Everyone loves a little bling on their shoes!

I bought these Converse shoes at the Thrift Shop for a couple bucks. The washed up like new and I added a few embelishments and now my princess has some new favorite shoes. The best part is that she can be comfortable wearing her converse shoes with a skirt or dress and still be fashionable!

Miss Eva is already picking out her favorite shoes and outfits to wear!

If you'd like to make a pair yourself, here's what you'll need:

some Aleene's Jewel-It, flat gems, and ribbon for laces.

You will need to scuff your shoes with a rough sponge & clean

them with rubbing alcohol before you adhere the gems.

It is best to use tweezers to align the gems.

Ladylike Lacey Skirt Tutorial (free pattern)

Head on over to Ruffles & Stuff to get the tutorial for this fancy skirt!

Peony Flower Barrette Tutorial (FREE!)

Disney at Ruffles & Stuff posted this great tutorial on how to make Peony hair barrettes.

Peonies are one of my favorite flowers. I adorned my wedding cake in Orchids and Peonies.

NEW Small Fuchsia Peony Hair Flower Clip, Limited.

NEW Pink Peony Hair Flower Clip, Limited.

NEW Large Navy Blue Peony Bloom Hair Flower Clip, Limited.

Good Job and Good Fortune

Making these "Good Job" Fortune Cookies for your kids is a fun and fast project. It will be very rewarding to see their eye light up as they read their fortunes! Megan from the Brassy Apple has all the instructions here.

Retro Fun: Free Pattern for Vintage Style Apron

http://sew4home.com/component/content/article/578-retro-fun-vintage-style-apron?utm_source=Sew4Home&utm_campaign=5445977bab-20100426&utm_medium=emailAs featured on Sew4home this vintage style apron is a winner in my book!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE PATTERN.

JCrew's Grand Ruffle Tank knockoff (Free Pattern)

Everyone would love to afford JCrew. Here's a simple way to make a tank top from Adventures in Dressmaking.

Simple T-Shirt Makeover (Free Pattern)

I'm hooked on Adventures in Dressmaking. She does an amazing job refashioning outfits. I really like the ruffles; however, I don't always want to wear ruffles (maybe my daughter does). This particular one takes a long sleeve shirt and creates a fashionable short sleeve shirt. Here's the pattern.

BEFORE

AFTER (I love it!-simple, yet elegant!)

Creating your own custom designs with the Cricut Expression and vector-based software.

Cricut Expression 24-Inch Personal Electronic Cutting Machine

Have you heard about the wonders of the Cricut? Not only does it custom cut whatever you want, you can now connect it using "Sure Cuts Alot Software"  directly to your computer and download your own designs to your cricut.

Sure Cuts Alot Software

If you don't want to create your own designs you can purchase cartridges that are full of wonderful designs:
Cricut Easter Cartridge
Cricut Shapes Cartridge, Animal Kingdom
Cricut Shapes Cartridge-Tags, Bags, Boxes & More
Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge

 What would you make with yours?

A fancy cupcake wrapper like this one...

Or you could cut out some vinyl letters as seen on YouTube or the Emily sign from Etsy.

or make a custom card like this Simple and Sweet one.

as seen on Monday Prints

or cut a freezer paper stencil for a T-shirt on YouTube:

My favorite is the cupcake onesie shown on YouTube. Isn't this one adorable! Yes, you can cut fabric and make a custom onesie in no time!

5 Minute Projects

Here's a few quickie 5 minute projects!

A new spring Blankie

The flowered side is a soft lightweight fuzzy cotton. The opposite side is a silky polyestered. I rounded the corners by using a drinking glass as my template. I serged the two pieces together (wrong sides together) and voila...done in 5!

A Heart Barrette

I cut a heart shape from a piece of paper as a template and then cut 2 hearts from red felt. I added a barrette on the lower bottom heart. I hand-stitched the two together with white embroidery thread. Actually, this project took a bit longer than the blankie...maybe 10 min.

Barrette Hanger
Here's a really quick one. I bought the pre-painted top pieces from Michaels along with some fancy coordinating ribbon (one thick, one thin). I hot-glued the ribbon on to make a barrette holder (no sewing involved!). These are super fast and you can make a bunch of these at one time once you've got your gun warmed up and voila...done in 3-5!

Princess Ariel Pillow

My last one is this Princess Ariel Pillow. I completed this one in about 5-10 min. I used the serger for all of it.

I love my serger!!

Ninja Kitty with a Pink Sash

Miss Eva models with her Ninja Kitty Doll.

Today we made a Ninja Kitty for cousin Hailey. Cousin Hailey is into "everything kitty-related". So it was only appropriate for Miss Eva and myself to make her a pattern and create a Ninja Kitty Doll. The Pink Belt Sash tops it off! Hailey knows that we're sewing her something special for her birthday. She thinks it's a fancy headband. We hope she'll be pleasantly surprised!

Academichic and her DIY: Embellished Tees

Academichic has knocked off JCrew for $5 + a little creativity. Click here for her instructions on how you can be fashionable for less.