Monkey Man

Little Squirmy at his My Gym Class
Look at him go!

Find of the Week

Awesome find

Constellation Projecting Turtle Night Light


It illuminates different constellations on the celling and walls in really soothing colors

you can read more about it here the price on that site is a little to much for my liking so I headed of to the good ole eBay I found one there for 12.28 and free shipping so a little turtle friend is on his way home to squirmy as you read

There are several out there on eBay for about the same price go get yours QUICK!

Quiet Book Tutorial [Girl Addition]

Many of you may have been wondering what this little button has been doing on my sidebar for the last month

its a little badge of honor; an indication of burnt fingers from hot glue guns, strained eyes from the attachment of tiny little buttons, creative juices tapped
it is the badge of a quiet book maker!

I have completed the first of 2 quiet books I will make this year just in time for baby A's first birthday! This one is a"Girls" Quiet Book geared towards a 1 year old, although there are several pages that will not reach their full potential till she is 3 or 4 [Room to Grow]
*Look back in November-December for a boys version*

**Please feel free to use any of my pages and if you would like send me pictures of the finished product and all attach them to the end of each pages tutorial for inspiration to others**

The hardest part of completing the task of making a quiet book is time constraints; pages can just consume you! So I have created a little scale that will let you pick a page to work on with the time you have so you don't feel over whelmed when you don't know where to start.
*on skill level of sewing I would say I was right in the middle so if you are an expert or a beginner it might take a little less or longer time to complete the pages*

The Quiet Book Scale
*easy 15-30 minutes
**fair 30-60 minutes
***medium 1hr-1.5hr
****hard 1.5hr-2hr
*****difficult 2hr-1day

The Quiet Book Pages




Cover *
Title Page*
Braid My Hair***
Look In The Mirror**
Look In The Purse**
Shapes*
Snap Your Shoe**
Put Your Hand In The Mitten*
Garden Page1 and Page 2**
Flap Match***
Letters***
Assembling The Book **



The Quiet Book List of Inspiration

Each page in this book was change to be my own although some stemmed from other talented ladies! *If you see a page I claim to be original just leave a comment and I will add you to the list of inspiration; Remember Great Minds think alike and it would never be an intentional act* Also each page will a credit its original maker specifically in its tutorial!

1. Ana from howtomakeaquietbook.blogspot.com
2. Jill from homemadebyjill.blogspot.com
3. itybtyfrogcreation.blogspot.com

Now with that all out of the way lets begin
*you can either scroll all the way threw each page or click on the linked pages above*

Happy Crafting
♥ Sarah

Cover

The Cover

Materials Needed

1. 24x24 piece of Fabric of your choosing
2. Iron on letters [making up child's name]
3. Fill
4. 1 12in x1/4 in piece
5. 2 6in x 1/4in piece
6. Iron
7. Thread
8. Sewing machine or hand needle

Instructions

1. Iron the letter for the child's name any where you like keeping in mind this fabric will fashion a book cover


2. With the right sides facing in of the 24in fabric sew along the edges of the fabric joining them together keep a small hole open on an edge so that you put the fill in
   


3. Flip the fabric right side


4. Fill to you desired fluffyness


5. Hand sew the hole closed


6. Now we will make a binding I sewed two straight lines about 10 inches from each side giving a 4 inch bind


7. Attach the 12 inch piece of fabric to the top and bottom of the bind making a little handle to hold the book by


8. Attach the 6 in pieces of fabric to the edges of the top book cover and the back book cover so that the book can be tied shut
   

* here are some pictures of mine hopefully it will help clarify what I did if not fill free to ask*

Next Page

Title Page

Title Page

Materials

1. 10x10 page material "What ever material you will use to make each of the pages
2. print on fabric
3. thread
4. sewing machine

Instructions

1. leave the page material unsewn but fold it in half to make a front and back page
2. on the computer create a special message/picture for you little one
3. print this message/picture out on printable fabric
4. cut it out
5. Sew onto the front page

Mine is a flower and has the text "to the sweetest girl I know"

Next Page

Braid My Hair

Braid My Hair

Materials

1. the other side of you 10x10 page
   
2. yarn
   
3. printable fabric
   
4. ribbon
   
5. Fabric paint or pen
   
6. Buttons
   
7. Hot Glue

Instructions

1. Find a photo of a girl (it could be your child) and print it out on the printable fabric
2. Cut out the photo
3. Sew it on to the page
4. Sew the buttons on to the face
5. Hot glue the yarn onto the girls face as hair
6. Add bows to tie the yarn into braids

I used this photo for the girls face

Next Page

Look in the Mirror

Look in the Mirror

Materials

1. 10x10 page material
2. Circle Sequins
3. Scrap of fabric for mirror
4. Ric Rac

