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I am starting a new path...my husband and I have decided to get my business off the ground (he's so supportive and awesome) so I purchases a dot com and am in the process of putting all my eggs in one basket, or all my ventures on one website. So if you follow me here, or if you'ew wanting to follow me, I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE for you to come over to Lola Sews and Creates! I'm importing all my posts

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I saw this WREATH at The Diary of Dave's Wife last August and fell in LOVE. I've been dying to do something similar for my own door. She uses paper and I chose to use fabric and my flowers are different. I love the way my turned out and I wanted to share how I did it. Thanks, Kristy, for the inspiration! I LOVE Goodwill...I know I say it all the time. If you live in the Mesa, AZ area the best

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So proud of my little man! He's graduating from Kindergarten on Wednesday. He's grown so much this past year and we're looking forward to a summer of fun followed by FIRST GRADE! Way to go Class of 2023! 

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I am so excited! ITS DONE! I have seriously had this bedroom design in my head for about a year and I thought I was going to burst until my husband and I decided that instead of taking a summer vacation we should put that money into giving ourselves something nice that we can enjoy all the time. However our budget wasn't big and we had to buy a king size bedframe and mattress with the money. So

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I had the most AMAZING opportunity this past weekend. My friend, Sarah, at Moments Defined Photography asked me to assist her in a fashion photo shoot for the up and coming stylist at CamarattaJuliette. Bonus was that she asked me to make tissue poms for the shoot. It was really cool to use them in this old abandoned produce warehouse that is covered in grafitti and practically falling down.

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I am going to try to feature an upcycling project every week...or maybe every two weeks (depending on how much time I have). This week I found two owl statues at Goodwill for $2 each. I've always loved owls, since I did a report on them in the third grade so I wanted to have some in my home. Its amazing what a little high gloss white spray paint can do! Remember to spray in a well ventilated

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Click the picture below to see my tutorial on how to make these gorgeous flowers... Tip: I use SEVEN layers of satin to create the fullness

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I bought my ticket!!

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I made this tutu for a friend and she had her family pictures done by Kristen Self Photography and isn't little Sky the cutest!! Plus I love that apple fabric, yes its the same fabric I used to make my son's teacher's apron! Isn't that a fun coincidence! If you'd like your own tutu because they make such cute photography props and are great for little girls to wear to dance class or play dress

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This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and tomorrow is Teacher Appreciation Day! So last week I took my five year old down to JoAnns and let him pick out fabric to make his teacher an apron. He saw this cute apple print, oh he's so like his mommy, and we both instantly knew it would make the perfect apron for his kindergarten teacher. I finished it up tonight and he is so excited to give it to

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I have started an in home business, in addition to my crafting/etsy shop that I do for fun...the goal is to get my husband down to one job while allowing me to be home with my kids! He is a hard working man with two jobs and school. :) Anyway, I am doing alterations and with Prom, for a few local high schools, tomorrow, the past couple of weeks have been busy! I just wanted to share my major

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So, the rainbow cupcakes were a HUGE hit! I made them for St. Patty's Day and for my little Bubba's first birthday! The recipe called for whip cream on top, but I have a great cream chees frosting recipe that was perfect with the lightness of these cupcakes. They were not hard to make, just way more steps then a cupcake should be...but the reaction of my kids made it totally worth it. Here's my

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I'm making these babies for St. Patrick's Day!!!I love the Family Fun website! I get a ton of great, fun ideas from there. Click HERE for the Rainbow Cupcake Recipe! My kids are so excited we get to have these, we have a St. Patrick's Day countdown going on...

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My little girl got this skirt out of a box in her room this last week...we moved and so I'm still in the process of unpacking!! She has been obsessed with skirts (if anyone has a good link to a cute skirt tutorial, please leave a comment). I think I'm going to have to make her a new ruffle skirt too... Want to make your own, the link is above and in the "Tutorials" tab. See the Tatertos &

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**Warning, this is a seriously simple NAPTIME craft, to be started and completed while the kiddos nap** My five year old has been on my case about the lack of St. Patrick's Day decorations. In his world, the house should be redecorated for EVERY little holiday, he even asked me about Mardi Gras, Kindergarten has opened a whole new world, I used to be able to skate by the less significant holidays

