summer project

So the summer we decided to work on our fence, not exaclty a craft, but we did make it with our own hands.  Whatever genuis it was that put in the last fence did a crappy job.  They neglected to put a gate in and they put the fence post right smack dab in the middle of our living room window.  I thought was kind of ugly, so we moved the fence forward ten feet.  For some reason I am the eternal optimist when it comes to project timelines.  I actually thought it would be a day project to dig the holes, build the fence and rip out the old fence, but it takes a little longer, especially when you have Ella as a helper.  We had to work around Ella's naps, there are some things that you just need two sets of hands for: like holding a 10 foot board while someone else screws it in place or holding a post straight/level while another person put cement in the hole around it.  Everytime Ella went down for a nap we would work like crazy, and then when she woke up we would take a break or Evan would do as much as he could by himself.  SO here are some of the photos of us working on the fence.  Afterwards we all played in the kiddie pool, an activity Ella is very good at.

Rag quilt. . . well, sort of

Okay I have definitely neglected the blog.  It's not that I haven't been making things, I'm just not very good at taking photos of what I make.  Case in point this is the only photo I took when I made a rag quilt for a girl at work. 

I know. . .  really, really.  Ugh. I don't know why I took this picture of the tools you would use to make a rag quilt, especially since I didn't take a picture of the actual quilt. But there you have it.

Quiet Book, sneak Peek

I have been working on a quiet book (aka. activity book) for Ella lately.  I started it a long time ago and it will probably be a long time before I finish it, but hopefully Christmas will be my deadline.  Anyway, I am doing a Noah's Ark theme, so if you have any ideas let me know.  So far I have a puzzle where you build the ark, and texture pages for the elephant and lamb, I'm working on a page where you can fish, as well as a page where you pin the tails on the different animals (it's my favorite idea, but I haven't finished it yet and besides how could I possibly post a picture of all those derrieres on the Internet it would be scandalous).  When I get more done I will post more photos, but for now this is it.  In this page you find the animals to put in the ark, so I made a lot of hiding places in the scenery, so far Ella is more interested in eating the animals then finding them, but eventually we'll get there. :)  I've thought of posting patterns for my pages, but I want to see if there is any interest.  The pages are pretty easy to make, especially when you use double sided fusible web, and most of them are machine washable. Let me know what ya think.