Quiet book (Updated)

I felt this was the year of the Quiet Books.  Thanks Jess for posting yours and making me realize that it just needed to be done.   Aiko's not so fond of church, so I thought I might as well join the crowds.  I really, really liked making them.  Since, I was making one I thought it was better to make two.  Aiko's cousin needed one too and conveniently, we had their family for Christmas.  (Not the cousin you see above)

I plan on adding more pages so I didn't do anything permanent for the binding. I really do love hand stitching things.  I made up Aiko's cover...sometimes I wish I had this super cute handwriting that I could call on at any moment.

  Most of my ideas came from my Pinterest board.  

I realized that most of my pages weren't really interactive, I more just like making scenes out of the material.  Luckily, we were at Ikea and bought their super cheap finger puppets that more or less worked. Most of the patterns you see came from this Etsy shop.  She has the most lovely ideas!

I thought about making the finger puppets...but that was getting extreme. 

For some reason, these shapes are my least favorite.

One page didn't come any pinterest/etsy board though...I was quite pleased with my brain for the baseball field.  Aiko's cousin is a Big Yankees fan, so of course we had to make something baseball like.   The numbers are velcro and then they can be stashed behind the green.

Here's Aiko playing with Nixon's quiet book.  She seemed to really like it then, but doesn't seem to care much about it when at church.  Hopefully sometime she'll want to play with it again. 

In actuality, this wasn't as expensive as I thought it would be.  

Felt $14.00 (It was luckily on sale.) Enough for two books, 10 pages each. 

Ikea Puppets - One pack was 5 and the other was on clearance for 3 (because they were super weird.) Luckily, Nixon already had all the finger puppets. 

Eyelets - $7.99 Each.  I think we ended up using two packs for two books. 

Embroidery floss (Free, from my gram's) She wasn't always the most organized...see photo here. 

The Book Binding is just some Quilt Binding I had left over.

The Velcro is expensive I can't even remember, but I used a coupon and I'm still upset that it's expensive. 

Glue Sticks I already had. 

So really, for two books, I didn't do that bad! 

Indie Ogden Awards

It's happened yet again!  Actually, it's the second one.  (First one here)  While, we weren't completely blown away like we were last time, it was still excellent, just on a smaller scale.  This time they had tables for everyone with little giftbags of coupons and treats. 

There weren't quite as many food booths, we heard some dropped out last minute, but the ones that were there we delish.  I still love Tona's Sushi probably the best in Ogden and the Union Grill's Bread Pudding was to die for.

But hey, the husband and I got out yearly photobooth shot done.  I also realized that I was wearing the same shirt last year too..weird.  

Loved Indie Ogden Awards!

#thriftedthursdays, DIY Soap Stand

DIY Soap Stand

I needed a soap stand by my kitchen sink.  See, we used butcher block as our counter tops....and turns out moist things don't work well with wood counter tops.  So I find myself a lovely glass jar and a good long tray.  I needed a longer tray because the space between the wall and my sink is quite narrow.  But being long and narrow I needed a good solid base so it wouldn't tip over all the time.  I believe they worked out lovely.  I cleaned them up and soaked off the stickers.  I took my trusty Gorilla Glue and Voila!  *Note make sure that your glass jar is completely dry inside before applying to the tray. 

 

Good thing Pinterest is around so I can copy all the brilliant minds in the world.  It's also a good thing the husband enjoys going to the thrift shops with me.  Sometimes, when we are bored and just want to get out without spending oodles of money, we go thrifting.  In my current pregnant state, I find this as a way to get some exercise and just move my body. Plus, I've been aching for some creativity.  For Christmas I worked on presents for people and then just like that, they were all done and I found myself craft-less for a while.  It's been quite depressing.  I believe it's much easier to create gifts for others and have a reason for making the item instead of just making it.  So, as a result, I've been stuck.  Also, this blog from Vintage Revivals seemed to speak to my mind.