Oh...and can I just say

I have the best husband ever! When I figured out that I had sewn 8 of the 9 snaps on backwards on the apple page of Sadie's quiet book, he was like "what can I do? How can I help?" (I was pretty upset. Really, I was about to throw the whole page away.) So I jokingly told him he could sew on the rest of the snaps onto the tree because I was done for the night. So he actually sewed one on! It was awesome. I love him!

And it is the best one on the whole page!!! :)

Big Puzzle Blocks

Here is another one of Sadie's birthday gifts that I made for her. I got the idea for these in a parenting magazine of some sort. Of course, they were really expensive and a lot cuter, but I think mine turned out ok. Except for the fact that I couldn't get them to look like actual cubes. The just look like blobs. Oh well. Does anyone know how to make fabric blocks that actually look like blocks? :) Next time I think I will just put foam inside instead of stuffing them.

Little Chicks

Big Blue Whale.

Red Girraffe

Quiet Book- Finally done

I have been wanting to make one of these for the longest time for Sadie. I started it while I was in Arizona for Christmas vacation, but I was working on it frantically to get it finished all the way up to the day of Sadie's birthday. I finished it during her nap that day. Sheesh. It took a lot of time, and now I don't really want her to play with it much because I don't want to ever have to make another one. :) Just kidding. She has loved playing with it so far. I try to keep it hidden during the week so that it will be a novelty on Sundays during church.

Anyway here are some places that I got my page ideas from. I pretty much just copied a bunch of different pages that I saw other people had made.

http://thethornocks.blogspot.com/2008/12/quiet-encyclopedia.html
http://craftingchicks.blogspot.com/2009/09/quiet-book-i.html
http://naptimejournal.blogspot.com/2009/05/quiet-book-pagesyou-asked-for-them.html


So a big THANK YOU to all of those who shared their quiet book pages on their blogs so that I could make mine! :) Now onto the pages.

Zipper lady bug. Sadie loves to count the black circles.

Oven/ cupcake page. I like this page, usually there is a fork and a spoon in the purple pocket. Sadie loves to play with this one.

Car page. I wish I could have made the road a little more exciting. Maybe I will draw some trees on there or something. ran out of time.

This is probably my favorite page. I think I found it on the crafting chicks link above. Sadie loves the finger puppets, so maybe I will make some more!

Pick the apples. I hated making this page. It was really simple until I had to sew the tiny snaps onto the apples. I had 8 of the 9 snaps sewn onto the apples when I realized that I had sewn them on upside down! AHHHH. So annoying. So I had to walk away from it for the night and finish it the next day. Now that I think about it, it is pretty funny. Not so much at the time.

Flowers and shapes page. Fun.

Eventually I may make some new pages and swap them out. It will be a while though. Sadie seems satisfied with what is in the book now. So I will just let her enjoy it and enjoy the peace and quiet at church! :)