Kellie and I spent all day together Tuesday.

A gloriously long day getting started on some “do it yourself” projects we have been talking about.

We recently bought some yummy, fabulous Amy Butler fabric, and I shamelessly stole Kellie’s awesome DIY potholder idea. I saw hers last week, and just had to make my own this week. That’s just one of the great things about Kellie. She isn’t in competition, she let’s me steal away! She’s got so many great ideas brewing in that head of hers, I hardly have time to invent my own!

So we started off by making these fresh, totally fun potholders, and I can’t wait to make more. Who said anything about needing that many? These puppies are too fun to pass up!

This was my first project: the bird for my first potholder. Here, my birdie is in progress; pinned and ready to sew…

And now completed!

This is the reverse side of the same potholder:

This is one of my absolute favorite Amy Butler fabrics. I cannot wait for our local fabric store to receive a shipment of her new line!!!

And the reverse:

Yet another potholder:

And the other side:

And then Kellie totally surprised me with this one, made especially for me with an “H”!!!

And the reverse, with the “H” shown stitched through!

To me, Amy Butler is to fabric what Basic Grey is to scrapbooking paper. It’s the best! The cutest, most creative, and the most aesthetically pleasing! Modern, and just plain great.

{Speaking of scrapbooking, I have made tons of progress finishing up my 2007 album that I abandoned in the later stages of my pregnancy, so I will be sure to post some of my favorite pages soon! Now that I am nearly caught up, it is time to work on Alana’s Baby Album, which I will also be posting about}.

We also had fun with some DIY onesies…and we have some great ideas for more. We haven’t had a chance to photograph those yet, so that will have to wait until next time! There may even be some for sale soon, we shall see how it goes!