Teachers Gifts

I made these little zippered pouches to give to the kids teachers at the end of the year. I'm going to put a gift card for a book store in each one. The pouches are great to keep in your bag to hold small things. I made one for myself and I love it. You can find the directions Here at: Skip To My Lou.

The pouches are super easy to make and the directions are very clear.

Mental Block

I want to make SOMETHING - anything but I am having a block. I want to sew something or scrapbook or make a card, or knit or crochet but I can't get motivated.

So here I sit - drinking a Pina Colada while I try and get motivated. Hmmm, don't think that colada is gonna make me any more energetic.

Happy Birthday To Meeee....

Ok - it was MY birthday and I ended up making my own Birthday cake because if I leave it up to my husband he will go get an ice cream cake and I dont like those. The cake sank in the middle and in spite of my awful cake decorating skills the cake itself was delicious. I also ordered some really cute Japanese print fabric from TheHeyDayShop on Etsy. The fabric arrived on my birthday - Yippee! I had a coupon code for free shipping. You can find the code HERE at One Crafty Mumma - just scroll down. The code is good for the month of April. I found the shipping to be fast and the fabric too cute for words. One interesting thing: Its Japanese fabric but the post mark was from China - lol. I have no idea what I am going to make with the fabric - I guess for now I will just find my happiness in the ownership ha ha. I also signed myself up for a crochet class and husband got me a Motorola Cliq phone - so it was a good birthday.

A Small Needle Felting Project

I made this little Tissure holder today, mainly because I wanted to try my hand at needle felting. This is the first time I have ever needle felted and I think it came out pretty good even though I can see some spots where the wool is not completely felted in. I think with practice I will get much better at this - I'm definitely hooked on it!
I found the instructions for the tissue holder HERE. The background is cream wool and I used some roving and some felted wool for the needlefelting. I'm planning on making more to give as presents

Scrapbooking

Went to Archiver's a few weeks ago, got a lot done but they are not the most creative pages. I guess I just wanted to get them done. I put them in 3 separate posts because Blogger would not let me upload that many photos at once, so scroll down if you want to see them all. I think the tornado one needs something just not sure what.

And More Pages...

Pages, pages, pages