Easter Eggs

Hello all you crafty people!

Easter is coming and in our family

we usually have an Easter Egg Hunt.
In the past we have used those little plastic eggs

and put numbers inside that correspond to a 

prize.  The prize is inside a plastic cup that is covered

with tissue paper.  You have to "punch" through the

tissue paper to get your prize.  It could be anything

from candy to some nice squishy jello.
We have a lot of fun with it.
Sara said she'd love to have some reusable fabric

eggs and sent me a picture of them.
So of course, being me, I had to make some.

They were simple to put together and I used 

some fabric that each of us had and scraps that others

from my Buy Nothing Group gave me.

I made my templates in 3 different sizes.

They can be made in any size you want and 

we wanted them to be fairly small.

Here are some of them in the smallest size.

They open in the back to put a little treat inside,

or in our case, a number.

Here are more, you can see that any design of fabric 

can work.  It just needs to be a light weight fabric.

All my fabrics were fabrics that would be 

appropriate for quilting.

They turned out so cute and we can use them over

and over.
They can be used for any kind of goodies in an 

Easter basket also.

Here is the video I used to learn how to make them.

I made my own pattern, but otherwise followed these instructions

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you'll be back again soon.

Until then,

have an egg-cellent day!

 

Gifts for the Twinkies

Hello!  I hope you are having a lovely day!

Today I have a couple gifts I crocheted to show you.

We have a cousin that has twin girls, they call them

the Twinkies.  Dave was going to visit them

and asked if I could make something for him to 

take to them as a gift.
Jaryd and Sara had given me this book a few years ago

as a gift and I have been making animals for the

grandkids ever since.

I decided to make a couple animals for the Twinkies.

I made this robin bird for one,

and this jelly fish for the other.

I don't know which twin got which,

but Dave said they loved them.

I'm thinking they will probably share them

with each other.

I really enjoy making these

arigurumi animals

and am working on a couple more

for Marie and Asher for Easter.
I'll be posting about the ones I made them

for Valentine's Day soon.

Thanks for spending some time here today,

I hope you enjoyed your visit.

Do you crochet?

If you do, have you made any animals?

If you haven't, give it a try and if you don't crochet,

there is no time like the present to learn.

Hope to see you again soon.

 

Book Purse

Hello creative friends!

Today I'm showing you a gift I made for a friend.
My friend, Danielle, loves reading and has an area in her

home that is her personal library.
Her favorite book is A Prayer for Owen Meany.
I decided to make her a purse from her favorite book.
I don't know if she will ever use it as a purse, but it would look

great in her library.

I carefully removed the pages of the book and they

can still be read, so I may put a new cover on them.

The actual book cover was just plain, so I decided to

use the dust cover.  I cut the dust cover to size and 

used some strong glue to adhere it to the book cover.

I did the same with the back of the dust cover.

I kept the spine of the book as the bottom of

the purse with no dust cover on it.
I could have attached some type of feet to the spine,

but didn't think of it at the time.

This is what the purse will look like if she chooses

to use it as a purse.

For the inside I found some fabric that matched nicely

with the book and dust cover and lined the inside with it.

The sides are gusseted, so there is room to open

the purse and the sides easily fit back inside the purse

when it is closed.

Here is a look down into the purse when it is open.

I purchased the chain handle and the "loops" they are

running through from Temu along with the magnet that

I used to hold it closed.  It's hard to see, but I made a little

closure that is attached to the left side in this picture, it 

goes across and holds the purse closed on the other side

with a magnet.
If you are interested in doing a project like this,

here is a link to the tutorial I basically followed.

There are others out there, but Nik the Booksmith is one

of my favorite You Tubers and I found it easy to follow.
I did make some changes, only because I needed to 

with the supplies I had, but her tutorial is a good one.

On the other hand, if you are interested in purchasing

a book purse, I have a friend that makes and sells them.
Check out 
BeeZ Vintage Book Purses.
Kathleen does an amazing job with her craft and

they are far better than anything I could ever do.

Danielle absolute loved her book purse and she 

showed it to everyone that came to the event we were

hosting when I gave it to her.

I enjoyed making it and I know she will enjoy having

it, whether she wears it or just displays it.

Thanks for stopping by today.
I hope you were inspired in some way and

will come again soon.

Until then,

think outside the box and try something new.

 

Mini Junk Journal Ornament

Hello crafty people!

Today I have an ornament that I made

for my friend for Christmas in 2022.
Yes, 2022!
I totally forgot to take pictures of it

before I gave it to her and finally remembered

a couple months ago when I visited her.

She is big into junk journals and got me

hooked on them too, so thought it would be

the perfect ornament for her.

She doesn't have it on her Christmas tree,

but keeps it out year round on the top of her desk.

The signatures are hand sewn into the cover

and every page is different.
I totally enjoyed making it and I'm glad she

loves it too.

There are a lot of pictures and I know some of

them aren't the best, but I hope you

enjoy seeing it anyway.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I have 

to show you.

I hope you've enjoyed your time here and will

come again soon.

Until then,

try something in miniature.

 

Valentines for Family

Hello Everyone!

Today I'm showing you the 

Valentine's cards I made for my family.

I don't always send out Valentine's, but 

I needed to make a couple and just decided to

keep going.

I just went with things I had available and

created as I went.
I'm pretty happy with the way they turned ou.

This one goes to my hubby.

This one to my son and daughter in law.

This one to my daughter and son in law.

This one to my granddaughter.

This to my grandson.

and this one to my 

100 yr old Aunt Marilyn.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you have enjoyed your time and

been inspired in some way.

Do you send out Valentine's Day cards?

Hope to see you again soon.

Until then,

have a LOVEly Valentine's Day!

 

Hogs & Kisses and a Card From the Elves

Hello and Welcome!

Today I have a couple cards that were created

as special Valentine cards

My grandchildren have Elves that visit at 

Christmas time.  They are always sad to see them

leave after Christmas.
I thought they would like to receive a card from

them for Valentine's day,

so I made this one.
I wrote a not inside and signed it from 

Bernadette and Bernard.
I think they will be very surprised to receive it.

This card was made and sent to a school in

Ohio.  A friend posted that they class was

trying to get cards from all states, so I 

decided to be sure they had one from 

New York.
I think it tuned out pretty cute.

I used a simple sentiment inside the card,

then signed my name and where I live.
I hope they got at least one from each state.

Thanks for stopping in today,

and I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

make a card and give someone a smile.

 

Elf On The Shelf 2022 Book

Hello everyone!

I know we are way past Christmas time, but

I wanted to share this 

Elf on a Shelf 

book with y'all.

Every year my gandkids receive a book 

with pictures of the year before in it.

Bernadette and Bernard bring the book to them

when they come.

Here is the book brought this last Christmas.

It's never too early to get started on the next 

book.

Yes, there are a lot of pictures in this post,

but nothing to read this time, until the end.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon, until then,

make something fun for a child in your life.