Summer Wallet

I needed a new wallet,

 PATTERN: I will be referring to these pieces as A, B, or C
A

 B

 C-
PLEASE NOT IT SHOULD BE CUT 4

MATERIALS NEEDED:
1/2 Yard of material (I used some scraps that I had, preferably two colors)
1/4 Yard medium interface
Pins
Sewing Machine
Iron


DIRECTIONS:
1-Cut out all fabric according to pattern. Iron if needed.

2- Start with Pattern C. Hopefully you cut 4, separate into to piles. With Right sides together sew 3 edges together leaving the bottom open. Right side out and set aside.

3-Take section B, separate into two piles: 1 interface, 2 fabric/pile. Place fabric right sides together, then the interface, pin, sew 3 edges, leaving the bottom open, right side out and set aside.

 4-Take 1 Piece of C and 1 Piece of B, center C on top of B. Sew 3 edges leaving top open, it is ok that the bottom is unfinished.

5-Take the second piece of C and sewing it on the same B piece as the other lining it up with the bottom. Leaving the top open and the raw edges sew together at the bottom.

6-Take Fabric from A, Place in the following order, fabric right side up, interface, fabric right side down to it is like a sandwich with the right side face out. Pin "B" to both sides of "A" as shown below. Sew the bottom and the edges together leaving the middle open. Right side out.

 

 7-If for any reason the you have an unfinished seem in the middle of your wallet tuck your seem inward and make a small stitch.


Congrats you are all finished!



Flower Necklaces

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Scrap material, in strips of 1" thick and 12" long, (I used black chiffon and gray satin)

2" X 2" cut squares, preferably the same color as other material

Necklace chains (I got mine from Michael's)

Hot glue gun

Thread that will match the color of chain and a small needle that will fit through the bead.

Beads (Also from Michael's)

 Cut your strips, then iron them in half so they are now 1/2" wide.

 Put a dot of hot glue in the center of the 2" X 2" square. Roll up your 1/2" strip about 3 times and place on hot glue with fold side showing up and raw edges on hot glue. Drawing a spiral with your hot glue, about an inch at a time, place your strip on top of it.  Continue with the spiral until the strip is complete.

 My completed flowers. Once they are all done, trip the 2" X 2" square tightly around flower.



















To get my positioning correct lay out my chain and hot glue the flowers onto it. I then hand stitch the chain to the necklace to secure each flower.



















If you want to add some beads to your chain thread your needle through the bead. Just before you pull your thread all the way through the bead, place a dot of hot glue on the bead to secure the thread.

I am using gray thread so you can see it on the necklace but make sure to match the thread to the color of your chain. Sew the bead to the chain on where you would like it.

Continue sewing beads until you have your desired look.

My dog Baloo was nice enough to model this necklace.  

 Hope you have fun making these little beauties!

New Red Door

Happy Easter

We Love Signing Time

http://youtu.be/acO0ULexVj0

I love this interview and I love what Rachael Says about Speaking is a SKILL that can often take time to learn, why not give your child a Language! We have loved watching our kids use sign language, we have cousins and friends that also have enjoyed it. It is a tool for parenthood whether for not you have a child with a hearing/speaking challenge or not.  Leah you are so well spoken what a role modle you are!
 WE LOVE THE SIGNING TIME FAMILY!

12 Days of Easter Eggs and the Week of Easter

 We received a delightful gift this year of the 12 Days of Easter. Each day the children are excited to open and read the Scripture about that day telling the story of our Savior's Crucifixion and Resurrection.

1. Matthew 26:26-27,39 (sacrament cup or small cracker or chex cereal)
2. Matthew 26: 48-49 (chocolate kiss)
3. Matthew 26: 14-15 (3 dimes) [This fulfilled the prophecy in Zechariah 11:12-14.]
4. Matthew 27:1-2 (knotted twine)

5. Matthew 27:15, 17, 21, 24-26 (chunk of hand soap)

6. Matthew 27:28-30 or Mark 15:16-17 (square of red or purple fabric)
7. Matthew 27:31-32 (small nail or toothpick cross)
8. Matthew 27:50-51, 54 (crushed rocks)
9. Matthew 27:57-60 (strip of white cloth)
10. Matthew 27:60, 62-66 (a small, flat stone)
11. Mark 16:1, 2-6 (bay leaf or other herb)
12. Matthew 28:5-6 (empty)

If you want to just copy and paste the Scriptures you can do so at LDS.org, cut into strips and put into eggs.

