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Tuesday Tutorial: Christmas Jammies
November 30th, 2010 | 
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So for Christmas I always buy my kids PJ’s that they open on Christmas Eve. But I thought this year it would be fun to make them. My youngest daughter is obsessed right now with Hello Kitty and the color blue (for BYU)… and she has been begging me to buy her this Hello Kitty fabric from Hobby Lobby. It was so fun to make these for her because I know she is going to LOVE them when she opens them on Christmas Eve. I can’t wait to see her face!
OK these are really EASY!
Materials needed:
- 1 yard of fabric (Depending on the size you are making)
- 1 shirt
- sewing machine
- scissors
- Ric Rac
- 3/4″ Elastic
- Iron
- Heat and Bond
- 1 pair of pajama pants for your pattern
Directions:
To make your Pajama Pant Pattern: 
1. To make your Pajama Pant Pattern, place your pants on some tissue paper. Trace around the pants 1/4- 1/2 inch and 2 inches from the top and 2 inches bottom of the pants. Cut your pattern out
1. Fold the ends of your fabric so that the meet in the middle
2. Place your Pajama pant pattern on the FOLD of your fabric. Pin in place
3. Cut around the pattern do NOT cut into the fold of your fabric
4. place your pattern on the other side of your fabric on the fold and cut it out.
5. You should now have 2 leg pieces that look like this
6. Fold your Leg pieces Right Sides Together and Pin
7. Sew using a 1/4″ seam from the crotch of the pants to the bottom of the pants and do the same for the other pant piece.
8. Turn one of your Pant pieces Right Side Out
9. Place the Pant leg that is Right Side out into the other Pant leg, so that they are now RIGHT SIDES Together. Line up the seams
10. Pin the Crotch part of the pants and sew a 1/4″ You could reinforce this part by sewing another seam.
11. Pull the leg out and it should now look like this
12. Hem the top of the pants. fold over the raw edge a 1/2″ and press, then fold over 1″ and press with your iron
13. Pin and sew all the way around. Leave a 2″ opening to insert your elastic
14. insert your elastic into the opening with a safety pin
15. pull your elastic to your desired size of pant opening, sew the the elastic and cut the extra elastic off.
16. Sew your opening closed.
17. Hem the bottom of your pants by folding the raw edge up a 1/2″ and press with your iron. Then fold another inch and press with your iron. Pin and sew
18. Your pants should now look like this. Next, pin the ric rac to the bottom.
19. Pin the ric rac in your desired position, I use my seam as a guide. Sew down the middle of the ric rac.
20. I appliqued her name with my left over fabric onto a white shirt
21. You’re done! a cute handmade Jammie Set!
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Monday Yummies: Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Well I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I can’t believe I am baking after all the cooking and eating I did last week!
Today was a cold, snowy day and I decided to make some chili for dinner and for dessert I was looking for something sweet to go with hot chocolate and I thought these muffins would go perfectly… and they did!
My husband and kids loved the muffins! They were so fast and easy to make and definitely hit the spot for a cold, stormy day!
-Enjoy!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 cup of Chocolate Chips
- 8 tbs. of room temperature butter
- 2 Large eggs
- 3 Ripe Bananas
- 1 tbs. Milk
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees
Cream your sugar and butter in a large bowl until it’s nice and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
In a small bowl mash the bananas with a fork. Mix in the milk and the cinnamon and set aside.
In another bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and the salt.
Add the banana mixture to the creamed butter mixture and then add in the flour mixture, and chocolate chips stir until well combined. Pour your batter into your muffin tins.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown
And your done! Serve with your favorite hot chocolate!
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Black Friday Savings @ Just Sew Sassy!!!
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It all starts Thursday at midnight!!
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50 Free Cards from Shutterfly
Woohoo!! It’s Christmas time, and that means: holiday cheer, good will toward men, yummy goodies, lights and decorations, festive music, sharing gifts, family gatherings, and Christmas cards!!
I LOVE getting cards in the mail with pictures and updates from friends and family. It’s probably the only reason I buy stamps at all:)
I heard about this amazing promotion that Shutterfly is offering this year, where you can get 50 free Christmas cards!! I know right!! You have to go check it out!! Go HERE to find out more…
I seriously could spend hours looking at their site, they offer holiday cards, photo Christmas cards, scrapbooking, calendars, personalized mugs, and birthday invitations!!
I think I’ve got my top 3 cards picked out… but it seriously took forever to decide!!
Which design do you like the best?
This one I could use with my kids’ pics…
This one just one big family picture…
And this one could be a mix…
Let me know your opinion!! and be sure to head over to Shutterfly and check out their promotion!!
