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12 Days of Handmade Christmas|Day 7 Bean Bags

November 7, 2010 by Edie Wadsworth 18 Comments

If you’re new to the ’12 Days’, you may visit the previous days by clicking on the day you like:

Day 1 Crayon Roll

Day 2 Zippered Pouches

Day 3 Appliqued Placemats

Day 4 Quilted Potholders

Day 5 Camera Strap

Day 6 Embellished Dish Towels

Blessed Sunday to you friends! I have two treats for you today. First, let me introduce you to my dear friend, whom we affectionately call Kimmie (you can call her Kim, I guess) and whom was our dear nannie when the girls were little and I worked part time. We still miss her terribly and were thrilled to find out that she had opened an etsy shop, called Sweet Baby’s Dressed. I think you’ll love her stuff and it’d be a great way to get a good start on your Christmas shopping while supporting moms who are sharing their talents. Look at the little baby giraffes 🙂 I want those Ms. Kimmie—-and a little baby to dress in them!

And then we have Mary Jo with us to guest post. She is a new friend to me who will share her secrets for making adorable bean bags. Check out the link to her blog for more crafting fun and then tell me if all this baby stuff doesn’t make you wanna have about 10 more. Welcome Mary Jo!

My name is MJ and I like to blog over at 517 Creations, but I’m excited to be “guest posting” over here at Edie’s today! I’m a stay-at-home momma to a toddler and the wife of a youth pastor who ministers to teenagers on a daily basis. Our days are sometimes crazy, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. I love to start and finish a product during naptime…it’s the little things in life!

We’ve been renovating a house to make it our home and are mostly done…which leaves me more time for sewing! Which brings me to the tutorial. I’m going to show you how to make a set of Toss and Learn: Colors bean bags!

On to the tutorial…

I love these “Toss and Learn: Colors” bean bags that I created a few months ago. They are the perfect present for any toddler in your life. Bean bags help with gross motor skills and sensory integration, and these help with color recognition…says the former teacher in me. 🙂 We all love bean bags, right?

Of course, we are talking about bean bags here, so they’re pretty simple to make.

Here’s what you’ll need:

8 different fabrics (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black).

You could add more or less depending on how many colors you want.

Coordinating or contrasting thread

Printable fabric – this adds an extra little bit, but I think it makes these bean bags what they are! This can be found at most fabric stores. I bought mine at Hobby Lobby with the 40% coupon!

Beans – this takes more beans that you’d think! (A funnel makes this job much easier!). I used pinto beans as they are sold in large bags at Wal-mart.

Step One:
Following the directions on your printable fabric, print the names of the colors on a single page. If you’re interested in a .pdf of this, e-mail me! The printable fabric that I used had to dry for a few minutes, so I recommend doing this step first. Cut your color names apart – be sure to size them so they’ll fit on your bean bags.

Step Two

Cut your fabric into 6-inch squares. If you have a cutting mat and rotary cutter, this step goes by quickly!

Step Three:
Lay out 1 side of each “bag”. Pin the color name to one side of each “bag”. Sew your color names on! You could use a fusible webbing to help secure it. The printable fabric that I bought already had the fusible webbing on the back, so it made it a little easier. Be sure to back-stitch to secure it!

Step Four

After each color name has been sewed on, match up both sides of your bags and pin them together. Be sure that the RIGHT SIDES of the fabric are together, and sew with a ¼ seam allowance. Be sure to leave a 2-3 inch opening along one side of each bean bag – this is where we’ll put our beans in.

Step Five:
Clip the corners, turn the bean bags right-side out (be sure to poke the corners out), and iron flat.

Step Six:
Fill the bags using whatever type of beans you have on hand. One cup seems to be a good amount to fill this size bag.

It helps if you have a trusty assistant!

Step Seven:
After you have filled the bags, pin the opening shut. Then either hand-sew or machine-stitch the opening closed. I like to machine-stitch it, and then top-stitch around the entire bag for added strength…we do have a 2-year old boy in the house! If you top-stitch around your bags, you’ll have to move the beans out of your way as you sew. This takes a little practice to move them to one side or the other, but you’ll get the hang of it!

Step Eight:
You’re done! Enjoy your Toss and Learn: Colors bean bags!

Step Nine:

Make your cute little toddler’s day by “letting” him practice his colors while playing with the bean bags!

