My new tote bag :o)

Tah - Dah! My new placemat tote bag! My camera doesn't do the color justice, but it's a pretty fall color! I have made several place mat totes from '1' placemat. The one above is made from '2' place mats sewn together. My scripture tote for my seminary edition quad is now just for my scriptures, minus lesson book, small hymnal ,etc. That has moved into the 'bigger'tote and my small scripture tote inside it! :o)

Side view. I added trim and ribbon. The trim covers the straps.

Bottom of the tote.

Straps for tote made from grograin (sp?) ribbon. I used my sewing machine to add the decoration on ribbon.

Book - The Lost Symbol

This book'The Lost Symbol' by Dan Brown was released last week. What can I say?

AWESOME! RIVETING!

A must read! If you read Angels & Demons and The DaVinci Code, you'll want to read this one!

It's 509 pages and it was an awesome read! I read it in 2-3 days! I can now get back to getting other things done! :o)

Twilight Tours

'Twilight Tours' an illustrated guide to the REAL Forks by Underwood Books.

This was just released August 2009. Today is September 13, 2009. The mayor of Forks declared today as the official 'Stephanie Meyers Day.' Stephanie Meyers thanked Forks for using 'Bella's birthday as 'Stephanie Meyers Day' today.

Neil gave me my birthday present last night, a few days early, because today he left for Edmonton, Canada on business for 5 days.

I didn't even know this book was published. It's only been out for about one month. It takes you on a tour of Forks.

The book has 112 pages. It is a soft back book. The pictures are gorgeous. David and Angela went to Forks back at the end of April (I think) and he posted a whole bunch of pictures. Some of the ones he took look a lot like the ones in this book. Hah! We got a sneak peak from David several months ago!

I'll have to read this and let you know how I liked the book! :o)

Paper Dolls! What fun!

Notebook to hold the paper dolls

Pocket pages that close and keep in the dolls, clothes, etc.

I have a piece of velcro on the back of the doll and on the page above the pockets that holds the doll in place.

I made 4 girl dolls and 4 boy dolls. They came from pccrafter.com of which I am a member. I love that program! It's so much fun! It has clip art, etc.

Two of the boy dolls.

A portable way to carry a few dolls, in a coupon folder.

When Lisa came to visit we made these paper dolls. I loved paper dolls as a child. Lisa and I were deciding how to 'store' the dolls. She came up with the 'coupon folder' and I came up with the notebook with pockets. Both work beautifully!

Lisa and Jordan were out to dinner last night for his birthday. She put a few of the dolls in two coupon folders, one for LaRue and one for Tillie. She said that it was great entertainment! Since they were laminated, the food smudges wiped right off!

I thought the notebook would work for your lap. The dolls are velcroed and the outfits velcro to the dolls. This might work for church. This was a fun project. Lots of cutting out though!