Today is Saturday and I had a very exciting and productive day. I forgot how much I love crafts and working on projects. Last night after I posted on Facebook and two of my Blogs, including this one, I went onto Ebay to do a little shopping. I have a favorite ebay store that I buy supplies from. It was fun to search through the store pages to find all the little goodies that I need for the crafts I have in my mind to create.
When I got up this morning I had a cup of coffee and then I was off to my craft area. Like I said yesterday, I've already packed up my craft area because we are getting ready to move. So, I had to begin my morning with more UN-packing. Insane, I know. But I was on a roll and didn't want to be put off by something as insignificant as having all my craft supplies packed for a move. Duh!
I started out with something easy, as I did yesterday, and started cutting out more of my lavender rice bags. They go together pretty easy, I double sew all the edges so they aren't compromised even if they are used over and over again.
You know, something I love about my rice bags is that I have one that I use all the time for my neck. It's over a year old and when I heat it up in the microwave it still has the moist heat and the scent of lavender. It's so relaxing. I have a larger one that I've had for 3 or 4 years and even though the lavender scent isn't as strong it still lingers. And, the way I put them together, the end can be opened to have the rice re-freshed with additional lavender. Voila, you have a brand new rice bag that will ease your aches and pains away.
My true intention was to take photo's as I went along to show you how I make my various craft projects. I dropped the ball today, sorry about that. I was so excited to get down to my craft room this morning that it never occurred to me to take the camera. I'll fix that tomorrow.
I finished several lavender rice bags, 8 to 10 of them I'd say. Several different types of materials and colors. I also made the cutest toothfairy pillow for a boy. I know, the whole "thoothfairy" thing for a boy sounds odd, but it's totally boy. It's made of a green flannel that has bucks on it and trees. I used black thread to outline the edge of the pillow, I double sew those as well, and the same for the tooth/money pocket. Then I sewed on four buttons in the corners. A log cabin, a pine tree, an oak leaf, and an acorn. Definitely boy and definitely not feminine. I'll post a photo tomorrow.
I didn't work on any gun socks, but I got some lace at the store today so I can make some sachet's. I love to make them. I use white, typically, and put a ribbon on the corner in case you want to hang them on a hanger in your closet. They can go in your dresser drawer as well. I make them in rose, white tulip, lavender, and gardenia. They smell absolutely delicious.
Jourdan and I went though a phase a while back where we were making loads of sachet's but I haven't made any in a while. I thought it was time to do that again, just to break up the whole pillow theme.
And I have one little surprise left. I have the cutest flannel with kitty's on it. The flannel is pink and it has cute cats on it. I have a project in mind for it. I made a lavender rice bag for my sister a while back and she discovered that her cat, Kitty, totally LOVED the heated rice bag. She loved the scent of the lavender, and what cat isn't all over a bag of heated rice? Anyhow, I'd made a bag for Kitty so my sister could heat it up and put it on her kitty bag.....until, I was shopping on Ebay last night and found my favorite store sells dried catnip. So, along with some other supplies I ordered a bag of catnip to put in Kitty's rice bag instead of the lavender. She goes crazy for catnip, so I know she's going to love the kitty rice bag. I'll let you know how it goes when I give it to her. I even squeezed in a Dora pillow for Sami today. When I was fabric shopping she discovered some Dora material and had to have a pillow. She's sleeping blissfully on her 1/2 yard Dora pillow and loving it!
Until next time, thanks for stopping by. Check in on Sunday for more photo's of whats in the works. I sell the toothfairy pillows for $10.00 and the lavender rice bags vary from $5 to $10 depending on the size. I don't typically measure them because I want a variety of sizes.
Some people want them to fit all the way across their neck and some just want a small one, the size of a large recipe card. It's perfect for a tension headache! It's also great for a little one who has an earache. Did you know that when you have an earache, just changing the temperature of the ear canal below your ear can alleviate the pain? A nice little nugget my family doctor told me. She actual told me to use a washcloth damp with hot water. The rice bag is perfect because it's a moist heat and lavender is knows for it's healing and relaxing powers. Just a thought.
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