Easter Week Quite Book

In the Friend Magazine this month they had a Count Down to Easter with each day leading up to the Resurrection. I Copied the text and put it into a 3x5 text box in Word and Printed them out. Then I down loaded the Gospel Art Kit Pictures ( 212 213 223 227 230 232 239) When I uploaded the pictures(to Costco) you have to watch the  "Crop" warning and crop them all in Portrait (you will lose some of the pictures but they will look nice)  

I did have to copy two of the pictures off the Internet. The first day "Jesus walked to Bethany" and "He is Risen"  i googled them that is my copy right disclosure;)

Pete the Cat

This is a delightful book with a great moral

"No matter what you step in, keep walking along and singing your song"

Thanks to my awesome friend Jackson (age 11) we now have coloring pages to go along with the story. Print in Landscape
Also check out www.harpercollinschildrens.com/petethecat for the fun Pete the Cat Song

General Conference Reverence Tent

Reverence Tent from the Friend 2008  Just as King Benjamin spoke to his people we are invited to listen to our Prophets, just at the people of old we can have our tent facing the "TV" to watch Conference.  A "Reverence Tent" filled with snacks and fun quite activities to do during conference. Below are the Links for Conference Packets.

Sugardoodle and Scriptures for Kids  * save some toilet paper rolls for some of the activities!
http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7399

LDS website Activities
http://lds.org/general-conference/children?locale=eng

The Wearing of the Green

The Sweetest little Irish Girl lives at my house
 with great anticipation for this March 17th
but Oh did the Flu hit our house with wrath
it has knocked us down flat as a cat.
So it seems we will have to find another day to wear Green...

Cheese Ball Party

Is there a group for people like me,
Hello my name is Julie and I am a Cheese-a-holic!

We had a cheese ball party and tasted some most delish balls...(not sweaty balls..SNL)

Classic Old time Cheese Ball my Grandmas Recipe

 2 8oz pk cream cheese

1 8 oz pk shredded sharp cheddar cheese

1 envelope dry onion soup mix

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tbs pimiento

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 cup pecans chopped finely

1/2 - 1 cup dried parsley

mix cream cheese and cheddar cheese at med speed, blend well and remain ingredients except pecans in well chill. Shape in to 2 small balls roll in nuts and parsley **can freeze

Up Town Cheese Ball (My number 1 Pick so good!)

2 8 oz cream cheese

8 oz crushed pineapple drained

1/2 bell pepper diced

1 Tlb green onion diced

2 1/2 tsp Lawry's (season salt)

1 cup pecan in cheese ball 

combined and chill

Simply Delish Cheese Ball (oh man this is also so good you just can't stop eating it!)

8 oz cream cheese room temp

1 package lunch meat (your choice) diced

1-6 green onions (just the chives)

3/4 cup grated cheese in ball 

mix well, rolled into ball and roll in cheese chill 

Chocolate Chip Cheese ball Paula Deen (this is super sweet, a little goes a long way love it on vanilla wafers)

1 8 oz pak cream cheese softened

1/2 cup butter softened

1/2 cup confections sugar

2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

2 tbs packed brown sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup mini marshmallow

3/4 cup semi sweet chips

1 cup finely chopped toasted walnuts

combine the cream cheese and butter mix until creamy add other ingredients  adding marshmallows and chips last chill, roll in to balls and sever with Vanilla Wafers and gram crackers. (we rolled them in to mini balls and put them in mini cup cake wrapers)

Are you Ready for St. Patricks Day?

Want to know about St Patrick? Clovers? Bagpipes? Click HERE


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Need a Fun Snack?
Click
http://adventureswithgigi.blogspot.com/2010/03/little-leprechauns-afternoon-snack.html

Some paint and glaze

I inherited this coffee table from my sister...and she got it from my brother. I like the shape of it but I'm so over honey wood. So I bought some spray paint and went to town!

I thought glaze would be rad over the top of it...it has lots of crevices and gauges and flaws/ character...so glaze would bring all of that awesomeness out!

pre-glaze...rad but not super rad

 See all those cracks...they need glaze! For awesome tips and how to's on glazing go to All things Thrifty! Super awesome site and tutorials!

 Rub glaze on with a sponge brush...I get pretty dirty during this part. I like to squeeze the glaze out of the foam brush so it soaks into every crevice. This is the glaze I used...I just added black paint to it to tint it.

 Then rub it off...or don't. I lightly rubbed mine off. On the sides where there weren't many cracks, I left it a bit more glazed.

 Now I vote that it is super rad! And I still think it looks very comfy for Crew to take his naps on!



Tu-tu, onesie and headband...Cheap and easy gift!

I made this onesie, tutu and headband set for my new niece yesterday! I feel like it's an easy and cheap gift...most of the supplies I had on hand.

• a glue gun (just for the headband)
• elastic or ribbon...to tie the tulle to.
• tulle...either from the bolt or a 6 inch roll of it... that's what i use.
• felt, jewel and cut up tights for the headband...you can use a flower, ribbon or whatever you have on hand.
• a onesie and scrap fabric to hand stitch on a monogram
• spray adhesive (optional...I think it would stay on with just the stitching on the letter)
• an hour to put it all together and WA-LA!

p.s. you don't need sewing skills or any skills, really, for this project! That's the best!

Oh yea, and a less than thrilled 4 year old boy to model it for you! Secretly he volunteered to be the model!

I especially love it with the buzz shirt and striped "leggings" if you will!

The Young Victoria

I love this movie! I love even more that I can watch it instantly on NetFlix, as many times as I want!