Another Homemade Gift

I made another homemade birthday gift.  Again this purse is for a four year old little girl.  She is one of E's favorite little friends and they get along great together.  We didn't get to go to the party but we dropped the gift off on our way out of town early that morning. The next morning at church we saw her walking in the front door carry her purse full of goodies.  She loved it! 

Zipper pouch with her intial "E".

Purse with small flower pin.

Large flower pin.

Purse with the large flower pin.

I love giving and receiving handmade gifts.  If I'm going to continue with the homemade gifts for Christmas I better get started because Christmas is right around the corner and I don't want to fill rushed. 

Dave Ramsey Envelopes

Very basic instruction will add more detail later.

Right sides together cut to 7 1/2 by 8 1/4.

Sew around leaving an opening on the short side.

 Turn fabric and press

 I sew the snaps on felt and then on to the pocket.

sew snaps on each side in the middle

missed a picture camera went dead, snap together and sew up the sides.

Designing your own fabric.

I just discover a site where you can design your own fabric and then order it.  This is a great thing because I am constantly get ideas in my head about what kind of fabric I want to use with different projects.  When I start shopping around at local fabric shops, online and some larger hobby/fabric shops I can never find the kind of fabric I dream about for certain projects.  Now I can just get online and design my own. The fabric maybe a little pricey, but in some cases and for certain projects it's worth it to me to pay a little higher price to get what I want.  If you would also like to design your own fabric try out Spoonflower.

It can be addictive, Pinterest!

Probably a month or so ago, I read a post on another blog about Pinterest.  When I read the description I knew I wanted to join.  I have so many bookmarks on my favorites list and I often forget why I have them bookmarked but I don't want to go through each one to remember why it's bookemarked. Pinterest is an online catalog and you can catagorize your finds on you personalized boards.  So instead of going through each bookmark on my toolbar, I can see photos of the things I've pinned. 

You've gotta try it!  Pinterest!!!

Homemade Gifts - Linen Bucket, Crayon Roll, Cake Balls

These are a few of the projects I have made over the past few weeks.  All were gifts.  I made the fabric bucket as a baby shower gift and filled it with baby shampoo, boogie wipes and lotion.  I made the crayon roll for a 2 year old little boy who is a friend of my son and the cake balls were for my E's Easter party at school.

Fabric bucket - vintagericrac

Crayon Roll - skiptomylou

Cake Balls - Bakerella

The Ultimate Blog Party 2011

A few days ago I found the 2011 Ultimate Blog Party.  I thought it sounded interesting and decided to join in.



A little about myself :

• I'm a follower of Christ
• Wife and mother to a 2 year old trying to find his independence.
• I love to sew and my sewing goal for 2011 is to give homemade gifts instead of store bought gifts.
• I love Dr. Pepper!!
• I also enjoy baking when I have a little extra time.
• An aspiring photographer in need of a lot more practice.

My blog is about sewing projects, trying new recipes and trying to tackle photography with who knows what else thrown in.  I'm heavy on pictures and light on words.

Barnyard Birthday Party

We celebrated E's birthday a month ago at the local Pizza Hut and the birthday party had a barnyard theme.  I called the Target bakery and asked if they could decorate cookies with cows, pigs and sheep and of course they said yes.  When we picked them up we were very pleased.  They could not have matched the barnyard decorations any better.  They were perfect.