Little Henry spent his first day in preschool on Thursday. Big sister Allie made sure to watch over him -- she's quite the little boss! Henry's teacher told me that Henry did pretty well considering it was his first day, and he did manage a handstand or two in the middle of the lesson! That silly boy! He makes me laugh.
During my two hour stint of solitude (while kiddies were at school), I lugged some of my eBay packages to the post office, and then I headed to the fabric store. Alone! Imagine that! Such an odd feeling! My plan was to craft up some little pouches for sale on my website, The Paper Princess (which will be relaunched soon -- fingers crossed!).
Last night super pal Amanda came over and we spent an entire evening of crafting up. It's been forever since I've done anything crafty, so it was such a LUXURY to work away over music and a good chat. Here are some pouches that I made last night. Here take a looksee:
The first is a floral pouch that I made out of some Amy Butler fabric that the lovely Yvonne bestowed upon me a couple of months ago.
A few miles away from my house is The Fabric Barn, which is otherwise known as a crafter's dream. Despite its name, they really don't offer much fabric, but ribbons...oh they have ribbons. Imagine a warehouse full of every type of ribbon, notion, buttons, tulle, trim, craft items....imagine all that, and you have experienced The Fabric Barn. I scored yards of grosgrain ribbon (4 yards for $1.00) in a bizillion colors!
The green trio was made of vintage repro fabric, and the buttons shown are from the 1950s -- I think the green one is bakelite. They were so much fun to make. If you would like to see the rest of my creations, click on My Album.
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In other news, Mother's Day weekend was quite a treat as the kids spent the night at their grandparents' house on Friday night. This allowed us to sneak in a romantic dinner for two, a play, and frozen yogurt!! Woo hoo! This morning was spent sleeping in (two days in a row!), and spending time with my parents and the in-laws! Such a treat.
Even more exciting is this is MY LAST WEEK OF WORK. MATERNITY leave starts as of 2:50 p.m. Wednesday afternoon! Yipee!
Happy Momma's Day!
Love the new pouches. They are so dang cute. Sounds like you've been keeping busy!
Posted by: alexis | May 08, 2005 at 08:28 PM
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Posted by: justJENN | May 08, 2005 at 09:15 PM
These are all so cute! I love the happy fabrics that you chose. Sounds like you had a great crafty evening :)
Posted by: Cassi | May 09, 2005 at 12:26 AM
That's too spooky. I used that hibiscus fabric to make my mum her MDay gift last week! Love your pouches. I see the vintage ones are sold already....any more?:)
Posted by: Nicole | May 09, 2005 at 01:36 AM
The pouches are adorable! Sounds like you had a great Mother's Day weekend...what play did you see? (It's been YEARS since I've been to the theatre.) And maternity leave...yippee! I'll bet that makes you nearly excited enough to do a handstand! :)
Posted by: Marilyn | May 09, 2005 at 04:52 AM
Glad you had a lovely Mother's Day weekend and such pretty pouches! Can't wait for the release of Paper Princess's relaunch.
Posted by: ani | May 09, 2005 at 06:55 AM
these are so cute!!! I always want to learn to sew after visiting your site!! ;)
Amanda
Posted by: Island Girl | May 09, 2005 at 07:21 AM
Yay, for maternity leave! :D
Those pouches, are so adorable...great idea re-using the swell dishtowel baubles!
Posted by: Kathleen | May 09, 2005 at 09:34 AM
The pouches are great. I can not imagine being able to get that much ribbon for such a cheap price. Incredible!
Posted by: Lu | May 09, 2005 at 09:42 AM
Hooray for Maternity leave, it's the best!!! I was so glad to see your comments, it had been so long since I posted, I wasn't sure if anyone was checking anymore. We are having so much fun with these two little girls, I wasn't really sure what it would be like to have another, if it would be hard or akward, and now I know that it is just the best thing ever, even better than maternity leave! I'm so excited for you too, it's gone by so fast, and I'm so anxious to hear all about her!
Oh, I almost forgot, LOVE the little pouches, isn't Amy Butler fabric is rad!!!
Posted by: Sarah | May 09, 2005 at 12:58 PM
Gorgeous pouches! Love them! Isn't it great crafting with a girlfriend?
Posted by: myra | May 09, 2005 at 01:52 PM
Those are gorgeous!! And congrats on soon to be Maternity leave!
Posted by: shiz | May 09, 2005 at 04:07 PM
those pouches are adorable! i'm so jealous of the ribbon--i have a weakness for ribbon and trim. i'd be in heaven (and the poor house)!
Posted by: susanne | May 09, 2005 at 07:46 PM
Love the pouches Leslie. I'm really liking the Baubles one :o) I'm so happy the fabric pieces came to use!
Oh and happy belated mom day :o)
Posted by: Yvonne | May 10, 2005 at 01:57 AM
LOVE the pouches and ESPECIALLY the "green trio"!!!
Glad you had a nice Mother's Day!
Posted by: jes | May 10, 2005 at 03:38 AM
Only one day left until maternity leave for you...yay!
Those pouches are fabulous. I agree with Jes: my favorites are the 'green trio.' That fabric is amazing, and those buttons are so cute!
Posted by: Stephanie | May 10, 2005 at 06:26 PM
Hi there!
came across ur blog while surfing & you are so talented in art & craft! The pouches and the crochet flowers are so pretty!
love them!
Posted by: Felicia | May 10, 2005 at 07:21 PM
I love the pouches!!
Posted by: jenn | May 11, 2005 at 11:36 AM
You lucky gal... maternity leave already?!? More washing dishes and reading books? :)
Very cute pouches. I need to learn how to sew. I can't even (don't laugh because it's true) sew on a button.
Posted by: Anne | May 11, 2005 at 03:47 PM
Wooot! Happy maternity leave! I like the pouches. Super cute! And I love that you and Hank got some two (and a half) alone time. =)
Posted by: Giao | May 11, 2005 at 04:52 PM
The pouches are adorable! I love them!
Thanks for stopping by...and I am so happy you did because it was a treat to find YOUR page.
Enjoy Maternity leave! Whoohoo!
Posted by: Janet | May 13, 2005 at 02:03 PM