Teacher Thank you gift

For the last day of school, I wanted to have a small thank you for Natalie's teacher, because as I've said many times before- she is amazing.

I originally had plans to buy a vase, etch an initial on it, and fill it with flowers. But, Ross stores that I checked, didn't have any good vases. I decided that I'd have to change up the plan a little. I bought this little pitcher- which I have been wanting to get for myself. :) I LOVE IT. It was $2.99. I love using other containers for vases anyway so I actually liked this better than the original idea. I bought a small bouquet of mini carnations at Safeway (for $3.99) and cut them down to fit. I tied a ribbon around the pitcher and made a card to attach to a skewer to place inside the bouquet.

We also made a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies and placed them, still warm, in a white lunch bag and tied it with a ribbon to deliver after school.

Satchels

I just 'had' to make up one of these for each of my boys after they kept carrying my purse all around the house to use as their "satchel" like the one Flynn Rider has in Tangled. ha.

I just used some scraps of fleece that I had around and cut a long strip to attach for the handle. It won't last forever but probably will last long enough for them to enjoy while they're still excited about it.

Angry Birds

Alright, once again and I am going to shamelessly admit that I am copying an idea that my sisterfirst showed me. But, how could I not? These are DARLING! My husband and kids (okay- and me too) love Angry Birds and with my husband's birthday coming up, I had to make up some of these for some real-life angry bird battles.

(This pig is my favorite) :)

They took me WAY longer than they probably should have but I wanted to make sure they would hold up to the inevitable abuse they would get. The eyes on the pigs needs to reinforced already, despite my best efforts, but I am really happy with how everything turned out. I am not a super experienced sewer and this was my first time using a pattern so if I can do it, so can you.

I made them all out of fleece and they are so soft and fuzzy that my little 11 month old LOVES snuggling them. For the original idea and patterns, click HERE. These patterns are so great! They look just like the real birds. A-MAZ-ING.

The birds needed a few eggs and a couple golden eggs, so I used THIS fabric egg pattern that I came across.

Also, I had to have something to keep them in, so I made up this drawstring bag.