How to Attach Small Flowers to Headbands: Simple and Quick

I seem to always be in a hurry before I leave my house.  I forget how much time a newborn takes.  I never plan ahead outfits for anyone.  Of course I can't leave with my baby not having a headband.  How else is anyone to know that she is a girl and not a boy?  

So the other day as I was flying around the house trying to get everyone ready to go I realized the little Missy didn't have a headband.  Serious crisis on our hands right? :)  Anyways so I found some matching flowers and then turned on the hot glue gun.  Did I have time for it to warm up? Not really.  So as I was waiting I noticed some safety pins sitting next to my sewing machine.  Light bulb!  Seriously.  So I pinned those cute little flowers on and unplugged that little glue gun and off we went.  Crisis averted?  I think so!
 

Strip Rag Quilt Pattern by A Vision to Remember

This quilt was really fun to make. It is quick. It's simple. Its a Strip Rag Quilt with binding and and quilting on it.  Not your everyday rag quilt I must say.

I made this adorable blanket for a friend of mine. It was her daughters 1st birthday and of course she needs her own snuggly blanket. Right?

I decided to write up a quick pattern for it.  Ok, so the pattern is quick, the write up took me over a week to sit down and do.  I forget how demanding a newborn is.

but we are so in love with her.  I think with her being our third I have realized how quickly the others grow.  I hear it all the time...they grow so fast and before you know it they are gone (yep my oldest graduated from kindergarten, I CANNOT be that old!).  So, for now, I love snuggling her and watching her little personality come out.

So now for your pattern.  Go to our store to download it.  And as always if you love it...pin it :)

New Rag Quilts and Custom Pillow Sham

Right before I had the baby, I was able to get these two lovely quilts out to 2 very special girls for their birthdays!

 

Periwinkle Ruffled Flower Rag Quilt

Blue and Brown Flower Applique Rag Quilt

Ragged Pillow Sham

And I finally remembered BEFORE I shipped out this pillowcase to get a picture of it.  

Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe

I saw a recipe for cinnamon roll cake on Pinterest the other day.  Now I don't know about you but I LOVE cinnamon rolls, but unless my baby sister is around I don't ever get any.  I just don't have the time or the desire to slave over them for a day.

So I had to give this recipe a try.  

STOP IT Printable

I think my favorite talk from General Conference a couple weeks ago was President Uchdorf's talk.  I loved how simple it was.  Just "Stop it"

Then I found this awesome printable and had to share it with you all.  Thanks to This is Nick for making it and sharing it with the rest of us!

 

Sweet Tooth Recipes

I swear we have no good treats in our house right now. Of course I would love to have a few fun size snickers, stale peeps, or almost anything else even!  But sadly none of those are available (unless I raid the Easter Bunny's stash but that would just create more work :(

So Pinterest here I come....Of course I have a cake and cookie board and a sweet tooth board.  So these are the recipes I narrowed it down to (click on the pictures to take you to the blog posts with the recipes):

Chewy Granola Bars from New Nestalgia

I couldn't make these because I don't have any coconut oil (I don't even know where to get coconut oil :(

Homemade Snickers Bars from HowSweetEats.com

These look  SUPER AMAZING but a little intense and I just don't have the energy for intense these days...Maybe in a couple weeks!

Holy Crap These Are Amazing Cookies from Sticky Gewy Creamy Chewy

If only I had some corn flakes in the house

And the Reese's Peanut Butter Bars from BakerLady

But the winner for today was (drum roll Please!)

Are some cake batter pudding cookies from Chef in Training

Now the only reason these suckers won over the peanut butter bars (not only because they look great) is my hubby would be very happy with me.  He LOVES cake batter flavor.  So to keep him happy and to satisfy my sweet tooth we now are enjoying some lovely cake batter cookies!

So what are your favorite sweet tooth recipes?  I am always looking for some!

My Sorry Attempt at Gender Neutral

Let me start by saying that I don't think anything can be completely gender neutral.  But you can get pretty darn close.  So on Sunday while I was watching/listening to General Conference  I attempted to make a car seat tent that is gender neutral.  I FAILED MISERABLY!

 It is so stinking cute and girly and fun that it just can't be for a boy.  Of course it isn't finished yet, and hopefully it will be before this little one (whatever it may be) joins our family.

I guess my saving grace will be when I add this minky fabric to the back of it (it is from Shannon Fabrics and will be available in my Etsy shop as soon as I find the time to add it there :)  Isn't that fabric totally boy color?!?  I swear it is not girly at all! Right?

 Poor thing if it is a boy.  It is going to be surrounded by all things GIRL. 
 

Whats in a Name?

With this baby's birth fast approaching...I am a bit worried.  We haven't picked out a girl name yet.  We have a boy one, but no girl name.

I told my hubby, for my sanity, we needed at least a couple names picked out before we head to the hospital.  He thinks I am crazy of course.  But that OCD side of me just won't give.

A name is an important thing...I don't want my kid to hate their name....

I definitely want my baby to love its name

So whats in a name and do you have any great A name ideas for a girl?  Our other 2 girl's names start with A's and we would like to stick with it if we can come up with one we both like :)