Torn up Jeans to Ruffle Skirt

A little country girl, that is what Nathaniel thinks the skirt looks like. Yeah it does remind me of those little country style skirts, but this is way cuter ;).
So Anika tears up all her jeans, she can own a pair of jeans for less than 2 weeks and they will have holes in the knees. So I can't really keep too many for hand me downs or donate them. We have used them for play jeans and cut up some for misc crafts. But I have been wanting to turn some into skirts for about a year now, and finally did. I made two of them but the first was really a practice one, because I wasn't sure how ruffly I wanted it. Well the first was a bit too ruffly and so I don't have any pictures of it, but the second turned out cute! The great thing is it took me only about an hour from start to finish and if you have the jeans already you only need about 1/8 yard of fabric for each ruffle, I used two ruffles. So cheap fabric from Joann and the skirt cost about $2:O The cost alone makes it worth it! I will be making at least 4 more in the future, so expect some more pics!


I made the headband to match, it's reversible also with two different prints. This was made with Velcro, but I am going to make another with and elastic band. The Velcro was to hard to keep on and for Sydney to put back on herself. And we lost it already... she wore it for about half a day and then when we got home, it was missing.
You can get the pattern for free at http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/featured-products/FREE-Fabric-Headband-Sizes-Baby-Adult.htm but I am going to make the next one more like this http://foofanagle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/best-band-ever/

Oh yeah I can't take a picture of just Sydney!

Where does the time go?

Seriously where does it all go?
We have all been adjusting to NC really well and all keeping super busy. Between Anika's Girl Scout cookies, Sydney's preschool activities, and Neela being super goofy, I can't even keep tract of the time:O
We have done some really fun crafts as soon as I get the pics uploaded I will post:D But in the mean time I will show off the curtains I made for Anika's room!


I wanted something girlie and somewhat "fancy". So I wanted an upholstered cornice and then long thick drapes under. But it took me forever to find the fabric I thought I wanted so I changed my mind on the colors, picked something out and went from there. I couldn't get enough fabric to do what I had in mind, but I did save some money and it still turned out fine!
Nathaniel built the cornice, it took about an hour! I had the fabric sitting around for weeks but he got his part finished in one day and so I finished my part the next:D Anika likes it and now her room stays super dark in the morning, I am hoping she might start sleeping in because of it!
I also took some of the fabric and covered a cork board to match. I originally wanted to do a matching duvet cover and some big puffy pillows, but since I can't get more of the one fabric(cheap enough that is) I am not sure what we will pick for the bedding.

Oh and Neela begged me to take her picture too, "not just Anika's room".