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Adventure on the High Seas

jen — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Molly is finally old enough to participate in Vacation Bible School. This year the kids went on an adventure on the high seas. She was so excited every morning when I told her we were going to Bible school again. I taught Molly's preschool class and we both had a great week learning that God's word is true, comforting, surprising, life-changing and for everyone! She loved singing and dancing to all of the songs and listened to the CD so much that I went to bed and woke up singing them! We even had an evening of singing with Uncle J, who led these songs for the kids at his church.

Molly's shirt was way too big for her, so I made a few tweaks using this tutorial and now she can finally wear her Bible school shirt!

Portable fabric high chair

jen — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

I made this portable fabric high chair as a baby shower gift. Leah seems quite happy to model it for Mommy. Now I need to get to making one for her!

I'm linking up to Made by You Mondays at Skip to my Lou so you can see what others have been busy crafting.

Little Dresses for Africa

jen — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Last month, I came across this Do-It-For-Others Project. The goal is to make 200 pillowcases dresses to send to Little Dresses for Africa and aid in "changing lives one little dress at a time." So, my mom (and dad) and I did our part and made 5 dresses.

If you'd like to participate, leave a comment here and get to sewing! The dresses need to be received by the end of July.

I'm linking up to Strut Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple so you can see other crafters newest creations.

America’s birthday party

jen — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

While trying to explain to Molly why we were having a party at Grams' house, she asked if it was a birthday party. I told her that it was America's birthday, and she then asked, "But who's America?"

Before heading over, we posed for a picture. Molly made sure that Leah was smiling.

Leah's doing a wonderful job modeling her new pillowcase dress. She's already learning to look just a little taller by standing on her tip-toes!

Some of Aunt Caroline's friends came to the party and played flashlight dance with Molly. Molly thought it was lots of fun, and didn't want to stop. This picture doesn't do it justice, though, so if you haven't already, make sure you check out the video.

I made red, white and blue chocolate dipped strawberries for the celebration. Molly liked them so much she even ate the stem! Guess we're doing a good job of convincing her that leafy vegetables are good.

This little girly went to market

jen — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

When I saw this tutorial for The Market Skirt, I knew I just had to make one! I mean, how cute is my little market girl! And she was excited to tell everyone that "Mommy made me a new green skirt!"

I'm linking up to Strut Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple so you can see other crafters newest creations.

Turning ordinary into unique

jen — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:00:00 +0000

I did a few applique projects recently. Two for my sweet niece,

and a set of personalized pajama pants for my dad for Father's Day.

I'm linking up to Making the World Cuter so you can see what's new in the world that's cute!

Oh, the places you’ll go

jen — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:00:00 +0000

We celebrated three high school and one college graduation last month. I polled my sister-in-law, who just finished her college freshman year, to find out what was the best graduation gift. The answer? "The most helpful gift that I got was the monogrammed laundry bag. It was something I never even considered and I ended up using it all of the time." So, I went looking and found this laundry sack tutorial.

I made the college grad a travel set that included the laundry bag and fabric luggage tags.

The high school grads were all boys, so I made identical bags for them. Hopefully the bags will get used on some great weekend road trips.

I'm linking up to Strut Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple so you can see other crafters newest creations.

My way of smocking

jen — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:00:24 +0000

While my mom and mother-in-law truly smock, this is my way of making a smocked sundress. (Ok, so maybe it's really a shirred sundress.) I found the tutorial on MarthaStewart.com. Molly saw me sewing it and asked all morning if her dress was done. Finally after naptime she got to put it on and modeled it beautifully.

I'm linking up to Making the World Cuter so you can see what's new in the world that's cute!

A flower for Mom

jen — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:36 +0000

My mom has recently started sewing again. (Having three granddaughters was great motivation!) So, when I saw this tutorial for a wild flower pincushion, I decided to make one for her for Mother's Day. It turned out a bit bigger than I thought it was going to be, but still super cute! Molly kept asking to play with the flower pillow for G'mom.

I'm linking up to Made by You Mondays at Skip to my Lou so you can see what others have been busy crafting.

Little girl’s purse

jen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:00:11 +0000

When I saw this tutorial for a little girl's purse, I knew I had to make one! We had a birthday party coming up, so I made this one for the 3 year old.

I also made an apron for the birthday girl. I just couldn't pass up making one out of this oh-so-cute fabric!

I'm linking up to Strut Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple so you can see other crafters newest creations.