Good Deal on Scrubs!!

If there are any health care workers out there, you know how expensive it can be to buy cute, quality scrubs. I wanted to tell you about a company I just found that offers cute nursing scrubs at a great price, Blue Sky Scrubs.

Blue Sky Scrubs even offers uniforms in children's sizes.  These are super cute for your little one who wants to dress up like you.  Or even just loves playing doctor.

Blue Sky Scrubs offers scrub tops and scrub pants in several different colors, so you will be sure to find one to meet your needs.

They also have a sale section, and you all know that I love sales.  They now have some women's scrub tops on sale for half off, and you can get FREE shipping on orders of $155 or more.




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Clean Closet??

Okay ladies, I have been following some really great blogs lately. One of my goals for this year is to not look so frumpy!! I have found some really great ladies with great style, and I love visiting their blogs. Today, I stumbled onto a post about closet organization, and just had to share!! Check out Jill GG's Good Life For Less, closet post here. It is awesome. I am going to work on mine this weekend and see if I can make it a little easier to navigate. In other words, GoodWill here I come with some bags for you!!

Toddler Dress!!

I made a new dress this week. I used the Simplicity 2681 pattern to cut out my two pieces for the dress. However, since I like to do things my way, I did not use the pattern for anything else.

First I sewed the front and back together, by sewing down the sides. Next I folded the bottom over and pressed, and then folded it over again and pressed, then I added a hem to the bottom.

Next I made the bias tape to go around the arm holes and neck. I added those, and then sewed the straps together, and ta-da I had my dress.

This really was super simple, and I really like the way it turned out. The only thing I may add is a piece of elastic in the back to give it a little more of a fitted look.

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We Did It Wednesday
Thrifty Thursday

Pillowcase Dress Tutorial!!

I wanted to share this tutorial with you all. I love making little Pillowcase dresses for my girls. I think they are so cute, and they are super simple. Trust me, when I started making them I had NO sewing experience. Now it takes me about 15 minutes from start to finish to make one of the super cute dresses.

Okay, to start you will need the material that you like. If you want something a little more unique, buy two materials that complement each other and use one as a border around the bottom of the dress.

Next, you need to figure out your measurements. The dress that I am making today will be for a size 3T, and the measurements that work for my little one are as follows:
Base material: 19 inches long
Border material: 5 inches long

When I buy my material, I use the width that comes off of the bolt, and cut the length.

So, I will try not to be confusing with this part. I love using this method to add the border, because it looks neater to me. Once you have measured and cut your material, you want to take the base material and roll it up from top to bottom. Then you want to take the border material and lay it flat with the right side of the material facing you. Place the rolled up piece of material on top of the border material and then fold it over. You should have a layer of border, one layer of base material, and then another layer of border material. Pin this all the way down.

Sew all the way across. Next you are going to turn it right side out.

Next press your material.

The next step is to add a seam to the dress so you end up with a tube.

Turn your material right side out and press.

Now, for the arm holes. For a size 3T I measure down 6.5 inches from the top of the dress and mark. Fold over the dress, so you can cut both sides at the same time.

Once you arms are cut, you need to make your bias tape. You can use the kind that you purchase, but I like to take some of the extra material and make my own. It really is very simple. Cut a strip of material that will be long enough to go around the entire arm hole. Next, fold each side in, and then fold in half and press. Place on the raw edge of the arm holes and sew on.

The next step is the top of the dress. Fold the top over once and press, then fold it over again and press. You are making a casing for the ribbon. Make sure your casing is big enough to fit the ribbon through.

Sew across.

Next find ribbon that matches your dress. I take the ribbon and lay it across the top of the dress (the neck) and make it three times that length. That always ensures that I will have enough ribbon to make pretty bows. Place a safety pin in one end of the ribbon and use the pin to thread the ribbon through the casing.

Tie your bows, and ta-da you are done.

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A dress from two shirts!!

