Birthday Gift, Donation and Wedding Gifts

Jace got invited to a Pirate Birthday Party so here's what I came up with.

I made a bucket out of some fabric that I hade left over

 from another project and then 13 stuffed cannon balls so his

friend could have a pirate war or  play a tossing game,

kinda like bean bags.

The bag also has a drawstring closure so none of the balls get lost.

You can't have a pirate loosing his balls you know!

Hee! Hee!

My older kids are at the stage that everytime you say

 "balls" they giggle so I had to throw that one in.

I also made some yellow play dough and Jace kneaded

 the glitter into it so his friend can make some pirates gold coins.

These are some butterflies that I crocheted on Wednesday

for The Butterfly Project that the Holocaust Museum is doing.

They need 1.5 million butterflies
 so if you'd like to make to make some please do. 

 I'm making 24 of these....

1 for each of my 8 kids, the 14 grandkids and then me and Earl.

 

 

I made this for my stepmom's nephew for his wedding. 

I had them made in October, but just got them mailed out.  Oops!

 Their dishes are a tangerine orange and the kitchen is a green color. 

 I hope these match! 

 I made a set of 6 double sided cloth napkins, 2 tawashi's and a

 crocheted champagne bottle holder...

or it works pretty good to hold the napkins too!

Do you Want to Get Creative for a Good Cause?

1,500,000 innocent Children died in the Holocaust

In an effort to remember them, Holocaust Museum Houston is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies. http://www.hmh.org/ed_butterfly1.shtml

The butterflies will eventually comprise a breath-taking exhibition, currently scheduled for Spring 2013, for all to remember. The Museum has already collected an estimated 400,000 butterflies.

I was thinking that maybe some of you would like to creat a beautiful butterfly and send it the museum. You can create as many handmade arts-and-crafts butterflies as possible. This project may be completed by all ages as individuals or groups.

1. Butterflies should be no larger than 8 inches by 10 inches.
   
2. Butterflies may be of any medium the artist chooses, but two-dimensional submissions are preferred.
   
3. Glitter and all glitter-related products should not be used.
   
4. Food products (cereal, macaroni, candy, marshmallows or other perishables) also should not be used.
   
5. If possible, e-mail a photograph of your butterflies, to butterflyproject@hmh.org.
   

Mail or bring your butterflies to:
Holocaust Museum
Butterfly Project
Education Department
5401 Caroline St.
Houston, TX 77004
USA

Please Help With a Wonderful Cause

I found this really neat way for all of us to be creative and to be helpful at the same time on my blogger friend, Dawn's blog and she found it on Dan's blog.

The Holocaust Museum in Houston is planning a major exhibition in Spring 2012, to commemorate the 1.5 million children who died during the Holocaust.

And that's where you and I come in

- the exhibition will take the form of a breathtaking display of 1.5 million butterflies, 1 for each child that died needlessly.

The museum is asking for our help. They want crafters/scrapbookers/stampers like us to create the butterflies for them and send them to the museum. This is a wonderful opportunity to be a part of something that is so worthwhile and meaningful! There are no rules other than your butterflies can be no larger than 8" x 10" and must NOT have glitter, or food items on them. You can stamp, use patterned papers and embellishments, paint and inks, whatever is your style.

You can find more information about the project here: http://www.hmh.org/minisite/butterfly/index.html

Dan has some templates on his blog that you can use and the above site has all of the instructions for making and where to send your butterfly.

Thanks!