Jake Halloween Costume

 This year we were Jake and the Neverland Pirates from the Disney Jr. I didn't want to spend $80 on a costume so I thought I would make one. 

A few people asked how I made the hat so I thought I would do a little tutorial just in case more people wanted to know. 

Sorry the pictures are so blurry. I took most of them in the middle of the night and didn't like the way the flash was lighting it up.

Materials:
1/4 yard foux fur
1/4 yard red fabric
pins
sewing machine  and tools that go with it
Wrapping paper (to make a pattern)
scissors
 
First: I made a pattern for a circle on my wrapping paper. I made it about 14 inches in diameter by attaching a pencil to a 7 inch string with a pin on the end of it. (my own compass, make sure to leave extra room on your string before you cut it so you can wrap it around the pencil)

Next: I used my pattern to cut the fur in a circle.

Then: I made four slits in it making sure not to go too far in the middle or it will be too pointy. I used a second circle as a guide to help me with this.

Then: I hemmed (finished off) all the edges so the fur would stop shedding all over my house.

Then: I used my son's head a guide and overlapped the edges to get a good fit.

Next: I sewed the edges down.

Finally: I was ready for the band. I cut a 4 X 43 in. strip of red. Folded it in half and sewed it together. 

 I found the middle and attached it to the front of the hat (right sides together) and sewed it from the middle out and then did the same for the other side making sure to leave an 11 in. tail on each side.

 I only had to rip out the seems about 4 times to try and get this right. GRRRR!!!! The second time I made one it went way faster. I hope having a tutorial will help you so you don't make the same mistakes I did. Good luck! I'd love to hear your feed back on this.  Maybe next I'll let you know how I made his awesome sword!

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What 32!!!!!

Yep that's right it is my birthday today and I am 32! Some days I feel old and look young and other days I look old and feel young. I'm going to just squish it all together and say that I am young :0)

 Look what my honey got me for my B-day... A new lens for my camera! I love it!!!!!! I got it a few weeks early so I have been playing with it a lot. It is so much fun. It is mostly for portraits but I haven't taken it off my camera since I got it :0)

Here are a few of my favorite pics from my last photo shoots! 

What a difference a lens makes! It makes it so much easier to control my aperture which in my personal opinion makes a picture become a portrait. Let me know if you would like to schedule a photo shoot. I'm running a holiday special right now of only $50 for a 45 min session CD included!!!!