anna’s friend addison turned one last week and we were invited to her giant birthday extravaganza on saturday. i used my babysitter time with claire to go to joann fabrics and search high and low for the proper fabrics for miss addison. she’s a black and white and hot pink kind of girl, so i […]
making stuff with needles and thread
my waxy valentine
i don’t know what possessed me to do this. i saw the cute ice cube trays at ikea. i had seen the idea on blogs. we have approximately 517 used crayons in our house. so, i decided to make heart crayons for isaac’s valentines for his preschool class. it took a little bit of trial […]
christmas bird.
i used the pattern i made for the bird in anna’s mobile to make this ornament yesterday.
a-n-n-a flannel letters
made these awhile back to hang in the anna baby’s room. i had been on the search for some letters for her name, but couldn’t decide what i wanted to do. i saw a tutorial for a whole alphabet of these letters that i had filed away for a rainy day. then it hit me… […]
anna baby’s quilt
yesterday was my birthday. isaac finally went to school in the morning (after a week off from illness). and anna slept for 2.5 straight hours yesterday morning. glorious. anyhow, it freed me up to make some really great progress on her quilt. enough that i was compelled to stay up late last night and finish […]
new and improved robot
awhile back, early in my crafting days, i made a robot for isaac. after a couple of years of play time, he’s seen better days. one leg has almost completely fallen off. most of the stitching is pulled and snagged and not looking so hot. and the cheap-o craft felt that i used is all […]
making baby thingz
in an effort to keep from losing approximately 3 pacifiers per week, i decided it was time to invest in a clip attaching anna’s pacifier to her (tiny little) person. well, the choices were not aplenty, so i decided i would make my own. and here it is…. we have also been in need of […]
single girl quilt top
quite a while back, i got the terrific idea to make a denyse schmidt single girl quilt for the anna baby. ten minutes here, an hour there… and a nice long stretch of time today… and i have completed the 16 blocks, making 4 rings, each with 31 pieces of brightly colored fabric and a […]