You can take this concept of “Toss and Learn” and use it to teach all kinds of skills…letters, shapes, numbers, etc. Start a little bean bag-making factory in your sewing room this weekend!

Thanks for reading this tutorial! Many thanks to Edie for letting me be a part of this awesome series!

12 Days of Handmade Christmas|Day 6 Embellished Dishtowels

November 6, 2010 by Edie Wadsworth 23 Comments

If you’re new to the ’12 Days’, you may visit the previous days by clicking on the day you like:

Day 1 Crayon Roll

Day 2 Zippered Pouches

Day 3 Appliqued Placemats

Day 4 Quilted Potholders

Day 5 Camera Strap

Isn’t this waaaayyy too much fun? I made my first project last night, the zippered pouch, in about 40 minutes. I goofed up a little because I glanced over the directions before I started and then didn’t look again until the ‘uh-oh’ moment. It turned out great anyways and I’ve got another one ready to sew up. I’ll follow all the directions this time, I promise. Have you tried any projects yet? Well, you should. Come on, it’s the weekend and it’s gonna be cold here in East TN. Perfect for hunkering down with your sewing machine which I fully intend to do! Now, without further adieu, I give you the ever talented Elise from Nest Sweet Nest. Her blog is chock full of crafty adventures so make sure and visit her this weekend!

Hey y’all, I’m Elise from Nest Sweet Nest, where I blog about crafting, decorating, thrifting, dreaming of old farmhouses, baking, and my four sweet kids…Jackson, Lilly, Fisher, and Violet. Stop by for a visit sometime!! When I read Edie’s post about The Twelve Days of Handmade Christmas, I knew I wanted to join in. I am so excited to be a part of it this year!! For my part, I am showing y’all how to make some cute tea towels. These make wonderful hostess gifts, teacher gifts, girlfriend gifts…Tie up with a loaf of homemade pumpkin bread and a Starbucks giftcard and you have a perfectly cute, perfectly welcome gift!!
First, gather all the supplies:
*towel
*cute fabric-three different prints
*pompoms
*thread-the color of the towel, pompoms, and fabric{I actually used white here, but you can match the thread with the fabric}
*m&m’s-optional, I suppose 😉

I personally think holiday colored m&m’s are more fun to eat!!
Let’s get started…

You’ll want to cut{or tear} your fabric into strips, roughly 2 inches wide by one and a half to double the width of your towel.

Turn the dial to the longest stitch length. Sew down the middle of each strip.

To gather, you just need to grab one piece of thread and gently slide your fabric down, being careful not to rip the thread.

You will want to make sure your ruffles are the width of the towel and evenly gathered. Play around until you get the placement you like.

Pin the ruffles to the towel.

Next, you will sew the ruffle to the towel, going over the gathering stitch and taking out pins before it goes under the foot. DO NOT LEAVE THE PIN IN!! Ask me how I know…it involves a broken needle and a call to 911. Thankfully, no lasting damage was caused!! I now have safety glasses curtesy of my husband’s co-worker. 😉 Do make sure to turn your stitch length dial back down.

Cut pompoms to size and sew them to the back of the towel. You will want to change your thread to match the pompoms and the bobbin to match the towel.

Voila!! You have a cute, ruffled dishtowel that anyone would love!!

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I also have another towel to share with y’all. I really love the way this one turned out!!

This one I made from a flour sack towel. You will also need three fabrics, pompoms and wonder under for this towel. You can get a four pack of these flour sack towels at Target.

I used a salad plate and a bread and butter plate for the circles. Lay the plate atop your fabric and cut a square just a smidge larger than the plate. Do that for both circles and your image. Once you get that square, you will iron it to the wonder under, being careful not to iron the wonder under itself, or else it will make your iron sticky.

Then you will use a fabric marker or pencil{I think the water soluble markers work best} to trace the plate onto the fabric. Cut out the shape. Do this for all three fabrics. I opted to use a rooster shape{click here for image, copy and save} for the applique, but you could do any animal or even a monogram. I made a Valentine towel, with a heart, for a friend, you can see it here. For the rooster, I just saved the image and opened a word document and enlarged it. I printed it and cut it out. Then I traced it on the fabric and cut it out.

