Scooby Pants FAIL

I was working on these Scooby pajama pants for a birthday party this weekend and was near finished when this caught my eye on the selvage:



FAIL. Not only a pajama fail, but a learn fail as I did this one before, bought a bunch of flannel for PJs only to realize it could not be used as sleepwear once I brought the flannel home. They could be used as regular pants but they'd be a bit um, loud.

Now I need to think of something I can use cut-up scooby pajama pants fabric for.

Easy Children's Clothing

I just love this Lazy Days Free Skirt Pattern from Oliver & S. I made this skirt for our dress up clothes and it was such a hit I made another with the same fabric for a toddler friend, with a matching doll-size skirt. Expect to see many more similar skirts from me, I love the pattern.



I also used this tutorial from Handy Projects and a store bought t-shirt to make Jr some quick summer pjs from the Bot Camp fabric.



Once familiar with the patterns, each of these projects could be done in under an hour. Which means more time to read or indulge in Weeds and True Blood, my current preoccupations. How sweet were Jessica and Hoyt??

Embroideries and Salad Faces

A row house for a swap




2 versions of a free pattern from Andrea Zuill. The blue one is a gift for a friend, the pink one is for me and I am going to do some quilting around it to make it into a wall hanging.



I use a lot of cloth totebags, but I hate advertising on them, so I've been covering up the ads with pieces of fabric.





What I did with some of the bot camp fabric



For lunch this week we made salad faces with cream cheese on corn thins and assorted toppings. Inspired by Mollie Katzen's Salad People.



this one is a salad alien, by Blackbird Jr



A little surprise Jr and I made for Mr Blackbird

Exploring

A fire was set in the river valley recently, and I saw this curious path of green with burned sections on either side. I'm not sure if this was an attempt at a firebreak or an idea of an arson or something else, anyone know?



Under the pedestrian bridge in Cloverdale



Flowering trees





A hobbit door



A pink house in Westmount. I took this picture for Jr, who wants to move into this one now.



Edmonton Cemetery



A unique gravestone

Candy Swap

my partner has received her package, so I can post what I sent for the edible swap I participated in. It's all from Coney Island Candy on Whyte.



Contents:

candy fried eggs
sour candy bones
sour dipstick candy
bacon and eggs bandages
garbage can candy (with candy fishheads and stuff in it, hee!)
a tequila lollipop, incl a worm

I am working on one more swap right now through swapbot. So much fun!

Edmonton Summer 2009 & Activity Wall

I've started making a list of ideas for activities to do this summer and then I saw this Doorway into Summer, which is a nice presentation of activity ideas that involves both parents and the kids.

Here's what is on my summer list so far.

Alberta Railway Museum

Fort Edmonton. We had a really nice day today exploring the park with Miss B and her kidlets and I know we'll be revisiting the park soon as its one of our favourite summer destinations.

Muttart Conservatory, which reopens June 27th.

Telephone Historical Centre

Ukranian Cultural Heritage Village

Ride the High Level Streetcar to go wading at the Legislature

Do a Cemetery Tour and check out the Edmonton and Northern Alberta District Historical Festival.

Jr has been wanting to go into the Calgary and Edmonton Railway Museum.

There are drop-in programs on Sunday afternoons at the John Walter Museum, and we can play at the Kinsmen playground after or have a picnic.

There are so many natural areas I'd like to return to for some light hiking- Chickakoo Lake, Clifford E Lee Nature Sanctuary, the Strathcona Wilderness Centre, Elk Island.

We also need to spend a day at the beach at Miquelon and get some fresh peas at a local U Pick.

That's not even touching other fun trips out of the area, I'd really like to go to Heritage Park in Calgary again and one day take DS to see the badlands and do the train ride out at Stettler.

Lucky Girl

look what I got in the mail today from an Edible swap I hosted on Swapbot!



Popcorn balls with nuts and candy in them (Jr and I have both had one), a mini loaf of banana bread (I had a bite, it's fantastic!), chocolate mint altoids (you know I am going to use the tin to make something else after), packaged teas, a mix of a favourite tea blend I can't wait to try, a tea infuser AND fabric. Ooh de lolly!

I went to Coney Island Candy to select my goodies for my partner and I'll post what I got there once it's received, but I had a lot of fun picking it all out.