Guitar Strap

Ok So this would have to be my best item thus far. Last night i was getting all wound up wondering what to make jacko from me. So i went through all the things in his room and hello!!! i saw this guitar. He needs a guitar strap. So i now had my heart set. I researched firstly what the heck one looked like, then a pattern, then how to wear one, then how to attach one to a guitar. Lucky i went through each step like that because i had a few problems with some of the patterns id seen. 1- Jackos Guitar only has the bottom button, 2- i didnt know how long to make it and 3- i needed to make it adjustable but didnt have the stuff i thought i needed. So with a good nights sleep on my side. I came up with this. An adjustable strap with cords to tie under the top frets. They are also popular and i watched a demo of a man tieing one on. You could use a shoe lace if you wanted but i used some nice cord i had. I got it right the first time and i am going to make more!

Home Made Spice Rubs

This batch of beauties are for My husband and cousin. deano likes his spice rubs so these are for him and Johnathon could use a little help! Home made spice rubs mmm

Hot Chocolate M ix

This is something else for Jacko from one of the babies. I have the nice expensive hot chocolate up in the cupboard in a safe place saved for when we have quests or for a Family Home Evening treat. One day i went to go use it and oh dear!!! there is none left. JACKSON!! he has been having a hot chocolate every morning for breakfast instead of the Milo i buy for that reason. Hmmm so here is some for himself. Home made hot chocolate mix

Personalized Glass

 I wanted to make Jackson a snack pack as he is always snacking. We call in the Snack Master! i wanted to decorate a glass with some fun stuff. Its funny what you find when your looking. I found out that there is a product you can buy in the form of a pen that you can draw on glass with. Then you bake it and its permanent, dishwasher safe and all!. But alas they are expensive, about $9 a pen. i know that isnt much if you get one, but get a few colours and you may as well have bought a crystal goblet. So red it was and i know its hard to read but i wrote all the things Jackson will laugh at on it. The glass is one of a few things that will go into his Snack Pack. Plus you will be able to read it better when the glass is full of Milk : )

I Also used the pen on these oil pourer things. My dad and Dean have the same bad habit. Both take the pretty oil holders outside to the BBQ when they are BBQing. This isnt so bad you may say....well it is if they leave the pretty oil holder outside overnight or in Deans case till the next time he needs it! So now they will have a designated BBQ oil pourer that they are responsible for. And with the fancy glass pen i found they wont forget what its for!

Note Book cover

I made this for Dean from one of the babies. Its just a book cover. There is a journal in it at the moment but its a common size and will fit most note books

For the Bath

 More toiletry bags for Pop and Jackson from kealin and Tyty, Guess which one is for POP!

In my house its, whats good for one is good for all. I made these face washer puppets for charna and Kealin. But with these i will put the home made soap crayons instead of the cut out sponges. I think the older kids will like those better.

Wooked Picture Master piece

This little number is Kealins creation. He had a grandparents day at school a while back and bought home the picture not long ago. He wanted to use it on THIS piece of wood! We made it work and i think Nan will find a lovely place for it.

Wooden Key Chain

Ok so now we are getting into a little wood work here. This is a key chain for Poppy from Jackson. Most of the men ie uncles and daddies are going to get one of these they were fun to make and i know Dean liked burning the wood with that thing you burn wood with : ) Dean cut the pieces, drilled the hole and burnt the wood. What did Jackson do? He had the idea!

Recipe Book and Apron Sets

 I decided to make Kealin and Charna some cook books. In this picture they arent compleately finished i have to add the spine and my mother has one of those machines at her house so i will do that later in the week. Its a picture book. With some recipes in writing and some with just pictures.

 To go with the recipe books i made little aprons for both of them. Very easy! Aprons are quick to put together. My kids love them.

 For Charna apron i made it more like a little dress. This style is quite popular at the moment, gathered bust area and an A line shape for the bottom. Ive been making them a bit. I just shrunk it a little.

Iphone case

Another Iphone case for yours truely. I had to make one for myself from one of the little ones.

