She Had Blue Skin
“She had blue skin,
And so did he.
He kept it hid
And so did she.
They searched for blue
Their whole life through,
Then passed right by-
And never knew.â€
― Shel Silverstein,
Every Thing on It
latest creation
Friendship Bracelet
Do you remember spending hours making friendship bracelets? I sure do. My friend Heather suggested we give this as a birthday gift. We have a few more to make and give, but I’ll show the one we made along with the directions we copied from Design Mom. India is very excited to make these herself. We just need more floss, since we gave it all away!
I would suggest not gluing the paper under the clip of the board. It was tough letting it dry without getting glued down. Heather sewed a simple pouch to hold the floss, scissors and instruction paper, which India and I made together.
As stated before, the instructions were taken from Design Mom, but we didn’t include the last few steps… We were in a hurry and finishing this up minutes before the party. There may have been yelling heard from the street. “Hold the thread like THIS, I can’t see it well enough!” Not one of my best moments. Apologies were made to the poor girl.
What do you think this is? Summer??
Yes, yes. I feel I haven’t been posting much lately. It’s true. I have quite a backlog of images. I sent this book out who knows how long ago and I’m just now posting about it.
It is always sad to send the albums I make away. I want to keep them all, they are so beautiful. I can image my kids looking through them in 10 years. “Who the heck are these people?” It’s very good (for everyone) that I send the albums to their rightful owners.
I love this paper and am so happy with how the cover turned out.
Just a couple of my favorite pages in the album. I really like the images to take up the whole page… and more.
New Packaging
I busted out this tree and name plate after looking at a stamped bag from Fancy Tiger for several months. It is so cute and I thought “I could do something like that”. I’ve always wanted personalized bags, but couldn’t see purchasing printed bags or even stickers with my name on them.
Once I ran out of bags to print I kept thinking of what else needed some printing. I decided the backs of the watercolor paper I mount my prints on could use some pretty. Pictured is my latest order all dressed up and ready to go! My client even ordered 2 sets of the mini brag book. I’m sure her family will love her for it.
For a Boy
We haven’t been making too many gifts this year. I think that means we haven’t had too many parties. Actually, we missed two while in Cali/France. Sad… for the kids. Zach is always happy to miss a party.
A month or two ago, Ezra was invited to a train party. He and India helped me sew this little train mat. Yes, I said sew… can you believe I sewed something? Since we were pressed for time, as these things always go, there was a lot of hot glue used.
India made the design, I cut it out and added flowers, and Ezra pressed the foot peddle. I think Ezra liked that… it seemed very close to driving a car. The gift also included a small Thomas which lights up and talks. Both mat and train were a big hit.
