A bookmark

We ALWAYS get my father in law a book for his birthday. ALWAYS. He is hard to shop for...anyway.. I thought I'd make him a bookmark to go along with it. It was a simple project and took about 1/2 hour. I made it so there is a place to keep your pen, and slip a notecard if you like to jot notes while you're reading.

But honestly it will be used just for a bookmark, and it's pretty cute. I put his name on the ribbon by using the freezer paper method. I used puffy paint, which I now know is not good. It puffs away fine detail. I LOVE it for other projects, but not small names...and next time I think I'll use interfacing. Other than that I love how it turned out.

Halloween Bags

I FINALLY finished. I made my older daughter, Aubree, this cute bag for trick or treating (with the never ending patience and teachings of my cute Aunt...) and I knew I wanted to make one for her little sister, when she was able to use it. I bought enough paper ahead of time. A few months ago, I realized that my younger daughter, Sophie, would in fact be actively participating in Halloween this year. So I had to make her bag too.

And they turned out SO cute.

A spider for Aubs.
A witch for Soph. ( I think I need to move "p" down. It's driving me crazy!)
The edges are all sewn together with boondoggle. And I love the detail.
I made they're bags matching, in opposites.
With coordinating paper on the sides. They love them and use them a lot more than just for Halloween. Now I need to make them more themes so I can change out the papers and get more use out of it.
I'm thinking of using it for

Valentines Day

Easter

And a non holiday theme for church and the library...

Guitar bibs

I also made these a while back and just stumbled upon the picture..

I used a pack of bibs from wal-mart, so their not the nicest quality..but I was experimenting. Now I can do these embellishments on home made bibs, and it will be wonderful!

I love the yellow with this fabric. It feels very 70's to me.

I used wonder under so I could easily trace the patterns out and cut them. Then I ironed them on, and top stitched over the whole thing. I loved how they turned out.

Gifts for nieces

I did these a while ago and just now found the pictures!

For my nieces birthday I decided to make them some personalized items..

A covered note book (inspired by the ones I did for the girls church books) with their initial on it. I used their favorite color and added buttons to spruce it up. Then I sewed elastic to the inside back cover, so they could keep it closed if wanted...

Then I made them lounge pants. My older Niece Tori LOVES owls. (The same one I did little notebooks with) So I free-handed a stencil with freezer paper and painted an owl on, then I used fabric to give it more texture and detail.
On the back I put her name. (Using the cricut to cut out the letter stencil)
My younger niece.
She LOVES monkey's so I came up with this for her pant.
I didn't take pictures of the rest..but I think they really liked it.

Baby Kai

My sil had a baby boy (so jealous) and her Mom wanted me to make her something cute to display at her shower. The nice thing was she bought all the supplies for me, and all I had to do was assemble!

So she got a cute diaper cake in blues and browns..

And a cute sign to match his room.

First grandson! We're so excited!

Matching Necklaces

These will be paired on the cutest sisters I have almost ever seen. (I'm a little biased toward a certain pair..)



Aren't they lovely?

Covered Books

These were another request from my mil. She got some books for the girls to take to church. But she wanted them to be cute. She asked me if I would cover them and personalize them. I found this cute butterfly paper, and used scraps for the rest.

I don't know about you, but when I cover books the covers always curl. Too much glue? Not sure. But I wanted them to lie nice and flat, so I added some elastic to hold them in place.

All I did was measure how much I would need for it to hold the book shut. Cut, sewed to the inside cover, as you can see here...and covered it in the front with that big flower.

And now they all have a cute book they can take to church and learn about Jesus. (This is what the girls do during the sacrament.)

And of course you can't forget the back.

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