I got most of Jax’s hoodie completed for his Halloween costume. Can you guess who he will be? Next step: zipper! I’ve never done a separating zipper and I’m going to have to shorten it. I need to figure out if I should fit a mouth on him somehow. There wasn’t room on the hood.(…)
I’ve been so super busy between work and starting Jax’s Halloween costume, plus starting to get ready for our California trip in two weeks. I’ve also sewn a bunch of his quiet book pages into their final double-sided pages with grommets. So much to do! But today I got another page done at last! I love(…)
Here’s a little felt tutorial for you! I made a quick Halloween necklace during a break from sewing quiet book pages. Make Some Happy Bats: Grab the pattern here. Cut out two felt bat pieces (front and back) for each bat. The small bats can be tricky to cut out! I did one side at(…)
We have a cross-country trip coming up in less than a month, so I’ve had packing on the brain. I have to carry my laptop on the plane so I will be able to work nights during the trip (freelancers get no vacation pay!), and I’ll have stuff for baby and I as well. But(…)
Edit: Updated photos here. I wanted a food page in Jax’s quiet book, because he is so into his play kitchen. Since I already did a Starbucks page, I decided to make the food page go along with the same theme. Nothing too fancy here. Just a lot of food and a plate to play(…)
It is so, so pretty outside! The husband is cooking chili (My apple butter can wait till tomorrow. Chili, yum!), sun is shining and the baby finally took off his cranky pants. We took advantage of the warm fall weather to do Jax’s 20 month painting. This time I added a sea sponge and showed(…)
Dinosaurs! Roar! Here’s the next page in Jax’s quiet book. His book is seriously going to be 10″ thick… And there are more pages I want to add. I still haven’t decided how I’m going to do the cover/case. This is a fairly simple page. It has ribbons for texture and a peekaboo flap with(…)
This page is dedicated to the late Steve Jobs, whose innovations shaped my generation. RIP. Another page done for the quiet book! Phones and clocks are classic pages that are almost always included, but I just wasn’t feeling the rotary phone and boring clock. When I started brainstorming how to update them, I knew I(…)
So I originally made a stand-alone iSpy game and Velcroed it to a Quiet Book page, but the next day I decided the 2″ thick bag was just too much for the book. I also wanted a larger window so Jax could find the items easier. So, I cut the bag open and started over!(…)
New to Imagine Our Life? there are more quiet book patterns here! Lot’s of quiet books feature train pages. And there are also a lot that have a barn with finger puppets. Jax has started to point out all the “choo choos” he sees, so I knew I needed a train. And, I loved the(…)
I had a productive day! Last night, I got the next page drawn in Illustrator for Jax’s quiet book. This morning, I cut out the pattern while playing with Jax in the playroom. We all headed out for breakfast and ran errands (including finally finding a 4 in 1 coat for Jax for just $32(…)
Another quiet book page is ready for Jax’s book! When I was doing the laundry this week, I managed to pull 6 of Jax’s tiny socks out of the dryer before I found one with a match. That inspired this page! This page has a dryer with a clear door closed with a snap. Inside(…)
