Save a Sack

Save a Sac
Save a Sack
Creative name? I need a name for the little sacks/bags that I'm making. I'm in the process of making 30 for Carson's school. For his birthday snack, he wants goldfish. And instead of sending plastic baggies or paper cups to put them in, I thought I'd make little sacks for them.

They aren't as detailed as the ones that I'll have at the craft fair in Vanc. There's no "handle" on the school ones. I'll get pics up as soon as they are done. like tonight. cause well they have to be done for tomorrow!

The great thing, they can be used for other things, like collecting treasures!

School Pics Update

So I asked for retakes. Knowing that she was going to use the same background. I thought I would try and offset the color with a bright shirt. And I asked Carson not to squint. We practiced "opening" our eyes when taking pictures. And I asked him not to do a cheesy smile. I thought that maybe, it could have been the fake smile and squinty eyes that really didn't do the photo justice.

So retakes were on Friday. I had to go into the office before picking him up to let the school know that he wasn't going to be there on Monday because of a doctors appt. Gosh I need to remember that we just can't do middle of the day anymore. It interferes with school time. And the secretary said that the photographer took him and another redhead out and did pictures next to a tree and with the new brickwork as the background on a couple of the pics. I was really excited to hear this!!!!
The photographer sent 3 proofs:



So I really like the first one, but he's squinting. The third one looks like he's got a structure growing out of his head.
Eric and I agreed on the 2nd picture.

Soooo much better than the first background!

school photo woes

Carson had his pics taken at school and I got the proofs emailed to me.

Is it just me or is there a face coming out of nowhere?

Needs a different background color for his hair?

Do I need to look at it on a different screen?

Ugh I want to support the photographer as she's local and not a big company that usually does school photos.

But I'm not happy with them.

Will I grow to love it?

Should I just buy the smallest package and call it good?

sewing Anna

while I loved how easy it was to sew Anna, well except, you really need to make sure when putting the shoulder straps on the second side, to make sure that the fronts are together and the backs are together. I had the misfortune of putting the straps on backwards on the second side, and well it wasn't fun having to rip it out.

Also I made the 98/104 size and it came out too big for my skinny minny. I should have known. I did add SA, so maybe next time I won't. Or I just might make the smaller size.

The front fabric was in a ffs box from a SM mama, Mad picked it out and just had to have the big flowers at the bottom. The back fabric I've had since before Mad was born. I used it to make a fitted crib sheet. That she never slept on. The crib was used to hold the wild cloth diapers. They liked to be into everything.

I'm not sure why her hand had to be on her head. She thought she was posing? Her shirt...it says "little miss trouble" and it ohhh soooo fits!
So I have a couple of snack sacks for the kids, but they are too big. especially for quick outings where they don't need a big snack. So today, I got a wild hair, and made my own. I'll let you know how it works. It's made from an old flannel receiving blanket, so probably not the best to test. Mostly wanting to make sure size is right. It is lined again with the flannel. The wrist holder has a snap so that it can also wrap around a stroller, or onto a bar, or on the strap of a carrier, on the car seat, possibilities are endless.

If the size works out, I'll post a tut for it.