upa-lala Review - Eco-bags, Wet Bags & Baby Carriers

Recently I won a giveaway from Mom-A-Logues for a $25 Gift Certificate to upa-lala! I needed a new wet bag or two so that is what I got. I'd fallen in love with the fabric pattern Optic Blossom so I had to order wet bags in that pattern! I choose to get 2 small wet bags (7"x7") which are great for small trips to the store for Adeline's diapers.

If you are in the market for a wet bag or baby carrier (only on her website) make sure you check out upa-lala! Make sure you tell Brittan that Alison @ Crafty Weeks sent you! You can use the code Crafty10 for 10% off your purchase!

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Disclosure: I was not paid for my review, I was sent the items due to winning a giveaway. All opinions are my own.

Personalized/Custom Shirts and Onesies

I love being creative and making things! When someone contacts me to do a custom item for them it's a challenge. Being a SAHM (WAHM), there aren't many things that get my brain in gear - so being able to figure out how to do XYZ really helps.

A friend of mine in our local Playgroup is pregnant with B/G Twins! So exciting. I found out the twins theme for their room was elephants so I decided to make them matching onesies with their names. They are B/G so no confusing the two like same gender twins - but still cute to have their names on their clothes!

Another friend in the playgroup decided she wanted to order matching shirts for her daughters for their upcoming photos. She provided a symbol that had meaning to her husband and I was able to upload it into my program and cut the symbol out. Then we surrounded the symbol with flowers to make it more girly! The shirts are light pink, with flocked green and purple heat transfer.

Frequently customers will contact me through ETSY wanting something I have posted, but in a different size or color. Recently a customer contacted me wanting THIS in a different size. Due to the seasons changing we also decided to make it a short sleeve shirt. Since I am just a small operation I'm limited on what colors/shirts I have access to. The above pink shirts were ordered online, but for this request I had to look local. I wasn't able to find a light gray shirt - only dark gray and black. We went with the dark gray which looks great with the green tractor!

Queen Bee Card Swap 2013 - Month 1

I am part of a group called the Queen Bee Croppers of NRV, we try to get together once a month and have a scrapbooking/crafting day (or weekend) somewhere local so we can get a bunch done! At the end of last year a few of the ladies decided to do a supply swap and each month we would make a card in a theme starting in February. I got my pack of supplies from Liz and I gave stuff to Vivi!


Here are the topics to choose from:

Topics:

1. Free month!
2. General cards
3. Birthday cards
4. Hi cards
5. Christmas tags
6. Paper crafting items
7. Thank you cards
8. Non-Christmas tags
9. Congratulation cards
10. Get well cards
11. Anniversary cards

Here is the loot I got from Liz! (Ignore my messy desk, I've got too many things going on at once!)

So for my first month I went with Free Month. Since Easter is coming up I decided to make an Easter Card! First I cut up the purple Mulberry Paper to fit the front of my cards then tore it around the edges.

I decided to adhere the paper to the card with Paper Mod Podge since the paper is so thin and see through. Next I cut the sticker ribbon to fit on the front of the cards. I wanted to stamp on the front of some shapes but I don't have stamps anymore! I never used them so got rid of all of them. Oh well. So I used my Silhouette and cut out letters for each card then use my Sticker Maker. It's hard to tell in the below picture but I also used Stickles to create some bling on shapes. Then added a flower on some of the cards. No two are alike! I wish I had used a different color on the wording in the middle cards, but it shows up better in person I think.

If you want, check out some of the other ladies' blogs and their creations:


Carol


Kristy


Caitlin


Ginger - no specific blog post about the swap,but she has posted lots of cards she has made.


Pretty cool that most of us in the swap blog!

Toddler Sensory Bin

It's all over Pinterest - Sensory Bins for toddlers. I kept meaning to make a couple for Adeline and hadn't. So Monday I had to go to Michaels to get some Candy Making supplies for my dad - he is going to make maple candy. They have a bunch of sap and have been making syrup the past couple years. This years has been so good!

Anyway, back to Sensory Bins. I got Adeline some big pom poms, feathers, Easter eggs, Easter grass, and pipe cleaners. So last night I set up a bin for Adeline to play with before bed. I put in the feathers, eggs, and pom poms.

After playing she wanted to read Marie a book!

See the ghost in the picture?

Spring Countdown - Blog Candy (Giveaway)

If you are a crafty person you will want to check out Andora's Stamping Studio! I have known Ginger for several years now and she is quite talented. She has posted some Blog Candy - so head on over and check out her blog and enter to win.

BLOG CANDY:

• Close to My Heart Sophia Paper Packet (isn't it bright and cheery?) 
• Close to My Heart Perfect Fit-Frames Flair Stamp Set
• Close to My Heart Colonial White Ribbon Collection (4 spoils of ribbon)
• Close to My Heart Bonding Memories Glue 
• and a $10.00 Close to My Heart Gift Certificate to Shop at My With Me Only!

Playing and Sleepy Adeline

Getting close to bedtime!

This morning Adeline loved playing with her new tea set. We had a consignment sale at a local church recently so I bought this tea set and a new puzzle along with some clothes for the summer. We  have another consignment sale coming up - LFA Kids Consignment Event which lasts a whole week.