Sunday, March 18, 2012

March Card Swap

We had the challenge this month to use a word on our card for this swap. I've had SU!'s So Very set for so long and never used it! But when it came down to put my card together, I was really struggling finding formats that I liked. Since I typically work best under pressure, I came up with my own design using colors that I love and it came together. I usually show my husband Mike my card before I go but I decided not to show him this time and thought I would test him to see if he could pick my card out amongst the cards. Well, to my dismay ;) he picked mine out third. Hmmm...I guess my style doesn't stand out to him as much as I thought. I'm assuming most husbands could really care less so I'm just grateful that Mike takes an interest and admires me (maybe I should say humors me) for my creativity! My daughter Aubrey also got to see the cards before going to bed. I made the mistake of not putting them away that night because in the morning, she decided to "write invitations" using all my cards! She wrote inside all of them and sealed them up in the envelopes. Fortunately, Mike took some calls for work from home that morning and was able to help me see the humor in the situation!










Saturday, March 17, 2012

Parents' Night Out fundraiser

I love using my skills towards a good cause. Our school is having their Parents' Night Out this month and I offered to donate some baskets of goodies. I made a Quilted Clutch basket and a Mom and Me Flirty Apron Basket. In the Quilted Clutch basket, I included:
  • $25 AmazonKindle Giftcards
  • One quilted cover for a kindle
  • One smartphone/blackberry clutch
  • One earbud/bluetooth keychain clutch
  • One makeup clutch with fabric pin
I found the cheapest baskets I could and made a cute little liner for them to jazz up the basket a bit. And then I made a tag listing the basket's contents and value. I hope it will drum up some money for the foundation!
Here are the links to the tutorials I used:
I made up the phone clutch and the quilted cover for the kindle so I need to get on it and get making some tutorials for those!


In the Mom and Me Flirty Apron basket, I made two sets of aprons. Each set has an adult apron with a cute flower pin and one child apron with a cute flower pin. I bagged the sets separately thinking that maybe they can auction them off separately. Again, I found a cheap basket and made a liner that matches the fabrics used in the aprons. These aprons turned out so cute that I'm going to try to get  a tutorial/pattern up soon. 

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Mom and Me Flirty Aprons

I offered to donate some goods for a school fundraiser so I used my stash of fabric to come up with Mom and Me Flirty Aprons. My friend Holly and her cute daughter Brinna were my models. Do they sell those aprons or what? These were really fun and easy to make. I threw on a little flower pin for good measure.