So for now, I'm declaring January to be Great Gift Idea month. We'll see how it goes. I'm sure there will be a random smattering of preschool activities to share too. I hope you'll be along for the ride.
I'm still pulling together pics of some of the projects I made myself for Christmas...like pics of the hubby actually wearing his new belt. So I thought I'd share a great gift idea my mom came up with.
Meet Sills the Cat.
(Sweet Pea actually hasn't named her yet...but this was my brother's suggestion, so I think I'll try to influence her that way. Sills was my grandparents' much loved cat.)
My mom took an old bathrobe of my grandmother's and turned it into stuffed animals for some of the grandkids. Sweet Pea was lucky enough to get one of the stuffies. This is extra special for us since my grandma passed away over 10 years ago...before any of the great-grandkids on our side of the family were born.
You can see my mom's post about making them here.
What a sweet gift!
ReplyDeleteGrandma named the (real) cat Sills because the cat yowled all the time. Beverly Sills was an opera singer.
ReplyDeleteI used Simplicity pattern 2613. It was VERY simple to use.
PS - thank you for posting the photos of Sweet Pea with the cat - so fun to see her snuggle with it!
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention that I also made several copies of the elephant from the Simplicity pattern.
the cat is very cute and it's fun how it's made of memories!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be worry about not to be like other bloggers. Your blog should be for yourself first and fun (and not an obligation).
I'm still making christmas gifts! And I only can show them after the next weekend so...cool! ;)