Summer Outfit

Aaron and I take the kids on one-on-one outings each month and this month I got to take Lena. Since it was us girls we went to the fabric store! I let her pick out some fabric and we found a pattern so that I could make her a little outfit. I love the fabric she picked. Although I think sometimes I am better off without a pattern. It came out way too wide for her, so I need to figure out how to fix that. I safety pinned it for her today, but I don't want to always have to safety pin it.

As you can tell she is very difficult to take pictures of. :)

Rag Quilt

I've only made two quilts in my life. I made one when I was 16 and then this one. This is a rag quilt made out of cut up pieces of my old pajama pants. So, literally, rags. It is kinda cool to make something completely out of something else. It wasn't too difficult, but it did take time.

Simple Birthday Pennants

Two of our kids have birthdays at the beginning of July, so 'tis the season to decorate. I made three of these simple pennant banner things. They liven up the place and make it feel festive. :)

I just cut a bunch of triangles out of construction paper and sewed them together in a rainbow pattern. I love all the bright colors.

stars & polka dots

I made another dress for my baby girl. I must have a thing for red, white and blue because she has at least 3 patriotic outfits now. I love this dress because it is easy and turns out really cute. It is nice to have a project that before making it I know how to do it and that it will turn out adorable. Now I just have try to get some pictures of her in it.

lunch bag

I don't know why, but I decided I wanted to make a replacement for the brown paper lunch sack. My hubby brings a sack lunch to work everyday, so I made it for him. I made it up as I went along, so it's not exactly pretty, but it should work.

Prayer rug

I teach the 7/8 year old primary class at church and yesterday's lesson was on prayer. So as a fun little extra for the class I decided to make prayer rugs. You place it next to your bed so when you step onto it before getting into bed and after getting out of bed, you rememeber to say your prayers. It is two layers of fabric sewn together and then I used my silhouette and freezer paper stenciling to paint the word prayer on it with black fabric paint.

I made eight so I would have enough for my class. Unfortunately they didn't go over as well as I had hoped. We only had a few kids show up (probably due to the holiday). And the kids that were there didn't really care about them. But hey, you win some, you lose some. And with 7 & 8 year olds it is really hard to tell what they are going to like (and it depends on the day).

Planner

This is my life.

Well, it helps me organize and stay on top of things in my life, anyway. When I was in college I depended on a handheld planner to keep track of everything and write my checklists in. I've tried a few times since becoming a mom to use them, but it just hasn't worked for me. The thing I've found that does work for me is making lists and putting them on my fridge. So I decided to make this poster of all my lists. I used scrapbook paper, doublestick tape, glue, and my Silhouette SD. Then I got it laminated so I can use visavis markers to write on it and cross things off and then wipe it and do it again. It has my weekly menu, shopping list, cleaning lists, daily tasks, weekly tasks, monthly tasks, goals, phone #s, reminders and notes sections. This is made specifically for me, so you wouldn't want to copy it exactly, but do what works for you. I am sure this is not magically going to make me on the ball all the time, but it will help. ;)