Our Tiny House

Elliott’s friend turned one back in March. Her mom told me she was getting a play kitchen, so I decided to go felt crazy and make some food.  She got some paste, Ravioli and Farfalle (Bowtie) with homemade bags.  I used the bags they put wine in at the grocery store.  I cut a window and taped in some plastic.

And then I made a banana that actually comes out of the peel. It was the thing to make, but looks the most intricate!

The carrots are just some orange sweatshirt material I had laying around and some green yarn. I just stitched, stuffed, and crocheted.

Then some cute little strawberries with green tops.

And some fried eggs for good measure.

Sadly, we were sick the day of the celebration for Elliott’s friend, so she received them on Elliott’s big day.  I hope she likes them and they treat her well in her new play kitchen.  I will have to take the time to make Elliott her own set of food, too.

We are going to the Great Cloth Diaper Change today! It should be fun!  

My dad fixed up an old rocking chair for Elliott’s nursery before she was born.  I have loved having it to nurse her in, to rock her to sleep, but it needed some light padding.  I had been sitting on a old folded blanket and it would slide and shift, making the rocking experience less than ideal.

I finally finished these tie on patchwork pads. They work great, are just the right about of padding, and are bright and cheery, like Elliott’s room.

I used mostly fat quarters, 10” fun squares from my local quilting store, and scraps I had laying around from the Christmas ornaments I made.

I covered the back of each pad in a fun blue print, so if I want to change the look, I can just flip them over and tie them back on.

The ties are just bias tapes sewn closed from the same material as the backing fabric.

Now I can sit a bit more comfortably in an already comfy rocker, no more adjusting or sliding around!

Elliott will be one year old soon.  So I had to start planning her birthday party.  I came up with the idea of having a Book Birthday Party.  Elliott truly loves looking at books, flipping through them, back and forth, upside down, right side up. She loves them.  She has gotten to the point where I am not afraid of her ripping pages in non-board style books.  She is happiest with a book in her hands.  So…thus the theme.  

I made invites!

Starting with my favorite card stock, I decided to put Elliott on the cover with some of the pics I have of her reading her books.

I went to my local grocery store and printed 3 x 3 pics of Elliott at the Kodak Kiosk and then just cut them into strips.

I laid the strip of pics on the card and marked dots where I would be sewing them on. Two in each corner and one above and below where the pictures meet.

Then I threaded a needle with some embroidery floss, poked a hole in each dot and sewed.  The right picture is the back of sewing.

And this is the front.

Then I just inserted a strip of pictures!

Now I just hope people show up to the big event!

My cousin is having a baby girl in May.  I decided to make her some handmade gifts for her baby shower.

I made an Elephant. A sock bunny. And cloth teething rings.

The Elephant was my favorite.  Elliott loved it too.  I might have to make her one!

The bunny is just made from an inside out baby sock, Elliott has several and LOVES them.  The teething rings were a bit of a challenge.  I had to devise my own method of stuffing them.

I used a funnel, stuck the tube on the end, and used a pencil to shove the stuffing through the funnel into the tube. This was much easier than the suggestion of the tutorial, which was to stuff tiny pieces in one at a time.

In the end, I believe my cousin loved the presents and I enjoyed making them with love.