Making things makes life better: Birthday gifts

 I got the idea for these adorable stilts right here, I just jazzed them up a bit because, you know, I can't leave anything alone.

 Poor Joan, I always make her pose with other people's birthday presents...

And remember this dress? Well long before I made it, I thought I had seen a version of it on Make it and Love it, but when I went back to search for it, I didn't see one. I thought I was going crazy and then finally went crazy when I made this frock all on my own. A few days after I finished it, my friends were passing around this tutorial on Pinterest. A day late and a dollar short. Oh well. It's there if you need it at least...