It's been a month since I've used my sewing machine. All it takes is a birthday party to get my motivation back, I suppose. I've decided to continue our gift-guideline (handmade and under $5) into 2010...I'm sure I'll be kicking myself when one of the kids decides not to nap and I have some elaborate gift that needs to be made...until then, I'll pretend it's an easy task whipping up a gift while they sleep (I'll also pretend that I don't put a short video on proceeding their nap just to buy more time--I would never ever do that)...

Violet is one of Kid's first friends made here in The Wind Tunnel, therefore she deserves a very girly crown!

I haven't worked with felt before other than using it for appliques, but this was very easy... thanks to a quick google for felt crown tutorials... I used this awesome tutorial to use.

My only complaint is that Joann's has a less than impressive assortment of wool felt colors. One would think that this new "craft revolution" that's started in the past few years would at least motivate the mainstream fabric stores to step up to their customers' demand... fun fabric and nice colors...guess they never got that memo.

Of course, once Kid spotted it, he requested a "boy version" of it... well, Kid, good thing your birthday is coming up! I think an awesome cape would accompany it nicely, don't you?

Ahhh, it's good to be back!