My Favorites & Link Up Party

The CUTEST invitations ever! Rolling pin invitations for a baking party. Created by the talented Alexis of Jac o' lyn Murphy.

Thank you everyone for linking up. As always YOU inspire ME!! 

Toddler toy made from an empty baby wipe container. Clever idea.

 Tutorial: baby diaper cake created by Audra of The Kurtz Corner.  So awesome!

DIY no sew party hat made by Coolest Family on the Block.

Quiet book marble maze made by Creating Sarah. A-mazing.

 Somewhere over the rainbow embroidery art would be darling in a playroom, art center or kids room - created by Lines Across My Face. Sweet!

The Scrap Shoppe Blog created this AMAZING train ticket invitation

Superhero costume made out of t-shirts made by Cat on a Limb

Sugar Tot Designs created this vintage halloween printable.

Our Link Up Party is all about design and decorating ideas for kids. It now will be double the fun - tonight through Oct 31st we will be adding our Halloween Link Up Party - so there are TWO parties. I'm also allowing Etsy sites to join our Halloween Party!! If you are an Etsy seller and you sell darling Halloween items, you can link up to our Halloween party ONLY. Anyone can join our Halloween Link Up - costumes, decor, favors, anything kid-related. Can't wait to see what you share!

TWO PARTIES = DOUBLE THE FUN!!





DESIGN DAZZLE LINK UP PARTY
Share your nursery, kids room, kids party, baby shower, kids crafts, DIY projects, anything kid-related!

No linking to selling sites or giveaways. ETSY sites can link up to our Halloween party with Halloween items only.
Have fun and leave some love (comments) and visit some amazing bloggers.
All link ups should be related to design and decorating with kids (babies, kids or teens)!
Please link back to Design Dazzle so others can share in the awesomeness!
Each week I will choose several of "My Favorites" from the link up party. "My Favorites" will be featured on the following weeks link up party. Your post needs to be linked to Design Dazzle to be considered for the "My Favorites" post.
By entering our link up party, you are giving Design Dazzle permission to use any part of your post including pictures.

Whimsical Witch's Legs

It's my birthday today (I'm turning 39 or so ; ) ) *wink*!!  I've got a full day planned so I'm reposting the witch's legs I made last year.  I wish I could show you pictures of my Witches Tea Party from last October. My computer crashed and took several months of pictures with it - including my Witches Tea table decor.  The witch's legs were used as the focal point of the table a "hanging chandelier".  Our family room has high ceilings so I made extra long legs so the bottom of the "witch's boots" hung about one foot above the table where guests were seated.

Striped stocking witch's legs hang from the ceiling to make a whimsical centerpiece for my Witches Tea Party.  The black umbrella creates the look of the bottom of a witches dress with "crinoline" (fluffy underskirt) added to complete the look of a dress! It's impossible to make witch legs without adding the iconic black boots.  I love the look of the skinny, bumpy legs and large witches feet!

Tutorial: how to make whimsical witch's legs....

Stuff a pair of black and orange striped stockings with batting (it will be lumpy).

Simplicity Traditional Loft Quilt Batting

Draw the outline of witches boots onto black fabric (chalk is easy to draw on dark fabrics). Make sure to make the boots large - when stuffing and sewing they shrink in size. Sew around the edges (except the top) turn inside out and fill with batting. I hot glued the boots onto the stockings and then hand sewed a couple of stitches to the front and back of the boots to hold in place.

To create the look of crinoline - I used black tulle. I cut pieces approximately 20 inches long.

I snapped off the umbrella handle - easy to do considering this is a dollar store umbrella. Tie the stockings onto the spokes of the umbrella.

Tie the tulle onto the umbrella spoke.

 This is the umbrella turned upside down with all the tulle tied onto the umbrella.

This DIY project makes a great whimsical hanging focal point!

Adult Orange and Black Striped Panty Hose

Halloween  Costume Accessories Slip Fluffy Underskirt Crinoline 

 

Tulle Bolt (54"x50yd-Black 

Designer Vintage Baby Nursery

Lauren Clark knows how to decorate a nursery. Not only did she create this designer vintage room for her little guy Solomon but she is also a professional photographer.  Her site Lauren Clark has more info on this stunning room and has a lot of wonderful photographs to check out.
I've been trying to figure out which details are my favorite - the license plate art, the baby mobile or the accents of red everywhere.  Hhhmm I think they all are! Wall color: Valspar's Crafted White

Lauren says, "I've been trying to decide on a baby mobile for the nursery and wanted to think up a new idea that I haven't seen before and make it myself. After thinking and browsing tons of etsy sites, it came to me: paper airplanes, and then comics and then a bike wheel to spin them all.

