Look what we made!

Craft projects are fun at our house! There isn't a day that goes by that something is colored. Beth would make one everyday if she could. Jacob likes them as the mood strikes. I want to do more than my chore list allows.

Jacob learned about the letter I, so we made an instrument.

Beth and I made mummy treat holders for Halloween.

At church, Jacob learned about God giving us joy. They made these flowers. When the teacher asked what made Jacob happy, he said "flowers" (I think because he was making flowers) and "Beth". How precious is that!

Beth had Bible character dress up night at Awanas. Beth wanted to be Mary, Jesus' mother. I figured I could whip up something easy enough. Of course, I waited until the last minute, but it all worked out fine. Promise you won't look too closely! After I made it, she asked why it wasn't fancy. Ah, a teachable moment, in many ways.

Good week

I've had a good week. I accomplished 3 1/2 things from my list.

HUGE HUGE thanks to Erica for helping me get 2 of those checked off. I went scrapbooking at her house tonight since the traditional Moms Night Out got postponed. This is the first time I've scrapbooked since before Jacob was born. I not only needed some grown up time away from the house, but I needed to scrapbook again. Scrapbooking is my therapy. Plus, there's nothing like a walk down memory lane, looking at days gone by of my precious children and adorable hubby.

The other things accomplished from my list- getting those things ebayed. Now, let's just hope they sell. Then, I got started on organizing the loose recipes and crafts that I've been pulling out of magazines. I hope to finish that up this weekend. Hooray!

Oh, and bonus, I got to buy my Christmas present tonight. Now, I've just got to work on Kevin to let me have it early. Hmmm!

Hooded towels- a how to

Don'tcha just hate it when those wimpy baby hooded towels get too small? I do! Back when Beth was a baby, my friend Christie found an idea to use regular towels to make hooded towels. Woohoo! Double jackpot, Foley's was closing and towels were on clearance. I made 2 for Beth, which she still uses. I have had questions and compliments on them for years. SO, it was time to make some for Jacob. I decided that I would share the "how-to" with anyone who cares. No, you don't have to have amazing sewing abilities (I don't), and it really is super easy.

1. You'll need 2 regular towels and 1 hand towel.

2. Cut the hand towel in half. Take one half, fold in half with the raw edges together, sew along the raw edges. On the fancy end of the hand towel, fold it under the hood a couple inches and stich down. I used a zigzag stich to make it look a little fancier.

3. Take your big towel, fold it in half (hamburger style- yes, I was a teacher) and mark it with a pin in the center.

4. Pin the sew raw seam where you marked the middle of the big towel. Then, keeping pinning on both sides of hand towel until it's attached along the side of the big towel. Stich along the pinned side. Watch out for the seams of the towel- they're pretty thick (I broke a needle the first time).

5. That's it, it's that easy! Here are my finished products- I played with monogramming on my machine, the fancy zigzag stiching and the finished towell. Oh, and these are the Thomas OBrian towels from Target, luxuriously soft!

If you have questions, feel free to ask, I'll try to help you if you want to make your own. No, I'm not making them for you. No, I won't make them and sell them. I have enough to do :)