I opened the towel and ironed the creases out. They are folded about four times and once you get your towel all prettied up, it will only be folded into thirds. Determine the middle third and place the biggest circle in it. Iron it on, then sew inside the edge. I used a contrasting thread and around it twice for more whimsy. I then ironed the second circle onto the first one and sewed around it, then did the same with the rooster. Once that was finished, I sewed the pompoms on like the first towel. If you don’t sew, don’t fret, you can totally make this towel. You will just get another wonder under type-they make some that are no sew and use Allene’s craft glue to adhere the pompoms.

Another fun, cute towel for some lucky person on your Christmas list!! You could customize this towel all kinds of ways, using a tree for Christmas, bunny image for Easter, star for the Fourth of July, the options are endless!!

Happy Sewing and Merry Christmas!! Thank you, Edie, for letting me have fun here today!!

12 Days Handmade Christmas Tutorials|Day 5 Camera Strap

November 5, 2010 by Edie Wadsworth 23 Comments

If you’re new to the ’12 Days’, you may visit the previous days by clicking on the day you like:

Day 1 Crayon Roll

Day 2 Zippered Pouches

Day 3 Appliqued Placemats

Day 4 Quilted Potholders

And you’re in for a treat today. You’ll need to carve out some time to visit Cheryl’s blog. I think I clicked around her blog for an hour when I first found it. She also has a shop full of beautiful handmades! Thanks for sharing your craftiness with us Cheryl~

Hi friends of Edie!
I’m Cheryl from a pretty cool life and I’m so exited to be here!

First, a little about me: Life’s good. I aspire to be no more than I am right now; the stay at home mom to two little boys, ages 3 and 1. I love the ordinary days I spend with them, and desperately try to enjoy each one until I find a way to freeze time. We spend our days playing, building, chasing, snacking, watching too much tv and trying be creative. Sewing and crafting are my favorite things, and I spend as much time as I can working on projects. I share many of them, along with tutorials. You can check them out here. Vintage is my other weak spot and I love collecting old linens. My loves of handmade and vintage meet in my etsy shop, j u s t p r e t t y., where I list a variety of items.

Now, without further ado, what I’ll be sharing today: a camera strap tutorial. You know you’ve seen them everywhere in blogland and etsy. Here’s a chance to make one of your own:

I’ll admit I’m just as excited to have a pretty camera strap as I am to have a new camera. This is an easy project, so you can make a bunch and switch them out when you feel like it!
This is what I did for my standard Nikon strap. Double check your own strap to see if it’s the same size before you start. (And if you have a point and shoot, here’s my tute on how to make a wristlet strap for it.)

You’ll need:
2 strips of fabric, each 21″ x 2.5″ long
1 strip of fusible fleece/batting, 20″ x 2.5″
Iron the short ends of each strip down a quarter inch.

Sew two parallel lines to hem the ends (one will catch your fabric, one’s just to make it look more finished).

Iron the fusible fleece to the wrong side of the strip of fabric you want facing inside. It should be slightly shorter than the fabric, so center it.

Line up your strips of fabric, right sides together, and pin.

Sew. I serged the seams, too, but it’s not necessary.

Turn your fabric tube right side out.

Topstitch along each edge and you’re all set!

Happy {handmade} holidays and thanks again to Edie for having me!

Cheryl
xoxo

12 Days of Handmade Christmas Day 4|Quilted Potholder

November 4, 2010 by Edie Wadsworth 30 Comments

You’re gonna love todays’ guest poster, Alissa. She blogs at 33 Shades of Green and has a creative blog full of fun stuff. She has a great tutorial for a wrapping station, a screen porch that I covet, and many more goodies that you’ll want to see. I’m so happy introduce you to her talented self! If you’re just not the sewing type or if you’re interested in purchasing beautiful handmade items this Christmas, check out my friend Maggie Whitley, from Gussy Sews. She has beautiful handsewn items in her shop and is featuring all sorts of artists and crafters this week on her blog.

Now, tell us how it’s done Alissa 🙂

Hi there. I’m Alissa. For as long as I can remember, I’ve felt the need to be creative. If I don’t have at least one project going on I feel restless! I’m an Interior Designer for an architectural firm and design commercial interiors. When I’m not working, you’ll find me sewing, knitting, cooking, baking, decorating, taking pictures, or pursuing some other crafty endeavor.

I share my projects on my blog, 33 Shades of Green.

Thank you Edie for having me over to Life in Grace today. I got lots of great inspiration from The 12 Days of Handmade Christmas last year, and am so excited to be a part of it this year!

