It’s a crafty Saturday!

The kids are all outside (except for Dale, who is playing with Little Man), so it’s the perfect time to get my craft on! I’ve been busy today. I started off by making a rice bag – I made one for Felice’s husband for Christmas, and he would like another one (one for each knee), so I needed to get that done.

Then I moved on to a project I’ve been wanting to make for a while – a little diaper and wipes case. I’d rather not take the whole diaper bag every time I need to do a quick diaper change, so here’s my nifty new case!

Then I decided to make a headband for Kristi that would match the skirt I made for her yesterday. I’ll show you the whole ensemble tomorrow (she’ll wear both for church), but for now here’s the headband.

And finally, I got tired of fighting with my tiny little pincushion, so I decided to make a larger one that wouldn’t move all over the place. I like the idea of the mason jars with pincushion tops, but I didn’t want it to take up that much space. What I decided to do is use an old mason jar lid and make the pincushion the same way (as the ones in the link), but instead of using it to top a jar, I turned it upside down, put sand in the now-upside-down lid, then hot glued cork to the bottom of the ring. Now I had a weighted pincushion! I thought it needed a bit more “oomph” though, so I hot glued buttons around the ring just for the fun of it. (Sorry for the blurry shot – these are all cell phone pictures.)

Here’s a peek at the bottom.

Whew! I’m exhausted! Well…that might be an overstatement. I’m just ready to move on to something else…like boys’ haircuts. (Not nearly as much fun as crafting!)