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My baby is turning one next week! This year has gone by so fast and he's grown so much, as all babies do. I want to throw a really fun party for him and since he's the youngest of my three and the second to the youngest cousin, its important that I have a fun party for all other eight kids to do! I'm going with a PIRATE theme...and have been scouring the internet and craft blogs looking for fun

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My wonderful friend, Sarah, at Moments Defined Photography has one of my baby pink satin edge tutus and used for a recent newborn shoot. I love how soft and delicate it turned out with this sweet baby girl! Sarah is an AMAZING photographer and if you're in the East Valley here in AZ check her out!! If you're a photographer and would be interested in using any of my items as photography props,

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{simple starfish} is this great little jewelry maker that I found via Facebook! They're doing a giveaway of the BLOOM necklace! I LOVE LOVE this necklace and its going on my **WISH** list for upcoming special occassions. Go to the BLOG to enter for yourself!!

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I really wanted to do something cute for my kindergartener's school Valentine's party...so I got an idea from a blog, MADE, that I LOVE! Click HERE for the tutorial and printout So we printed them out (I already had cute colored paper) and cut them up and N wrote his classmates names on each one. Writing 24 names is a lot for a kindergartener, so we broke it up over a few days.  His handwriting

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I love the Tatertots & Jello blog! If you haven't checked it out, then you need to...there's a ton of inspiration and a lot of great giveaways. She's doing one now for $50 to a company called Maya Road! I've entered and crossing my fingers to win...just passing it along for y'all to enter too! Looking at their website makes me wish I had all the time in the world to sit and create and craft!!

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WINNER of the bowtie giveaway is comment #14: Dave'sWife {at thediaryofdaveswife}   Please email me @ Note2Lola@gmail.com with your shipping address and if you would like the ties any different size, right now they fit 12"-14" neck which will fit most 2-6 year olds. Thank you all for entering the giveaway!! Stay tuned for more to come... :) Here's how I came up with the winner: True Random

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Happy Valentine's Day!These are my darling Valentines...love them! Wishing you a day filled with LOVE amongst family and friends!

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 Once upon a Valentine's Day, a little Princess was looking for a Valentine's kiss...  She searched until one day she found a handsome young boy...who was a bit of a stinker... She puckered up...the young princess looked lovingly at her handsome little stinker, hoping for her long awaited Valentine's smooch..The little stinker boy, gave in...reluctantly and let the princess kiss him... The

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Ok...so Valentine's Day is coming up and I'm feeling the L-O-V-E! So to celebrate I'm going to giveaway TWO...not one but TWO...of my little boy bowties (I can make them big boy bow ties too, just send me a measurement) These are great for taking pictures in or wearing to church...Easter's coming up too! The winner will receive the Covered in Kisses Bowtie and the Sunshine Yellow Bowtie!!

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I had a great time at a friend's home last night making this adorable banner! Everything is from Close to My Heart! I've been using Close to My Heart products for YEARS...once upon a time, I made time to scrapbook everything by hand and now they've gone digital with scrapbooking. I was playing around with their Studio J program and it is COOL! Feel free to check it out for yourselfhttp://

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So I got sewing this past weekend and posted some new items in my Etsy shop! Feel free to click the pictures to link to my shop! Don't my kids make cute models...although my son was being a total STINKER and my daughter had to be bribed with a fruit snack in order to stand still.

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I promise myself I will get back on the crafting horse this month...our family has had a difficult month with my mom being in and out of the hospital.I will get sit back down at the sewing machine again! I PROMISE!

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This beauty is called a Silhouette machine! You can find out about it HERE...oh my goodness! It is seriously one of the best things to happen since the invention of the sewing machine...and I'm saying that without ever laying my hands on one! This is going on to the top of my WISH list!! Forget the ipad I've been dreaming about, or even the serger that I've wanted for years...this Silhoutte would

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I took the idea I had with painting silhouttes of my children and created a really fun, original Christmas gift for my husband, but really this would make a great birthday/Mother's Day/Father's Day/Grandparents Day/Arbor Day present!You'll Need:Pictures of your kids turned into stencils (see my other tutorial)Freezer PaperT-shirt (I used a Jerzeez from Target)T-shirt PaintPaint brushScissorsIron

