A great friend, who was first a freshman-year-in-college next-door-neighbor, then sorority sister and next-door-neighbor-again, then after-college-roommate, then bridesmaid, then bride-who-had-me-as-a-bridesmaid,
(let me interrupt here to say that I was never a bridesmaid until after my own wedding--not sure what if anything this says about me)
has a daughter who's turning four.
We brought her this.
Filled with these.
To use with this book, to make really delightful thumbprint creatures. Ed Emberley is some kind of genius.
The awesome idea of pairing do-a-dots EE's book belongs to Amy from Let's Explore--she has some links to do-a-dot printables in her post--throw in a Sharpie and you're golden. Do you ever get a pop-in-your-head idea, though, that you just can't let go? I had one at about 7 o'clock last night...
The pouch (clutch? bag? not sure what to call it) is just fabric & batting sandwiched HouseonHillRoadCoffeeCozy-style, quilted TallgrassPrairieStudioUrbanGarden-style then sewn up the sides. I tacked the flaps down, because they were flipping up like a part time job.
The exterior is a fat quarter from Connecting Threads (not so crazy about the quality of these fabrics in the long-term sense--anyone else have thoughts?), and the lining is almost the last piece of my all-time favorite thrift store shirt (which also made an appearance here).
Kind of Hope Valley with the violet, don't you think? It even coordinated with the Tinkerbell wrapping paper.
I don't kid myself that the do-a-dots will stay inside permanently, but I'm sure she'll be able to think of plenty of four-year-old-type things to put inside.
Please feel free to copy this idea (it's not mine, after all--my m.o. of late), unless you're planning to be invited to any parties-in-common with me.
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