I was naughty...

...and stayed up late to finish Abby's pencil holder. I know, I'm trying to get to bed earlier, and I have to work tomorrow, but how sad for hers to not be done all day....and look how cute this turned out:


She picked out the kitty cat fabric All By Herself.


It's amazing how much faster projects go when you've already completed one (ie, aren't winging it), dinner's not on the stove, and no children are climbing on your lap.



I've already found that the pencils slide out too easily--crayons stay in place much better. I'm either going to have to put wrappers on the pencils to give them a greater coefficient of friction, or break out the puffy paints and put some grippies in the slots.


Well, my crafty quota is fillled for the month. It's going to be worth a short night of sleep to see their excited faces in the morning! (at least, that's what I'm thinking right now....)

I've been meaning to write a post about the Master Cleanse, but I have too much to say about it, so it will have to wait.

We are planning a long road trip for spring break, so, inspired by the crayon rolls at Skip to My Lou and Make it and Love it (man those gals are crazy crafty!), I made a colored pencil holder for Nathaniel tonight.



He picked out the fabric at JoAnn's a few days ago.



I noticed that the pocket was upside down AFTER sewing in all the seams. He said, "Its OK, Mommy, it's funny that they're upside down. I like it". Sweetheart.



I decided to use pencils instead of crayons because crayons always melt in the car in the summer. I couldn't find short pencils so I got out the pruning shears and cut them all in half. Viola, a set for Abby.



I made the extra pocket to hold a pencil sharpener and an eraser. A small notebook slides in the big pocket.







I haven't sewn it in yet, but there is Velcro pinned in place to fasten it.

It's not as sleek and cute as the crayon rolls I've seen online, but I'm hoping in this case that function outweighs form. Fun fun!