Pencil Holder

I just got a chance this morning between loads of laundry to finish the pencil holder.  I like the fabric choices my daughter chose.  I'm not too fond of the tutorial I used.  I'm not even going to post the link to it.  I have to make one for my youngest, so I will figure out something better and post it sometime next month!  I can't believe tomorrow is March!  I love March!  I love spring!  Okay enough rambling!  Here's my pictures.

I was so excited I finished this, so I rolled it up and took a picture.  It's sitting on the chair I sit on when I sew.

Here's the front and a peek of the inside.  The rug came from Walmart right around the time we moved here, just in case you were wondering!

It's been stuffed with pencils.  I think the black ribbon needs to be placed a little closer together for shorter pencils and the sewed lines need to be a bit further apart.

Here it is all rolled up.  The tutorial didn't have a closure for it.  I was going to sew a ribbon on it to tie around but forgot when sewing up the ends.  I had to cut a strip of fabric and add on like a binding.  Don't get me wrong it was fun to make.

I have an idea for the next one.  My buddy wants one to cover a coloring book with a pocket for pencils on the inside. (Hope that makes sense.)  I'll work on that sometime in the next few weeks.  I got to go find my bias tape maker so I can get to work on my daughter's quilt that I was going to do in January!  Yikes!  I really want to work on my son's music quilt, but I need to do hers first since that was the goal!  I really need to sew today.  That's my stress reliever.  Have a great day!

Have you made anything from tutorials found online that didn't work out?

Happy Wednesday!

It's been a busy morning here.  I am working on finishing the craft and trying to fix my banking info for my Etsy!  Needless to say my 5 year old ate all my brownies a friend gave to me this morning!  It's not been a good day with my buddy.  He's had way too much sugar!  I did buy peach Jell-O for more cookies and course salt for pretzels.  I really hope they turn out! 

Kids will be coming home soon.  I will post pictures when I finish the craft, but for now happy Wednesday!

Jell-O Cookies

I tried to finish the craft I am making from Pintrest that I want to share with you.  I started sewing it again yesterday, but got side tracked when kids got home from school and the hubby coming home from dinner.  It will be done soon!  I promise...okay no promises.

Here's something else that got me side tracked!  Jell-O cookies!!!  Oh my gosh they are so yummy and addicting!  Here's a few of my picture's.

 

 

Getting ready to mix!!

 

 

Here's what they look like right out of the oven!  This is the first batch!  They didn't last long!  My little gremlins gobbled them up like no tomorrow!

Here's what they look like on the inside!

Okay here's where I found the recipe! Follow the recipe just like it says, dough will be soft but not sticky!  I didn't use course sugar on the top.  I rolled them in sugar and flattened them with a cup, sprinkled with normal sugar, but they looked kinda weird so the rest of the batches I didn't sprinkle sugar on them!  Use any flavor of Jell-O you have on hand!  Mine are strawberry!

I think I just found my new favorite cookie and a reason to buy more Jell-O!!

The lady who's website these are from is friends with my little sister!  She is an awesome baker!  She's funny too!  I like her blog.

Okay have a great day and don't forget to make these cookies!! YUM!

PS I am going to go finish up my crafty project for you all to see tomorrow!! Here's the start of it.  I took this picture Saturday night when I started it.

See it really does exist!!  I'll show ya the finished project tomorrow!! Take care and go make those phenomenal cookies!

Pinning and Boards

I know interesting title for the post, Pinning. Have you ever looked at your Pintrest boards, went thru one and went why in the world did I pin that?  I have.  That would be me.  I was looking at my boards this last week, particularly my craft board and was thinking why in the world did I pin that.  I had multiple pins for making rock rings. Yes you read that right. I think there was 4 different ones.  You paint the flat side of a glass rock with nail polish and then super glue a ring piece to the back and voila!  Okay I tried this, well part of it.  I used pink sparkly nail polish, painted on the rock.  That's as far as I got.  I used about 3 coats of paint and it just wasn't looking like the pin.  Needless to say I deleted the 3 out of 4 ideas.  The pins were all different too; none the same. Sooo, on to the next project!

I am working on this pencil holder pouch for my daughter that loves to draw.  I took her on a mommy date.  She picked out the fabric all by herself!  I'm going to finish it today so I can post a picture of how it turned out.  So far I am liking it!

