Sweet Dreams

Here is Ethan's finished pillowcase. The pillowcase is super basic so it took me about 30 mins to sew...not too shabby!

While we are talking about pillows...here is a pillowcase I made Ethan last summer when he took his first trip without Mommy. Ethan was taking a 11 day vacation with his father to NFLD. So here I am: recently separated, never been away from my son for more than 2 nights, and ridiculously stressed out the whole idea! I decided to make Ethan a little travel pillow that he could take on the flight. On the back of the pillow I made a secret flap that hid a picture of Ethan and I. This way if he missed me he could look at the picture and know that I was thinking about him. He also kissed the picture good-night every evening!

Here he is all snuggled up with his 'big boy' quilt and pillow.

Summer Loving

Ethan's summer quilt is finished!

To create this quilt I used a Ticker Tape pattern I found on Sew Mama Sew's blog. I love how bright the colours are! This being a child's quilt (i.e. prone to frequent washing) I decided to machine sew the binding, it was a pain in the butt but I think it will be far more durable.

Valentine's Day

Normally I am a cynic who believes Valentine's Day is a cheesy, commercialized, Hallmark created holiday. However, when you have a child every holiday is special. So I shelved my cynicism and created some Valentine's goodies for the kids at my son's daycare.

I created conversation heart bags out of felt, very similar to the ones created by Simply Feather. The difference being that I was too cheap to buy red fabric paint so I embroidered the messages. This worked for me because I only had 5 bags to create...but I would not suggest it if you are making a large number!

I stuffed the bags with various goodies: heart magnets inspired by Heidi Kenney, I used foam hearts instead of wooden ones (not the best choice) but my town is lacking in craft essentials. I picked chocolate instead of candy because there are some younger children at the daycare (no choking!). Finally, the typical drug store Valentine cards. Ethan picked Transformers for the boys and I convinced him to give the girls beautiful vintage inspired Valentine's that I picked up last year.