wardrobe refashion:
t-shirt to little girl’s beach cover-up

I’ve talked about our vacation, but have I mentioned where we’re going?

Yep! Can you believe I found this t-shirt? I thought it might make a really cool beach cover-up for my daughter. I just used one of her currently fitting dresses as a pattern.

This should have been such an easy project. The t-shirt was twisted [...]

my daughter’s first necklace

Thank you to everyone who commented about their creative time of day. I’m encouraged that so many of you find the morning hours so productive. I’m definitely going to give it a try. I even went to bed early last night! Of course, that might have had something to do with the major destash and [...]

how to add adjustable elastic to kids’ pants
in 5 easy steps

My daughter is growing like a weed, except she’s only growing up, not out. She’s got 4-5T legs and a 3T waist. That means that most of the pants we find that are long enough won’t stay up.
I try to only buy pants with an adjustable waist, but sometimes I come across a great deal [...]

my creative space

In my creative space today is an unfinished tutorial. I was hoping to have it posted this week. (Sorry, Amy!)
If you follow me on Facebook, you know that was feeling a bit like a mending rock star last week when I figured out how easy it is to add adjustable elastic to kids’ pants. [...]

easy kids shorts pattern

from the julie-bird.com archives
UPDATE: Thanks to the Craft Magazine blog for their link to my pattern!
I’ll say right up front, this isn’t an original idea. There are lots of tutorials on the web on how to make kids pants, like here and here. There’s also a cool how-to in The Creative Family.
I also need to [...]