I am going to show you how to make a quilted potholder – a quick and easy project for any beginning sewer.

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Supplies:
– Fabric
– Heat resistant batting (the one I used is called “Insul-Bright”)
– Sewing notions (needles, thread, scissors)
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First, you will need to select coordinating fabric. Make sure to pre-wash your fabric before use.
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Cut your fabric. I think it’s easiest to use a rotary cutter and straight edge on a self healing mat. Here are all the dimensions.

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I used a simple Log cabin pattern for the design.
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The center square is 4″ and all other strips are 2″ wide.
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Start sewing from the center out. Use a 1/4″ seam allowance when sewing.
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Here are the first two pieces sew together:
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As you attach pieces, make sure to iron or finger press the seams toward the outside. This way your finished top will be smooth.
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Add the other side…
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Then the next two…
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Keep sewing until all pieces are attached. Iron the finished top.
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Your finished top will look like this:
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Next, cut a piece of fabric for the back of your potholder. Also cut a piece of the batting. Cut both pieces to the same size as your finished top.
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Line up the three layers and pin together.
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Now it’s time to start quilting!
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I decided to quilt squares using the top as a pattern. Start in the center and work out.
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I used the sewing machine foot as a guide to quilt the squares. See how the edge of the foot is touching the seam of two of the fabric pieces?
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Here’s the finished quilted top:
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After all three layers are quilted together, you might need to use your rotary cutter and trim the edges.
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Next up is making the seam binding. Cut a strip of fabric 2-1/2″ wide. You may need to attach a second strip so that the length is long enough to go around the entire potholder.
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Iron the strip of fabric in half.
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Seam binding can be a bit tricky if you haven’t done it before. For help, refer to this tutorial.
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Start by attaching your binding somewhere in the middle.
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The folded edge of the binding is toward the left.
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Sew very close to the edge. Stop when you are 1/4″ away from the corner and remove from the sewing machine.
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Fold the binding at a 45 degree angle like this:
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And then back over on top of itself.
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Continue sewing from the edge. Repeat at all corners.
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Here’s how the binding will look when it’s all attached:
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After attaching to the front (use the link I listed for a great tutorial) fold binding over to the back. Create mitered corners (shown in picture) and sew all along the back side of the potholder to attach.

For more information on the binding portion, which can be tricky, check out this YouTube video.

Your potholder is finished!
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Thanks again Edie for having me over!

12 Days of Handmade Christmas Day 3|Appliqued Placemats

November 3, 2010 by Edie Wadsworth 18 Comments

Don’t you love the ’12 Days’ already?! Me too. I’m already behind. I wish I could just make the projects every day as they’re posted. And today, I’m going to be about 13 projects behind because I want to make 10 of Ellen’s placemats. Meet another talented and new friend Ellen and make sure to visit her etsy shop at Handmade Recess!

Hi! My name is Ellen and I’m so excited to be posting today at Edie’s. I have to say that
Edie’s blog has become one of my favorite spots to hang out. I love the mix of decorating and just plain living life. I’ve copied Edie around my house on more than one occasion. And, I love her intelligent and thoughtful approach to everyday life things.

So. I’m going to tell y’all a little bit about myself. Because Edie told me to. That’s me down there. It only took 5,000 shots to get one that I sort of liked. I’m married to a funny and handsome man who ministers to young hearts in a residential children’s home. We have two sons and a daughter. It is a blessing to serve my family! I also love to read and shoot hoops with my people. My husband always wins, though. I absolutely love to sew. I love fabrics and the stories they tell when you put them together. I blog at handmade recess.Whew! It sure is hard to write about yourself!

Today I’m going to show you how to make this adorable and funky patchwork placemat. I was inspired to make this last summer when SouleMama posted about her homemade placemats.

Here’s what you’ll need:

strips of fabric that are cut 2 1/2 inches wide and 11 inches long (I used 21)

batting (about 1/2 yard)

1/2 yard of fabric for backing

interfacing

solid fabric for an animal applique

contrasting fabric for extra oomph

Ok. So once you’ve done all of that cutting and have a pile of strips, start sewing them together long side to long side. Just a little tip: I keep scraps of fabric from sewing projects in a tote bag in my studio. I really like the randomness that provides but you could certainly pick a few coordinating fabrics and go that route. For this placemat, I sewed 12 pieces of different scrap fabrics together to make one long panel. Always put right sides together when sewing and then flip out. Then put right sides together again and flip out.

