Sleep Mask / Door themed ATC

Today I finally got around to making a sleeping mask for the swap I am in. The send by date is tomorrow, so I really waited until the last minute, haha. I just wasn't feeling motivated to sew anything for a while and I knew if I had tried to make it before I felt like it that it wouldn't turn out and I would probably just get mad making it.

I used a pattern and instructions from Amy Butler's book In Stitches, which has tons of great projects and the instructions are really easy to follow! Anyway, I think it turned out pretty good. I really like the fabric I used on it.

I also made a "Doors" ATC today. The only requirement was that the card have a door that opened on it. I chose to do an old looking door with graffiti all over it and then it opens up to a nice landscape. I typed up the words on my typewriter to add a little extra to my card.

Stationery Set

I recently put together this package for another swap on www.swap-bot.com I'm in. It was a Wish List Swap where your partner lists some things they like and you pick 4 to either make or buy and send to them. I made almost everything I sent to my partner.

Handmade Items:
Cupcake themed Stationery Set (10 envelopes, 20 sheets of paper, 25 stickers) - I printed off a cupcake designed paper I made and folded them into envelopes, then printed off paper to go with and made some stickers for closing the envelope or whatever else she wants to use them for.

Decorative Envelopes - I took some pages out of an old How-To Painting book I had and cut it up and made them into envelopes.

ATC Blanks - I have a bunch of cardboard strips that Tom brought me from his work that I use as Blanks for making Artist Trading Cards so I packaged up a set of 25 for her then printed off a little label for them also.

Store Bought Items:
A set of alphabet stickers
Mini Alphabet stamps
Little Apple Envelopes

Hopefully my partner likes everything! I think the stationery turned out really well... I might be making more in the future to sell on my Etsy shop, as soon as I get more ink for my printer!

Handmade Hedgie

Just a quick photo of a hedgehog I made out of felt for another swap I am in :)

Reusable Grocery Bag Attempt #2

Today I spent about an hour or so making another Reusable Grocery bag for that swap I'm in. This one turned out better than the first, but I am still not completely satisfied with it. It turned out a lot smaller height-wise than I wanted it to be because when I was sewing a French seam into the bottom to close it up, I missed the lining twice and had to keep sewing it smaller. I think I ended up taking about 2 inches off the bottom, which stinks. It was all going really well too until I messed up on the bottom!

The good thing about it is that it does fold up into the pocket on the front which is what I really wanted it to be able to do. I think I will send this one to my partner, plus I don't really want to make another and have it not work out like the first one. Now I just have to find two kitchen items to put inside of it. I think I am also going to draw out a little instruction sheet for how to fold it up into the pocket.