Guess Post by Jayna

It is my pleasure to introduce the Wonderful Jayna. She has some pretty cool stuff going on in her blog...You guys are going to love her. Sooooo, go get to know her a bit.
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Thanks so much to Suze for having me over. 

I am crazy excited to be here hanging out with you lovely ladies.

Let me introduce myself,

I'm a mom of fun and games.

 My name is Jayna Rae, and I hang out at RockNRegalia

Over there my motto is 

"A rockin' life fueled by LOVE."

So, that is a main focus of my blog,
making a life that rocks because my family and friends know that I love them.

I showcase items I make for my boys.

Tee Shirt Pants

Sheriff Valentines

Land of Nod Knockoff Book Bin

I highlight antics that happen here at home

I share some yummy recipes

And of course I show the crafty fun stuff that I make to satisfy my girly side.

Some of my weekly features are

What I Wore Wednesdays
where I share some of my wardrobe with my readers

and
Frugal Fridays
where I encourage others to be frugal via my great finds
and links to other places that can help save on the pocket book.

In addition to my blog I run an ETSY shop

RockNRegalia

where I have the same goals of furnishing mom's of boys with a place

to find awesome items for themselves and their kiddos.

I do have items for little girls too, but since I am a boy mom I often focus on the little guys

 I am now taking sponsors.

I have some lovely new sponsors, including Suze.

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All of my opportunities are currently free, and will be for some time,

so please come and check out the options.

Please stop on by.
I love having guests.
 It is one of my joys in life to entertain others.

You can also check me out on Facebook.

Thanks again to Suze for having me over.
It has been such a pleasure.
I hope that moving goes well.

Thank you Jayna for coming over and share your wonderful blog with us.
Now, go visit her and give her some blog "love", you won't regret it :).

Wordless Wednesday

This kid can sleep ANYWHERE !

Tuesday Photo

My little superstars !!!

Blog Swap with To Sew With Love

Today I have a special sweet for you...I would like to introduce you to "To Sew With Love", She has a wonderful tutorial for you and some great treats... Check her out and  give her some "love"!!!!

Hi, everyone! I am Lelanie, one of the 3 "L"adies behind

I am really excited to be guest posting for Suze today. I hope you don't mind if you don't get your daily dose of Suze's craftiness since I'd invade for a while her space ^^)

We love sharing our crafting and sewing adventures (and misadventures ^^). Just recently, we have shared tutorials such as these:

No-sew owl picture frame

felt flower

Pretty Apron and chef hat tutorial

Multi-purpose brooch tutorial

Jumper dress with spaghetti straps tutorial

Big Sister-Li'l Sister Coordinating Skirts

Diaper Carry-all with Wipes Dispenser

We also host giveaways sponsored by our lovely sponsors, a Crafty Saturday Link-up Party, features on our favorite Etsy shops, and handmade love post.

Today, I will be sharing with you a quick tutorial for my owl plushie. I have already made lots of them.

first owl pillows for my kids

I also have some for sale in my Etsy shop:

I'm sure you wanna make some, right? Well, first and foremost, you'll need to print this downloadable pattern.

Now that you have printed your pattern, go cut the pieces we need:

Two pieces for your owl's body

Felt for the eye pieces, beak, buttons for the eyes (do not use buttons if you're making it as a baby's toy)

Wings, embellishments (optional)

Using iron-on adhesive like bonda-web, fix each piece on one of your owl body's fabric by following the manufacturer's instructions so it would keep in place as we sew each piece on. 

However, that step is optional. If you don't have iron-on adhesive, you can still do this project by pinning each piece before sewing it on or just sew it without pinning at all ^^)

Sew your owl's wings and the embellishment. 

Try to set your machine's velocity to the slowest if you'd like to have nice stitches.

Sew on your eye pieces.

So far, we have this:

Now, sew on the other eye and don't forget the beak! ^^)

Sew on your tag if you have one.

Pin both fabrics together, right sides together.

Sew straight stitches 1/4" away from the edge, leaving 2" unsewn so you could turn your plushie later.

You could also sew zigzag stitches to prevent the edges from fraying.

Turn it inside-out. You can add hair accessories for your owl, too! ^^)

Fill it with polyfill and sew close the opening by hand. 

You now have a cute owl plushie. ^^)

Here are some of the other owl plushies I've made:

I hope you liked this tutorial. And do check our blog for more tutorials and free patterns.

Thanks a lot, Suze, for having us here today. We really enjoyed it!

Hugs,

Thank for coming by Lelanie, It was nice having you over :)