Well, it seems like our family just keeps growing and growing. About a month ago we decided to get some hermit crabs. We now have three of them: Hermie, he's super big!!!! Lilly, she's the smallest one. And Crabby, well he's just....."crabby"! Ha! He is a feisty one! You would not think that they could be entertaining at all, but I find myself checking on them all the time! It's fun to see if they have changed shells or moved to a new location.
They really do have a nice set up! The purple sand is my favorite! ;) The crabs love to all pile up under the log and burry themselves in the sand!
Two days ago we added to our family again! We now have a wooly worm. His name is Willie the wooly worm. Ha ha. He is a fuzzy little thing and will hopefully live long enough to turn into a tiger moth.
Here's a close up of Willie.
As each day goes by, I wonder who or what will join our family next! ;)
A few weeks ago we were blessed with a sewing machine for Gabriella. She was so excited and could not wait to get started! She took a short sewing class through our homeschool group and made this pillow! She did such a good job on her first sewing project! I am so proud of her!
We spent our Saturday afternoon making a yarn doll. I had so many other things that I needed to be doing, but it was well worth the quality time with Gabriella!
Gabriella is very happy with her doll. There will be more to come. She already has so many ideas of what she wants to do next! ;)
Today's craft we made this nifty pincushion. It was fairly easing and functional!
You can even store your extra pins in the jar!
A sweet lady graciously gave me some free material! I went to pick it up expecting a few pieces here and there and this is what I came home with!!!!!! She even said she had more in storage that I was welcome to have when she gets everything unpacked!!!!! I am so thankful so all this material and cant wait to start making more things! Although there is some stuff that I have no idea what to do with! ;)
I made my first baby burp cloth today! YAY! This is my first real sewing project except for the cloth napkins. The curves were a but tricky for me and the seam allowance is not even all the way around. I will have to practice more on those curves!
So I decided to do something a little constructive this weekend. I picked up a crochet needle first the time since January, and it shows!!!! LOL I made a very wonky, but functional dishrag! Keep an eye out for more postings, I'm feeling a bit crafty all of a sudden. Now on to the next project....
Jacob put together my sewing table.
The finished product! Great job Jacob!
After ALOT of help from Christi, I successfully finished two cloth napkins. I think I'll keep practicing on the napkins for a while before I move on to something more complicated! ;)
