Save the Earth! No more plastic bags!

With Earth Day just around the corner (April 22), I have seen so much buzz on TV and the internet. It seems as if everyone is going green these days. One of the simplest ways to go green, in my opinion, is to bring reusable fabric bags instead of paper, or worse, plastic.

Go here to see an interesting perspective on the life of a plastic bag. It is a long video, but even if you just watch a couple of minutes, you will get the gist. When you have had your fill, come back and check out the new fabric grocery bag listings in my etsy shop!

A Gift for a Birthday Party

Tomorrow my children and I are going to a birthday party, and this little apron is the gift we'll be giving. (The birthday girl likes to make cookies with her grandma ;) ) Don't you just love the ribbon ruffle at the bottom?!

It's reversible!

















This is the back side- just as cute as the front!


















Hope the birthday girl has a happy one and enjoys her time in the kitchen!

OK so I clearly don't know what "be back tomorrow" means....

In the last (and only) post here, I said "maybe I will be back tomorrow to post some more pics." Yeah, I need to try and do better, eh?

Well, at least I have been doing some sewing, just not any showing and telling here. So take a look at some recent projects....

here is a set of Texas A&M pajamas for both of my nephews - both my sister-in-law and her husband graduated from there, so these boys have no choice but to be huge Aggie fans! (oh yeah, my father-in-law is an alum as well)














Here are some grocery/tote bags for the same sister-in-law - lots of fun fabric choices! (oh yeah, I've got to get working on some of these bags promised to my mother-in-law!)
Here are some shirts for my boys - Oldest specifically requested a "macaroni penguin" b/c he saw it on Diego.




















Hmm....looks like I have only been sewing for family....

Here is a little John Deere baby ball I did for a church baby shower a month or so ago...














Oh and I just have to show you a blanket or two, b/c those are what started me on this Etsy journey!

A butterfly for a neighbor:














and then when another neighbor/cousin saw the butterfly, she asked me if I could create a monkey blanket, so I did (after a couple of months, sorry C). Don't know why it took me so long to come up with this design, but anyway....




















Guess I'll close for now - gotta go work on a gift for a 6-yr-old birthday girl (no relation! ha!)