Handmade Christmas : Nintendo DS Case

This year the only thing my girls asked for this Christmas was Nintendo DS’s.  After we shopped around for a few months we found the ones we wanted.  I then went on a search for cute cases or bags to put them in.  I found none.  So I decided to make one.  I searched the internet for a pattern, but didn’t find any that I liked.   Luckily my neighbor’s little girl has a DS and I was able to measure hers to get a pattern.  Here is what I came up with.  Excuse my ironing board cover.  Each bag has my daughters initials on them.  Tell me what you think.

~Tracie  

Handmade Christmas: Photo Blocks

My mom loves taking pictures of us and our kids.  I can honestly say I can relive my childhood through photos because my mom took so many.

If you could see her walls, they are covered with pictures.  This year for Christmas I wanted to make her something using our family photos.  I found this tutorial at Little Birdie Secrets  the other day and couldn’t pass it up.   Please go check it out for yourself.  It was so fun and easy to do.  I did four photo blocks in under an hour.  When I had my photos printed, I photo-shopped the kids names in their pictures.

Here are mine….tell me what you think.

~Merry Christmas

Tracie