Chocolate Cola Cake:Thirty Handmade Days

Best. Chocolate. Cake. Ever. This cake should be a part of your life yesterday. There is a secret ingredient in there that makes this chocolate cake rich and moist...and it is not the cola...

Intrigued?

You should be. Don't worry I will tell you all about this delightful cake. You just have to head over to Thirty Handmade Days to get the recipe. You won't be sorry.

Easy Pillow Case Superhero Cape

I originally shared this post on Thirty Handmade Days in March.

I am sharing it again here in case you missed it! 

A no-fuss, low-key, easy on the budget project is the best. A project that is all those things AND super fun for the kiddos is the very best. In a houseful of boys, we tend to be a little superhero obsessed.

In one of these superhero moments, I had an "aha!" moment for a quick and easy way to make one of my Superheros In Training his own superpower inducing cape.

This project is SO easy and has minimal sewing and the best part is, it uses a standard pillow case. A pillow case is something we all have laying around. However, even if we don't have an extra pillow case available, you can purchase a set of standard pillow cases at some stores for $5.

Here is what you will need:

standard pillow case

fleece strip measuring 2" by 28"

yellow felt

lightning bolt template

coordinating thread

Here is the easy DIY for making this Easy Pillow Case Superhero Cape.

After you have purchased (or rounded up) a pillow case, iron it out. Especially if it is brand new.

Fold over the top of the pillowcase at the point where the stitching is at. You know the border at the opening. Iron. Zig zag stitch along where the edge meets with the pillowcase. This will make an casing for the piece of fleece.

 

Pin a safety pin to one edge of the fleece strip. Feed the fleece strip through the casing.

One you have the fleece through, make sure that there are equallengths of the fleece are on either side. These will become the ties for the cape. Pin the fleece to the pillowcase at the mid point. Run a zig zag stitch over the fleece and pillowcase for about 1 1/2" in order to secure the fleece in place.

The next step is to sew on the lightning bolt. After the lightning bolt has been cut out, pin it in place to the cape. You want to pin it in the top middle making sure it is centered. You will also want to make sure that your are pinning to side of the pillow case that you folded the top away from, so that edge doesn't show.

Stitch the lightning bolt in place with coordinating thread (yellow). If you use thread the same color as the pillowcase (orange in my case) in the bobbin then the stitching will not be visible on that back side.

Easy as that you have a cape fitting for any Superhero In Training. A mask and some cuffs add just that much more superheroness. I totally just made up that word.

UP, UP, and AWAY.

The world can rest well tonight knowing this Superhero is watching out for them.

World peace all thanks to an Easy Pillow Case Superhero Cape.

Water Gun Fight T-Shirt: Thirty Handmade Days

 

I am super excited for this month's project for Thirty Handmade Days! 

Who doesn't love a good water gun fight? You know what is better than a regular old water gun fight? Well a water fight that is kids versus the dad of course.

This Get Dad Wet T-shirt also has a sweet bullseye on the back. 

All you need it the shirt and a couple of filled water guns. Fun is soon to follow.

Head on over to Thirty Handmade Days to check out the details on how you can make this shirt. It is super easy and is sure to bring some fun to a summer afternoon.

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Thank You Strawberry Shortcake Kit: Thirty Handmade Days

Everyone loves strawberry shortcake. So when someone does something extra special for you and makes you feel oh-so-loved a great way to say thank you to that person for being Berry Sweet is to give them some strawberry shortcake.

Or all the fixing's to make some strawberry shortcake.

Today I am over at Thirty Handmade Days sharing the printable tag for this Thank You Strawberry Shortcake Kit.

Make sure you head on over and say hi. Leave a comment. Pin it. Share it. Download the printable and make someone's day with a Strawberry Shortcake Thank You.

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Easter Teacher Appreciation Tags: Thirty Handmade Days

 My April project for Thirty Handmade Days include these really magical and ridiculously cute Marshmallow Peep Bunnies. Could you die?

I did. Then I pulled myself together. Then I may have bought a whole bunch so I could give them away as an Easter Teacher Appreciation. I made a cute little tag using PicMonkey with an appropriately cheesy saying on it. I also made a non-teacher tag in case you want to just let a special someone know that some bunny (that would be you) thinks they are special.

Both tags are available to download over at Thirty Handmade Days.

Head over and download these tags and say hi!

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Easy Pillow Case Superhero Cape: Thirty Handmade Days

Today I am over at Thirty Handmade Days for my monthly contributing post.

Remember the fun and easy tutorial for the Superhero Mask and Cuffs? Oh and the Superhero in 

Training T-shirt? Well this Easy Pillow Case Superhero Cape completes the whole superhero look.

Head on over to Thirty Handmade Days to get the tutorial and of course to see more insanely cute pictures of my saving-the-world-with-cuteness superhero. You could even make my day and leave a comment when you are over there!!! 

Love you guys!

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