I made two "envelope" style pouches with hang tags and snaps!

I mentioned that I made some pennants as a birthday gift, and as I looked at the folded and tied flags, I decided to also whip up a little pouch to put them in, as wrapping paper!

Ta-da!

Then as I was assembling all kinds of fabric combos and trying to choose, I decided to also make a bag as another birthday gift (for K's daughter) and also two new bags for the Dorybird shop! :D

the lighting is exceptionally weird in this photo

More pics this way>>>

Making Reversible Rainbow Bunting/Pennants/Festive Flags!

I made a fun birthday gift for Kelly! Rainbow party pennants! I found this tutorial online, which links to a pattern piece. The pattern is neat because you can make a front and a back of a flag from one 10" layer cake square. When I saw this, a) I knew I wanted the flags smaller; and b) I knew I wanted to have the split side split between different prints.

More fantastic rainbows after the jump!

Cake!!!! and stuff

First of all, thanks to my newsletter readers who answered my poll about my art! I've only gotten 12 responses so far, so if you haven't filled out the poll yet, go ahead and submit it! I'm getting some interesting answers and I'd love to have a larger sample. Maybe I'll send out these types of polls every so often. :)

I have no idea who said what in this poll, and I guess it would have been smart of me to somehow set it up so I know whose answers are whose. (Probably by making you enter your email address, I'm guessing?) Well, I wanted a very low barrier for participation so I made it as simple as possible. Like I said, I'd never made one before! I kind of like not knowing who said what, actually; it's sort of a mysterious feeling of support from everyone. :)

Isn't this a beautiful gift bag?!

C. picked out these birthday bouquets at the grocery store, to combine into her "fireworks"! I don't really like fake-colored flowers, but these sure look AWESOME!! The pink ones also have glitter!

You've gotta click to see all the cakes!!!>>>

I made a Koalabird plush doll!

For C's birthday, I made her a koalabird plush doll! I had made her one before -- her koalabird toy Cheerful, 2 years ago -- and now Cheerful has a friend! Newsletter subscribers may remember the photos of Cheerful I shared awhile back, but I will have to take more of both stuffed animal friends together. :)

Isn't he sweet??

C. named him Blizzard. :) Appropriate because we were in the midst of a fair amount of snow last week!

More process after the jump!>>

Birthday Month in full swing!!

Since January is birthday month, this week I've been prepping and enjoying all kinds of goodies!

Look at these nice bouquets at the grocery store! I was too frazzled by my list at the time to actually make another decision, but I may go back and buy one. :)

Who doesn't like birthday sushi?? E's special request!

My latest creation after the jump!>>