Sewing for my Granddaughter

A little over a week ago while we were Skyping with daughter, we decided she needed a break. Well, actually, we really needed to see granddaughter. They are stationed at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma and we live near Houston. It is just too far away. We had not seen them in 2 months. Brad had a $150 credit with American Airlines so He flew to Lawton on Saturday morning, ate lunch with them and flew back with the baby. He had a great time even with a 3 hour layover in Dallas.

When we found out she was coming, I began sewing. I made the sweetheart 3 outfits. The one she wore to church on Sunday included dress, panties, hair bow, pacifier clip and baby sandals.

Here is the cutie in her outfit:

 She is such a cutie. We had a great time.

By Wednesday, Momma and grandparents were ready to have the baby return home. We left Houston at 5 am and drove to Oklahoma. We visited with daughter and son in law. Brad took a nap. We ate dinner and then we, I mean Brad, drove back home. It was a very long day but rewarding.

The old saying is true.

God knew what he was doing when he gave children to young parents.

Our son and daughter in law will be giving us another grandchild in the next month. The particulars will be a surprise, but we are all excited.

Remember you can buy my creations at Art and Design by Melanie or if you are in the Houston area at The Funky Monkey in Friendswood.

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Jewelry Fun

This week we hosted a demonstration and sale for the Creative Design Jewelry System at The Funky Monkey in Friendswood, TX. I had a great time telling about this unique and versatile way of wearing jewelry.

Everyone who attended received a free piece of jewelry. Here are some of the pieces we had to give away:

   

If you don't know about the jewelry, check out this video:

 

Visit our new website: Art and Design by Melanie

Our grandson comes to visit this week. 

Oh what fun we will have!

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New Website

I have finally created a website for all of my creations. It is still a work in progress, but check it out:

Art and Design by Melanie

I feature plarn:

 

 and jewelry

 

More Words to Live By

I have collected some more words of wisdom.

Enjoy!

Plastic Grocery Bag Bags?!?

I have discovered PLARN!!!!

plarn [plahrn]
noun

1. plastic yarn
2. thread made of plastic shopping bags and used for knitting and weaving.
3. a continuous strand or thread made from plastic shopping bags

 I cannot remember where I first discovered my new obsession. But somewhere I saw something made out of plastic bags. Now my daughter-in-law really REALLY dislikes all of the plastic going to landfills. She thinks they should be outlawed. I agree that we, as a nation, send too many things to landfills. My mantra is "Never throw anything away."

Because of my daughter-in-law's thoughts, I decided to make her a plarn bag for Christmas. She liked it so much, she encouraged me to make more bags.

I looked at several videos and websites for making plarn. Some cut the bag into loops and tie them together. I tried this, but didn't like all of the knots. I prefer the continuous loop method.

I also looked at several patterns. This is the one I finally decided to try: Messenger Bag Crafted from Plastic Bags. Here are the first bags that I made.

Later I found a plarn pattern for a Plastic Fat Bottom Bag and so I made these

 

The bags take at least 10 hours to make and about 50 bags each. It has been fun, but they will be very expensive to buy.

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Words to Live by in 2012

Many years ago I taught a young girl who had the same first name as mine. She was also a very, shall we say "active" child like I had been. She has now grown into a successful adult and mother. She is my Facebook friend.

These are some of the words of wisdom she has posted. I thought they would be good for the new year.

 

That's enough for today. I will give you more later.