Baby Cocoon - Photo Prop

I just love looking at pictures of newborn photo sessions posted online from various photographers to get a few crochet ideals.  I have been admiring these cute baby cocoons for sometime.  I finally got a chance to work one up and it will get put to good use with the new addition of a baby girl cousin Allie Nicole Lockwood, who will make her grand appearance in November.  I was so excited to get the news and the crochet wheels started churning thinking of all the things I wanted to crochet for her.  With a newborn photo shoot in mind that she will soon take, I wanted mom-to-be to have a baby cocoon photo prop to use during the photo session.  I can't wait to see the photos of baby Allie swaddled up in her very own baby cocoon.

DIY Painted Sneakers

I know this is unrelated to crochet but I'm not biases towards any arts and craft projects I think I would enjoy giving a try.  I came across the cutest find on Pinterest that I just had to replicate - DIY Painted Sneakers by marthastewart #Painted_Sneakers.  Having a boy, I get my girly fix making things for my niece and I had a great cause for trying this out since her birthday was coming up. I thought this would make for a perfect gift for a 12 year old girl.  I customized the shoes and using an alphabet stencil, I added a letter 'K' for Katlyn. Once the paint dried I sealed the shoes with a waterproof resistance clear varnish in semi-gloss. You can also use a matte or satin clear varnish, which ever you prefer. I liked the look of the gloss. Here is the finished product!  This is a great project for young girls.  Grab some fabric markers, pens or Acrylic paint; even colorful Sharpies will work and give it a try!

Zig Zag Soft Bangle Bracelet Party Favors

My nieces birthday is coming up on June 14th, so my sister asked me if I could work up some cool girly party favors for her and 6 of her guest.  I came across the cutest pattern for Zig Zag Soft Bangle Bracelets.  I let my niece pick out 4 cool colors for the bracelets.  With purple being her favorite color, I used as the primary color for one of the bracelets and added another corresponding colored bracelet to make each set unique. To make the birthday girls more special, her set of zig zag bangle bracelets included all 4 colors.  These were very easy and fun to work up! Looking forward to updating this post in a couple of weeks with a group shot of all the girls wearing their pretty zig zag bangle bracelets!

These are the 4 cool colors chosen to make the zig zag bangle bracelets

The primary color is purple and a different corresponding color to complete a set of 2 bracelets for each guest.

This set belongs to the birthday girl. She gets all 4 colors used that created the bracelets for her guest.