Dawson's Book is FINISHED!!!

So, I slacked.

Big time. When I blogged last, I was so smug, thought i'd have a TON of time to finish these books, and so I put my supplies away for a while. Took a break, which turned out to be a LONG break.

And then last week creeped up on me, and ZOMG! So with the help of my Momma, I busted my arse this weekend finishing the last 2 pages, and also getting the pages sewn together. I still have work to do on the other two, but Dawson's is done and ready to be given to him! His birthday is on Tuesday, so i'm cutting it close!

Without further ado..... I present to you, Dawson's Busy Book:

Holy Mimosa.....

So my possibly impossible deadline is proving to be very much POSSIBLE!

I only have TWO pages left to complete and then I just have to assemble them into books!

WOW. I just zoomed through these!

All the little fishies do the hootchy cootchy dance!

This is Dawson's fishie page. Similar to Hayden's, but I chose to do a different scene!

These are also attached with bra hooks.

Blue 42! Hut, Hut, Hut!

Here's Hayden's football page! This will help him learn how to lace, and also to tie a bow!

Ice Cream Parlor, almost done! Need advice though!?!

So the Ice Cream Parlors are complete, except for the Mmm! letters. Originally I wanted it to read "Mmm!" but the lady I ordered the felt letters from did it all in caps, and I think it looks a little silly now, but I want to try to make do with these letters, so the options are:

MM!

Or.... MMM! kind of overlapped and staggered.

Which one looks best?? (i'm actually sad about this because it would have looked SO much nicer Mmm! like I had planned)

Also, for anyone curious as to how I was doing the magnets, here ya go!

I got these round magnet thingies from Dollarama. (metal disks with small round magnets) I glued the disks to the back of the page where the ice cream scoops will be stacked, and then each ice cream scoop has it's own magnet.

Love The Fishes Cause They're So Delicious! Gone Goldfishin'!

This is Hayden's Goldfish page! The fish are 'hooked' on with bra hooks. Super cute! I even stuffed the fish so they're poofy.

Lily's Closet is FINISHED!

Sorry for the delay, I have a very sick baby on my hands right now, and wasn't able to get as much done yesterday as I was hoping!

Anyway, I got some done today, so here's Lily's Closet, complete with the last finishing touches!

Took a little break....

Nothing exciting to post lately, sorry to anyone who's following along, hoping for more updates!

I had a friend come and visit, and also went on a mini-vacay to the US for a few days, so tomorrow i'm getting back to it!

Will definitely have something to post tomorrow! Stay tuned!

Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Rah Rah Rah!

I finished Lily's Cupcake page, (I blogged a photo of it before it was finished)

Here it is, FINISHED! The cupcakes are attached with snaps!

Vroom! Vroom!

These pages were alot of fun to make... (and don't tell anyone, but Jason and I played with it already. Racin' around the roadways with the dinky cars. heh)

These pages will go in both boys' books. So much fun!


And of course, the car parks nicely inside the house. (which I realize isn't very realistic, but I didn't have much room to attach a garage too! lol)

Special Delivery!

I'm really thrilled with these pages.... they're the 'mailbox pages', and both Hayden and Dawson will be getting this one.

No real 'fastener' with this one, but I love how it's so special. The door of the mailbox opens to reveal 2 pieces of mail for each boy! With special letters from Mommy&Daddy/Auntie!

Looooove it!


The "letters" are made of 2 layers of white felt with a piece of thin cardboard between to make them more sturdy. I then bought some adhesive fabric that is meant for InkJet printers, and printed the envelope fronts/letters. For some reason the envelopes look 'dirty' in the pics, but they're really not in real life! (??)

... and the backs of the envelopes, just for fun. :o)

It's paper dolls... felt style!

This is Lily's 'dress-up' page, sort of like paper dolls.

It's not 100% finished, i'm waiting for my letters to arrive (I decided to order some from Etsy rather than cutting my own, too time consuming and I don't have a cricut to make it easier/nicer!) so these pages will say "Lily's Closet" on them.

I made a miniature braiding girl, and cut several outfits for the doll. These won't actually fasten to the doll, but will just sit on top and can be mixed and matched.

There's a skirt, jeans, long sleeved shirt, tank top, bra & panties, swimsuit, and pyjamas!

Too cute!

She's still missing a face, and I have to put the 'doorknobs' on the closet doors, which will help keep all the clothes tucked inside.

A is for Apple!

This is one of Lily's pages, it's the Apple picking page!

I'm still not entirely sure how i'm going to fasten the apples onto the tree, I think i'm going to try snaps, but not sure if it'll work!

Either way, she can pick the apples and put them inside the basket!

It's not totally finished, but you get the jist!

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.....

This is another of Lily's pages (can you tell i'm having WAY more fun making the 'pretty' ones? heehee)

It's more of a fun pretty page than a task one. This page will allow her to 'collect' the seashells and place them in the basket. The seashells are actually buttons, and will be hooked onto male-ended bra fasteners. (make sense?)

I haven't actually done the hooks yet, still have to find the right size, but here's the page so far:

Noah's Ark - Done and Done!

Well... sort of. I finished one of the Noah's Ark pages tonight. All 3 babies will be getting this page.

This was possibly the most time consuming page, as I had to make each individual tiny animal.

My hubby said to me "But on Noah's Ark there were TWO of every animal!"

Psshhhttt.... No thank you. This ark only has 5 animals, none of whom can procreate and that, is that. Tough titty because I think I spent 5+hours on the animals alone. lol The babies will have to learn to pretend to see double.


Noah's Ark - empty:


The animals!


The Animals just tucked inside!


The animals actually stored inside the pouch!

Please take note of my raindrops. These took me forever. :)

Lily's braiding page is complete!

I completed Lily's braiding page today, finished attaching the ribbons, and also gave her a face. :) This page will allow Lily to learn how to braid, as well as tie bows!

A whole lotta shapes!

I finished all 3 babies Shapes pages. These are velcro, and will help them learn to match colors and shapes!

ANOTHER doggy in the window!!

I finished Dawson's Puppy page today. Slightly different, but not much. Just a different collar, and different dog tag.

:)


And, the two puppy pages side by side:

How much is that doggy in the window?

Tonights project was the Puppy page. It took me FOR.EVAR. I spent 4 hours on it tonight, and only fully completed Hayden's, and I just have to assemble Dawson's. Both boys are getting this page, but will be slightly different. It will teach them how to click/unclick a buckle on the collar.

I'm really happy with this one, I think it looks awesome in person!