Sapo! the Feel Better Frog!

The making of "Feel Better Frog"

A dear friend is scheduled for a hospital visit, so it was time to get sewing. Her recent FB post noted that she needed a stuffie of some sort, and we're a praying sort of family. So, the Feel Better Frog was born. 
I started with the Purl Frog pattern from the Purl Bee. Then I stretched out the middle to make it more of an eye-pillow length, and made it in green fleece. 
We filled our frog with 1c rice and 1/2 c flax seed, and added two drops essential oil of lavender and cardamom. J said a prayer over a little white button, and M picked out the pink one I used for the heart. J's is tucked inside the frog. This is a grown-up friend, so buttons are OK, but I might make some for babies with embroidered eyes, and all the prayer buttons tucked inside. 


Rice and flax filling is great for the small limbs of this frog, and you can pop him in the micro for a minute for a little heating pad. The scents are optional, of course. 

What's on the table

Floating through cyber-space I stumbled upon ModPodgeRocks' link to Mrs Schmenkman Quilts 

fabulous selvedge covered notebook.  She's doing a give-away for it here!

Snce I was trying to think of what to make a couple little friends for a birthday gift, I'm adopting the fabric-on-notebook idea! So Ruthie gets a pink one with dragonflies and beads, and Johnny get blue with a jeans pocket! They are soaking in the ModPodge at the moment, photos tomorro before the gifts are given!

UNO!

M's doing really well recognizing her numbers, so we moved on to letters! Since our favorite game in the house is "UNO!" I made up cards with the letters of the alphabet on one side, and J's sight words on the other. Then I printed them on four colors of construction paper. We play like "UNO!" M's young enough that seeing the cards ahead of play, as well as the colors, makes no difference. When we play on J's side with the words.. well, there is some tweaking to do.

It's still a good game to play at lunch time!

It's a new addiction!!

Reading all the other craft/sewing/cooking/art/teaching blogs out there! Ane thinking all day that I could do that too!!

SO Here is New Year's Resolution #2: Update this Blog weekly with the Domestic Goddess things we do around the Big Boat! I'll even do the Photo thing!