Turn your 12 pieces of random fabric sewed into one panel over and iron the seams. I like to iron my seams out. I’m not sure that’s a technical term. It just means that I don’t sew them both in one direction.

Now that you’ve got the main panel
done, we’re going to add some fabric strips that run perpendicular to the main part. Sew three pieces of fabric together on the short sides. Do that three times so that you have three long, skinny pieces. Iron your seams!

We are going to sew those strips together into one panel and then attach it to the main panel. First, I like to stagger the seams. If you are really great at math you could figure that out ahead of time and cut some smaller seams. I just sew my three strips together with three equal sizes and then I lay them on top of the main panel. They’ll be too big for
the main panel. I slide them around so that each of them will line up with staggered seams. And then I cut them to size.

So once you’ve figured out your staggering and run your strips through the machine, attach that panel to the main panel (right sides together!). Iron those seams again!

Now we’re ready to work on the applique. I am not an official applique expert. I just do my own version which I will teach if you promise not to tell on me! First, decide what you’d like to applique. For my applique I’m using a nubby canvas (from a drop cloth) and an aqua brushed canvas. I’m going to use the brown thread for a little extra
punch.

For this placemat, I decided on a bird. In the past I’ve done a place setting and an elephant. I printed out a little birdie that I liked and cut it out (I cut off the legs). Once you’ve made a template, cut your main applique fabric. Pin it in place on the placemat. Now, take your interfacing and cut it a little bit larger than your main applique. Iron it to the backside of your patchwork placemat so that it will be directly under your design. Interfacing strengthens your fabric so that it won’t tear and keeps it from stretching and moving around when you are stitching everything. For this project it’s best to use a fusible (bonded by the heat of your iron) interfacing. Now you’re ready to sew that fancy thing down!

Set your sewing machine to a zig zag stitch. Bunny trail: I actually have a sort of fancy machine that has a pretty embroidery straight stitch. But! It broke while I was working on this tutorial. I borrowed my friend’s perfectly lovely and basic machine. Moral: you don’t have to have a sassy machine to do this project! If you’re fancy, use your sassy stitches. If you’re lovely and basic, use your zig zag stitch. Just make sure that you set the length a little below 1. It will make your zags and zigs closer together.

Zip around your birdie (or whatever fun thing you choose) and then cut some contrasting fabric to add a little something something. I cut a small piece of the aqua fabric in the shape of a wing. Zip around that, too. I like to overlap my zig zag stitches at the beginning/end so that I know it’s nice and sewed down. That’s it. So easy, right? When you get to corners, leave your needle down, lift your foot and turn the fabric.

For a little extra fun, I put brown thread in my needle and straight stitched some legs onto my little bird.

Now that you are done with your fun and funky applique, you’re ready to assemble your placemat. Cut your batting and your backing fabric to size. Place the front and back side right sides together. Place your batting on top and pin it all together. You can use any old batting. I just happen to really like the quality and weight of the batting I showed. It’s not cheap, though. That’s what coupons are for,
right? Sew all of your pieces together leaving at least 6 inches open for turning.

Turn your placemat right side out and iron. Are you tired of ironing? Once you’ve ironed, pin your opening and top stitch over the whole thing. You’re done! I don’t know about y’all but I’d love to get a bunch of these as a present. Or maybe I’ll get ambitious and make some Christmasy ones for my family.

Well, that’s it. Thanks so much for letting me share this fun little project with you. And thanks to Edie for bringing this great series back for another year!

12 Days of Handmade Christmas|Day 2 Zippered Pouch and Tissue Cozy

November 2, 2010 by Edie Wadsworth 29 Comments

Welcome my new friend Crystal from the blog Little Bit Funky! Crystal has a fun blog and a great Etsy shop, also called Little Bit Funky, full of goodies. Go visit and shop for some of those Christmas gifts before the madness sets in. And it will set in. Take it away dear!

I am a mom to two, wife to my one and only and a daughter of Christ. I love to sew and create and blog and share. I am real and honest and genuinely care. And apparently I can rhyme, too. 🙂 I love to laugh and think I’m pretty funny. I have an addiction to fabric, ribbon and pretty things that I have no intention of getting help for. I’m thankful to be living a downright dreamy life after all I have lived through. God is good. All the time. Love the messy. Love the beautiful.