Here is what I've come up with. I will have to find a way to safely secure it to the ceiling since it weighs about 5 pounds, but I think it will make a cute mobile!

I bought 3 old comic books from an antique store for $2.50/each and used a glue stick to glue the comics to both sides of a thicker card stock paper. I had cut the paper in half for 3 larger airplanes and cut it into 1/4ths for the smaller ones. While the paper was still pliable from the wet glue I went ahead and folded them into a "Dart" airplane and let them dry.

I cut red ribbon and folded it in half and glued a loop into the top fold for something to string it through and then glued the bottom flaps down to look a little more manicured. The bicycle wheel is a 20 inch for a child's bike that I bought new at the little bike shop here for $24. I can't decide if I will spray paint the wheel or not, but this is the progress!"

 Brilliant nursery mobile using a bicycle wheel and comic book pages made into paper airplanes.

Lauren, you're one talented girl!! Thanks for sharing Solomon's nursery.

Crafty Girl Hair Bow Holder

Hi everyone! My name is Erin and I'm the DIY wannabe behind How to Nest for Less!

This is my first time guest blogging at Design Dazzle and I couldn't be more excited! I have only been blogging for a few short months so to share some design inspiration with all of Toni's friends is truly such a gift!

As a mother of a three year old little girl with long blond hair in ringlet curls, I'm always looking for a new way to organize her hair bows. Let me show you who I'm talking about...

Yes, she's my everything! I just can't bring myself cut her curls so it's been a lot of ponytails and hair bows recently.... but how to organize her hair flair?

I've seen some adorable and crafty hair bow holders before, especially at local craft shows. I decided to create something fun and whimsical to contain the chaos!

Pretty cute, huh? Here's how I completed the crafty girl hair bow holder!

First I gathered my supplies:

• a wooden circle from Michael's for $5 (but I had a 40% off coupon)
• two spools of brown ribbon
• accent ribbon for the braids
• tiny elastic bands
• black craft markers
• clear nail polish
• small stencil sponge
• a cheap hair bow
• hot glue gun
• peach, pink, black acrylic paint
• white Scribbles dot paint

First thing I did was paint the large wooden circle peach.

While I let the paint dry, I decided to prepare the ribbon for braiding. I cut 6 pieces into 24 inches each. I taped three of the pieces to the table (one side of the hairdo) and started to braid.

When each braid was complete, I secured the ends using small elastic rubberbands.

I then proceed to braid the other three ribbons together and secured with an elastic band as well. Now it's time for the bangs!

I cut some various short lengths of brown ribbon and hot glued them to the wooden face.

I then glued the braids to the top of the wooden circle down to about where the ears would hit. I didn't mind leaving the elastic band to show at the top of the head since I knew I would be covering it with a hair bow in just a bit.

Next I added some accent ribbon to cover the elastic bands on the bottom of the braids and a glued a large hair bow to the top of the face to cover the ends of the braids. I also added some clear nail polish to the ends of the ribbon to keep it from fraying.

Now it's time to paint the face! I used my little stencil sponge to apply black paint for the eyes (it made a perfect round circle!) and dotted the centers of her eyes with my white Scribbles paint.

I cleaned my little stencil sponge and used it to apply the pink paint for her cheeks. I then used my black craft markers to add a smile and eyelashes. The wooden circle came with a pre-drilled hole in the center, perfect for a cute little nose (and to use when hanging of course)!

And that's it! Just clip on your little lady's hair bows and hang on the wall!

Thanks for joining me for my very first guest blog at Design Dazzle! I hope you guys enjoyed this project and can't wait to share another adventure with you next month.

And Toni, thanks so much for inviting me to share!

Much ♥ to everyone, Erin

 Erin is a St. Louis based designer, wife, mother and author of the blog
How to Nest for Less.

Thank you, Erin!! So glad to have you here for the next few 
months ; ) I'm looking forward to your next post! )