people and you think how the hell do they do it all.  I have one of those friends, her name is Didith.  She works full time, has three kids and always look great! The kicker is...she's always nice! HOW?! HOW!!???? Once again she killed me at her daughters 1st birthday party and Dedication.  Her theme was Owls.  It starts with the invitation, "Guess who's turning 1?" She then used the invitation that had an owl on it and blew it up to make an owl making station.  Check out all the other goodies at her party!  Thank you Didith for sharing. Keep your creative idea's coming. =)

How cute is the big owl made of other cupcakes!? Twigs and feet!! Are you serious?!

Cakes made my Jasmin! That's the birthday girl in the pic.  Isn't she so cute?!

Another cake made by Jasmin.  Can she guest blog next?

Decorations around the yummy food.

Didith literally hand cut 33 owls, stuffed them, sewed them closed, cut out every piece of the owls features in all different colors so that we could create our own owls.

Guess which one is my owl???

URL Name Change

Thank you Josh for letting me know I can change my URL.  SpaceyStacie54 was way to hard to remember,  even for me. So it has officially been changed to www.sewlastminute.blogspot.com!!!!  Hope I don't lose any of my 15 followers. LOL.  

Christmas Make up Bags

The title suggests I make holiday bags. Wrong.  Every year I try and make my two girl cousins something for Christmas.  It doesn't always happen, but this year it did!! I made two make up bags or coin purses or wallets or whatever have you.  I used my new favorite pattern, the chevron pattern!  I got the fabric on my last NYC trip. I visited the infamous Mood Fabric Store.  They definitely have a lot of fabric and they definitely had what I was looking for.  

I know what you are thinking, "What is up with the cheesy lining??"  It's actually our grandma's fabric.  I'm giving it that sentimental touch. BAM.

Step 1:  My zipper is an 8" zipper so the width of the fabric should be 9".  The length can be whatever length you desire.  You don't have to do a lining, but I did. So the lining should match the dimensions of your exterior fabric.

 Step 2: Flip the zipper backwards facing the right side of your material. Use a zipper foot and sew along the matching edge.

Step 3: On the other side of the zipper sew exactly how you did with Step 2.

Your end result should look like this.

Step 5: If you are doing a lining, line up the the lining right side facing the wrong side of the outside fabric.  Then stitch along the edge.

Step 6: Do the same as step 5 with the other lining.

Step 7: Leave the zipper half open and then match up the two exterior fabric.  Do the same with the lining and pin all around.  Leave a 2 inch gap on the lining when you sew all the way around.  You'll need this gap to flip your material inside out.

Step 8 (optional):  To gussy up your bag you can create a gusset. Spread the edges outwards as in the picture and ink a line how deep you want your gusset.  I did a 1 1/2 inch gusset.  Your corner should look like a triangle with your line.  Sew where you created the line. 

Step 9:  Cut off the excess and leave half an inch.

So here you have it, with and without a gusset.  Oh, don't forget to sew up the 2 inch hole you have in the lining. =)

Keeping Keepsakes to a Minimum

The other day my sister-in-law asked me what I did with all the paper the kids bring home from daycare.  I told her I trash them.  Her answer, "cold blooded."  Really?  I mean I don't have any of my old work from when I was a kid and I bet neither does anyone else.  It just so happens when I was in my local Ichi Ban Kan they had these awesome organizers in different sizes and widths for $1.50.  So I got the smallest width and am now going to save only what can fit in these organizers.  Check it out.

Yes I have a Dynamo. I'm a square bear.

Barely noticeable right?

Felt Hair Clips

I always go to fair's and see hipster girls make these felt hair clips and sell them for $5 a piece.  Of course I bought some and love it.  Then I go to the Japanese Daiso Store, where everything is practically a dollar and I see all the ingredients to make these so called hair clips.  All you need is cover buttons, some clips, felt and embroidery string.  All of this for $5!  So I gave it a whirl.  Unfortunately it was harder than I thought and my first attempt looks so home sewn! ERRR.. I did do a tutorial about it, but the end result is hideous. I think with a little more practice and bigger buttons and cuter felt colors I can get this right.

Step 1: Use fabric that has a print that can go on the button.

