Blog - Carey Bailey

Craft Week: Mobiles

July 18, 2012

How to Make Butterfly Mobiles Here is a tutorial for the mobiles I created for Avery's Vintage Butterfly Ball. Supplies: Wreath - mine was a 12" from The Dollar tree Fishing Line Ribbon Tulle Greenery Scissors Die Cut Shapes in various sizes Double Sided Tape or Glue Dots All instructions and measurements will be for a 12" wreath Step 1: Wrap wreath with greenery (18") and ribbon (60") as desired. Step 2: Cut 32 small die cut butterflies Cut 32 medium die cut butterflies (If you don't ...

Crafts/Printables

Craft Week: Cake Bunting

July 17, 2012

Cake bunting is such an adorable touch to your cakes. There are so many variations on the concept it is hard to pick just one. Here are directions for the one I made for the Teddy Bear Picnic. Supplies: 2 Wooden skewers Ribbon (3/16" width) Cardstock in color of choice Coordinating ribbon Glue Gun Scissors Needle Fishing line Double sided tape Scallop punch or die cut machine. Step One: Punch or cut your scallops. You will need two sizes. I used a 1 and a 1 1/4 on my Cricut. ...

Crafts/Printables

Craft Week: Paper Flower Bouquet

July 16, 2012

Since it is the middle of summer I thought we would have a bit of craft fun this week! Before Cravings was reality I played on another blog called With Joy. It is a really random hodgepodge of stuff but I thought I could share some of the craft tutorials from there. These flowers were made for my daughter's 1st birthday party. I had seen accordion flowers in pictures but had never seen a tutorial so I just played till I figured out what worked for me. Fanned Paper Flower Tutorial ...

Motherhood/Parenting

Battling Confidence.

July 11, 2012

Incredible mother Supportive wife Loving friend Prayerful soul Over the top organized Uniquely creative Dedicated employee Compassionate for others Funny to the tickle bone Addicted to chocolate This describes my friend. Doesn’t she sound wonderful? She is! The only problem is that she forgets these things about herself. I see these things in her always!!!! The weaknesses she believes in her mind win over the strengths I know. She needs affirmation. Who doesn't?She needs reminders that she ...

Motherhood/Parenting, Prayer/Prayer Requests

Helping kids learn that prayer is a conversation.

June 14, 2012

I don’t pray three times a day. I don’t pray five times a day. I don’t pray twenty times a day. I pray constantly…it is never ending. My life is one colossal conversation with God. Yes, even in my sleep we are conversing. My time with God is life giving and therefore it is vital to me that my kids know that prayer is a conversation, prayer is about listening, prayer is about asking for help, and lifting up others. Recently, I noticed when we were doing our nightly prayer time and I would ...