I still make things: Ruffled Kindle Case

The snow day today gave me the perfect opportunity to finish a little sewing project.  I used some of my Christmas money to buy myself a Kindle Fire a couple weeks ago when they were on sale for $30 off.  I didn't want to buy a cover when I plan on mainly using it at home, and when I just knew there were be a good tutorial somewhere in the blogosphere to sew one myself.  And, I was right.  I loved the look of the ruffled kindle case tutorial from Just Another Hang Up.  

I had all the materials except for fusible fleece.  So in five minute increments ('cause that's how I do projects now) over the past few weeks I've been working on this.  Until today, when work and school were cancelled and I had time!  

The patterned fabric and the button are vintage, which always makes me happy.  And, this was an easy project - the tutorial was great.  I had never worked with fusible fleece before and I enjoyed sewing it and the results.  Makes me want to sew something else ASAP!

{this moment}

Inspired by SouleMama, {this moment} is a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Theme of the Week: Art

Back in 2012, when Cadence was 3, we used to do "theme of the week" activities to add a little bit of structure to some of our playtime.  (You can view all those old weekly activity plans by clicking here, and then scrolling past this post.) We pretty much stopped right around when she turned 4, as that was also when she started going to preschool and dance class, and we didn't have the same need for that sort of planning for our playtime.  

This week, it turned out that we stumbled into another theme of the week, this time for both Cadence (now 5) and Piper (2).  It started when both girls were home with my mom last Wednesday and they cut pictures from magazines to make a giant collage.  Then, at school, Cadence's teacher shared a bit of the artwork of Norman Rockwell.  Then, we were stuck inside during a heavy rainstorm and had an art party where both girls produced several works of art using different mediums.  

Here's the plan for a week of art activities:

Reading: Fancy Nancy, Aspiring Artist by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh, The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

Creating: a massive collage, a woven sun inspired by this one at Nurture Store, a snow window sticky picture (see pics below), dot marker pictures, sticker pictures, and salted watercolor paintings

Wearing: A beret and an apron, natch

Watching: Blue's Clues: Adventures in Art, Barney: Now I Know my ABCs (the characters have an art show)

{this moment}

Inspired by SouleMama, {this moment} is a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

{this moment}

Inspired by SouleMama, {this moment} is a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

first day - January 2014