Step 2: Cut the picture you want on the button and follow the instructions on the box on how to create your button

Step 3: Cut out two identical felts to the shape you want as long as it is bigger than the clip.

Step 4: Cut a slit to connect one felt piece to the clip.

Step 5: Before you connect the button to the closure piece, insert your thread so you can attach the button to the clip.

Step 6:  Sew the button you just made to the felt and through the clip for a secure connection.

Step 7: Take a second string of embroidery string and stitch around the clip.

See the end result looks nothing like the one I bought.  Where I went wrong is the button I bought is too small in proportion to the clip itself and my stitching followed the clip instead of the felt.   Hopefully I can get this right and I can make gifts for people and now so can you.

I am Chuck Bass

I don't have to explain the title of this post he is Chuck Bass.  I'm talking about Gossip Girl people!  Get with the program.  So of course when I saw this tutorial on how to make bow ties I had to make one.  Since my picture tutorials suck please use the wonderful pictures from Papernstitch.  I did do some modifications from her instructions. Like skipping step 5 and not finishing the ends with the Velcro. Instead I used sticker Velcro and called it a day.  No one is going to see the ends, it will be tucked nicely under the shirt collar.  Call me lazy. =)

I heart paisley!

"Why are you starring at me! I know what you are thinking, but I am not Chuck Bass"

"The Empire is MINE! Muahahahaha"

Funzies! Christmas is a Treat

My good friend Marta saw the owl cupcakes and wanted to do her Christmas spin on them.  Below is her guest blog spotlight.  Thanks for sharing!

"We had a great time turning the owl cupcakes into an overall xmas themed delight!

after we cut all the tops off the cuppies to make the flat surfaces for the reindeer, it dawned on me that we could make OTHER xmas treats with the tops.

voila! thus came about our TREE and CANDY CANE (and/or THE NORTH POLE, as bennie called it.)

thanks again for the idea. it killed at least 4hrs this afternoon (with an hour break for lunch/for the cupcakes to cool) ... just long enough to get Happy Feet 2 off bennie's mind. (alas, it's BACK on his mind and we're going to see it in 3D [barf!] after dinner)" - Marta

Oh Deer!

You are the cutest Rudy I've ever seen!

HO HO HO

What a sweet Christmas tree!

A picture like this would scare me in real life. Two boys, lots of sprinkles and frosting equals big mess.  But the picture looks so freaking precious. I would let them do anything too!

Love love LOVE!!!

Someone called you and owl...

Saw the cutest cupcakes online. Well not cutest, more simple than cute. LOL.  Of course my goal was to make it for Halloween, but instead I made it the day after.  Sew Last Minute was SOO late! All you'll need is a a cupcake, Oreo's and Reece's Pieces.

Start with any type of cupcake. This one is Devil's Food.

Slice off the muffin top to have a flat surface.

For faux owl ears, pinch two ends and fill with frosting.

Who? Who? Who?!

Adorbs!

Crayon and on and on

Sometimes I feel like a drug dealer, but instead of pushing drugs I push crafting. Exhibit A. my co-worker was minding her own business and working (as I should have been), when I interrupt her and show her my Pinterest account.  She immediately gets addicted and I see her pinning late at night.  She of course unlike me got not only inspired but made something so awesome for her son's birthday! She made car crayons out of old crayons around her house.  Here is how she did it.

Supplies include:

Used crayons 

Tin can (her choice of can was a beer can)

Pot of hot water

Candy mold (she bought hers from Michael's)

Instructions:  Take off the wrappers to each crayon and separate them by color.  Cut off the cap of a tin can with a can opener to put the crayons in. She said use a tin can because you can pick it up with your bare hands when the crayon is melted and you can bend it to make a spout.  Put the can in two inches of boiling water.  Pour the melted crayon in the the candy mold and either leave it out to harden or put it in the fridge.  She also said if you found a tin baking mold you can put the crayon pieces right into the mold and pop it in the oven for a few minutes.  Either way works.

Vrrroooooom....

Just in case kids thought they were candy she included a notepad. Hopefully they got the hint. =)

Kid tested... Mother approved! Thank you Sherrie!