Him & Her: 04/01/2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Tys first easter egg hunt

Saturday we ended up at the Whetman home for an Easter egg hunt. Ty is to tiny to

really participate so we just pretended.

Jays helped him and I snapped the pictures.

ha see not to interested

but he can hold it

and put it in his mouth...like most things

LOOK what the Easter bunny brought:)

and again straight for the mouth:)

HOPE YA HAD A GREAT EASTER

Monday, April 25, 2011

rag burp cloths

I have a TON of prego friends right now... and I got to thinking that

I cant afford to buy them all something big or even an outfit...

so I got a couple yards of flannel material and decided

on some burp cloths for them all..That was one of my most favorite

gifts I received at my baby shower...and honesty the ones I use most...

I made a few different sizes. guess it just depends on

how much spit up you need to clean up..hehe

and yes...I do wear lime green socks!

I didn't do pictures of the process on these, cause honestly I was not

even sure if they were going to turn out that well...

however I LOVE them and could not be

happier with the turn out.

on the girls I used a middle piece of just cream cheaper flannel...

most people like to use warm and natural, but I think it is

a bit pricey...so this worked fine.

I ran out of the middle layer by the time I got

to the boys, but I actually think I like them more.

I found that on my burp cloths that are similar to these

I have some that are two and some three layers....so

I guess its just preference.. both should do the trick

I sewed two rows around...that's how the ones I got

for my baby shower were...I'm not totally sure why.. I think

one row would work fine, but I like the look of it...

also on the larger ones there is a seam down the middle

I'm sure its so the material will stay nice..

plus that's where you put it on your shoulder..so it works!

I fell in love with them as soon as I started...so I kinda just kept going

and going.. They were so easy and didn't take long at all.

To go with these I will be making stuffed animal toys

to match...Ill post soon!

I linked up with

Friday, April 22, 2011

Heathers pillow

This pillow was for Heathers birthday. I have had a few questions on how to

make it...I didn't take any pictures in the process, so I thought I

would just explain it a little....

TOTAL RANDOMNESS... Its a lot like this project I did.

Just pile a lot of fabric and sew it RANDOMLY..some of the

fabric I cut into hearts, stars, her nickname..

Seriously get out your scrap box

and I bet you could do the

same thing...

love it

Earth Day was celebrated for the first time on April 22, 1970. In that inaugural year, 20 million people participated in the United States. Today, it is projected that more then 1 billion people in 180 countries will celebrate Earth Day.

•By simply recycling one aluminum can, you are saving enough energy to watch a TV for three hours. Recycling one glass bottle is enough to light a traditional light bulb for four hours.

•We use more than 80 billion aluminum soda cans every year. It takes 90 percent less energy to recycle aluminum cans than to make new ones.

•Recycling every newspaper would save about 250 million trees each year. Unfortunately, only 27 percent of all American newspapers are recycled.

•The average individual throws away approximately four pounds of garbage every day and uses about 12,000 gallons of water every year.

•The average car burns an average of two gallons of fuel a day. Each of those gallons releases 20 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air.

•It takes plastic and aluminum cans 500 years to break down, and organic materials, cotton, rags and paper only 6 months to break down.

•Most families throw away about 88 pounds of plastic every year.

•We throw away billions of dead batteries away every year. This makes up 88 percent of the mercury and 54 percent of the cadmium deposited into landfills.

•Recycled paper uses 64 percent less energy than making paper from virgin wood pulp and can save many trees. Every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees.

•Approximately 1-billion-trees worth of paper is thrown away every year in the U.S.

•Half a million trees must be cut down to produce each week's Sunday newspapers.

•Every year, 14 billion pounds of trash is dumped into the oceans. Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1 million sea creatures every year.

•The amount of wood and paper thrown away annually is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years.

•We use seven trees a year in paper, wood, and other products made from trees. This amounts to about 2 billion trees per year!

•Nearly 80 million Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day. That's enough recyclable aluminum foil to cover more than 50 acres of space or 40 football fields.

•Every year, Americans discards 16 million diapers, 1.6 billion pens, 2 billion razor blades, 220 million car tires, and enough aluminum to rebuild the U.S. commercial air fleet four times over.

earth day

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!

go plant a tree and have a picnic

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

QUIET BOOK :)

TY is still a bit young for a quiet book...but I'm sure when he can play with it he will LOVE it:) ....well that's my dream!

Page 1: the letters all have snaps on them, so he can match them up

Page 2: Robots arms are elastic so he can pull on them as hard as he wants, also his body opens up so you can see his heart.

Page 3: the gum balls all have Velcro on them, so he can match his colors.

Page 4: the tent can open..where you find a bear inside that's a finger puppet.

Page 5: the apples on the tree are all snaps, also the basket has an opening for him to put the apples

Page 6: the barn opens where he will find more finger puppets.. a chicken, pig and cow
Page 7: the tractor wheels turn and the loader moves up and down