Rainbow fairies

 Charlie loves the Rainbow Magic Fairy books.  We have read a total of 21 books so far.  For Charlie, they are great stories.  For me, not so much.  They are all the same.  Jack Frost (the bad guy) steals something and hides it.  The girls (Rachel and Kirsty) must go find it and return it to the fairies.  But, Charlie LOVES them.  So, I encourage her and her imagination.  She made these adorable fairies all by herself with help of my scrapbook supplies.  These are the rainbow fairies. 

 We have a total of 6 sets of books: rainbow, jewel, magical animal, night, petal and sport.  Each set  has a map in the front cover that shows where the story takes place.  I am going to try and make a play mat for each of the different maps.  I am trying to decide if I want to paint them on a sheet or make them out of felt.

Either one is going to take a while.  I am leaning more and more towards the sheet.  I think I will make them each as big as a poster board so that she can lay them on the floor to facilitate play.

Scrappy-ness

My scrap time started with 25 of these.  One for Charlie's teacher and 24 for the amazing women that I work with.  They are a true blessing in my life.  This year has had a few scary days (my mom's close to stroke).  They stopped what they were doing and prayed with me.  What an AMAZING world I live in that my co-workers can/will pray with me.  They have continued to lift me up and check on me.  They are incredible.  I am blessed to call them friends.  

 And, of course I would fail to take pictures of the necklaces.  I asked each lady's favorite color.  It was neat to tailor each necklace.

 The ones shown here are will be added to my Etsy shop.  It will open tomorrow. I am pretty excited about it.

Next came these very neat pieces.  I found there here.  I had printed out her blog piece and took it home to practice with Charlie. 

I thought  it would make good parent gifts.  I put Brantley down for a nap telling Charlie we would do this when I got back.  I had all the supplies on the table.  When I came back this is what Charlie had created by looking at the paper.  AMAZING!

   

 Here is a prayer book "Praying for your children"  It is in pink and gray. It would make a wonderful gift for a new born baby girls mother.    The idea is that you will meditate on one prayer and verse each day for 31 days and then begin again. 

 I got the idea from here.  I love their cards but I wanted something a little prettier.  I made one for myself and a very good friend.  I then started making them for baby gifts.  I hope others like them as well.

As I am making them, I pray the prayers for the child it will be for.
 

Here is another thing that I will add to my etsy shop.  They can be custom (your favorite verse and color).  I started by getting a list of favorite verses from my friends.  This verse is my stepmom's favorite.  I love how it turned out.  I use these canvas to decorate around my home.  Each child has a verse in there room.  I have a few canvases that I change out with the month or season so that I am reminded of God's word.