Family Project

The kids and I had a lot of fun making little bird houses from designer paper.  I found the pattern here on the Chic-n-Scratch blog a great place to find cute paper crafts.  My daughter made the black, crooked house and my son made his own blue bird for his orange house.  The one I made ended up as a teacher gift with a coordinating Post-it note pad. 

Enjoy!!

See ya!

CJ

Card and Matching Gift Bag Swap

Last week I participated in a card and matching gift bag exchange.  It took me several days to figure out exactly what I was going to do.  Finally I decided to make the bag from an envelope (called a bag-a-lope) and color the paper with shaving cream and ink.  I felt like I was back in preschool playing with all that shaving cream.  This is one that I made and it turned out to be my favorite.  I did two with multiple colors and 4 with solid colors using the same stamp set.  Overall very pleased with my little project.

See ya!!

CJ

Stitcher's Challenge 2011 Finish

The Yahoo group Quilits for Older Childrena and Adults hosted a stitcher challenge this year that had particular themes.  You could stitich as many projects as you liked as long as you did them one at a time--meaning you could not sign up for another until you completed one.  I am happy to announce that I completed one, not sure if I will do another my plate is getting full. 

I chose to a sea life pattern for my project and it took me a while to find the right pattern and being the thrifty lady that I am it had to be free.  After weeks of searching I found Seashells by the Seashore bu Ursula Michaels on Krenik's website. I substituted the krenik with DMC and stitched it up PDQ.  It is stitched on 14 ct white aida --standand requirement for the group--using all DMC floss.  Tomorrow it is off to Pennsylvania to be added to the rest of the squares for the Love Quilts Brazil project.  To learn more about Love Quilts click here. 

Enjoy your Labor Day!

See ya!!

CJ

TUSAL - AKA New Moon Report

Oh, I am so late with this post.  I forgot there were two new moons in August.  I did get some stitching done, tune in tomorrow for a post about a finish and some other Crazy stuff. 

Here is how my little jar looks today.  Getting full, but I just keep on squishing it all down.  It will be emptied on 1 Jan 2012 to start all over again.

Enjoy!!

CJ