B is for Bird House

Last week was "B is for....Bird house." I got the idea from here http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/backyard-bird-feeder-672532/

We also colored pictures of bird houses and the letter B of course. Jackson got a kick out of seeing the birds actually use the feeder. The holes on the soda bottle are a bit to big, so a lot of the bird seed falls to the ground. I don't think the birds mind to much!!

Sneak Peek Sping Quilt

Here is a quick look at my Spring Quilt. I am loving the colors. I still have the backing to piece together, but I'll have that done by Tuesday or Wednesday. I think I'm going to have this one professionally quilted!!! Watch out Kathy...I'm going to be calling soon!!!

Next time won't you sing with me....

I'm going to start doing a Letter a week craft with Jackson.

This week was A is for Aquarium. We did 2 Aquarium projects.

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With the first one we mixed blue Jello into a fish bowl and halfway through we put in some gummy fish. (**Actually we forgot to go back and put the fish in, so mommy pushed them down into the Jello before Jackson woke up!**)

And for the second craft we cut out a fish bowl shape from poster board. Then we filled a Ziploc bag with blue gravel and some Easter grass. We had a couple of sheets of googly eyed stickers and Jackson picked out a star fish, an octopus, two seahorses and a few fish to have in his Aquarium. Then we glued the Ziploc bag between the poster board cutouts!

Spring has Sprung!!!

I went to my favorite fabric store today and bought some very spring like fabric. I am excited to begin this project. I've always wanted to be artsy....but I couldn't draw to save my life. This gives me a way to be artsy and crafty! I drew up a plan on some graph paper of some simple squares and rectangles, and numbered them 1 through 12...the women at the fabric store were shocked that I was trying my own design. They asked me to bring it in when finished...I hope my design in my head turns out just as pretty all pieced together!!!

Turtle Quilt

I finished the baby quilt for my friends Michele and Wesley's new baby Nicholas. It came out SO good. I have to admit I am quite proud of it. I think the colors came out perfect. The center square, the boarder and the back are all the same turtle print. I stitched in the ditch around all the squares and the tiny inner boarder. I think I might go back and quilt the center square. I'll have to think about it.

I still have yet to finish the quilt I was making for quilting class. I wanted to hurry and finish this since Michele had Nicholas a few weeks early. (Today WAS his due date though!) All I have left on the quilt for class is the binding. I'm surprised at how slow going that is. It took me almost 3 days to hand stitch the binding for Nicholas' quilt.