Handmade Gifts #1 - Money Pocket

My sweet neice, Maggie, turned 6 today. I made her a little drawstring bag and embroidered her age on it. I put 6 dollar coins in the bag to make a perfectly lovely gift. I hope she likes it!

Crafty Birds - Kid-made baby gift

Using fabric markers on plain burp cloths, the girls and boys made sweet gifts for baby Molly.

This is Nola's gift - a mummy with a baby inside.

Party Hats for Molly

To celebrate the birth of baby Molly, Willie and JT and Nola and Kira all decided weeks ago that she needed a birthday party. These 4 friends (all 3 years old) created the perfect celebration for their new little sister and friend.

Of course, I was delighted to sew felt party hats. The kids made cards and decorated burp cloths. We ate tiny cupcakes and sang happy birthday.

Welcome Molly!

Recycled Sweaters = Valentine's Kitties

For Valentine's I made kitties out of felted wool sweaters. To see the girls' happy little faces and joyful squeals made every stitch worth it. They took off running down the hallway with their kitty tucked under their arm - it was a precious moment.

K is for Kira

N is for Nola

For more embroidered fun I made hearts using a tutorial from Woolnest.

Tucked inside the pouch was a scroll that Eric made of special words for each girl... 

Nutty

Observant

Loveable

Artistic

Kooky

Inquizative

Rambunctious

Affectionate

Grown Up Gift Tag

Last weekend I was invited to a very fun lingerie wedding shower for Alex, our part-time nanny. The girls had a blast playing with all the ribbon while I managed to make this gift tag.

When I got out the glue, the girls couldn't contain themselves any longer - more on their craft tomorrow...