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Flower Ring

August 30, 2010 by Aliesha

A few weeks ago I made this simple little flower ring. I think it turned out well!To make one yourself…

You will need:
sheer fabric (organza or something similar)
scissors
candle
pearls or beads for the center
needle and coordinating thread
hot glue gun
ring base (find them at Michael’s or AC Moore and use a coupon)All you have to do is:
Cut circles out of sheer fabric. For my ring, I used 9 circles. They don’t have to be perfect circles, but they should vary in size. Hold the edge of the fabric near a lit candle so that the edges melt a little and curl up. Layer all your circles together and stitch through all the layers once to hold them together. Sew pearls or beads in the center and knot off your thread in the back. Adhere your flower to a ring base with a dab of hot glue.Have fun!If you’re not the creative type, I have a similar ring for sale in my etsy shop!

Linking to:
Mad Skills Party
Trendy Treehouse Creative Share

Nursery Project: Cloth Cube

February 27, 2010 by Aliesha

I totally love cloth baby toys, and I found this great tutoria l over at Make It and Love It for making a cloth baby cube. I just finished making one, and I didn’t think it took very long at all! The next one I make will probably go even faster. I’ll explain what I did here, but for the more complete tutorial, visit Make It and Love It.

Cut 6 squares out of fabric. (I used fabrics from my little bird project.) I made mine exactly 5×5 inches, but you can make whatever size you would like.Take your first two squares and sew one seam with the right sides together, using a 1/4″ seam allowance. Repeat to connect four squares together in a row.Sew the first square to the fourth square so you have what looks like a box with no top or bottom.

With your remaining two squares, cut 1/4″x1/4″ notches out of the corners. Pin the fifth square to your “box” and sew, making sure your corners are square. (This was the trickiest step. It didn’t make sense to me until I started doing it.)
Repeat on the other end with the final square, leaving a hole for you to turn it. (Sorry for all these carpet shots… I do my best work on the floor.)Turn your cube right-side-out, poke out the corners, stuff, and sew the hole shut.
Ta-da! Beautiful. Now go make one of your own!Linked to:
Trendy Treehouse Creative Share

Twenty Minute Meal!

December 3, 2009 by Aliesha

Last night I made a super easy meal that literally was on the table just 20 minutes from when I started. Thought I’d share the step-by-step process with other busy wives!

Fettuccine Alfredo with Green Beans and Foccacia Bread

Enter kitchen. Turn on two largest burners to high. Fill a pot for pasta with hot water and place on largest burner. Fill a pot for green beans with hot water and place on the other burner.

While waiting for water to boil, snap the ends off your fresh green beans and rinse.

In a small sauce pan, heat (do not boil) desired amount of alfredo sauce (last night we used a jar of Ragu original we had been given, but like the Great Value brand too!).

When pasta water boils, break and throw in desired amount of fettuccine pasta.

When green bean water boils, toss in the beans.

Keep stirring the alfredo sauce so it doesn’t get too thick.

Put on a small sauce pan of water to boil for your sweet tea. (Now ALL your burners are in use!)

Set the table. Pour sugar into the bottom of a pitcher.

Place a small amount of olive oil and Italian seasoning in a ramekin or small dish (for dipping).

Place tea bags in boiling water and remove from heat. Let steep for a few minutes.

Slice foccacia bread (we got ours at Walmart for $.90 on the clearance bakery bread rack). Place dipping oil on table.

Pour brewed tea into pitcher, add water, and fill glasses on table with plenty of ice.

Drain green beans. Put them back in their original pot and season as desired. We like to add a pat of butter and a few shakes of soy sauce. Stir. Dip up beans onto plates.

Drain pasta. Place pasta on plates. Cover with desired amount of alfredo sauce. Sprinkle with just a touch of grated parmesan cheese.

Pour sweet tea.

Light a candle on the table!

Voila! Twenty minutes start to finish!
P.S. The picture I posted yesterday was of our day-jaunt to Washington, NC on Monday!