Gifts for Sister

The girls and I have been working on gifts for my sister's 4oth birthday party.

My oldest daughter made her a pointy kitty. Thanks to WeeWonderfuls you can make your own too, she just asks that you do not sell them. I made her a quilted pot holder, and a few crocheted dishcloths.

For her party we made a few Sunflower decorations. To make the little sunflowers we used a Martha Stewart, Cosmos Craft Punch, punching out 4 from yellow tissue paper and 1 from yellow printer paper. (I found that this type of paper looks cleaner than construction paper.) When I stapled these 5 papers together I put the printer paper sandwiched in between the tissue paper. I then cut out green circles (printer paper) for the back of the sunflower where the ribbon is, and brown (craft foam) circles for the front. I found a cute leaf punch from Target a few years ago (for $1), that seemed perfect for the sunflower leaves which were glued with a hot glue gun. Be sure to have a bowl of water next to you when you work so that when you burn your fingers you can cool them immediately.

The big sunflower below the vase of sunflowers was made by my oldest daughter and she used brown craft foam and yellow tissue paper.

My youngest daughter wanted to make something for "Anty" as well. This would be a great summer project for kids. She cut out the letters by herself. This side says, "Sun," and the other side says "flower". We used a Popsicle stick to support the stem. We covered it with green paper afterwards. We also added a ribbon to hang it from.

I'VE GOT MAIL!

August 13, 2008
Today I received a package from my dear sister, and used many of the contents to decorate the hallway. :) The beautiful white flowers at the top are from her, as well as the neat sea shell vial. The shabby chic necklace in the center was also from her. :)Near the end of the hallway are plates on the wall (also from my sis!) which have roses hanging in front of them that were in the package I received today. They're gorgeous, with beautiful little lace flowers on the back.♥
The hanging card is one that I've received from her as well, and the pink flower was made by my youngest daughter.

♥Thanks Sis!!!! ♥

Crocheted Washcloths

Do you know those old craft patterns for sale at your local craft store? I bought one earlier in the spring and found a treasure trove of beautiful patterns.
This was the first of many to come.

Crocheted Slippers

I crocheted these slippers last winter, and my oldest daughter crocheted the flowers. :)


I used a pattern from Red Heart (pdf) for the slippers and mypicot.com for the flowers, except we only did the first two layers of petals.