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Sunday, February 3, 2013

Christmas Gifts Part 4

Now for the final DIY gifts I made for Christmas we have all the chillens. I didn't get pictures of all of them, because once the deadlines started coming up and we were trying to get packed to leave out of town I just ran out of time. I made the headbands I showed in an earlier post for the younger girls and did a few small gifts for the other Nieces and Nephews.

For Paisley I made a homemade coloring book. I found a link from Pinterest where you can upload your own photos and it turns it into a cartoon. I didn't get a picture of the final book, darn, I wish I had because it turned out cute!! Some of the pictures inside looked a little funny haha but I think she will have fun coloring people she knows rather than random pictures. Here are a few samples of the pictures I did inside of the book.

For the Cooper boys I made super hero bags!! I am also sad to say that I didn't get pictures of these. I made Kyle and Ryan their own superhero emblem and sewed it onto a bag. Then I made them each a cape with the emblem and made a mask and wrist bands that went inside the bags. I hope they enjoyed them and have had fun playing super heroes!

Then finally for Kinsley I made a quiet book. I did some last Christmas for Paisley and Ryan but it was before I had a sewing machine. Needless to say I am getting a little bit better with each quiet book I do! Here is the one I made for Kinsley.

I did a sensory page with all different types of ribbon and zippers and then did a color match up. The pocket at the bottom has the circles with Velcro on them and she can match up colors, like the picture below.

All the top cupcakes are attached my elastic and hang, they all have Velcro on the bag to be matched up with the similar cupcake.

Counting!!!!!

Each pouch has different items with Velcro on them and the tree has empty Velcro spaces for the items to be attached to.

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

Time and weaving.

Clasping buttons and matching shapes

tying bows.

Christmas Gifts Part 3

So for the boys for Christmas we did a BBQ Kit. I sewed the pouches and then made a chicken rub, a pork rub, and beef rub to go inside. We also added some tongs, a sauce brush and some Texas BBQ sauce. Originally I had made homemade BBQ sauce and tried my hand at canning. Well I don't think my canning skills are quite up to par and I was worried about giving sour BBQ sauce, so we decided to be safe and leave it out. We figured at least doing Texas BBQ would make it different then something from an everyday store.

the canisters I found to hold the different rubs.

the pouch with the top lip closed.

I sewed in elastics for the rubs and the BBQ sauce and then pockets for the utensils.

the finished projects had the Texas BBQ sauce instead of the plastic bottle.

then at the end it rolls up and has a strap that Velcros close.

our front room at the beginning of turning into Santa's workshop.

DIY Christmas Gifts part 2

Here are the things I made for the Simons girls for Christmas.


LaNelle's Bag


LaNelle's Headband

LaNelles's Necklace

LaNelle's Bracelet

Kinsley's Headband

Stephanie's Bag

Stephanie's Neckalce

Stephanie's Bracelet

Stephanie's Headband

Savannah's Headband

Anna's Bag

Anna's Headband

Anna's Bracelet

Anna's Necklace

Amy's Bag

Amy's Headband

Amy's Necklace


Amy's Bracelet

Sunday, January 27, 2013

DIY Christmas Projects Part 1

So earlier I had explained that for Christmas I made a lot of the gift myself. For each of the girls I sewed a bag and then filled it with a head band, a bracelet, a necklace, and some homemade bath salts. I did the same things for each bag but did a different type for each girl, and for the bags I just asked the girls their 2 favorite colors and based the fabric for the bags off those colors. Here are the things I made for the Boulter side of the family.