Here's where I'm "Hoppin" today!

It's FRIDAY!! Time to meat new and interesting Bloggers out there in Blogville!  Here's where I'm Hopping from this week!

Fast Felt Puppet - Craft a Day #2

My kiddos LOVE puppets (so do I!), but, some of my ministry puppets just aren't able to be played with by little ones, so, I decided to make another one that they COULD play with! I'm sharing it here for my "Craft a Day" series for National Craft Month.  So here are the "ingredients" for the little puppet I "cooked up":

Felt, glue gun(and glue, hehe), ribbony stuff, magic marker, old buttons , and snaps

Here are the puppets I used as a pattern shape:

1.  I cut out the shape (larger for seam allowance) in two pieces of felt

(messed up on this one, had to do it again in green)

stitch it down all around(except the bottom) and turn it rightside out

2. Start adding pieces of felt, buttons, ribbon, etc.

3. Move stuff around and chop it up...get messy!

 3.  When you get it figured out, glue it down!

The kids call him "Mr. Police Man"!

We've added him to our collection!



Come see me at "She Wears Flowers"!

My bluejean bag/purse is being featured at She Wears Flowers (3/10/2011)!  Stop by Tammy's site and check it out!  You'll LOVE her site! I know I did....had to become a follower!!!

Crochet Dishcloths - National Crochet Month

Here are a couple basic crochet dishcloth variations I made from a pattern that existed in my cluttered head! I crocheted the one on the left and 80% of the one on the right while our pastor taught self defence at our ladies' meeting last night! ( Side note.....I payed attention,so, don't mess with me!! hehe)

They both look very similar, however, this one has double crochets and chain 3's

around the outside.

And on THIS one has single crochets and ch 2's around the outside.

When I am done with them, I have started doing something my friend does with

hers to make them look cuter.  I fold them in half, roll them up, then tie a piece of string around them.

TOO CUTE!

Fast Easy Silent Tissue Holder - Craft a Day #1

Ever been somewhere like Church, or the library and need a tissue, but the rattling of the plastic is just WAY to disrupting? I know I have! My National Craft Month project for day one is a great solution: The Silent Tissue Holder!

1.  Cut two pieces of fabric (one for the outside and one for the inside) at 7 1/2" by 6"

2. Cut one out of a thin batting or something similar at the same measurements for the lining.

3.  Cut two strips of ribbon or lace at 6"

I used an old fleece sweatshirt of my sons for the lining.

 4.  Pin the ribbon/lace on both 6" sides *NOTE* :  I pinned it backward the first time and

forgot to take a pic. after I fixed it!  SO.....pin the lace facing IN, not OUT!

5.  attatch ribbon/lace about 1/4 inch from edge with at straight stitch.

(again, the pic is backward!)

7.  Place the batting on the wrong side of the lining fabric.

8.  then lay the two on top of the other fabric..good sides facing each other.

(again...it's BACKWARD!)

9. Stitch together down 6'sides ONLY.

10.  Turn right side out.

11.  fold the lace ends over toward the middle (like a piece of tri-fold paper)

They should overlap so there is no gap on the finished product.

12  Stitch down the sides.

13.  Clip corners

14.  Turn right-side-out and fill with tissues...and VOILA....a SILENT tissue holder!



March is National Craft month!

How awesome is it that it is both National Craft AND Crochet month?  I have another post up with an idea for National Crochet Month, but on this one:  Celebrating National Craft Month!

To Celebrate National Craft month, I will be featuring a different blogger with an interesting craft (and a couple of my own) every day!  Sounds like a hefty goal, but I'm up for it, and there are SO many awesome bloggers out there....I'm travelling all over blogville this month, so if you have a craft/blog you think I should be featuring, post here with what it is, why, and the link and I will consider it!  I'm WAY excited to be visiting y'all in blogville!  Let's have some fun crafters!

March Madness and a Dishcloth Exchange!



March is both National Craft Month, AND National CROCHET month!  SO awesome!  So, let's celebrate!  Later I'm going to post a neat little craft Idea I'm working on, BUT, right now I'm working on a crochet Idea.....

Anyone up for a crocheted dishcloth exchange?  I absolutely LOVE crochet Dishcloths, they are so versitile and it seems there is always a new pattern for them somewhere. I would LOVE to do an exchange.  Post and let me know if your interested, If there are even 3 peeps interested, we can do it and have a BLAST!  If there's enough interest, I'll post some quick guidelines and we'll get started!



Guess who published my tutorials???????!!!!!!

I checked my gmail today, and guess what?   Allfreesewing.com published not one, not two, but THREE of my tutorials!!! WHOOP WHOOP!!!!!  I haven't even been able to blog much lately, due to business and a naughty sewing machine!  I'm SO excited, and SO blessed!  If you haven't been to http://www.allfreesewing.com/ yet, you should definately take the time to visit them, they feature all kinds of patterns from tons of different sites and bloggers! Here are the links to my tutroials; Check 'em out!

Jean Bag/purse

Baby-Bib

Upcycled-Apron

Monday Excursion!

I'm SO excited!! WOO HOO!!!! WHOOP WHOOP!!!! YEEEHAW!!!! OH....maybe I should tell you why? hehe

Here goes:

I'm going to HOBBY LOBBY tomorrow! AND....better than that...>BIG LOTS!!!! Do you have ANY idea the things you can get a Big lots for crafting? And...its WAY affordable!

You can get small skeins of funky yarn for a buck each. There are racks and racks of awesome scrapbooking supplies for cheap. Most items are between 1 and 5 dollars, including super cute scrapbooks! There are tons of jewelry making supplies for around 1 to 5 dollars each as well!  There are cute dishtowels for cheap if you like upcycling.  Adorable socks for upcycling.....TONS o FUN at Big lots!

 A lot of the fun of tomorrow is also that I am taking my two oldest daughters, my friend, and her daughter as well. It is destined to be a girl's DAY OF FUN! I promise to come back with a bunch of new crafty ideas to post!

Friday Blog hop!

It's Friday and I feel like HOPPING! I've got a lilly pad for hoppin at my site today! I'm also hopping here:
You can hop around on that blog hop....and you can hop around on mine too! Hop on in, the water's fine! Just stop at as many lilly pads as you can! It's simple, follow me and ad your link here! Then, feel free to hop around to the other links added below!