Spring is on its way.....

.....At last. I am sooo excited that spring is finally here. We have had a hard winter. So when the flowers started to bloom Ethan and me went and picked some and brought them in the house.

I was looking through a kids sewing book a few days ago and found these cute bags then decided to make them. They were very easy and fun to sew. Although I don't know what I'm going to do with them yet.

This is my favorite one. I haven't cut any threads or anything yet, but I'm getting there.

My siblings and I made some Easter crafts that I still need to take pictures of. Hopefully I can do that really soon.

My Version Of A Snuggie

For Christmas I got a snuggie. But when I wore it, it kept trying to fall off. So I found a way to fix that...

Sew on snaps!!! I love sew on snaps. They can almost always fix things. This is my sister modeling it and it is a little big on her.

And this is what it looks like from the back. The snaps do line up, but it doesn't look like it on the picture. I should have worn it when we got 3 inches of snow and built a snowman!!!

By the way, this is my tenth post!!! And hopefully 10,000 more to come!!!

Valentines Day!!!

My brother, sister and I made some Valentine's Day crafts that our Aunt Missy sent us.

This is a lady bug bookmark. We can almost always use a bookmark since we read all the time.

These are some heart shaped magnets that we decorated. We can always use some cute magnets.

And we actually made this on Valentine's Day!!! When we woke up it was snowing, two hours later we made a snowman!!! There is nobody standing next to him but he's about four feet tall. Although he didn't have a face or scarf or anything. Poor snowman. But what a Valentine's Day surprise that was!!!

Have a gtreat day!!!

Snow Day!!!

This morning my brother came into the girls room yelling "it's snowing!!!" and woke us up.

And so when I got out of bed (finally) I saw that it had snowed a good inch!!! He was right!!! But that was just the beginning. It snowed HUGE snowflakes for about an hour after that. So this is what we ended up with. At least 3 inches of snow. I told Ean this morning that this was his 5th or 6th snow. (he is only 7 months old). It is not usual for it to snow where we live. And we still have that snow!!! All the schools are closed and some of the roads are closed. Where is the snow plow that is supposed to be plowing our road?

Pop-cicle Stick Reindeer

This morning I was looking through some old pictures and I found one of this reindeer that I made a while ago.


It is a couple of craft sticks glued together, some pieces of paper colored brown to look like antlers, ears, and a tuff of hair. Take the glued together craft sticks and glue the antlers, ears, and tuff of hair on top. Then draw on the eyes and the nose,(if you want it to look like ruldolph make the nose red) and the mouth. Sometimes I glue a piece of yarn onto the top of it to make a hanger. They are lots of fun.





Right now I am knitting a scarf. One is definetely needed here right now. It is cold!!!

Purses...

...This morning my sister and I put together these fun purses.

I made this one. They go together pretty fast. All you have to do is make 2 squares that are the same size, stitch 3 sides together, make a handle and flower, stitch them on and then you're done.

My sister made this one. Not bad for a 7 year old. We are hoping to sell a few of them. Next I'm going to try to make one like these but out of fabric and see how that turns out.

Have a great day!!!

Holiday Houses

A few weeks ago my siblings and I built and decorated these holiday houses.

This is the front of the house. I like the wreaths on it; and the step up to the door says, "welcome winter". I think this one is my favorite. Our Aunt Missy sure does a good job picking out craft stuff to send to us.

I took a picture of the side of the house so that you can see the cute snowman better. ( And yes, he does have eyes but you can't see them very well in the picture.)

This is the other holiday house. I love the lights on the front. There was supposed to be a santa claus on top of the roof but we thought the house looked cuter without.

This is the side of the house. I really like the snowdrifts on the roof. Although the candy-canes and snowflake on the window are cute too. Just excuse the snowdrift on the other side that is peeling off. It must sense the warmer weather we have had for the last couple of days. After a lot of cold weather, it is nice to feel some better temps. If only it would stop raining, that would be good.

A Family Of Dolls

I made these cloth dolls last month. One for my sister's birthday, one for my Mom for Christmas, and one for myself.

From left to right: The one I kept for myself, the one I gave to Mom for Christmas, and the one I gave to Elisabeth for her birthday.

After I made the dolls for Mommy and Elisabeth, I couldn't resist making one for myself. My favorite part of making them is picking out the fabric for their dresses. Although making their faces is fun too. (Just in case you're wondering, the doll in the middle is supposed to look like "Dorothy" from the "Wizard Of Oz.")

Have a great day!!!

Preemie Hats

Lately I have been making preemie hats to donate to our local NICU. These are some of them.

I think that preemie hats are somewhat addicting. (The hats look big in the picture but they are a good size for little babies). This year I set a goal to make one a day. Although I must say I have a little bit of catching up to do. My personal favorite is the lt. blue hat with the white ribbon weaved through it.

Have a great day!!!

A New Dress For Miranda....

I have been working on this dress for my doll Miranda. And I have learned alot about making doll patterns while making it.

I have made two but I decided to take a picture of this one since the other one doesn't have a hem or buttons yet. One of the things I learned while making this dress is the importance of seam allowances. After I sewed the buttons and button-holes on I went to put it on Miranda and I realized that the dress was really tight around her middle. And so that was how I learned the importance of seam allowances.

This is the back of the dress. When I was sewing the skirt, I made a mistake, but then I realized that that way it had a train. And so I decided to leave it like that.

Now I need to go finish the next one!!! Have a wonderful day!!!

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