Thanks for letting me participate!

🙂 Crystal

Who doesn’t love a nice zippered bag? Once you get the hang of making them…they are as easy as one, two, three. Just get over your fear of zippers…okay?

You can click on any of the photos to make them bigger…

Here is what you will need:

2 pieces of outer fabric (OF) (9 by 6 1/2in)

2 pieces of liner fabric (LF) (9 by 6 1/2in)

iron on fabric stabilizer cut to a slightly smaller size than your

fabric(I got it at Joann’s)

a zipper–this one is 7in

Iron your backing onto the fabric that is going to be the OUTside of your bag.

Ok…you are going to line up the first items to be sewn.

Lay your OF face up.

Lay your zipper centered on the OF and face down.

Lay your LF face down on top of that. (I have this folded back in the photo to show you)

Another view to show you…

Line up the top edges as shown and pin.

Sew along the edge…if you have a zipper foot for your machine…Learn how to use it today. It really does help. If you don’t have one…you will have to sew along the side…butting your sewing foot up against the zipper edge…when you get to the pull part of the zipper…with your needle IN the fabric…lift the foot…and wiggle the pull past the needle…then lower the foot and continue on. 🙂 Otherwise you will wonky up your sewing line.

But seriously…if you have a zipper foot that you have never used. Get to it. Ok?

When you fold back the OF and the LF this is what it will look like. You can iron it flat if you want to.

Here is the back.

Then you are going to sew the folds down…use the zipper as your guide.

Now I am going to pretty up the other side of the bag before I sew it to the zipper (you can skip this step and still get a pretty bag)…I’m going to add a ruffle to this one…I like a raw edge so I just cut a piece of fabric yay long and wide. What ever makes you happy…the longer the piece of fabric…the more ruffle…the more happy your bag will be. That’s a true statement.

I just centered the ruffle in the middle…and “free ruffled” along the edges as I sewed…tucking in here and there…

Then sew down the opposite side…And we are ready to move on…

Now we’re going to make our next little layering…the SAME as before only now the other side of the zipper will have fabric on it…and make sure OF faces OF and LF faces LF. Ok? Pin. 🙂 Then sew it just like you did the other side…then unfold and sew it down…just like before.

Here is what we have so far…you see how the ends don’t quite line up…you can trim them a bit to line them up again…and be sure to un-zip your bag half way. Don’t forget that…ok?

Flip the fabric over and make OF face OF and LF face LF…see photo.

When folding…you are going to want to fold the zipper into a V shape…with the point of the V pointing towards the LF…

Starting about three inches or so from the edge of the bottom of the LF…sew around all sides…leaving a 4in opening on the bottom of the LF…trim corners…

Turn the bag right side out…sew shut the opening in the lining…and tuck into the bag.

Almost done…

I like to use a coordinating color embroidery floss to reinforce the edges of the zipper…using a simple wrap around stitch (whip stitch?). I actually have another tutorial showing you a different way to do a zipper…coming soon.

Done and done. You can do this. I’ll answer questions as best I can in the comment section.

Once you get comfortable making them you can dress them up all sorts of ways…have fun and be creative. Make away friends. Fill a shop with them…make them for your friends and family…whatever floats your boat. 🙂

Happy making!

And for a little smaller project, here’s how to make a tissue cozy:

These little cozies are perfect little stocking stuffers or teachers gifts or for your secret santa. 🙂 This project is SUPER easy…I would rate it easy beginner.

1. Start with four rectangles of fabric of your choice, each measuring 5 1/4in by 4in.
2. Lay two of the pieces together, wrong sides together, putting the piece that you want facing OUT (this will be the bottom piece of the cozy) on top.

3. Take the other two pieces and fold them length wise.

4. Lay them on top of the two layered pieces, folded sides facing in. You can pin them together if you would like, I tend to be too lazy for that. 🙂

5. Sew all around the edges about 1/4in in from the sides.

5. Make sure that the two folded sides are flush with each other.

6. I like to trim around the edges to make it nice and neat. Then turn it inside out…or outside in.

7. Insert package of tissues. 🙂 Voila! A fun and easy present. 🙂

Please note that I am not a pro…I am sure that there are fancy professional words that are supposed to be inserted here and there but that’s just not how I roll. 🙂 Let me know if you have any questions and I would be happy to help. 🙂