little bug bows

i've been (slowly) working on building up a stock of bows to sell at a craft show (eventually). well, hopefully we'll get into one in the fall, and if that goes well then another one before christmas. i think these turned out pretty cute. would you buy one?

fun things to do

1 day to plan and create another enrichment poster ... i'd say it was a success. the theme was "fun things to do and save money too" and the classes? were about fun things to do around the chicago area (family/kid friendly) and another one was about some financial planning tips. so, mia decided the way to do this was a monopoly board, with all the "fun things" placed around the board instead of the regular properties.


and, just for fun, we put the enrichment leader and the relief society president's pictures on the "go to jail" and the "in jail" squares.

the beginning of the hairbows

i've been wanting to make some hair bows for a long time and have been collecting instructions for how to do it. this week i was traveling, so i decided to pack my ribbon, clips, and glue gun and see what i could do. and wow, did i do.

36 sets of mini clippies. next step ... little bug bows (they're cuter than they sound) and the curly ribbon clips. i'm excited!

christmas crafting

i've always liked the idea of making christmas gifts, but by the time i figure out what and how to do it, i give up and go for the easier "shop online and have it delivered to my house" option. however, this year i did actually make gifts, because i didn't really have any money to buy gifts. hand made gifts are better anyway, right?

and i seriously intended to take pictures of all the kids sporting their gifts from aunt nat ... but the timing was off and it just didn't happen. so i made the girls tu-tus and the boys capes. the only picture i have of the tu-tus is on another camera, so i guess you'll just have to imagine it. but here are the super hero capes. blue for nathan and black for julez. nathan tried flying off the back of the couch with his on, and it didn't work. too bad, huh?


and for the adults, i made these signs. they're 30 inches long, and i am in love with how they turned out. we cut the wood, routed it, painted it, and then cut the letters out, put them on the board, and then used a spray varnish to finish them off. love love love them.

i'm hired

mia was asked to do fliers and posters for their ward's enrichment meeting next month, and guess who got the job (non-paying, of course!)

they're doing a service night ... quilt tying and wrapping gifts that people are donating for the local missionaries. here's what i came up with for the flier ...

and then we decided to do the posters (for the church foyer) with the same theme. i love the way they ended up!

they loved it ... or so they said! and now they're trying to recruit me into their ward after i "graduate" from the singles branch. fun.

while i was on a roll, i offered to do a flier for my own use. as a relief society enrichment "activity" we're holding a fireside on sunday to discuss genealogy (to be followed up with a branch nauvoo temple trip in a couple months). i got to use my own picture! i was excited.

harper's baby book

i finally finished harper's baby book ... here it is for your (or my own, since who knows if anyone reads this) viewing pleasure.

playdate invite

i'm kinda loving this "use a real picture as the background for the invitation" style. here's one that i made for mia's ward playdate.