Baby Blankets

It seems that this is baby season again, which means it's time for gifts to help welcome these babies into the world.  I was given one of these blankets for my son when he was born.  It turned out to be his favourite blanket or "Blannies" as he calls them.  I made him a total of about 8 of them and at any given moment he's dragging as many around the house as he can fit into his arms.

When I was making the fire truck one he got so excited cause he thought he was getting a new one.  I told him it was for a new baby and that he didn't need anymore.  He came back to me about an hour later and said "Mama, when I big I have babies and you make me one then".  Smart boy, I sure will but for now lets just worry about potty training you shall we.

This one was for a friend, who after three sweet boys finally got the girl she was wanting.  Pretty sweet.  Anyways all I do for these is take 1 metre each of coordinating fabric and sew them together.  I edge the outside and then sew a square in the middle of the whole thing to keep it together in the wash.  Simple and it only takes about 15 minutes to make one of these.

I'm Back and Crafting with Purpose

Alright, so my day job required me to be on the road for the last two weeks and I've been pretty much MIA and the crafting has taken a back seat. But now I"m back with a purpose and I NEED YOUR HELP!! There is a fabulous website I love to check up on called Craft Hope. What they do is craft for charities all around the world and I've wanted to get in on the fun of crafting for a purpose. Their 10th project is for Konbite Sante you can go read all about this project there, why they are doing it, who it will benefit etc.

Basically they are putting together birthing kits for Haiti. Since this is Craft Hope's 10th project I wanna commit to make 10 of them, with your help. Here is what is going to be needed to make one kit so we sill need 10 of each item listed below.

1 Hotel size bar of soap -

1 Packet of Alcohol Wipe -

1 Packet of Purelle Hand Sanitizer

1 Pair of Clean Latex Gloves (They do not need to be sterile)

1 Square yard of clean 4ml plastic

3 Pieces of Clean String each 12" long

This is where the crafty part comes in:

1 Flannelet/Cotton receiving blanket

1 Handmade tote bag -

1 Stuffy Toy (Optional)

I have to mail these to Maine so I'll also need some cash to help pay the shipping costs to send these out. The project deadline is March 1st so my deadline is going to be February 19th to get the supplies from you.

If you are interested in doing this project with me, leave a comment and let me know which items you are willing to donate. It's only 10 kits and we can do this.

Cards

Here are some more fun cards I made at club with my crafty friends. This watermelon card actually was really cute and everyone did different things with their watermelon pieces. this is what I did with mine. This is a cute card for a baby shower. You could make it in pink for a little girl.
Tonight I'm going to start on my Christmas cards. Anyone wishing it was the end of November yet so we could start decorating the house for Christmas?