I had to tweet about this too! Soo cool!!
PS. I think the link to the promotion should work now!
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Wordless Wednesday: Family Picture Preview
Phew, after some last minute sewing, and outfit re-arranging, (it’s impossible to find any combination of mustard and grey anywhere!!!) but we managed to semi-coordinate and make it to our session!! Here are a few of our holiday family pictures from this year…
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Tuesday Tutorial: Christmas Grove Centerpiece
Ok, so I made a Christmas tablerunner a couple of weeks ago, and I couldn’t decide what to do for a centerpiece this year…
I’ve seen these darling ribbon trees around blogland, and I’m going to show you how to make one, along with the peppermint tree. This was a fun craft to do with my kids, (they ate about half the peppermints along the way:)
Supplies:
- 3 cardboard cones (I bought mine at Hobby Lobby)
- spools of ribbon
- hot glue gun
- peppermint pinwheels
- tulle
Step 1:
We’ll start with the the peppermint tree. Unwrap each candy and begin by hot glueing them one at a time starting at the base of the tree.
Continue gluing until you reach the top. Then do the same on the opposite side of the tree.
Start the next row in between the first two. For example, 12′oclock, 6′oclock, 3′oclock, and 9′oclock.
Then you can fill in the other rows in between. As you get closer to the top, you can use half pieces of the peppermints.
When I was done, I tied a ribbon at the top. You can add a star, a bow, whatever you like…
Step 2:
Onto the next tree. Start by cutting small strips of ribbon about 5 inches long.
I used 4 different types, but you can use as many as you would like.
Next, glue the ends together to form a loop.
Now, starting from the base, glue each loop to the tree, alternating colors and work your way all the way around.
On the second row, attach the loops so that they cover the gaps from the bottom row.
Continue filling in the gaps all the way to the top.
Ok, 2 trees down, one to go…
For the last tree, there’s really no trick. I cut 4 pieces of tulle about 40 inches in length, 2 red and 2 green. Fold the strip in half and begin wrapping it around the tree in a criss-cross fashion. Secure at the ends with hot glue. Repeat, alternating colors. Finish by tying another big bow at the top!
To stagger the height of each tree, I cut the bottom off of one tree. Because the ribbon hangs down so much I propped the ribbon tree on top of an empty spool of ribbon. The last tree I left the same, in order to get 3 different heights.
I love the bright colors of the trees! I LOVE how it turned out!! You can play around with these trees a ton using your own personal style! Have fun…
Linking up HERE this week!
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Monday Yummies: Cookies w/ Everything
Ok, you ready for a simple, delicious recipe that requires everything you already have in your kitchen pantry…
Seriously, it has all my FAVORITE things you can possibly include in a cookie!!
Thank you Brown Eyed Baker for this yummy recipe!
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Makes about 16 cookies
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
½ cup rolled oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
2. Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
3. On medium speed, cream together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and beat to combine. On low speed, gradually add the flour until just combined. Stir in the oats, and then the chocolate chips.
4. Use a large cookie scoop (3 tablespoons) and drop dough onto prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly golden.
Cool completely on the baking sheet and then store in an airtight container at room temperature.
I would recommend doubling this recipe, so you can eat lots and lots and share some too:)
Enjoy with a cold glass of milk, mmmm nothing better…
Linking up HERE
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Oh Sweet Sadie Academy, will you be there?
I don’t dare say this for fear that I will jinx myself (how’s that for superstitious), but I’m feeling LUCKY!!
I won a free mini academy pass to the Oh Sweet Sadie Academy tonight!! I’m totally stoked to learn some fun new crafts for the holidays!
Little boys ties, monster hoodies, sweet tooth fairy (I’ve gained 10 lbs from eating their cupcakes), and embellished clothing…
Are you going? If you do, will you say hi?
Maybe I’ll see you there:)
Have a great weekend!!
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Thursday Treasures: Elastic Headbands
Have you checked out Just Sew Sassy on Etsy lately. We’ve been madly working to stock up for the holidays and have added quite a few new items…
My favorite thing these days:
Sassy Rosette and Yoyo Headpieces
You all know about my obsession with rosettes. Well, I’ve expanded to yoyos, heehee:) I guess I just love all things fabric flowers!
Come check ‘em out:)
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Wordless Wednesday!
***Hey I forgot to tell you!! You gotta go over to tatertots and jello and check out Jen’s fabulous week of giveaways! (We’re giving away a $25 credit to our Etsy shop 
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This is what I woke up to the other morning… The sound of the car’s tires crunching the flakes was so entertaining for this 2 yr-old troublemaker of mine!!
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