Tuesday, January 12, 2010

It’s been a looooooong time coming…

You may remember that Alicia sent me two crafts in her first dispatch. I’ve been working on craft #2 for, uh…let’s not go there. Between training my replacement at work, prepping the house for sale and general extracurriculars and sports/household stuff/kids gotta eat/etc…, I’ve had a tough time squeezing in the fun stuff like this adorable stuffed owl kit.



Alicia suggested I let Cheeseball (my four year old little girl) help sew up the smaller owl, which was a fantastic idea! Unfortch, trying to squeeze that in to daytime hours just didn’t happen and I finally gave up and completed it myself. She’ll be the beneficiary of the two little owls, though, and that completely makes her sparkly little day.



This kit was a lot of fun and so, so easy. Alicia is one smart cookie and knows that a craft kit that includes all the materials and is designed for the skillset of a smallish child is right in my craft sweetspot.

I think I actually managed to execute just as well as a smallish child if you pretend not to notice the fact that these poor little owls are woefully understuffed. Even without the giant leftover blob of fluff, I can tell these needed more belly. Which leads into my very few tips for the project:

Sew up to the recommended opening on both owls before stuffing either.

Stuff, sew the recommended opening mostly closed, then stuff some more.
Yep, that’s it. Seriously – so, so easy, you guys!



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6 comments:

  1. I just LOVE these little guys! I'm glad I bought a second kit for us to do. They're SO CUTE!

    And I have tons of faith in your abilities, my creativity in creating a kit of my own is where I'm lacking. LOL. But - good stuff to come!

    Looking forward to a picture thing. And even more, to you having some time off work!

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  2. found you from a flikr group. Great blog! And great idea, I'll be reading with interest!
    Abi

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  3. I had to award 12 people a blog award and I picked you as one. If you go to my blog you can accept your award.
    Abi x

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  4. I had no idea AG made craft kits! My older daughter will be so excited.

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  5. your owls are too cute. reminds me of this party theme below from hostess with the mostess. someone i can follow seriously needs to have this for their kids, i'm considering working on having some just so i can throw them this party! lol :)
    http://www.hostessblog.com/2010/01/real-parties-night-owl-pj-club-party/

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  6. @Abi - Thanks! We're looking forward to some personal changes that will bring much more free time to devote to this little spot in the near future.

    @Chris - The kit is very nice quality too. Hope she enjoys!

    @Rachel - Thanks! And thanks for turning me on to those adorable party plans! I love owls and everything about that party is just way too cute!

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