Happy Birthday Bumble Bee!

Happy first birthday to my sweet Leland boy.

Ladybug Wings

Lady bugs have two hard wings, and two soft wings underneath.


















I made our top wings from felt I had around and the bottom wings from plastic bags. I would have sewn them all together, but *someone* (small and blonde about 1.5 yrs) filled my sewing machine with pins while I was distracted cutting out dots with the James boy. So instead I stapled them together onto the remnants of a sweater sleeve (the sleeves we have seen before) that I'd cut a hole in so that the wings fit on like little vests on the kids.

Went camping...Forgot shoes for my kid

But it was OK-

because me and duct tape are likethis.

Why is my three year old still awake?

No this is not a real creative post. It's nearly 10pm-what's up with this guy tonight?!

Busy Bees

Our whole family's been into bees lately. Michael wants to have a backyard beehive, which I was not too keen on until a couple weeks ago when we saw Silence of the Bees on PBS. Wow- these creatures are amazing! Fully one THIRD of the food in the US relies on bees for pollination. I had no idea. And, for a number of known and unknown reasons bees are disappearing, so having a hive would be good. Also, I like honey. Anyhow- James is interested in them too so we've been reading about bees and the other day made the bee below out of a toilet paper tube, an old envelope and a magazine, pipe cleaners and glue. I am really having fun making things with James now that he's getting old enough to get into it.

Creative Goals

For the next six months:
July
Get back into my sewing room!-Make a first birthday present for Leland, make a fun cake, make and send play food for swap, organize in sewing room, play more

August
Harvest time- Learn to can tomatoes, Prep and freeze other veggies, Consider what I want to make for Yule & make a plan & get together supplies, sew something for myself

September
Sew for Michael & the Kids-What exactly is TBD

October
Sewing gifts

November
Thanksgiving- Make and prepare to send holiday cards, Finish gift sewing, wrap gifts

December
Holiday time- bake with the kids, make ornaments and decorations for fun

No More Splinters

One kids picnic table



















One vinyl table cloth and a staple gun...
























And, Ta Da!
























No more splinters, and easy clean up. Yay.