Bug net and Bag

This bug net is SUPER awesome!! Or at least Joe and Isaac think so!! Now where did those plastic insects go?

I made this little reversible bag last night. I LOVE corduroy and it looks great!! It is the perfect size for a regular set of scriptures and a little extra room. With a large pocket on the blue side for holding things you don’t want to loose.

Crayons, Crayons, Crayons!!!

I just LOVE it!! The crayon holding slots are big enough to change out the crayons for jumbo ones, markers, pencils, whatever!! And you can choose to have it this way, or with the crayons and flower print on the inside. And best of all. I didn’t use a pattern and it turned out perfect on the first try!!

 

 

 

This next crayon and notebook holder is super fun!! It’s like a crayon roll, but it folds in three. You leave one of the spots open and big enough for a 3X5 regular spiral bound notebook. I opted for making my own though. I hope this girl is super excited to have this!!

Just for Fun!!

Here are some things I have made this week. They won't be staying at my house, but hopefully will have good homes to go to soon.

The more that I see these two characters the more I am starting to like them. Joe was trying to help me make these guys, so I had to do a cosmetic cover-up on the puppet to the right, but I think her lips look great!!




And then this is a larger crayon roll (seriously easy to make!!), hat and apron. I love all of those cute girlie prints, but alas only have boys so I am glad they are doing a benefit for a family in my ward this weekend.

Easter Presents!!

These are a few things that I made for the boys Easter baskets for this year.

Joe is getting a safari print chef hat, apron, and crayon roll. Now I am going to tell you something that if you sew at all you are probably going to laugh at me for. I have had a new sewing machine for a while now, and it has an automatic button hole maker, cool I can handle that. But it also has a button sewing on function and foot. I have been avoiding using it knowing I will be the one person who is lucky enough to not be able to figure it out. Turns out it is WAY easy to use!!



Isaac is getting a green chef hat and apron, but with a snail backpack instead (yeah crayons are still just part of a diet to him). And now for the other confession. I have always been intimidated by interfacing. Don't ask me why... I think it might have to do with the fact that my mother always says it's sooo easy no one can mess it up. But come to find out. It really is that easy. I have had it and been avoiding it for years, but not anymore!!

Board Game

This is a board game that I made from an old tattered and torn Little Engine that Could book, a deck of cards missing multiple pieces, an old magnetic board that I wasn't using for anything, and bits of paper from cards and other things. We have loved the book, but it had seen better days. Joe (my almost 3 year old) loves it, and it is hilarious to see him and my very animated little sister play it. For the cards I made alphabet flash cards with a short easy exercise for each letter, and at the bottom it tells you how many spaces to move. So this game is gonna be great for in the car (hence the magnet) and for quick easy flash cards(with or without the game).

This board game idea came from a challenge by http://www.greenisuniversal-reuse.com/ wherein you use things that are normally just tossed into a landfill to make useful things.

Bunny Baggy

So here are some Easter basket bunnies that I have made tonight. Why yes you do stuff them with candy!! They were super easy to make, but my husband thinks that they are too girly for our boys. So yea for a fun surprise for my Primary class I guess.

Puppets done!!

These first three puppets are for a fundraiser my brother's scout troop is doing. I hope that whoever gets these guys loves them!! Should be some happy kids come the end of the month!! (And sorry...I know the pics aren't the best)

This puppet is one that I have been making for my Dad. He wants to use it to tell stories to kids. All that is left to do is attach the fuzzy hair, eyes, and decide what he would like to do with the arms(stationary, or not). I am really thankful that he looked at what I had been making and thought that I could make something better. So here's to you Pop!!