Free fabric giveaway ~ shipment 1

Here goes the first shipment... Many more still waiting to be
posted... You are having fun with this! I'm so happy!

Earth Day Update

Wowsers!

You all have been snatching these up faster than I can list them.

Due to the amount of orders coming in for these, I need to add a small (I promise) handling fee to cover the time I'm spending filling all these orders.

(it will be $3 per box - as I need to cut, fill and ship each box... I'm also doing my best to assure you get a great variety in each one which takes a little coordination)

I'm so super happy that you love them... let's keep the fabric joy going...

I have 4 more listed at the original (no handling fee) cost. After that... they'll be just a teensy bit more.

Happy Earth Day!

In the spirit of recycling today... I am kicking off a new special to last the next few days.
If you pay for the shipping of a flat rate priority box (i.e. $10.35)... I will fill it with quality craft worthy Libby Dibby scraps for you to enjoy. My guesstimate is that you'll be getting about 5lbs or more of amazing fun patterned cotton.

click here... to partake!

brass tags anyone?

I found an inexpensive way to get gold toned tags made...

the image doesn't show the pretty shine that this has (I scanned it and the light is harsh)

but you get the picture...

Would you be interested in something like this? They're a little bigger than the others - 1" diameter.

and they'd cost $13

Duct tape purse (only classy)

The design director and I had some quiet project time to try out a fun idea I read about here... A duct tape purse... Sturdy, fast, fun. And with endless design options... Though we played it straight this first time.

Scrappy birdhouse

The design director has heard me talking about covering this birdhouse with fabric for a while now and couldn't wait any longer. Nothing like a nagging preschooler to help you not procrastinate... So she started in on it yesterday with Momma's help... Some scraps and watered down Elmer's glue. I modpodged it overnight, just to be sure... But I love it. And she loves it too, I was going to take a photo this morning, but couldn't find the birdhouse because she had stashed it in her room, so I had to wait till preschool was out to ask her where it was.

Matching dresses - a generation ago

My sister found the old pic of mom and us and the dresses she made...

I went and found my copy, too.

how cute is this?

Matching outfits

Once upon a time, my mom (I'll look for a photo) made matching dresses for my baby sister, me, and herself... We have a photo taken and I have always admired that photo with this feeling that said, "I'll never be able to do that". But this morning, on the way to church, we got this photo... (and yes, I am wearing my new grey shirt and pocket skirt)
Mimi had that great dress last summer, but it's too small now, so I made her two new ones this week... The shorts for Z are super long in hopes he can wear them for a long time. Cousin Ryan has a matching pair as does another buddy, Christian...

Million Trees LA

So today we got our free tree! And it's so pretty!
Million Trees LA is an organization that counts the tree canopy in Los Angeles, and a recent survey noted that LA has well below the national average of tree canopy (no joke, no wonder it's not so pretty!) We've been doing our part around here at the house, we've planted 4 trees in 2009 already - and today's new tree is tree #5. I love trees. Always have.
And today's happy new member came with lots of family fun.
It was a surprise that the guys came with the tree to plant it, and since the kids and I were home, it was really a serendipitous event. Z got to help dig the hole and we watched as they planted our pretty new friend.
Our street is nice, but I've heard in the past that it had a nice canopy of trees that have since died. It's nice to at least do our part to help them come back.
(We got our other trees from J's new favorite site, Fast Growing Trees.)

Dollar Store Crafts

I have a new favorite site! This is super fun and great inspiration for all of us DIYers.
Check out this link for an awesome tutorial on making fused plastic (grocery sacks, etc) backpacks. I saw in the comments section that someone used the same process to make lunch sacks... how fun is that?