You know, those popular vesty things ;)

Hey everyone! Little one is in bed, the night is still young, so I'm going to "swing" this easy vesty thing!!

You know these fancy but not so fancy cover up vests.  SUPER EASY to make! Here is how!!

What you'll need:
*Old over sized T-shirt, or a new over sized T-shirt
*Scissors
*(optional) Ribbon (I recommend using silk ribbon if you use ribbon)

First lay the shirt out flat and cut the arms off on the inside of the seam leaving no seam there.

Second cut the collar of the shirt, again leaving no seam.

 

Then cut the front into a V-Shape. If you want it to be easier than us a V-Neck style shirt.  *Make sure you don't leave the neckline uneven!*

I first cut about an inch back on the shoulder seams 

 

Then I cut a diagonal line

 

Then the other diagonal line

Then I cut the back of the neck line to be even.

After that cut a straight line right down the middle where the point of the V is.

Next cut the back of the shirt like a sports bra but not as far in as a sports bra.

At this point you can either cut the sleeves in 4 strings like and use them for the next 2 steps, or you can use ribbon, or really anything you'd like that ties!

Now you can either put the "Vest" on or lay it flat.  Tie a piece of ribbon, or whatever you are using around the shoulder seams.

After that is complete then take your last 2 pieces of ribbon and go to the back and bunch the middle of the shirt in the back together and tie it in 2 places leaving space on the top so your shoulder ribbons sit on your shoulders.

After that is complete pull on the places of the shirt that you cut, this will make them kind of roll so you can't see the cuts on the shirt.

And TA DA!! You have your "popular vesty thing" ;)

You absolutely can have fun with this....if you wanna buy a fancier material than just a Hanes white t-shirt you can put patches on it or pockets (if you can sew of course) you can glue on bling, or even tie-dye the shirt!!

I might actually make the area around the bottom be that same ribbon to match!!

It would be cool to see your finished products!!!

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

Stay cool! ;)

Old Fashioned Sick Remidies!!

Unfortunately my baby girl woke up after her nap this morning with a HORRIBLE cough!  We went to the doctor and discovered that she has a cold!! I hate that my poor girl isn't feeling well!!
Being 9 months old....there is nothing our Pediatrician will give her, so to help her mucous filled coughs I couldn't help but think of EVERYTHING possible so she can feel better fast!!!
When I was a little girl my mom always had some Crisco and Ground Mustard in the cabinet ready for our colds and flu!!!

So as my daughter is now crawling around playing....she has a "Mustard Plaster" attached to her onesie taking its course!

Mustard Plasters are known to help a few different things....even more than just a cold or the flu!!! Such things as.....back pain, or GOUT, sore muscles, and even arthritis!!! I find this pretty cool because lets be honest....after a good run....who wants to hold ice on their shin splints?!?!?! Just whip up a mustard plaster and put it on a nice big rag and wrap it around your shins!!! Problem solved!!!

Here is the recipe!!! SUPER SIMPLE!!!
2tbsp Ground Mustard
2tbsp Crisco
Mix well and spread on an old cut up t-shirt or rag, fold in half, pin to the inside of a tighter shirt.

This picture makes it look super gross but this is my baby mustard plaster!


Now this has never happened to me before, but other peoples recipes say that it can cause blisters so make sure that you continuously check for blisters because it does get very warm.  They also say to add a layer of Vaseline to your skin underneath the Mustard Plaster mixture.  It doesn't hurt to put Vaseline or check!!!

Here's to wishing you don't get sick!!!

Girly Valentine's Headband

As morning nap time is happening, I have decided to get to making my daughter's Valentine's day headband.  This year is her first Valentine's day, but I didn't get her a "first Valentine's day" shirt, because I want her to be able to wear it more than on Valentine's day so we got this one!!

SO CUTE RIGHT?!?!?!?

Anyway, I usually make bows, bows and more bows, but this time I decided to go "outside the box" and swing a new look!!

What You Will Need:
*Hot Glue Gun
*Felt
*Elastic Ribbon
*Double Ruffle Ribbon (I actually used what Walmart calls "Ribbon Daisy" which is flowers made with ruffle ribbon)
*Scissors to cut the ribbon and felt

So First I drew a heart on the felt with a hot pink sharpie because the "Ribbon Daisy" color is hot pink.  Of course then I cut the heart out, but because I used white colored felt (that's all I had) I took the hot pink sharpie and colored in the heart.

 

Then I cut the ribbon and glued it on the heart, make sure you don't leave any gaps or it will look silly like this!

 

Glued together it looks pretty!!

 

After that I cut the Elastic Ribbon to fit my daughter's head.  (I just measured with one of her other headbands)

Then glue the ends of the elastic ribbon together to make the headband.

Cut a small piece of felt the width of the headband. (optional) I do this because I like it to stick out from the headband a little.

Glue that small piece of felt to the headband where you glued the headband together.

Then glue your heart onto the small piece of felt.

And ci si va your headband is finished!!!!

This headband has been the easiest I have made so far!!

Divertire!! (have fun!)

Benvenuto

WELCOME! 
Buonasera, Good Evening,

Thanks for stopping by.  This blog, by no means, is Italian.  Honestly the only thing Italian about it is my heritage.

Why YES my URL does stand for "Swing It" in Italian of course, or at least thats what "freetranslations.com" says the translation for swing it is! *HAHA!*  Anyway it is that because while searching for a "nifty" name for my blog, I was finding it VERY hard to number A. find one that wasn't taken and number B. find one that was different, and so there you have it! Not taken (at the time ;) of course i snatched it right up) and different!

Since it is almost 1 a.m. and my 9 month old will be awake with the roosters, I better get some beautifying rest.

Peace Out Cub Scout!