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WARNING: This is a great LAST MINUTE Christmas gift craft...and very fun...and addicting...ok, you're good to read on...I have been busy recovering from my boutique last weekend...so this week its back to making handmade lovlies for Christmas. I have always had a hard time figuring out what to get my mom and my inlaws. This year I've been having this obsession with silhouttes...we went to

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Here are a few more vendors being featured at the La La Lola Boutique...December 3rd & 4th!! Adair Artshttp://adairarts.com/Sashay Jewelryhttp://www.sashayjewelry.com/Vault Denimhttp://www.vaultdenim.com/Pampered Chefhttp://www.pamperedchef.biz/sarahvert

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Here is a sneak peek and what vendors are coming to the La La Lola Boutique!Baby Cake BabyTutus, appliqued onesieshttp://www.etsy.com/shop/babycakebaby Bailey Grace VinylCute vinyl home decor and custom orders!http://baileygracevinyls.blogspot.com/Queeny Belle FrillsCute necklaces & hairbowshttp://www.etsy.com/shop/queenybellefrillsBubba MaeBaby items, hair accessories and a million other cute

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I am still looking for vendors!! If you sale something fun and unique that you would love to have featured in a boutique please email me at Note2Lola@gmail.com

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My items from my Etsy shop will be traveling into Mesa this weekend to participate in a fun boutique! If you're in this neck of the woods come check it out! Sophrilly Boutique Friday Nov 19th from 12pm-9pmSaturday Nov 20th from 9am-6pmCome get started on your Christmas shopping list with us! Local vendors are coming together for your one stop shopping needs.We will have all kinds of baby items,

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I'm hosting a craft night in my home monthly and its way fun! This month I'm dying to make one of these cute, retro aprons!!The night is Tuesday, November 23rd...yes, I know its right before Thanksgiving. but woudn't it be fun to have one of these cute aprons to wear for the big day!! 4:30 to 10:30 pm...you'll have the details if you're my friend on facebook.The catch is that I need everyone

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I forgot in my last post to tell y'all about my secret place to buy yarn! Yep...I love Goodwill...I think its a great place for crafters to go and hunt down a bargain. I've been lucky there and especially with YARN! I got 3 scanes of fun fur yarn for $2 last time I went, one scane usually goes for $3-4 at craft stores. I generally find nice yarn, the good expensive brands, when I go...so hit up

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When I was pregnant last winter, I got on this crazy knitting spree (no, not traditional knitting the kind you do on a loom). I still love all the hats I made and I look forward to the weather cooling down and cuddling up with a ball of yarn on my couch again this winter.During the boutique I was in last weekend, I put some flowers on my hat and all of a sudden my hats transformed into something

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Totally in love with applique onesies!! I wish I had done this when my little girl was a baby...but she's two now. :) I put these on my etsy shop and they're available in any size and completely customizable!!I found images on a Google search that I liked them used them as a pattern for the crown and skull & crossbones. I think they're stinkin' cute! (Yes, that is my baby BOY in the pictures...he

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I'm so happy to announce a winner, sorry its taken a couple extra days (I have a cranky, teething baby).I found a random number generator on the internet. Each person was assigned a number or two or three according to the rules of the giveaway.The winner is..................(drum roll please).................Katie W. (you have to send me a picture of you or one of your girls wearing it) I'll send

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Ok...if you haven't entered my very first GIVEAWAY, then scroll down and enter! Its free and who doesn't love to win things!!I am prepping for my very first boutique and I have to say its been super hard to focus on everything that needs to be done. I will post more info on the Mae Boutique soon!! If you live in the Gilbert/Queen Creek/Mesa/San Tan Valley area mark your calendar for October 8 & 9

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I'm so in LOVE...but my fingers are paying the price. These necklaces with matching hair clips are so fun to wear...however, they require close work with hot glue and in order to avoind threads I like my glue HOT. I've got a couple blisters, but its totally worth it! I wanted some new accessorie to wear to a show my husband and I were going to last weekend, but didn't have the funds to buy new

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I'm doing my very FIRST GIVEAWAY! I'm very excited!! Here's what I'm giving away...One of my felt flower hair clips with headband. I made one for my BFF (she got a ton of compliments) and she wondered if there was a way to make the flower so it can go on a clip or a headband...I put my brain to work and came up with a way to make it work. So you can wear the flower as a hairclip or on the

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I have a friend with 10 week old twins, a boy and girl, and she was telling me that its hard to find matching, cute outfits for boy/girl twins...we put our heads together and made the camo onesies (toward the bottom) this afternoon and I was so inspired that I had to keep going after my kids were in bed.I made the Mickey/Minnie set tonight...How cute would twins look in these matching sets!?

