Vacation lifesaver...

I made these for a recent vacation we took to Lake Tahoe. They were a life saver! I made one for each of my girls with their initial on it. I made the bags from some fabric my mom gave me ages ago. The white flowery fabric use to be some curtains that were in one of the houses we bought. I love using what I have to make something fun. I filled the bags with lots of goodies....coloring books, candy bracelets, travel games, toys, and other various activity items. One of the funnest things I put in the bag was a map of our country. As we were driving whenever we spotted a license plate the girls would color in the state that it was from. I made a copy for the way there and one for the way back. It was great to break up the monotony of the trip. I made the handles on the bags long enough that they could hang over the head rest of the seat in front of them. They could still reach them and get into them, but we didn't have any toys getting lost and the bags were not in the way. They worked out perfectly. I don't know why I didn't do this YEARS ago!

Orphanage wall hanging...

I whipped this little wall hanging out last week. It only took a few hours to make. It will go to an orphanage to hang on a wall. You can't see it from the picture too well, but it has frogs on it....surprise surprise!

Believe blocks

Stockings...

I started these stockings several years ago. And sadly, I would have to tell you that they are still not done. I still want to embroider names on them in gold.....maybe next year. The first year I made four of them and then with each additional child I have finished the others. I also made a tree skirt to match. It is saddly not done either. My original intent was to embroider gold snowflakes on it.....hmmm. I don't know if that will ever happen. I should at least sew around the hole in the middle.

Would you like to know what they are made of? I love curtains for sewing. I have used several. I have even made dresses out of them. They are so much cheaper than buying regular fabric. The burgundy fabric is a curtain. The cream cuffs are made from some napkins that I got on clearance. And you will never guess what the batting in them is! A mattress pad! We had this cheap mattress pad when we first got married. We got a new one and cut up the old one to pad the stockings. You would never to know by looking at them would you!

A few vinyl glass blocks...

These glass blocks I did as centerpieces for our last enrichment night. They have the words on one side and the nativity scene on the other. They also have lights in them. I was feeling lazy and didn't light them up for the picture.

Here is another one. This one sits on my buffet so the light can shine through it all day.

Super Saturday crafts...

These are some of the crafts that I did for our ward's Super Saturday.

Earring holder....

M got her ears pierced for her birthday and received some cute earrings. I made her this holder for all of her earrings. They hook on the plastic canvas section in the middle. I had one similar when I was little. It is now full of earrings just waiting to be worn in another 3 weeks when she gets to take her studs out.