I wish this were mine.
But like many of my kids’ creative projects, they are made for their friends. (I’m happy this one was for a little friend named Will who just turned four.)
Johanna loves being by my side. For a little while, at least. ”Mommy, I want to help!” is her phrase.
She did the art with fabric markers and ironed (with me)…
And helped with the sewing machine foot. And pressed again with the Heat and Bond to join the two pieces of fabric…
Got a little distracted and changed her whole outfit for the occasion.
(Here is a perfect example of imperfection from yesterday… the basement. What happens in the basement stays in the basement.)
Soon enough we had a little sketchbook cover. It is just like the artsy sketchbook Johanna made for Christmas, different cover. (See the tutorial here.)
I have visions of everyone having their own for this spring as a nature field journal. I can see the twins getting into the fabric-marker-thing.
P.S. I have quite the surprise for you tomorrow. The children of Ishinomaki, Japan sent me something for you…
the sleepy time gal
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can’t wait for that surprise!
Looking forward to the surprise. LOVE the dress-up photo. My two granddaughters have a great big chest filled with all-things-dressy, and it is their favorite thing to do. Nice to see my girl’s play area looks exactly like your basement!! I thought I was all alone in the world. Blessings for a wonderful day. Love, Susan
I need to work on being better at having Genevieve help. I normally don’t because she doesn’t want to help, she wants to do it , with as little help as possible…
Ahhh…seeing the basement makes me miss you.
It looks perfect.
lol, your entire post is precious.