Crochet washcoth + face scrubbies set

After making my first crochet face scrubbies set a couple of weeks ago (you can find them here), I decided to try my luck with a washcloth. 

Woodland nursery decor

A few months ago a friend of ours welcomed a new baby boy, and because his nursery was woodland-themed, I decided to dig out my Sizzix dies and make this woodland nursery decor set. 

DIY crochet face scrubbies - with pattern

Hello, and welcome! When we returned from our vacation last week I decided to go through my yarn stash, to try to get rid of a lot of leftovers from other projects. And what better things to do with small bits of cotton yarn than face scrubbies? They are useful, waste-free and make great small gifts too.

Want to make your own too? Here's the tutorial (and yes, they are very easy to make, so perfect for crochet beginners).

Christmas in July: upcycled Christmas gift package

Hello, and welcome. Even though we are already halfway through July, there is still time for a Christmas in July post. Actually, between work, family events and my Etsy shop, I've had very little time for crafting, but I really wanted to upcycle this package  into a Christmas gift package, so I got up early on Sunday to get it done.

 

The package doesn't look much when laying flat, but it is made of pretty sturdy cardboard and has a flat bottom when you unfold it. It's the perfect package for fragile items or gifts that bend easily and you want to make sure they stay in the correct position or keep their shape. 

DIY Eva Foam bookmarks/party favors

I must have mentioned it here about a zillion times already, but summer is the busiest time of the year for me in terms of birthdays. And birthdays mean birthday cakes (I have two to show off here already, but I still need to download the photos from my phone), birthday parties and party favors. 

So today I'm sharing the bookmarks I made form my son's birthday and that we added to some goodies bags as party favors.

They are made with Eva foam and were the easiest thing to assemble.

DIY bumblebee gift tags

What do you do when you run out of gift tags? You make more, obviously. And of the cuteness overload variety, of course. That's what I did last weekend :)

Spring and summer are our busiest seasons in terms of birthday parties - both of family and friends. With the noticeable exceptions of my father-in-law and my husband (which have fall/winter birthdays) virtually everyone else in the family celebrates on spring and summer.

Hot Air Balloons notebook cover

I promise this is the last notebook cover I'll share here for a while. 2019 has definitely been the year of notebook cover gifts at our house.

But this one has an even longer background story than the others. First, because I'm just in love with this fabric. Seriously, how cute is it? And then, because it's the second gift I made with it for the same person.

Remember the Hot Air Balloons Bag I shared here a year ago? I made it for one of my daughter's classmates and apparently it was a hit. When my daughter was invited again this year for the girl's birthday party, I decided to go through my stash and search for the leftovers from the bag, and luckily I had enough for a matching notebook cover.

Mini felt notebook with initial

This was another end of year teacher gift. It's a mini-notebook, for which I created a felt cover and added an initial:

A bouquet of felt flowers

Remember the felt tulips I shared a couple of weeks ago? Those were for my son's teachers. For my daughter's teachers I decided to keep a similar theme but change the shape of the flowers. 

And so I made these: 

Red hearts notebook cover and pencil case set

Hum, yes...I created another of these sets. I seem to be making them every week this year, I certainly need to plan something completely different for next year.

This one was for my daughter's 3rd grade teacher. 

DIY Felt Tulips - tutorial and pattern

Today I'm taking a break from all the notebook covers I've been sharing lately to show you the gifts I made for my son's teachers this year: felt tulips. 

Last year we made flower keychains for the female teachers and initials keychains for the make teachers. This year, after much brainstorming, we decided again on flowers for the ladies. Still under discussion what to make for the gentlemen (my kids have classes until June 26th, so I still have some room for maneuver). 

Cupcakes notebook set

Yes, it's another notebook and pencil case set. But this time I bring you cupcakes. And who doesn't love a cupcake, especially if it's calorie free?

Happy clouds DIY notebook and pencil case set

Hello, and welcome to a brand new week! Yes, today I'm showing off another of my notebook sets, but this time there are some differences - first, it's not animal themed. After the dog notebook set and the fox notebook set, I was ready for a change. This happy clouds fabric provided the perfect inspiration. And second, this notebook set is not made of felt.

Although felt is my go-to material when I have to make a quick gift for someone, we all need to take a break sometimes...

Dog notebook and pencil case set

I really want to start sharing something different, but my daughter keeps asking me to make these notebook sets for her friends...at least I have managed to vary the animals...

So, after last week's fox notebook set, this week I bring you the dog notebook set.

Sweet fox notebook & pencil case set

Yes, I made another. For one of my daughter's class mates who turned 9 a couple of weeks ago (actually, I made two more, all different, but I still need to organize the pictures I took of the last ones...).

DIY quick spring gift tags

Hello, and welcome. Today I'm going to show you how to make some cute spring gift tags on the go. Spring is the height of our family and friends birthday parties. Not to mention my kids' school friends. So we always use lots and lots of gift tags.

Just last weekend, in between Easter celebrations, I managed to sew gifts for two of my daughter's school buddies, her teacher, and a friend's daughter (all to be shared here in due time). And of course all of those needed gift tags, so I had to come up with something quickly.

Notebook & zipper pouch gift set

After the success of the Spring Felt Notebook Cover and the DIY Felt Zipper Pouch, of course I decided to make a new set. This one went to another of my daughter's friends who celebrated her 9th birthday last week.

 This time I used a smaller notebook (just because it was what I already had at home).

10-minutes DIY felt zipper pouch

A couple of weeks ago, when I shared the DIY Spring Felt Notebook, I promised a tutorial for the matching zippered pouch - well, here it is!

These zippered pouches seriously don't take more than 10 minutes to make - the beauty of working with felt is that you don't need to line the pouches and still can have pretty seams that won't fray.

Here's the how to.

DIY Spring tote bag - 2 ways

It's spring, so it's the perfect time of the year to sew a new tote bag. The one I'm showing you today was actually a custom request from the mother of a friend. She game me the measures she needed and her only additional request was to have a button to keep the bag closed. Other than that, I was free to sew it the way I wanted - just my kind of project!

As I needed to get it done over the weekend and my time to sew is always limited, I didn't make a tutorial specifically for this bag, but as it's actually a mix between my 20 minutes lined tote bag and the reversible bag with pocket, you should be able to replicate it by looking a those two tutorials.

The Happy House Keychain

Hello, and welcome. Today I'm here sharing a quick and fun project: the happy house keychain. Actually, this key chain was a sort of test drive for a new listing I wanted to add to my Etsy shop. You can find the actual listing here.

The "test drive" version didn't turn out exactly as I expected and because of it's imperfections it cannot be sold, so I'm saving it to add to a purse or to my daughter's backpack one of these days.

The keychain is made of felt and formed by two simple house shapes.

The hearts are hand stitched in place but the I used the sewing machine to sew all around the houses:

As you can see below, the stitching turned out a bit wonky, so I had to adjust a few things before making the sale-able version you can now find in Etsy.

The key ring is attached with a pink ribbon and secured in between the two layers of felt: 

I had a lot of fun making this happy house key chain. The one that I added to Etsy was made in a slightly darker shade of brown felt, and I'm thinking of adding more colors in the future. In the meantime, feel free to visit my Etsy shop and browse around!

Happy Wednesday!