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I crochet the above Shawl as part of a CAL. It was fun. The shawl is more pretty than warm.

A trip to Joann's, and a need to buy just one ball of yarn, resulted in these colorful fingerless mitts.

A puppy bed! It is huge, but one of the kids usually ends up laying on it with the puppy.
It is made from a thrifted vintage sheet and 7 recycled bed pillows.
I sewed the 2' x 4' pillow ,and Myra cut open the flat bed pillows, fluffed up their inside, and stuffed the puppy pillow.
I then cut a big square from a faded Chenille blanket (a yard sale find for a dollar). I made the chenille into a fitted cover that can easily be thrown in the wash.

Happy Puppy!

Noah found a Latch hook kit that makes a stick pony. I have never done latch hook before. And I am not doing this one either. Although I may help when it comes time to sew the two halves together. (The eyelashes still need trimming.)

Spinach and Bacon Linguine. Recipe was on the pasta box. yummy!

UFO of another kind

Noah wanted a flying saucer for his gumball machine aliens.

The hinged dome is the bottom of a Peanut Butter jar, attached to the lid from a box of oatmeal.

The saucer is made from wool felt and the lid from a party size tub of ice cream, with scraps of batting inside.

The base is the lid from the Peanut Butter jar.
and the Lights are the lids from the gumball machine containers.

An action shot.

Ride 'em Cowboy

Honeysuckle, Red, Sunny Day, and Chaos.

From Horses

Summer Stampede....

...an art Project.

Twilight, Blue. Princess Garden, and Sleepy.

I was informed that Sleepy gets his name from The Legend of Sleepy Hallow.

Ann Wood, Thank you for the great Tutorial for these Here.

Medieval Castle

This is Erik's extra credit project for Social Studies class.
It was a great recycling project.
The castle is built using; a shipping box, a box from a 12 pack of Ramen noodles, an oatmeal canister, the tube from a roll of wrapping paper, a Girl Scout cookie box, the tube from the center of a roll of toilet tissue, and a cereal box.

From Jacket to Wallet

This wallet is made from a stretch knit jacket.

I used the cuff of the sleeve for the tab to hold it closed. Hooray for not having to make the button hole!

Strategically cut and sewn to use the breast pocket as an outside pocket.

A zipper pouch and inner pockets finish it off nicely.

Sunday was the 250th post and I am going to celebrate all week giving everyone a chance to win a surprise prize. Just leave a comment and mention your favorite hobby/craft on any post this week to be entered for the prize.

Remember the doll house?

Myra and I have started trying to finish the doll house I started making several months ago.

Here it is with all the cut edges covered inside and out. The out side got completely covered due to the packing tape and coloring on the box.

We are kind of making things up as we go along.
Below we added more strips of paper to the outside to simulate a bark like texture.

And just like that it has turned into a fairy tree house.

Orange and Blue

I made another purse.
this time using the entire necktie for the belt.

Recycled

I just like to make purses!
One pair of boys jeans size 10 slim has become my version of the purses I have recently been seeing in stores. I put a fabric lining inside and made some handles using the same fabric and wooden beads. The "belt" is half an old necktie.

The handles were made by making a tube and alternating a small bead slid onto the outside of fabric with a larger bead placed on the inside of the tube.

It's a Shirt..It's a Dog

A dog made from a Recycled Shirt. He has a pocket to store a bone in. And the shirt collar forms his collar! The collar was just a tiny bit larger but I wiggled it into place.