Newest Craft Project

Since I have no longer been a student, I've discovered I've had more time on my hands. Well, with watching Calvin I don't have THAT much more time on my hands, but I've realized that I need something else to do besides watch Calvin. I've decided to try my hand at some crafts. I don't consider myself a "crafty person," but I guess the only way to get better is to practice, right?

While at another girl's home in our ward, I noticed she had these really cute blocks for her daughter. I thought, "I bet I could make something like that!" So I went to Roberts Arts and Crafts not really knowing what I needed to buy. I got some supplies and when I got home I researched the Internet to get some beginning lessons on stitching plastic canvas (probably should have done that in the opposite order, but it all worked out). When I told Trevor what I was doing he said, "Cool! We could even put letters on them!"

Well, long story short, a simple little project is taking me longer than expected but I think they will be fun for him once they are done. I'm making 6 blocks (so that we can spell Calvin's name) and putting different letters on all the sides. I'm even sticking bells and other things inside so they make noise. This first block took me a long time to do, but I learned a lot doing it and the other ones shouldn't take as long hopefully. For not knowing anything about plastic canvas I think it turned out pretty well!