Slime Kit

 When we were thinking up gift ideas. Dean was actually the one to think of the playdough thing.....but you cant really give playdough to a on the cusp teenager so we thought up this idea. Ok back up we actually thought of making him some slime you know a grown up kind of play thing! but as i started getting the supplies for it i thought maybe it would be more fun if Jacko did the slime up himself. And Thus the slime kit was born

Scarf

This is a scarf i made out of some sheer kind of fabric i had and i just crocheted some little pritties on the bottom and added Tassels. Lucky Nan!!

Picture Wall Hanging

So not everything we make is something functional or cuddly. This is something i made up using all my "scrapbooking" skills : ) its a little picture hanging decorative thing with Baydans picture on it and a few little decos. Cute and i hope nan like it

Mixed CDs

So the lines of what IS hand made were blurred here. really what does a 12 year old boy, who only cares about sport make?? Our family loves music. Most days at about 4pm the radio or ipods go on and the TV goes off. Sometimes it results in more dancing and fooling around than cooking dinner or cleaning for the day but hey. So anyway Jackson decided to make mixed CDS for a few of the family members. I think he did one for me too but its not there as, shhh its a secret. I think it counts because he spent time going through music and getting peoples favorite songs together. I think there cool he did a great job.

Throw pillow

 So Jackson is always holding a pillow. HE sits on the lounge he grabs a pillow, he lays on his bed to do something he grabs a pillow, he sits on the floor he will scramble for the nearest pillow, and not only does he have to always hold one he chews the corner of it!!! so charna in her wisdom wanted to make Jackson his own throw pillow. Very easy two squares of fabric sew it together. Add a zip don't add a zip its your choice. Ha but lets be completely honest now! last week in our supply shop i found these for $5. we compared prices and the insert alone for this size is $3.99 and for an extra $1.01 the cover was sewn already. So Charna had a  blank canvas to work with and the only thing she wanted to do was put his initials on the front and a heart on the back. If we decided a while ago to do these im not sure if i would have taken this pre made short cut but really $5 for a pre covered cushion in a quality fabric i couldn't walk past it!!

Teacher Gifts

 So in the nick of time we got the teacher gifts out, as the last day of school was today. I always have done these since Jackson was in kinda and i got the tradition from my mother. She used to give lovely smelling soaps in fabric bags. Jackson gave his teacher coasters as well, as she had him for 2 years and its his last year in primary school. One of my favorite stores (spotlight) was having a sale on these gorgeous tins 3 in 1 so i divided them all out and made peanut caramel corn (who wouldn't like that) to go inside. I lined the tins with baking paper to make them be extra cute and i decided the theme this year for my "food treat" gifts was going to be red and white hence the string. I also used little metal decals to help secure the strings they add an extra layer of cuteness. I hope they like it!!

Hanging Jewelery Holder

I made this for my mother. (note to self tell mum to stop reading my blog for a week) I was really stuck for what to do for her. I saw one of these in a catalog the other day, and remembered that i have scrap plastic stuff from my bags left over. So this is what i did. I couldn't tell you measurements and things because i made it up, and i am quite proud of myself. To let you know what it is....its a hanging jewelery holder, im going to make another one for charna it was real fun.

Iphone case

 This is the iphone case Kealin wanted for his dad. I wasnt even sure how to make one so we thought it up together. Kealin chose the fabric and arranged the colours. Ok Ok the truth is that this is our 2nd attempt, the first one was too small and too short. And this one was just right. We padded it and everything. Kealin did all the ironing and measuring and colour coordinating. I just sewed it. Turned out pretty good i think.

PJs for Pop

These are the Pjs Charna wanted to make for poppy. I suggested a multitude of different things but this is what her heart was set on. I wasn't even sure if i had enough fabric (in boy colours) that would make a pair that would fit him. So after an extensive search we found this lovely pattern in an amount that would clothe a country, i hope he likes them!.

Decorated carry case

So Jackson wanted to make Kealin a box!! Dean and i found this carry case when we were supply shopping. I suggested to get loads of pictures that Keain likes and decorate the box that way.

When the kids are sick i normally buy them those kids mags that they have near the checkout at the super market. I told jacko to find some old ones of those to cut up. Could he find any? NO! plan B was born. Use old pokemon, bakugon etc cards to cover the box and then he said he wanted to fill it with the rest of the cards he doesn't use anymore. (Jacko has like a whole bunch) I almost cried what a sweet kid. Kealin has always coveted those cards.