For Karen

I made this for a YW in our ward for her birthday.

It's a yo yo with a painted button on the front,

and an alligator clip and a pin on the back.

Christmas Ornaments

John and I helped the kids make these foam photo

ornaments with a kit from Hobby Lobby.

They were kind of a pain to glue together,

but turned out pretty cute anyway.

The kids loved them.

New Bag!

After using my Wasp Bag for nearly a year,

I was ready for a change.

I couldn't find the bag I wanted,

so I bought a $2 purse from Target.

Then, I spotted this bag at the mall

and luckily had some birthday money

just waiting to be spent!

Puppy Love

Christmas gift for Brianna

I snatched a photo of her dogs from her blog,

edited it in picasa, and used snapfish for the poster.

Flower Clips

I made the first batches of hair clips on our way

to and from California, then made more as needed

for our elementary school's Santa's Workshop.

PE UNO

This doesn't really fit the "everything nice" category,

but I DID make a poster and I want to record

it somewhere for future reference.

I am teaching PE for Bentley's 3rd grade class

this year. 30 minutes once a week,

and it isn't always easy to come up with activities.

I found this one on PE Central.

Hopefully it will keep the kids happy and

moving for at least 20 minutes tomorrow.

Ruby's Quilt

A year or two before Ruby was born,

I was lucky enough to inherit some of

Carla's fabric stash. I loved the colors and

couldn't wait to one day use the fabric in a quilt.

Last spring, I decided to make Ruby

a quilt little quilt for her bed.

It's not exactly what I had envisioned

when I first got the fabric,

but I like the way it turned out,

and am glad that fabric isn't still

sitting in a drawer in the basement.

My mother-in-law, Carla,

did the beautiful machine quilting.

The quilt is going to be worn out by next week.

Ruby is dragging it all over the house.

On the one hand, it hurts a little to see the quilt

being dragged across the floor, and on the other hand,

I am so glad that she likes her simple little quilt.