Thursday, January 26, 2012

Sierra's waterfall

Sierra and I take an art class together on Thursdays. A few months ago she said she wanted to paint a waterfall. The art teacher, Bev, and I told her to try something easier, but she was really persistent. She just finished it and I'm glad she didn't listen to me!!!

Jenna's Afghan

 I made Cara an afghan last year and have just started one for Jenna. I let Jenna choose what she wanted. Not surprisingly, she wanted flowers and bright colors.
I followed the pattern, but didn't like how big the first flower turned out.
The colors Jenna chose for her flowers and background. Choosing the yarn is my favorite part of any project.

I made up my own flower pattern. I like that it's a little bit lacy and looks more like a pansy. 2 blocks out of 54 done. (I tend to work on afghans on and off, so this may take me a year to finish).

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Vinyl stuff

Thanks for setting up this fun blog Josie! I love to see the projects other people are working on, it motivates me!
I have been planning out my weekly menus and it is so much better because I only have to go shopping once a week (I hate Walmart :) I have made a lot of these menu boards lately and I really like them, they work great with dry erase markers, but the best are the liquid chalk markers.

I used coasters with ribbon to make the name tags. I love how this turned out!









Here are a couple things that I have done with my vinyl lately. This was actually kind of hard, to make a tile into a clock. I really like it though, it sits on my kitchen counter.




















Sunday, January 22, 2012

Baby stuff


The other day I was watching my friend's children. When it was time to feed the baby, I pulled out the baby food, spoon and bib from the diaper bag. I smiled when I saw the bib was the one I made for her when she was born. I decided to snap a picture of it while I had it. I remember it being more work than it should have been for a bib. But I like how it turned out. And the best part is knowing that they actually use it!

I used some old corduroy pants and pink ribbon, a button and some velcro and voila!






I bought a fabric jellyroll for this baby blanket. I loved the bright colors. I made this for the newest baby girl in the family. I had lots of trouble with the binding. And honestly, I kind of made it up as I went along. I need to read a tutorial or something. But in the meantime, I hope the bright colors of the fabric distract from the mess around the edges.

I made a little fabric flower clip (Audrey taught me) and clipped it onto the ribbon. This was a fun project!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Craft Blog~

So here is our craft blog. Basically, this a place to share our creations and talents. I am excited to see who participates and what is shared! I hope to finish a baby blanket tomorrow and share it with you all as long as it turns out decent. I probably won't be sharing my Denise Huxtable Gordon Gartrell attempts though. Remember that one? Classic.