Fun things...

Instead of doing the things I should be doing (cooking, cleaning, laundry), I've been doing things that are a bit more fun... after all, Caitlin asked why she has to make her bed if she's just going to have to do it again. So, why do laundry if I'm just going to have to do it again? ;)

Anyhow... I was poking around at my friend Leslie's blog which showed me that she had been making these cool skirts out of old tshirts, which made me follow the link to find out how to make my own http://www.craftstylish.com/item/46369/how-to-make-a-two-color-a-line-tee-skirt and lots of other fun stuff. It was a very bad site for me to find because I also found out how to make reusuable lunch wraps and a car sunshade (no, we don't drink that much Capri Sun, but I work at an elementary school - remember?? The kids probably now think of me as the crazy lady who takes their empty Capri Sun packets!). No, the car sunshade isn't on the site, but it's in a book by the lady who wrote the pattern for the lunch wraps, Sewing Green by Betz White. Amazingly our library had it and I've had it checked out for about 3 months now. I think they will want it back soon. You don't have the Capri Sun side out, it's the silver side that reflects the sun. Caitlin actually wore this skirt, it only took about 30 min to make, and I got to use up some old Old Navy tshirts at the back of my closet that I would have probably never worn again (ignore the orange shirt - this was just what my "model" was wearing that day when I had her put this on!). This could be a really fun thing to make of tshirts that actually mean something to you!