Instructions

1. Draw a mirror template that you like on the scrap fabric (it could be round like mine or square or really any shape you would like)
2. Cut out the mirror shape
3. Sew the mirror on to the page
4. sew the ric rac onto the edge of the page
5. glue the sequins to the center of the mirror

Next Page

Look in the Purse

Look in the Purse

Materials

1. 10x10 page fabric (back of mirror page)
2. Big bright button
3. scrap fabric for the purse
4. bracelets and necklaces and other things to put in a purse

Instructions

1. Draw the shape of a purse on the scrap material
2. Cut out the purse
3. Sew the big button on to the purse so the flap can be buttoned shut
4. Sew the purse onto the page
5. Fill the purse with all the little bracelets and necklaces

Next Page

SHAPES

Shapes

Materials

1. 10x10 page fabric
2. scap fabric of different textures

Intructions

1. On the scrap fabric trace a circle, square, rectangle and triangle
2. sew each of the pieace on to the page

Next Page

Snap you Shoe

Snap your Shoe

Materials

1. 10x10 page material (back of shape page)
2. scrap material for shoe
3. snaps
4. Ribbion

Instructions

1. draw a Mary jane type shoe on the scrap fabric
2. cut out the shoe
3. cut a piece of ribbion 2inches long
4. Attatch it to the shoe
5. Sew one side of the snap to the ribbion and the other half to the shoe
6. Sew the shoe onto the page

Next Page

Put your hand in the mitten

Put you Hand in the Mitten

Materials

1. 10x10 page material
2. 1 piece of scrap felt

Instructions

1. trace a mitten on the felt
2. cut the mitten out
3. Sew the mitten onto the page making sure to leave the bottom open so that you can slip your hand in and out

Next Page

The Garden

The Garden

Materials

1. 2 10x10 pages fabric
2. 2 pages printable fabric
3. assortment of animal (embroidered iron on ones work great)
4. stick on Velcro

Instructions

1. On the computer draw a two page garden in any paint program you have
2. Print the garden out on the printable fabric
3. Sew the garden pages onto the page fabric
4. apply the stick Velcro to the page and the animals
5. Stick animals to Velcro on the page

NEXT PAGE

Flap Match

Flap Match

Materials

1. 10x10 page fabric
2. felt
3. 12 buttons

Instructions

1. Cute 12 1x1 squares out of the fabric
2. sew the 12 buttons onto page in a skewed order
3. sew a square over each button to create a flap

NEXT PAGE

LETTERS

Letters

Materials

1. 10x10 page fabric
2. felt
3. scrap fabric
4. Velcro
5. Iron on letters

Instructions

1. cut a 4x8 square from the scrap fabric
2. cut to slits in the middle for the zipper
3. sew the zipper onto the square
4. sew the square to the page creating a pouch
5. attach rows of the bristle side of the Velcro to the page
6. iron the iron on letters to the felt and cut them out
7. attach the soft side of the Velcro to the letters

Next Page

Assemble the Book

Assembling the book

• Stuff each book with as much fill as you like (i cut up some grocery bags and stuffed them in each page to make them crunchy)
• Then use some quilt binding to close off each hold and add an edge to the page
• Finally sew each page into the binding section of the book

Then Thats it the book is finished!

Sunday Meal Plan

With a Full time job and a Full time family life can be a bit crazy some times

but the one thing I never have to worry about is whats for dinner.

When the hubby and I got married we started a budget and "meal planning" neither of us had ever shared a bank account and we needed some help so each sunday we write out a meal plan and a grocery list and then hit the store. We have two sets of criteria

1. Each meal must cost less then 12 dollars

2. Each meal must be able to be cooked in 30 mins or less

So in hopes of writing all the meal plans down to use later and sharing them with you Sunday will now be the "Meal Plan"

Monday -Salsa Chicken

Tuesday -Pizza

Wedesday-Tacos

Thursday-Pot Pies

Friday-Hamburgers

Saturday-Lasungua

Sunday-Box Dinner

Grocery list

-pkg 3 chicken breast

-pkg 4 cup shredded cheese

-1 can of mild salsa

-1 pepperoni pizza

-1pkg of tortillas

-1pkg taco casarole

-2 pot pies

-1pkg of hamburgers

-1pkg of bread

-1pkg lasungua noodles

-1can prego sauce

-1pkg 8 cup mozerrela cheese

-1pkg pepperoni

-1lb ground beef

-1 box dinner

Happy Eating

♥Sarah

House Warming Party

We are l-O-V-E ing the new house
Thanks to all who came!!
(one day we will get you to sing Jenna ;) )

♥Sarah