It's Been Awhile....

Just checking in. I know it's been awhile.

Today I am headed over to my friend Marilyn's house. Last Tuesday Marilyn had surgery on her foot. 5 months ago she had surgery on both hands. Healing hands make it extra difficult to manage the crutches that she is using right now.

Marilyn has volunteered to help me stuff Teddy bears. Yee haw! I am tired of working on Teddy bears and Marilyn is looking for something to kill time besides TV and reading. I am grateful for her help! My husband calls this a win win situation. :-)

I will try and take pictures of her/us working. However she is as bad as I am about picture taking at this age..... We're not as cute as we used to be. We are, however, just as much fun!

Project Teddy Bear

At church I am a behind the scenes person. I am naturally kind of quiet, preferring to help plan & create, set up for an event.....and then disappear! This project is for a preschool fellowship in the fall. It will be a pajama party. No sleepovers, just everyone in their pjs. I am working on 50 Teddy Bears to use as a favor for the event. I did a similar project when my girls were young.

15 years ago I drew on the Teddy bear faces and stitching lines by hand using a permanent marker. I am happy to have a new and easier technique this time. Did you know you can print on fabric in your computer? I am SO excited about this way of doing it!

The process is simple! You will need freezer paper.

1. Cut a piece of freezer paper to 8 1/2 x 11 inches.

2. Iron the piece of freezer paper, shiny side down onto the back of your fabric.

3. Now cut your fabric around the paper.

4. Run it through your printer. Easy peasy!

The paper peels right off when you are done. I did leave it on for cutting because the stiff fabric was easier to cut on.

I was concerned that it wouldn't be colorfast. I had several reject bears so I washed one of them. (Takes me several "trys" to get one looking right, with the lines in all the right places.) It came through the wash fine. The only thing that washed out was the red. Now this bear only has black and red so if you're going to print lots of colors on a project and you want it to be washable I would probably make a tester.

The bears are simple. I think they will be a fun hand out!

And the Winner is.....

Ok friends, don't get too excited. I'm not really giving anything away. Just wanted to let you all know that (with your help) I have chosen a blog button! #2 is the winner! Easiest to read for sure!

Thank you Katy for designing for me!

Thank you to The Redhead Riter for understanding that oh so confusing html stuff and turning it into a cute little button you can grab!

Now y'all go grab my button and give me some free advertising. Ha ha.

Imput please!

My daughter, Katy is helping me design a button for my blog. Ok, she is doing all the work, not just helping me. I'll tell you that because I know she'll read this and have something to say about it if I take the credit. :) Anyway I need your help choosing. She has designed 4 buttons. Leave me a comment and let me know which ones you like the best.

#1 - Hatboxes/photo

#2 - Hatboxes/drawing

#3 Old Fashioned hat lady photo

#4 Old Fashioned hat lady drawing

Thanks for your imput!!!