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I love Halloween and its right around Labor Day every year that I start thinking of what to make for this coming Halloween. I have a degree in Theatre, so I love dressing up! I love dressing my kiddos up and my husband too! My favorite is our matching Pirate costumes. :)Leave a comment and tell me what you're favorite Halloween costume has been??This year, my kids want to be the same things they

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I've listed some new items in my shop on Etsy.com...take a look and pass along info of my shop onto who you'd think would be interested. Thanks!http://www.etsy.com/listing/55752386/tie-applique-onsie-green-and-bluehttp://www.etsy.com/listing/55752105/tie-applique-onsie-blue-and-brownhttp://www.etsy.com/listing/55751899/tie-applique-onsie-john-deerehttp://www.etsy.com/listing/55751576/

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I LOVE the name of this blog! (I'm a Shakespeare addict and "Much Ado About Nothing" is my favorite play ever.) So I had to check it out...let's just say I'm SEW in love. I shared a couple of my projects on the blog. Click the button below to see for yourself.

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Are you not completely in love with these!?This is what happens when my husband is doing his school work and I've gotten all the children to bed...I play with my fabric and fire!I've made a few into broaches And put clips on others to wear in my hair! I always have a flower in my hair.

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Here's the goal...a beautiful multi-petal flower made of fabric! Gather your materials - Polyester fabric (satin or chiffon, something silky, but make sure its 100% polyester) - Scissors - Tea Candle - Lighter - Needle & thread - Glue gun & hot glue - Alligator clips (or dress pin, if you would like to make the flower into a broach) - Small piece of grossgrain ribbon 1. Cut your fabric into

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I've linked up some of my crafts to blogs that I visit, please feel free to click the buttons to the left (you may need to scroll down) or below...The "Look at Me" Party on Fun to Craft, I'm #90And at Tatertots & Jello "Weekend Wrap Up Party" #147 & 148If you'd like to follow my blog, please click to the left!

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I received the Pottery Barns Kids catalog for Halloween in the mail this week and saw the CUTEST banner ever! I was completely inspired by it and knew I had all the materials I needed to make this and save $30... So this is how it turned out! I have a great opening in my home to hang banners...maybe I'll make one for every holiday! Here it is up close Trick or Treat...such a treat, I think!!

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I've created a button...or I made the button image in Photoshop and my husband figured out how to make it a blog button!! Just copy and paste the code you see below into your html/java gadget on your blog to help direct traffic this-a-way!!

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This beautiful wreath makes a statement in my home. I love having it as a centerpiece when people first walk through my door. I saw it at a craft boutique and figured I could make one myself... It takes A LOT of hot glue!!A styrofoam wreath & pages from and old book (I ink the edges of the pages)I do an "S" shape kind of a roll fold.Or a double rollI start at the back and glue all the way around

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I've always loved the idea of a petticoat for my little girl, so I decided to make my own version of it. I know the picture isn't the greatest...couldn't get Sophie to stand still long enough to get a good picture, whatcha expect she's two! Materials: An old t-shirt 4 1/2 to 5 yards of Tulle, I used 4 different colors, so if you do that then 1 1/2 yard of each 3/4" elastic, measured to fit my

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I had this bridesmaid dress from my sister's wedding five years ago in my closet. The fabric is a satin pink...the brightest pink ever made, which is very pretty...but in limited amounts. :) My sister loves pink and I love her so I wore the pink.I wanted to do some purging and was itching to sew and buying new fabric wasn't in the budget.... So with much thinking and many sleepless nights as I

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I am so happy to report that I've actually sold a few items on etsy! Please spread the word and direct them to this blog or my etsy shop. I have sewn a few more bags and some diaper clutches (which I love). There's a couple bags I love so much that I don't want to sell them... :)I've also found a pattern for a cute boys tie and have made a couple for my son. Also, I'm going to attempt a

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La La Lola Gifts just opened a shop on etsy!Please visit www.etsy.com/shop/lalalolagiftsThis has all the current merchandise we are selling!

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