Homemade party decor #1

Over the next few months I'm going to spotlight some great ideas for homemade party decor that will make your party stand out, and won't cost a million bucks!

First spotlight:

Pinwheels!  We are prepping for a party next month so today we had a pinwheel making party!  We followed a simple tutorial with our own twist!  We used cardstock in a plain gold color and matching gold brads to fasten them.  To support our pinwheels, we'll be hot gluing some dowel rods to the back as ours are simply for decoration and we don't mind that they won't spin.  The great thing about these is you can make them in any size you want and there are endless paper options as well!

Check out our final products:

Simple, inexpensive, and chic!  

Happy Crafting!

DIY Baby leg warmers!

I'll admit, I've been on the hunt for some black and white striped baby legs for a while, but I couldn't justify the $15+ price tag, so I decided to check today while at the store and see what their sock selection was like, and low and behold I found some GREY and BLACK striped knee socks.  Even better than white and black!  So I snatched them and a few other pair of socks up to make some baby legs.  I used >this< tutorial.  It's very simple.  Cut off the bottom and sew them up!  I tried it with a sewing machine, and by hand, and while it takes a bit longer, I think I like doing it by hand better.  Here are two of my finished products:

It's baby season around here so I made a pair (on the right) for my niece and the ones on the left are for the little one I'm cookin' up!  I have a few more that I'm finishing up tonight (it literally takes like 5 minutes) and those will be going to other babies too!  Such a fun, simple and inexpensive, baby gift!  Oh and cute too!