My latest projects. (Pictures)...

This is the season for wool. I LOVE wool!! Here are my latest wool projects: A pair of wool longies for Liam and a new wool hat for Rowan (when he comes). As always I used an old wool sweater found at my local thrift store and then after they are made they get a nice wash in some lanolin and Eucalan wool wash!! There is just nothing like wool!!

Fall Crafting...

So its finally my favorite time of year!! And I've been in the mood to do some crafting!! Something that I really been into lately is crafting with wool. I love it. I dabble is some needle felting crafts, but I think my favorite thing to do with wool so far is make "Wooly Soap" as I like to call it. Its a very simple craft and its so much fun! My latest "Wooly Soap" is this lovely plum and lavender colored soap. It took literally 10 minutes to complete. My little Liam is showing it off for me in the picture below. How cute. (oh and it smells really yummy too.....)

Now even though I'm not sure how often we are going to cloth diaper the little one we are expecting.....I still thought it would be a good idea to have a nice stash ready just in case. So I've sewn 2 more diapers to add to the collection. Its a very nice diaper pattern that I purchased on Etsy and I hope that when it comes time to use them, they will be perfect. Its a very versitile pattern. No serger required, no velcro, no snaps, no elastic, NOTHING!! And there is no wrong way to put this diaper on. (In other words, no front...no back). And because its fleece...its snappiable. Oh and I turned these ones into pocket diapers so I could stuff them with a regular burp cloth. I thought these would be really nice on a newborn especially. Here are some pictures of my latest 2 diapers below.

Wishing everyone a wonderful day!! God Bless.

I might be a beginner, but I think this is pretty good...

As some of you may already have read, I have been working on my needle felting skills and this little lady is my most recent finished project. She's only about 4 inches tall. Its my best work yet!! I still don't know all the techniques, but I'm learning by trial and error. Its very relaxing for me and in the end my child has something soft and natural to play with (although I havent let him do so much as briefly hold this one....I'm too proud of if to let him start tossing it around right now...haha). She is suppose to be a pregnant gnome, but the tummy is a little hard to see in my opinion (something I will have to work on), but all in all...I'm happy with it. Let me know what you all think!!

Also, Here below is a half quart size mason jar full of homemade laundry soap (Fels-Naptha, Borax, and Washing Soda) Very simply to make and I really like using it!! I'm just wondering if it will be safe to use on cloth diapers when my little one makes his/her entance into the world!!

Oh How I Love Wool...

So I have been trying my hand at some needle felting lately and here are just two of the few projects I have done so far. Its a little gnome and a pumpkin....I know they are not "the best", but I hope to one day get there. I have just been so inspired by the work I have seen on sites like www.etsy.com and am always saying to myself "Man those are awesome!! I want my little one to have some nice wooley toys to play with!!" So I just decided to start making them myself. I have tons more wool in the mail on its way to my eager hands!! I hope to get more pictures up soon!!

My crafty little projects...

Here are just a few sewing projects I have done in the past. I started off trying to sew cloth diapers, but I'm just not that into that anymore. Now what I am doing for myself is making cloth pads. I origninally bought some pads from Glad Rags, but the package that I got just didnt give me enough of the big night time pads (I need the extra coverage...if ya know what I mean) so I decided to trace the pads' pattern and make some for myself (Of course I do not sell these). And they work just fine. But here are some pictures of the past items I have sewn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(above)...Here is one of the cloth pads I have made.

A cute cloth diaper I made

Pad..again.

The KCK One diaper I made.

This here is the very first cloth diaper I made.

This diaper is patchwork with the velcro in the back.

inside flap.

Inside flap.

All of the longies I made using old sweaters.

I had an old Grateful Dead shirt and I turned it into one of my son's cloth diapers. With a space print fleece on the inside.

And here are some wipes I made a long time ago and they are still being put to good use to this day.

Ooo, Ohhh.... Look what I just bought!!!!!!!!!

I am sooooooooooo excited right now!! I just bought a lambskin comforter (unshorn, from Bowron Babycare) for my little one (okay, for my husband and I too) *wink. I have been wanting one of these for soooo long. I got a pretty nice deal for it too. OHHHH it looks so soft. I cant wait to get it!! **(baby not included). haha.

Woolie Woolie Woolie.....

Well, I do. : )