Another birthday present! This time for my sister Joanna. She's away at college, so I didn't want to give her anything useless, or that would take up a lot of space. Well, at least this doesn't take up a lot of space. ;) Hope she likes it. (edit: she did)I saw this print a long time ago at the Feed Your Soul website, and thought it would be perfect … [Read more...]
baby gift
April 16, 2010 By 8 Comments
My cousin's wife Courtenay is having a baby boy, right around the time I am! (Like, our due dates are within a week of each other) She also happens to be my sister in law Stephanie's sister. Yep, the sisters married cousins. She actually introduced my brother and Steph. ;)I don't often (ok, never, pretty much) look at boy fabric at the fabric … [Read more...]
a wee gift
April 13, 2010 By 20 Comments
More gifts...get ready cause there are more coming.... :)Here's a cute gift idea for a toddler...a mini backpack! Sadie has one, and loves stuffing it full of her toys and books and....binkies she tries to get past me. ha! nice try Sadester. Binkies are for nap time and bedtime only! (I don't really want to think of the day when we have to get rid … [Read more...]
pillow love
April 12, 2010 By 10 Comments
You've probably seen the scrappy flower pillow from Anthropologie floating around the web, right? Anyways, if you haven't, mine looks exactly like it. har har. Well, it was a lot cheaper anyways. I hear the original pillow was like $88! YoWzAS!I made this one for my sister Janae's birthday. She's quite a vivacious girl, loves her color, and the … [Read more...]
book/card
March 11, 2010 By 8 Comments
Just wanted to share this fun idea that I like to do for kids birthday presents!Instead of a card, which can cost a few bucks at the store, I like to purchase a book from the dollar store, or dollar section at Target, and use that in lieu of a card...the kid will love it much more than a folded piece of paper, guaranteed!A little tag on the back … [Read more...]
variation on a theme
February 22, 2010 By 3 Comments
introducing... ...the alphabet i spy bag! I sure hope this hasn't been thought of by someone else already...if it has, don't tell me cause I thought I was soo clever thinking of this.har har.just take some scrapbook letters, plastic pellets, the i spy bag tutorial, and wha-la! instant fun for kiddos learning their letters. … [Read more...]
word blocks giveaway
January 1, 2010 By 66 Comments
**** this giveaway is now closed**** so here's the long awaited reveal/giveaway! i made these letter blocks for rory's side of the family for christmas. my dad cut down two 4x4's for me, and i sanded them down on his power sander. (not by hand, i would have given up after one, no doubt) then i painted them...(many, many coats), and stuck the vinyl … [Read more...]
molly monkey
December 12, 2009 By 12 Comments
well, she's finished! i spent afternoon nap finishing her up and working on another present, too...i guess it finally hit me that christmas is in two weeks and i'm running out of time to procrastinate! darn. here's where i found the pattern. … [Read more...]
gift for ju-bug
November 6, 2009 By 6 Comments
i made this little notebook/pen case for my sister julia's birthday. she and josh love to draw pictures at church, so i thought this would be a cute thing to contain her supplies! i used this tutorial, awesome one by the way, very specific and easy to follow! the outside, i just love the girly fabrics! inside...i added some twistable colored … [Read more...]
soft color book
October 31, 2009 By 11 Comments
ok, i just figuratively arm-wrestled blogger into posting these pictures. for some reason it loaded the first three pics fine, and then wouldn't let me do the other two. grrr. i won though. nya nya nah blogger.i think this is my new favorite project, i seriously love looking at it! i used this tutorial. loving all the scrappy tutorials coming out … [Read more...]