Upcycling Some Tin Cans on Day 14!

I started this 30-Day challenge for numerous reasons, one of which was to tackle some much needed things that needed to be done around the house.  This leads me to today's project...


Addison has about a billion crayons, markers and pencils that tend to get scattered about - See Exhibit A:

(That New Moon cup - yeah that was mine - I admit it.  I love Twilight!!)  But anyway - that cup was used to store all most of her writing utensils.  Not a very organized system I know.  She usually ends up dumping them all out on the floor to find what she needs.


So today, I decided to put some old vegetable cans that I was saving to good use.  Since Addie is learning her letters and can now recognize her name, I wanted to make it somewhat educational. 


I wrote "Addison's Pencils", "Addison's Markers" and "Addison's Crayons" on some scrapbook paper that was designed to look like Kindergarten Ruled paper.  Then I wrapped the cans, and added some yarn around the center.  It still needed something after that, so I made a flower out of some felt, yarn, ribbon and a button.  

Super cute and now she can finally have a little bit of organization.  Plus, maybe now she can learn how to spell some new words!


Till tomorrow!!


- Jenn

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More Flowers for Day 9!

I hope you all aren't getting sick of me doing flowers - I just love making them!!  I sought out and found a great tutorial on these flowers that I keep seeing (and trying to make), and finally found one at jones design company.  I was missing one critical step, and she pointed me in the right direction - thanks Emily!


Today I used the same technique on two different projects.  First, I needed wanted a pin to wear for my interview today.  I wanted something simple and soft.  This is the final result - I did this one a bit different than the tutorial above, but I like the way it came out.

I felt like I was copping out a little just doing this one project since I just did a pin the other day, and this is the same fabric I used on my necklace.  So - I decided to make Addison a felt flower headband as well.  She wore it to school this morning.  Poor kid was so tired today!  She made the fake funny smile that I told you about.  Boy - when she gets older, she is going to hate me for posting this!

I wrapped the headband in 100% wool yarn - love the texture!

Now to go prepare for my interview - wish me luck!  
Till tomorrow!

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