I am almost ready to go live with my Etsy shop.  I need to check to see if I set up the banking info correct and maybe a few more crafts in it too!

Have a fabulous Monday!

Tell me, have you pinned something on Pintrest that you turned around and wondered why did I pin that?

Another Funny Friday!

It's been another crazy, hectic day here!  The rain is pouring down and the wind is picking up!

Here's a few crazy Friday Funnies for you.

The other day I am microwaving leftovers after lunch for snack for a starving teenager.  The microwave starts making a groaning noise. The teen starts to imitate it.  I ask him are you trying to be the hungry microwave that is eating your food or the whale on Finding Nemo that is hungry!  They sounded just the same!  He told me that he was imitating the microwave because it reminded him of the whale in the movie!  Good thing the microwave can't eat the food it heats up!  Good thing my teen's tummy wasn't making the noise!  Guess you had to be there!

My oldest is helping clean up after school today.  I am getting dinner in the oven early because it is getting super windy outside and just in case the power goes out.  we have cartoons on and the conversation goes like this: do you want to stay for dinner? No answers the other character, my mother wants me to live to breakfast.  It was funny! We were watching the Disney channel.  I think it was Jessie or Shake it up.  Not sure though.

What are you doing this weekend?

Crazy Day!

It's been a crazy day here at home.  This morning started with driving the high school carpool drop off, getting gasoline in my gas guzzler. Came home to wake up the middle school student at 6 am. Back to pick up kids and take them to school from their bible study class. Back home to wake up the elementary child, get her ready and off to school on the bus.  Home to shower, wake up my buddy, feed and dress him, okay he dressed himself. Then instead of heading out the door to go grocery shopping for the next few weeks I spent the next the next almost two hours looking for my buddy's lost shoe.  I found it in the reclining part of the couch, where the bum part meets the back!  I was done trying to look and sat down and decided to kick back and guess what I found!?!  The shoe!

Once we left the house I went to Lowe's to pick out a few small size tiles for craft projects and water.  We do the big 5 gallon jugs.  We return the bottles, get the tickets and buy more.  Six jugs and 3 tiles later... We run to Walmart just around the corner.  My buddy wants candy.  I ended up with a bag of Bing Chocolate covered cherries, a big bag of Cadbury mini chocolate eggs, bag of sour gummy worms and something else.  I only wanted something like chocolate covered peanuts.  My sis had mentioned laundry pod soaps so I had to grab a bag of those to try. Then after looking thru the remnants and finding no good deals we end up in the toys department. TMNT is the cool thing for my turtle loving 5 year old. We ended up giving up the sour gummy worms for a TMNT helicopter toy. I traded the big bag of cadbury eggs in for a mini package, my figure is going to love me!! Haa haaa! Went home, unloaded the water, tiles and Walmart things, then back in the car for a trip to Burger King.  After we ate in the car I tried to walk around Fred Meyers.  My buddy wanted to look at his things and not mommy things, so we left shortly.    Freddy's has a great sale right now 70% off clearance things!

Kids are coming home from school right now. Two home one to go!  I have laundry with those pods.  I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.  I hope I like them!

Keep having a great day!

What are you doing this weekend?  Any big plans?

Blankets, A little bit of warmth!

It sure is cold here!  My cell phone says its a mix snow rain here where I live.  Not a drop of rain or flake of snow is falling from the sky currently as I write this post!! Its almost lunchtime.

Here's a few blankets going into my Etsy shop. Let me know if you would like to purchase them before the shop goes live!

Here's a quilt I made when I first got my new sewing machine last year.

A double sided crochet baby size afghan. Light blue and white for your newborn son.

Light pink and pink camo yarn crocheted into a beautiful afghan for your newborn daughter.

This is the same pink camo yarn with a raspberry pink color paired together to make a beautiful afghan blanket for your newest member of your family.

These will be available in my Etsy shop. Coming soon!

I think I will go finish another one I have started. It's kinda chilly here and working the crochet hook will warm up my fingers!

I am not a big fan of crocheting. I can do a straight line but not circles. I tried making a hat a few weeks ago.  I got the stitch down but....lets just say I think I will stick with straight lines!! Blankets, scarfs; things like that!

Can you crochet?  What do you like to make?