Art Tote!

Happy Birthday to a friend of my daughters. ;-)
At our house, we love Twistables, they don't break as easily as crayons, and they don't make as big a mess as markers, so they are perfect for travel. So my daughter wanted me to make an art tote for her friend to fit Twistables. We started at the fabric store to find some red fabric (the recipients favorite color), and then we found some beautiful lady bug ribbon for the trim. Me being the procrastinator that I am starting making the tote the night before the party. I work best under pressure... OK, well maybe not, I totally cut the lining the wrong size (TOO SMALL). Thank goodness the stash came to the rescue with another red to match.

Apologies are in order as I started this blog and then left for a while. I love creating, and I love posting pictures and writing about what I create, but I don't really like taking pictures and uploading them to my computer. It has been months since I uploaded pictures. But I am going to try to do it more often and or start taking cell phone picture (I know they can be scary sometimes), but if I take cell phone pictures you might get to see more posts from me!!! :)
Oh, I have to share my good news! I GOT A NEW JOB!!! I officially start on Monday. I am really excited and as silly as it may sound I am looking forward to dressing a bit more professional than shorts and a tank top everyday. (Or I will admit jammies till 4pm some days) :) I know that feeling won't last long as I put on my dress slacks or hose in this 90+ degree weather. I am sure I will miss my kiddos more than I currently realize, but in the end it will be great to be in a professional environment again. :)
PS I think I am going to miss my tennis shoes the most, well that is after my kids. ;-)

Fabric Basket!

Teach appreciation week was a few weeks ago at my kiddos school, and I stayed up into the wee hours of the morning to finish making two of these GREAT little baskets. I was able to make them quickly thanks to a super tutorial over at Pink Penguin Yes, it was a last minute decisions to makes these little baskets. They have been in my "want to make" list for a month or so, and I thought what a perfect opportunity. Sorry about the picture on my dashboard. I stayed up until about 1am then got up at 6am to finish up. :)

Boy Scrapbook pages!

Blogging has been put on the back burner as I am trying to find a job. Any free time I have, I try and create something, or spend time with my hubby :) (I LOVE HIM!) Those things keep me sane. :) Here are a few pages I did somewhat recently. ;-) I am going to a crop in a couple of weeks, so hopefully I will have more pages to share soon.

The pages above were created with the Boys will be Boys cartridge and Birthday Bash.


Wow, I didn't realize I used so many different cartridges on this one. The tree is from Stretch Your Imagination (I cut off the apple that was hanging down) The road and the car are from Paper Dolls for Everyday. The letters and the arrow are from Boys Will Be Boys! The scallops are from Plantin Schoolbook. I think I got them all. :)

Happy Valentines Day!

Wow, I have lots of Valentines projects to share! I have been busy making things, being a Mom, a Wife and looking for a part time job. Luckily my family has been patient with me as I try and juggle all of those things. ;-)

Valentines Cards
Yes I finally made some cards out of the K & Company valentines kit. I have to be honest, I looked at the beautiful paper for hours before I finally figured out how I wanted to use it. ;-) It was just to pretty to cut and I am also very used to using solid colors. But I was very pleased with how the cards turned out, although, I didn't take a picture of my first card. :)!

Valentine Fabric Fun
Scraps, scraps and more scraps! I am so thankful that I save my scraps, because I have been able to do so many extra projects with them. I made this quilted valentines wall hanging from some scraps I have had in my closet for years. Including the batting. :) The binding is from a small remnant I just bought recently. The letters are cut from the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge. I haven't mastered cutting fabric on the cricut yet, so I just cut the letters on card stock and then trace them on the heat n bond.

Re-purposing an old t-shirt with a stain on the bottom and some pants that were a little short. So simple and so CUTE!

Reusable snack bags!

Woohoo to Fly Away Home with the awesome tutorial on how to make these cute GREEN little reusable snack bags. The great thing about these little bags is the velcro helps them stay open enough for little hands to get in and out, but also closes nicely! Another plus is that my kids can open them by themselves! :) My plan is to make about 4-6 more so I can stop all plastic bag use for snacks. ;-)

Quilt!

My Grandparents have always been a part of my life, and I love them very much. My grandmother taught me a few things about quilting. So I decided to make this quilt for both of them. I started this quilt years ago, maybe 4 or 5 years ago. It is finished now!!! :) My goal this year is to try and finish as many projects as I can and boy am I on a role!!! It feels so good to finish things.

Boys carry all bag!

My son is really into carrying things around lately. He has to have something in each hand, whether it is cars, balls, spatulas, crayons, markers, crackers, etc... So I decided to make him this very simple lined bag.

This bag is made from a flannel remnant he picked up at Joann's. Yes, he grabbed it as we walked by. :) Gotta love little hands. It was less than a dollar, so I decided to go ahead and buy it. The flannel remnant was the perfect size for the bag and I used some fleece I had in my scraps for the handles. Most of the time you can find this bag full of cars and being carried to and from our car, and the store. :)