Crafts: Craft Hope Project 12

One of the most heart warming, charitable website I love to visit and participate in is Craft Hope. They help spread Hope across the world by donating Handmade items to give to those who are needy. They are currently working on Project 12 which involves making bracelets for the orphans girls in Russia. You can learn more about the project on their website here.

So I decided to participate and make some Fabric Bracelets using the flowers I made, remember those pretty little things?



I've also made a few Braided bracelets...



and a few Friendship bracelets as well. I've bought quite a few colorful threads so this will keep me busy until June 15th, which is the deadline to have these done and mailed.



I've also bought some beads and trinket's that my Activity Day girls will help make next week.



Hopefully this will put a smile on a child's face.



If you want to participate please visit Craft Hope: Project 12

The deadline for this project is Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Sewing: April showers bring May 'Fabric' flowers!

One of the things I love about May are the many flowers I see blooming everywhere! I think they make the world so much prettier to live in. I love having flowers in my home, flowers in my yard, flowers for Mothers Day {with Dark Chocolate of course!}, and most especially hand picked flowers from my daughter who picks them at random places.

So I thought I'd have a little fun and make my own flower using scraps of fabric I have that are piling up in my home.



Well, I have been doing a lot a sewing recently as you've noticed. It could be the nice weather we are having here and it gets me in the mood to create something new. Now on to my next project... Happy Sewing!

Sewing: Binding Swirl

Working on some binding today. They kind of remind me of candy. Doesn't it? We have Peppermint, Caramel, and Blueberry twist.



I am using the peppermint roll for an upcoming project I am doing for one of my cousins. She is having her first baby, a girl, this fall! Hope she and baby enjoy this yummy gift.

Sewing: Pleaded shirt

The other day I sewed a cute little shirt for my daughter using Butterick B4176 pattern.



I couldn't resist so I made three!



I had bought these buttons awhile ago when they were on sale. I absolutley love the Mother Goose button!



Three summer shirts already for wear. So simple I think I will make three more!

Sewing: Strawberry Shortcake Birthday Skirt

My daughter Looooves Strawberry Shortcake. Almost every night (ok, every SINGLE night), she request to watch Strawberry Shortcake after her bath. She knows the songs, the dance moves, the characters, and even the lines. She is SS biggest fan!

So for her 3rd Birthday I decided to make her a Strawberry Shortcake skirt. I used a SS fabric that I had leftover from a quilt I am making for J. My plan is to finish her SS quilt by summer.

I am telling you she loves Strawberry Shortcake.



I also decided to make a matching top. To make it easy on myself, I bought a simple white tank top and appliqued SS on top.



Viola! A SS skirt with a matching top.

Sewing: Refashioned dress

Yesterday I finally got out my old skirt that use to fit me 10 years ago. Can't believe I carried that thing around so long. But it was still in very good shape and still very clean and I knew I wanted to make a dress for Juliana out of this last year.



I really did not have to mess with the length at all. Just needed to be tucked in on the sides and it fit perfectly.



It really only took me less than an hour to do. I have three other skirts ready for a transformation as well.

Cooking: Lemon Curd

So my mom came over for a visit a couple of weeks ago, which means bags full of fruits. Avocado's, lemons, and oranges. This trip she had brought an extra bag of lemons. Oh boy. What to do with all these lemons!

Hmmmm, make lemonade of course.



But I wanted to try something new with lemons. So I searched online and for some reason Lemon Curd just sounded so tasty to me. I actually never tried it before and it looked so yummy in the cute little jars at the market so I thought I'd give it a world and try it out.

I used this Lemon Curd recipe online and was actually not to hard to make! I spread some Lemon Curd on my piece of toast the next morning and MMMMMM was it good!



My daughter wanted me to take a picture of her toast(with strawberry jam) too.



I then stored it in a container and labeled it with the date I made it. It is good for up to 3 weeks. Enjoy!



Hmmmm, what else can I make with Lemons?