Racetrack Car Carrier

Oh how quickly summer flies by when you're having fun! I can't believe how fast it really is going. I haven't gotten much done by way of craftiness lately - funerals, vacations, stay-cations, work (a little here and there), and a craft room full of boxes . . . husband is not teaching in a classroom next year but doing a district job and therefore many of the boxes from his classroom move have found their way inside our house and some are currently blocking access to my sewing machine and craft table . . . . hum . . . . how long can I last without crafting? For now I'll just have to blog-stalk and find cute things to add to my already long list of crafts to make. Today's addition . . . . Racetrack Car Carrier from Creation Corner. I have two little guys who would LOVE these. I HAVE to make a "quick" stop at the fabric store tomorrow and I've added a couple of squares of black felt to my list. Goodness knows I have plenty of scraps for the rest of the list of supplies.
Now if I can just make it to the sewing machine . . . . . wish me luck and strong arms for lifting the boxes out of the way!

ABC's in a Can

One more fun idea from Brown Paper Packages . . . ABC's in a Can.

Feel free to save your lids and send them my way!

Book on Ring

I spied . . . these cute Books on a Ring over at Brown Paper Packages

a few weeks ago and have been saving up my lids just for this craft. (Maybe I should say . . . starting to buy and use frozen concentrated juices just for this purpose.) I have so many ideas in mind for this one. Stay tuned . . . . a few more apple juices and we'll see what I come up with. What a great idea!

Another Birthday Cake

Last month, I posted about a website I had discovered that had great and easy-to-decorate kid's birthday cakes. Well we tried another one this weekend and loved it. Really, if we can do this, anyone can.

I always wanted to do something special (but yet homemade) for my kids' birthday cakes. This website really makes this easy. One thing to note about this Fish Tank cake - we couldn't find the green fruit chews and spearmint leaves the directions called for, so we made do with some other fruit chews that I found at the grocery store. My kids don't usually eat fruit roll-ups/chews so this was a new experience for us. Just use what you can find and make it work.

Here is the website one more time. And here is the Fish Tank cake for son #1's fourth birthday. Yes, he got a real fish tank with two goldfish as part of his birthday presents.

Somebody Stop Me!

So my friend ended up having a girl . . . and of course that means another new ric rac blanket. I'd seen this cute owl fabric and had been thinking it would make a great blanket - sure enough it did. It's all packed in to a gift bag with a girlie outfit for giving tomorrow. While I was at the fabric store I found more great boy fabric (trucks and boats) so someday soon another will be made . . . really, somebody stop me!

This is a picture of two burp cloths that a friend of mine from Oklahoma sent me when son #2 was born. I've been wanting to make a few to have on hand for gifts. So simple but so cute . . . Take a flat fold diaper, cut a piece of fabric that roughly fits in the center part. Sew it down with a fun ric rac border. Wha la . . . . Simple and yet so cute!

A Repeat and A New One

One of the "opportunities" that comes along with being a crafter is that you get to give away the things you create. I'm often looking for opportunities to give away things that I make since my ability to store everything has long since been used up. One of the ladies in my neighborhood is about to have a baby and since she decided not to find out the gender this time I'm having to guess . . . I'm guessing BOY. So I hurried and whipped up another Ric Rac blanket in this cute blue/brown star fabric. Now watch it be a girl!

I saw this Gathered Clutch tutorial over at Noodlehead and have been wanting to make one. So in a recent late night crafting binge I whipped my first one up. Super easy!

Here you can see the cute lining - I decided not to put in the divider and the card pockets on this one . . . . just to get a feel for how to make it.

Of course I have more fabric lined up for another one. This one will be getting an iPod pocket on the inside and it will be traveling with me to China in two weeks. The fun orange fabric will match my new orange iPod. I'll post a finished picture when I have time for another crafting binge night.

I Want It!

I just found the cutest webstore . . . . and something I really want. Since I can't make it myself (despite my own personal jewelry making stash), I will have to save my pennies to buy it from this store. I figured I would add it to my blog so that I can find it when I have some money again, probably like 2012 A.C. (= after China). Check out this cute jewelry and Lisa Leonard's blog. Here's what I want . . . . with an extra pearl or two of course!