Wet Bag! What's a Wet Bag?!

PUL Fabric obsession part II:

Here's the next thing I've made with my new favorite utility fabric. It's a Wet Bag! For me, it's been super useful for storing wet swim suits in after we leave the pool or fountains. Keeps the other stuff in my bag from getting soggy. Yuck! And, it's machine washable, so if you have a major emergency while out and about, you can put that nasty diaper inside here and protect the rest of your stuff.

It's such a great bag! Here's the tutorial I followed. Have fun with it! It's sooooo super easy, and you can change things up, like the strap placement (if you look closely, there's a strap that goes right across the top).

Snack Bag Tutorial

Have any of you entered the wonderful world of PUL fabric? I just recently discovered this amazing stuff, and my life will never be the same! It can be used for making cloth diapers, but that's just the beginning of it's possibilies. How many times have I reached into my diaper bag, only to find something a bit damp from grapes, wipes, a wet swimsuit, etc...

So, here's one thing that PUL has done for me! I have been wanting to make these cute reusable snack bags for all of the little lady's snacks I bring to church or just have in my purse. These work great, and she LOVES putting her finger through the ribbon, and toting it around the store with her. :) My super talented friend, Emily, has a great tutorial on her blog.

Here's a view of the PUL. Though it's white, with white velcro, I'm afraid you can't really see it. But, it helps keeps my purse dry!

Check back tomorrow, and I'll show you another great thing PUL has done for me...

I shared this tutorial at Sun Scholars!

Shopping Bag Holder- Tutorial

My friend made so much fun of me when she saw that I was making this, because she's constantly teasing me about how I "obsess" over these stinkin plastic grocery bags trying to take over my life! Even though I remember to bring my reusable grocery bags probably 8 times out of 10 (isn't that so "green" of me?), I still feel like I'm drowning in them. So, an effort to not let these little puppies get out of hand, I have always taken like 3 seconds to roll each one nice and tightly, before stuffing them into my overflowing tote bag.

How does she know I do this?.......

So it's like this- In my church, there are a billion little babies. Consequently, a billion stinky diapers at the end of the 3 hour block. That makes for one rancid smelling "mothers' lounge." So a few of us have been "donating" our grocery bags to the lounge, in hopes that moms will first wrap up their kids' stinky diapers before placing them in the pail of horror.

One night, some friends and I were together chatting, and we somehow got on the topic of that smelly mothers' lounge, and how the smell was improving. After many stinky diaper related comments, my friend exclaimed, "Who is the world is bringing those grocery bags?"

Just before I could proudly raise my hand as the girl who saved our olfactories, she continues, "Because whoever it is, needs to get a grip! Each bag was rolled up all tight and neat. Who has time for that?!"

As I hesitated for a second, wondering if I was going to own up to this said "odd" behavior, I realized that, YES! I'm an organizational freak who takes the time to roll up my bags. As a result, I don't have to get spittin mad each time I try to pull out a bag with one hand, and instead, a tangled mess of 46 bags comes falling out onto the floor! Nope! When I want one bag, I get one bag! It's rather freeing, really.

And that's what I proclaimed (in somewhat similar words).

So, now I'm taking it one step further, with an even better way to organize those cursed bags. My grandma had one of these when I was growing up, and I found an amazingly simple tutorial at Make It Love It!

Great way to get rid of some scrap fabric, and also make our lives just a tiny bit simpler. :)

Thanks for all the grief, Ann...

May Card Event

Look at these lovely little cards from this month's Card Club! We're finishing our 4-month theme explosion of baby, thank you, wedding, and happy birthday.

Simply lovely ladies! I'm thoroughly impressed, as always.

Pretty {Standard} Pillowcase

Little Lady has decided that she needs a big pillow to sleep with. After a few mornings of waking up with a stiff neck, her daddy finally decided he needed his back. So I ran to the store, found a pillow, and began sewing!

When I showed it to her the next morning, she was thrilled! The simple pleasures in life...

I found a tutorial from 44th Street Fabric and then added these ruffles and pom poms to it! I just can't get enough of these poms! Thanks, Jess, for the last minute pom pom donation ;)

Easy, quick, and soooo cute!

See Show and Tell Fridays for fun link parties.

Quiet Book Project- Round II

Take a look at these beauties! I did a second round of the Quiet Book Project with my friends from college, and WOW, are they impressive!!!

I love all the different skills they focus on, and especially the imaginary play they promote!

Barn with animal finger puppets

By: Marek

Summer Tree

by: Nyoka

Clothesline and basket

by: Becca

Getting Dressed page

by: Janae

Peek-A-Boo Page (click here for details)

by: Tori

Finshing Pole with magnetic fish

by: Stacie

Monster with changeable faces

by: Mitzi

Ice Cream cones

by: Jan

Can you believe these?! Ridiculous! Thank you so much, girls. My kiddo's quiet book is now bursting with fun and gorgeous entertainment.

See Show and Tell Fridays for fun link parties.

Show and Tell Fridays

Emmeline Aprons- Sister Style!

Have I expressed how much I love my sis, Shannon? Well, I'm obsessed with her. Shannon and her son came out to visit us in St Louis, and it's been such an amazing week! I wanted to thank her for coming to see us, so I decided to make her an apron to wear while she's whipping up all those out-of-this-world cakes she makes.

I used this pattern from Sew Liberated. It's double sided! A two-fer! I appliqued a little "E" on Shanny's.