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Etsy Finds Friday

Cat Chubkin, $14 from Erin Ellis.

Elephant Splash, collage on maple, 10x10x3/4, $140 from Petit Collage.

Vintage Label Maker, $10 from Story of My Life Vintage.

Lollipop Flowers Japanese Fabric, $8.25 from good-ness.

Dirty Dusty Bag o’ Buttons, $2.75 from BooDilly’s.

Love Birds, set of three screen printed note cards, $6 from Fading Flowers.

Vintage Map Wooden Blocks, set of 5 for $12 from sparkle power.

Little Wings wooden necklace, $28 from Lauren Haupt.

Quilted Vintage Patchwork Coasters, $15 for a set of 4 from JCasa.

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Seahorse Hand Towels

I love the seahorses that are all over the place and remembered that I had this seahorse machine embroidery design.  So I made these  hand towels for our guest bath.  Sort of makes me feel like we’re at the beach.  Um, except that our backyard is filled with mounds of red clay right now.  So not really.

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Fairy Wings

The girls have been very interested in fairies this summer since we’ve been reading one of these fairy books.  So we made some fairy wings today from this Halloween video tutorial at threadbanger.  I clipped the hangers a bit to make them smaller and we could have used knee-high pantyhose since the wings were so small.  Oh, and I used masking tape instead of twine to make sure there wouldn’t be any wires poking the kids.  We also added a flower to the back of each set of wings and used another flower for a wand.  The girls added the glitter and glue (lots of it).

I have discovered that the key to making crafts with kids is proper preparation.  That didn’t work out so well on this project.  The girls were sitting around while I did the wire bending and then they got out the pantyhose and pulled a hole in one (very difficult to sew pantyhose).  But they’ve been enjoying their new wings all afternoon.

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Peach Pudding Popsicles

We love to make popsicles around here.  Today we made these peach popsicles – vanilla pudding blended with fresh peaches.  Yummy.  Sorry, I couldn’t get a photo of one that hadn’t been eaten some.  We bought our molds at IKEA, but I think they’re gone.  These look pretty good.  A summer must-have.  I remember eating these as a kid — lots of orange juice popsicles and mosquito bites during summer in Alabama.  And it’s so great that the kids can come up with ideas in the morning and they’ll be ready after dinner.

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Fabric Give-Away Winner

I was overwhelmed by all the comments for the fabric give-away.  Amazing how many of you have blogs and Etsy shops.  Go craftiness!  And the winner is #64 Ana Lilia , who is making all kinds of great things.  I’m sure she’ll put my scraps to fine use!