Ladybugs & Stinkbugs

I posted earlier about the project I'm working on, and here is an update. The back is complete! Now I'm working on the front, and then the sleeves, then we'll put everything together.



I know you're on pins & needles to see how it progresses, so I'll keep you updated. :)

Here's the latest project I'm working on! (Or, one of them, at least.) I'm excited about this one.

 

So, I was browing the other day and found a bunch of ideas for making crafts with "trash". One of the items was old jeans. Now, I just happen to have a pair of old jeans lying around, and thought I would give this craft a shot.

From August 2009

From August 2009

Okay, so now I'm actually learning how to use a sewing machine!!! This tank turned out really cute. :)

 

Mom & I had the privilege of going out to Nanny's last weekend and beginning to help her (begin to) clean her house out to get her ready for moving! She has an offer on her house, and will possibly be moving soon.

As a result of this great privilege, I came home with a HUGE box of yarn to crochet with! :) I also found a bag of a bunch of Nanny's completed projects. There were a ton of squares, and I brought all these home to decide what we could do with them!

Here are all of them:


Individual square (without border):


Square with border:


I decided to border them all in blue, then I will join them all together. After that, I hope to "coordinate" with Mom so we can make a sort of quilt out of them. I think it will be really neat, and I'm excited to get to add to a little bit of what Nanny has done. It's amazing - she's been crocheting for over 50 years! Incredible.

I'll keep you updated on the progress!

I have absolutely no artistic ability whatsoever. All of my "fine arts" skills went into music, and I guess there weren't enough left over to draw a straight line - with a ruler!

That's why I'm so impressed at Annie's creativity and skill when she colors, draws, or paints. She LOVES doing creative things like this, and is always finding fun things to do. She got a balloon at HEB today, and tied onto it was a little plastic bear (you know, to keep the balloon from flying away and sparking Major Meltdown). So she glues little pieces of paper on the bear for eyes, mouth, decoration, and spends 20 minutes getting it "just right". The other day, she had a brown paper bag, and a box of elbow macaroni. Before I even knew what she was doing, she had a puppet - it was adorable!

I love watching her take random things around the house and have so much fun with them! We received some books via UPS, and in the package was an extra piece of cardboard. Annie took the cardboard, decorated it, punched holes in either side, and tied string onto both sides. Ta da!! A shield to make any brave warrior proud! Of course, the boys were VERY jealous, so we had to hunt down MORE cardboard, MORE string, and Annie had to show them how to do it.

I'm thinking...why did I just spend $200 on a Wii??? I could have bought $200 worth of cardboard! lol

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of the cardboard shields; I do have a picture of a scene she created on her mini-dry-erase board that she uses for school practice. Since this one won't last forever, I took a picture!