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Bookmarks
Well, okay, not an X but a bookmark. This post over on Whipup inspired me to do some bookmarks of my own. I think this is a perfect way to use up fabric scraps and all those lone single buttons that are sitting around with nothing better to do. I used a paper bookmark as a template and cut two pieces of fabric for each one with one piece of interfacing slightly smaller. I sewed the three together, right sides of the fabric facing out, and then pinked around the edges. I stuck a piece of ribbon in a few and attatched it after on a third, sewing buttons on all of them. The button acts as a stop to keep the bookmark from slipping down into the pages of the book. Gabby wants you to know she approves. A bookmark is currently her favorite toy and she will follow me upstairs at bedtime for a few minutes of play before I'm allowed to read by book. Speaking of books, I kept forgetting to update my reading lists in the sidebar so I took them down. You can find my reading list over on Goodreads now.

February 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Books, Cats, Sewing | One comment

Now we are six

Book
Mine
Album
Heffalump
Earlier this week I was rummaging about the house searching for a sheet of exercises given to me by a physical therapist many years ago. I never did find them but I did unearth some other fun things. This is my first copy of Winnie the Pooh. When siblings started arriving I apparently felt it necessary to establish my claim on it and as you can see my letter J started out backwards. I also cherished this album and would listen to it over and over ad nauseam. I thought I'd lost the album for many years but at some point mentioned this to either Mom or my brother Carleton. Carleton had ended up with it and very kindly sent it back when he learned I missed it.

Bookends
Stamps
Sericell
Mugs
There might be a few other Pooh items about the house. Classic Pooh is my favorite and I bought these bookends when the boys were little for the nursery. There used to be a lamp as well but at some point they were having a tussle and it was broken (at least one of them was a teen at this point). I always regretted not buying a production cel when they were available and affordable so I have this sericel now. The two smaller mugs on the outside egdes were brought to me from England. I love the honey pot illustrations on the inside.

December 11th, 2008 | Category: Books | One comment