A Greener Lunch

In 2 days I am leaving behind my husband and children to take a much needed and overdue trip

by. my. self.

to Denver to visit my sister! 

If you can't tell I am so EXCITED! 

I will be giving her this little belated birthday gift. 

I followed this awesome tutorial on A Lemon Squeezy Home.

Then do go along with the lunch sack I made a set of cloth napkins.

To make them I took one flour sack dish towel (from the dollar store) and cut it into 4ths.  Then folded and sewed the edges. Super easy!  I used the decorative stitches on my machine and embroidered her name in 4 different colors.

Don't you {love} the fabric?  It's called Farmdale Orchard Pink by Alexander Henry {love him}!

Notice the bias tape around the edges remember when I made it here?

I seriously can't wait to give it to her!

Anniversary Gift

I know this isn't St. Patrick's Day related but I wanted to share a gift I made for some friends celebrating their anniversary this weekend.  They have kids the same ages as ours (except multiply my 8 month old by 2! Yeah that means twins!).  So when I found this printable over at Inspired by Charm I thought it was the perfect thing for them!

I printed it on thicker paper (I cut it out of an art tablet that I've had since high school). 

Then sewed on the cool little rooster which came from a remnant of Alexander Henry's Farmdale Crossing. Yeah I sewed it to paper- it worked just fine.  I like the detail that the stitching adds!

Love this fabric!

Here's a closer view of the print- sorry about the glare from the glass!

Happy St. Patty's Day!  I can't wait to eat some corned beef!

Hooray for Homemade Gifts!

Yesterday we celebrated my wonderful sister-in-law’s birthday and I made her a reversible tote bag.  Overall, I love how it turned out.  I reverse appliquéd Arbonne to one of the pockets since I thought she could use it to carry her catalogues or product. But since it’s reversible she can also turn it so the other print is facing out and Arbonne will be inside.  The prints I used totally scream her name- so perfect for her!  I really like this pattern but it’s a little time consuming (only if you’re ADD like me and want your projects done in an hour or less!)  I am making a smaller version of this bag for my son using denim.   I will post pictures when I’m done. 

PS Less than 9 weeks until Christmas!  Scary!   I would love to hear what some of you are working on for Christmas (I know Halloween isn’t even over but 9 weeks will fly by!)

~Erica