
This adorable little cake is handmade by a friend of mine. You can see more of her beautiful creations HERE
School starts next week. Yikes! I barely have anything done, so I´m on high speed. Ifinished Giaco´s Book Bag and on to Gala´s Mini Backpack...wish me luck!
I used a thick denim fabric for this bag..and added one of Giaco´s designs in a recycled t shirt fabric on the front.
The lining is made from checkered cotton fabric and I added double fabric to the exterior of the bag on the bottom.
Double reinforcement on the shoulder strap and I recycled a cardboard box, covered it in fabric and placed it in the base of the bag to give it a more shapely form.
and a pencil pocket on the inside.
This floor cushion is larger than the last one. I wanted to make something comfy for girly-girl to curl up and read a Peter Rabbit book in. (Inspired by Living With Punks Floor Cushion Tutorial. Yay for Susan! Thanks again!)



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These are what in Mexico we call botas de jardinero (gardener boots). Not the most stylish thing that can be seen on your feet, but boy do they keep em´dry! These are Giaco´s muddy gardener boots before the refab.
They don´t have to be perfect...and I´m not just saying this to make myself feel better about how crooked these ended up. Now you´re going to look for, or buy, a pair of cool lookin´socks...waaaay bigger the foot that will live in the boot (now I just sound plain old weird... hang in there). If this were for a girl, man, I would have gone crrrazy, but my son wanted me to control my need for color and keep it simple.
Turn the sock inside out and slip it into the boot. Hold it down as best you can from the toe area, and pull (sometimes it´s just easier to put the sock on the kid BEFORE the boot). Fold the sock over the top of the boot and send kiddo off to jump in a puddle or something. YAY!

This changing mat (or pad) was made on one of the worst of so many rainy days we´ve had. This makes picture taking rather difficult, it looks like it´s 5 am all day long. Sorry... So enough of my hurricane season angst:
I´m aware I may be going overboared with the stripes, but boy am I having fun, and not spending a dime! I used stashed away buttons for the eyes and an old cushion to fill in Mr. Monster. I just wanna kiss him!
My very pregnant friend and I are used to using what we call "rebozo". It is traditionally used to carry babies here in Mexico. The problem is the knot can become somewhat uncomfortable after a while. I decided to make her a cool looking, comfortable sling to use this time around... I made it in a very soft, stretchy cotton fabric that makes me think "Where is Wally?". She´s having a home birth again and KILLING me with the fact that she doesn´t want to know if it´s a girl or boy until he or she pops out! So I figured I would play it safe and go with stripes. Hope she likes it!
Again, zero expense. I had the fabric in my stash of faves, and the belts are from a pair of pant legs... I know, weird thing to have on pant legs, right? Yep, I cut them right off.
Nuevamente, cero gasto. La tela ya la tenía en mi torre de telas favoritas y los cinturones son de las piernas de unos pantalones...lo sé, medio raro tener eso en las piernas de tus pantalones, ¿verdad? Sipi, los arranqué de tajo.







NOTE:
1.I totally depended on Jen form Canadian Rhapsody to pull this one off. I used her easy and simple version and had the laptop glued to my forehead the whole time. It´s been soooo long since I made a sling (10 years!). Thanks SO much Jen!
2. For more info on GREAT looking, safe baby slings, check out UP Mama!
3. I used a beautiful online shop that sells "Rebozos" as a link to clarify exactly what a "rebozo" is. They are absolutely beautiful and can be used for so much more than baby carrying. Hope you guys enjoy the link!
NOTAS:
1.Fuí totalmente dependiente de Jen, de Canadian Rhapsody, para poder realizar este proyecto. Usé la versión sencillita de su sling, y me la pasé con la compu adherida a la frente para poderlo terminar. Ha pasado TÁNTO tiempo desde la última vez que hice un sling (¡10 años!). ¡Mil gracias Jen!
2. Para más información sobre slings seguros y bonitos, visiten Up Mama.
3. Usé una muy linda página que vende rebozos como referencia de lo que son y cómo se utilizan. Los rebozos son realmente hermosos y pueden ser utilizados de tántas diferentes maneras. ¡Espero disfruten de este link!