Summer Dress

Well I have to say I'm in LOVE with making dresses this month! Between my Tutu business, Photography, child care, my own children, and renovations around the house I've been a very busy gal!
I did this up a week ago, and my daughter finally took it for a test run today at school! She loved it ;) It's a bit long for a 'play' dress so my next one I won't make a lengthy.

I followed this: Summer Dress Tutorial to a T. No adjustments needed on this one! Although I will add I did end up making a purple version of this dress which I DID edit... But that was because it was for a different girl and her shoulders needed more support than a spaghetti strap. I may post that one up sooner rather than later.
Until then keep it crafty ;)

Easter Dresses

So this year I was determined to make Easter Dresses for my daughters. I searched for a few weeks before falling in love with a tutorial.
Butterfly Dress and Headband 
Now although I love the dress, I had a really hard time with the tutorial. It's very well written and the pics are awesome but with no messurements I had a bit of a difficult time.
To get through that I grabbed two old dresses of my daughters and used them as a template. I added a few inches on the width of them so I had enough for the gathering parts.
You'll see in my dresses below that I did not follow the tutorial to a T. I added my own little touches to make the dresses a little more dressy.

Front of Dress1

Back of Dress1

Front of Dress2

Back of Dress2

Dress 1 is more of a 4/5T while Dress 2 is more of a 12-24months. I am super happy with how these turns out. If anyone wants me to show how to make the extra touches to the original tutorial please let me know and I'll post up my version of the tutorial. :)

Breakfast with the Kids!

Want a super easy and yummy breakfast idea? I have to tell you it is NOT quick, so if you're in a hurry stick with a bowl of fruit or cereal!
One of the girls wanted to make breakfast with me the other morning so I thought I'd take a pin from my Pinterest Board - Bacon, Egg, and Toast Cups.
Now for those who hate clicking unknown links... Like myself ;) Here is the links details. I should add that this is NOT my recipe, this is MY version of the recipe linked above.


This Recipe makes 6 Bacon, Egg, and Toast Cups

• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 8 slices white or whole-wheat sandwich bread
• 3 slices bacon
• 4 large eggs
• 1/4 cup of cheese (I used Old Cheddar, but this would be delicious with anything really)
• A splash of milk (I didn't measure I just went by what looked right. Maybe 2tbs?)
• 1 chopped green onion (Optional, you can add other smaller veggies if you'd like)
• Coarse salt and ground pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly butter 6 standard muffin cups. With a rolling pin, flatten bread slices slightly and, with a 4 1/4-inch cookie cutter, cut into 8 rounds. If you don't have a round cookie cutter than use a pizza cutter. Simply cut the crust off in a circle like shape. Cut each round in half, then press 2 halves into each muffin cup, overlapping slightly and making sure bread comes up to edge of cup. Use extra bread to patch any gaps. Brush bread with remaining butter.
2. In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium, throw in the onion at this point too. Cook bacon until it's almost crisp, 4 minutes, flipping once. (It will continue to cook in the oven.) While the bacon is cooking combined the eggs, milk, cheese and pepper/salt. Whisk together and set aside for a moment. Take the bacon out and lay 1/2 a piece bacon in each bread cup. Throw the onions into the milk egg mixture and give it a quick whisk. Pour the mixture over the bacon and bread. Bake until egg whites are just set, 20 to 25 minutes. Run a small knife around cups to loosen toasts. Serve immediately.

And that's it! Serve them up right away and dig in! These are so delicious and all seven people in our house were asking for seconds, and thirds!

You may notice there is only Five... Some went missing between the muffin tray to the plate due to "testing" ;)