Random thoughts from a mom whose blessings are overflowing.
Those of you that follow me on Facebook know that I caved and went to the doctor yesterday. I found out I have strep throat and am now on an antibiotic. I am happy to report that I can swallow today without being in pain. Yay! Anyway, enough about me. My niece turned one last [...]
I am excited to tell you that I am now a contributing writer at The Happy Housewife where I will be sharing DIY projects on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Today my first post is live and I would love to have you hop over and check it out. As you can see from [...]
December was a busy month and my sewing machine sure got a work-out as I worked to complete all of the homemade gifts that needed to be finished by Christmas. January is always kind of a letdown after working so hard to finish making everything in time for Christmas. I think I am going [...]
When I first saw the tutorial for leggings with an attached skirt on Make It & Love It I knew they were something I needed to sew for Janna and my niece. I used some knit fabric I had in my stash and, although I didn’t follow the tutorial exactly, I think they turned out [...]
I have a few homemade Christmas gifts left to share with you that I didn’t get posted before Christmas. Today I wanted to share about the toy sacks I made for my three boys. I used the toy sack tutorial from Pink Suede Shoe and followed it for the most part. I did make the sacks [...]
I have yet another tutorial for you today. This one is for a zippered pouch with a wrist strap. If you remember a few days ago I shared a felt zippered pouch tutorial with you and basically stated that I was up for trying to sew with zippers again. Well, I guess I didn’t wait very long, [...]
When I saw an idea on Pinterest from Serving Pink Lemonade for a marble travel game I pinned it as a possible Christmas gift idea. I finally got around to making some yesterday and this morning. I am going to share my tutorial for how I made four fabric marble mazes because I have changed [...]
Earlier this evening I posted a tutorial for a felt composition book cover. I promised I would share a tutorial for the zippered felt pouch, and here it is. Before I share the “how-to” I thought you might like to see the finished products. Here is a picture of all 4 of the sets I [...]
I have been cranking out the homemade Christmas gifts and wanted to share my latest designs. The felt composition book cover and zippered pouch pictured below are one of four sets I made for my oldest children. I will be sharing the tutorials for both in two posts. I had picked up four composition notebooks [...]
Welcome to Blessings Overflowing! My name is Jackie and I am a wife and mom to 5 beautiful children. This is my little corner of the blogosphere where you will find me rambling about such things as sewing, cooking, crochet, gardening, my family and more. [Read More …]
