post #6 :: little bear

over a year ago a dear friend 

(long story short she served ice cream at our wedding as a high schooler we didn't know, then "met" her again at FPU in the dorms while David was a RD, she was the first babysitter for Cohl 

and became a sweet friend)

anyhow she was pregnant with her first baby

so I really wanted to make something special for her

I found a pattern book with just the "special little someone" I was looking for

this little bear

**handmade with love for Ryan**

{the pattern calls for a tougher fabric so I used a new dish towel that I loved and stitched the eyes and nose and added buttons for the shoulders and hips}

definitely going to repeat this sweet little bear

my first post...a little GREENER

one of my dear friends laura {who has recently moved away, boo hoo!} is a super green girl. her second child was even born on Earth Day, I mean, anyhow she has inspired me to go a little greener.

so I did.

I have wanted to do the {cloth napkin} route but they are just so darn big...with little kids they definitely make MORE of a mess...so I ditched that a few years ago.

well, we're back to them because I had a little idea to make them {littler}

first I cut each napkin in 1/4

i surged the endges

then turned them and bada bing!

4x the napkins

we wash them every week since I made so many {4x to be exact} they even last our family of 5

they have worked out beautifully!

{see finished project at top}