Crafty Girl - Part 3

Birthday presents!

I was a bit nervous turning my homemade items into gifts but I figured I might as well try and see how it goes. Last weekend Tasi's friend turned 1. I made him a little pouch to hold his cars or whatever, or to do like Tas and put things in . . . take them out - repeat!

I bought this fabric years ago and love it! And since he is little I didn't use a zipper, but instead it velcros.

Today we went to his sister's 5th birthday party. I worked so hard on this dress.

The fabric I used is gorgeous but a pain in the butt to work with. It wants to fray everywhere and doesn't stay straight, hence the bias tape hem. But I am hoping it looks cute on . . . and that it fits! I also threw in a matching headband.

A little felt, stitched fabric, and cast off beads - cute.

Crafty Girl - Part 2

What did you do today? First I called Grandma Dawn to wish her a very happy birthday! Then I made a dress . . . yes JBB made.a.dress. Well actually this is my second one, the first one will be posted soon. But check out how adorable Tasi looks!


I found the front panel at a recycle garbage place. It is a bit sheer in places so I lined it with one of Don's old shirts (yellow armpit stains were cut out!) I modified the pattern found here, and am thrilled with the results. Yes, very proud of myself over here!

Now off to take Makoa to a 5th birthday party, hope you have a fun weekend too!

BEST Moment

"Mommy, I am so happy you are my mom!"

Crafty Girl - Part 1

In effort to use up some of the material in my closet, save money, and get back into all things crafty, I have been having some fun with my sewing machine!

First projects, backpacks. Tasiana's toddler backpack fits perfectly, has no zipper so is easy for her to get into, and is made out of this gorgeous material I found last year.

Makoa was challenging my abilities to photograph a moving target, but you can mostly see that his has a zipper (salvaged from packaging material), a hoop for hanging, longer straps, and is made from fabric my friend sent from her trip to China. The pictures don't show much detail, but Makoa found it a month ago and loved the dragons and has been asking when I was going to make HIS backpack from HIS favorite fabric - well here it is in action!


If you'd like the pattern or to see more backpack ideas check out here.

Conversation about Pirates with a 4 year old

Don: The only ones nowadays are off the coast of Somalia.
Koa: Where's Somalia?
In Africa.
What is Africa?
A continent on the other side of the world.
What is a continent?
A large body of land.
Oh, so are we on the head?

Happy Bun

Makoa and I saw some fun bread rolls in a bakery window - this one caught our eye!

Bedtime

First bath,
(someone needs a haircut!)

Then brush teeth
(some kids spend their lives trying to be different from one another . . . mine want to do/have everything the same!)