I want to share my latest project with you all. I found a great tutorial here about how to make a dress from a shirt. I decided to use two shirts that I found at the Good Will for $0.50 each.

I used this shirt as the top.  I folded it in half and cut off the sleeves and the collar.  I folded in what was left of the sleeves and added a hem. 

I used this shirt for the bottom of the dress.  It was an XL shirt to begin with.  I cut it off under the sleeves.  I measured how big it needed to be and hemmed up both sides, cutting off the excess.

To finish the dress off I sewed the two pieces together and added a piece of elastic.  I also made some scruchie flowers to the top of the dress.

This is end result.  It is not perfect, but I don't think it is too bad for my first dress.

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$1.00 Day at GW!!

Well, I made my weekly trip to the Good Will store, and guess what, it was $1.00 day (yay)!! It always amazes me, the great stuff you can find there. This is what I got:

This is probably my second most favorite find of the day.  It is a bread slicer guide.  I love to make homemade bread, but am terrible at slicing it.  The slice starts off great, but gets really fat at the bottom.  This is going to help so much!!  It was not on the dollar rack, but I only paid $1.50 for it, so I am happy.

This little thing appears to have been used as a planter at one time, but I love the colors (although you cannot really see them in the picture).   I am sure that I can find a perfect place and use for it.

These two were on the $1.00 rack.  The one on the left is a shirt, it is a size larger than I normally wear, but I plan to make it into a shrug.  The one on the right is a little dress, I think the kind that you wear leggings under.

This is absolutely my favorite find of the day.  I found them on the $1.00 rack.  They are a pair of Ann Taylor Loft capris, and they fit perfectly.  This is a rare find for me since I am a short person, I usually never find anything that fits both in length and through the waist, these do!!

So, my grand total for the day was $5.00, whoohoo!!  I love shopping at Good Will, or the G&W boutique, as we sometimes call it.

Did you find some great things today??

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Tackle it Tuesday!!

Okay, so today I decided to tackle the closet in the babies room. I have to admit that I have not really touched it since we moved in, and that was almost a month ago (I know, terrible)!!

So, this is the before picture:

**The diaper in the floor is a baby doll diaper, not a dirty diaper, Just wanted to put that out there**

After a few minutes of sorting and hanging clothes, this is the after picture:

Much better, now I do not have to cringe when I go to open the closet door!!

So, have you tackled a project today??  If so, leave a comment and share, or head over to 5 minutes for mom and check out what others have tackled this week!!

Some other great places to stop by are:  Anti-procrastination Tuesday and Thirty Minute Blog Challenge.

Spring Time!!

Well, I don't know about you all, but this lovely weather we have had in the South has given me a little bit of Spring Fever!! I love the Spring time, the weather is perfect, and everything is beautiful.

However, there is one little aspect that I am not that crazy about. I like to call it the "clothing transition". You know what I am talking about, when you take all of the winter stuff out and replace it with summer stuff. Everyone may not do this, but storage space is hard to come by in my home, so we have to make room.

For the past three days I have been taking the summer clothes out of the attic and washing all of them (I know that probably sounds weird, but I am a clean freak and have to wash them after they have been stored eventhough they were washed before they were stored). I have also been taking all of the winter clothes out of all the closets and dressers and replacing them with the summer items. That may not sound like much, but when you have to do it for seven people, it can take a while.

Anyway, I am almost done, and super excited about that!! Now, I can spend more time with the kids outside. They love to play on the swing set and on their bikes, and I love to sit on big beach towel in the sun and read. It really is a winning combination if you ask me.

What is your favorite thing about Spring??

Photo source:  Samuraijohnny's

Back to School on a Budget: DIY Back-To-School Supplies

School supplies cost less with these fun projects.

Back-To-School doesn’t have to break the bank. Kim Danger offers fun tips that will help you make the most of your budget when the kids head back to school. Tips include money-saving craft projects and shopping advice.




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