homemade veggies

we have less than two weeks left in our house here. then we will spend a few days staying with family before we hit the road for home. we've been sick this week. my love was sick on monday...fever and all. i was achy for the last two days, but i struck up a fever during the night. today was my day to be ill. i do not have a fever tonight and am feeling slightly better. my hubby is at basketball camp at the church every night this week (except for monday when he was sick), which leaves me to do the night time routine on my own. difficult when i'm not feeling totally well, but it went okay tonight.

believe it or not, there's actually been some crafting going on around here.

i really wanted to have a garden this year...but when we found out that we were going to be gone from june through august this summer, i knew that was not going to be a possibility. i was bummed that i was unable to grow vegetables this year, but that did not stop me from "growing" some vegetables from wool felt!

i made them for baby...to stock the play kitchen i am planning on making for her when we get home.

i got this book for my birthday:

 

it had been on my wish list for a while, and i am really enjoying it! it has patterns for all kinds of felt foods, but also for a tool set, campfire, toy purse, and more things made out of felt!

the patterns are easy to use and the projects come together easily and quickly. 

 

i am proud to say that i finished all the vegetables in the book (minus the white radish...didn't think a white felt toy would stay white for too long, so i decided to skip that one!). 

 

this has been a really nice summer project for me as it doesn't take a lot of supplies and the outcome is quick and satisfying. and i love seeing baby's face when i hand her a new vegetable! there's nothing quite like putting time and effort into making something for her. that smile on her face when i hand her a momma-made toy brings me so much joy!

she had a hard time leaving the veggies alone long enough for this little photo shoot the other night. i didn't mind.

since finishing the vegetables, i moved on to fruits. so far, i've finished a banana and a pear. the apple and kiwi are next on my list.

i got my felt from this shop on etsy.

my needles and thread came from a sewing set i got for a dollar at rite aid (actually a pretty great set - it came with ten different colors of thread!).

and i've been using the plain old pair of scissors i brought along to cut the felt.

it's all working out alright, but i can hardly wait to get back to my sharp sewing scissors and my own collection of needles and thread.