Crayon Tote Bag

I jumped on the crayon tote band wagon!

Like everyone else, I have been seeing these adorable little bags everywhere and I decided my cutie patootie, little 3 year old niece JUST HAD TO HAVE ONE, TOO! Every little girl needs a crayon tote, right?

I dug some fabric out of my stash, hauled out my sewing macine and went to town. I typically don't follow patterns too closely and this was no exception. My basic measurements (before sewing) were 12" x 11" for the bag. I sewed a line every 3/4" for the crayon "pockets". As for the pretty little posey, I used this super easy pattern. Seriously, sewing on the button was the hardest part of the flower. I'm racking my brain trying to come up with other places to put some of these. I just love them!
http://kindawonderful.typepad.com/pink_paper_peppermints/2008/06/rounded-petal-fabric-flowers-31-crafty-flowers-in-31-days--day-23.html
The bag holds a 24 pack of crayons and a few standard size coloring books. The crayons fit snug, too! I was a little worried that they would fall out of their little slots. You can actually flip this little bugger upside down and the crayons stay put, definately a bonus the little ladies mommy will love.
Can't wait to give this to the little princess. She'll be coming for a visit in a few weeks...SO EXCITED! I offered to make my own daughters their very own crayon bags and they turned me down. Teenagers don't want crayon totes??? Who knew?

Just call me Newbie!

Here I go, my very first post! I'm not too sure where this blog will take me. I LOVE baking, crafting and remodeling. So it may be all three of these, or one or two. Who knows! It's just that I have been looking at soooo amazing blogs online and thought to myself "I can do that!". Ok, maybe it was a bit more like "I want to try to do that.". Yeah, that's probably more like it! Well...... THAT WAS THE EASY PART!

As you can see, my header is off center. I'm not sure how to fix that. I have looked at tons of posts on how to do so but as you can see....still off center. Give me time, I'll get it eventually.

I started trying to post the cutest little tote bag I made last night. When I uploaded pictures they went to the beginning of the post. Not sure if they always do that and you have to manually move them or if I did something wrong? If I was a bettin' man I'd put my money on the "I did something wrong". This to shall be figured out (in time). Anyhoo, I hit the wrong button and deleted all I had done up to this point! Bummer! After grumbling for a nanosecond I decided one step at a time. Just words today, hopefully a craft post with pictures tomorrow. Time will tell.

So, if anyone who runs across this knows of a great site to go to for help:
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CLUE ME IN

Well I'm off for now. Got a project currently underway that I can't wait to finish and share!