PJ set

It's been a rough week here and I'm hoping to get back on the horse by doing some crafty/tasty things.

First up is a PJ set for my growing girl. She is one of those people who is hot all.the.time and at night she goes into nuclear mode. Even in the summer, when the AC is on, she does not do well at night - soaking through shirts and generally not sleeping well with the heat.

I set out to make a cute PJ set for my little heat box, and found an adorable shirt from the book Girly Style Wardrobe that would work well. This coupled with a simple short from the Pajama's for Everyone pattern in Heather Ross' book, Weekend Sewing (made into shorts by just using the top portion of the patterns) and we have cute, cool dreams (I hope!)

Everything Tote, Again

Last time I tried the Everything Tote, I was smitten with everything except the size. I knew this tote was just the right thing for my mom and MIL for Mother's Day but that it was too big.

After some quick alterations to the overall size the result was as follows, much more manageable for people who don't carry their entire lives in their handbags (ahem):

The bag I made for my mom is so pretty, I love this home decor fabric.


The interior is also peaceful


My MIL's bag:

Simple Thank You Jars

159/365, originally uploaded by pikatures.

The last day of school means thanking all of the wonderful teachers one more time for all of their hard work this year.

We took small mason jars and made them into thank you note holder/picture frames and filled them with candy and stamps. In case the teachers wanted to use the jars as pencil holders later we made sure to use pretty double-sided cardstock as our base layer, placed a layer of solid, coordinating cardstock on top and then finally a white piece to hold the art. The teacher's names were written on little flowers that we affixed to the picture and I had SweetGirl write a small note of thanks to each teacher on the bottom.

Very simple, yet hopefully meaningful to each recipient. It was interesting to see what was drawn on each picture, as each was very different. Her music teacher got all sorts of music notes dangling from the ceiling of her classroom on her picture :)