Quiet Book - Girls

Here is the quiet book I made for my daughter.  Luckily, I found the pictures I had taken before I gave it to her.  Let's just say she has loved this book! haha

In case you missed it, here is my Boy Quiet Book.

This is obviously the title page.  I wanted to make a cute little mirror to go opposite, but couldn't find those plastic-y fake ones anywhere! Oh-well.

I LOVE this ladybug page!  This was so hard for me - it was the first time I had ever sewn a zipper!!  I am so proud of myself for that!  It turned out okay, don't you think? :)

Here is another picture after it was in her book.

I had so much fun with this one!  I think my next project will be a whole set of felt food.  (I might have to learn to sew first. *sigh*)

I never took a picture of just the food, and when I got them out of my daughter's book, the corn had faded.  I couldn't remember how it looked - so I guessed.  Yeah, not so good huh? The first one was better.

I love these ballet slippers for the 'tie page'.  This page was my nemesis, I swear.  Grrrr!

Here is the original sketch - it's reversed though because of the Wonder Under. :)

Here is the dress-up page.  My sister drew the doll body from a mix of a couple different shapes we found online.  The dresser is a little pocket to stuff put all the clothes in.

These clothes are so stylish, don't you think? haha

Here is her complete wardrobe.  I wanted to make soooo many more - like pajamas and a swimsuit!  But I didn't want the book to be any thicker than it already was.  I think doing just dolls would be fun, too! :)

Button-up flowers - so sweet. The buttons are the biggest I could find, and they are wooden, so I painted them and scruffed them up a bit.

This is the same clock I made for the boy book.  I made this one first though, and thought it looked a little too Mickey Mouse for my taste, so I changed it to burgandy and grey.  (It totally looks like Mickey Mouse, huh?) haha

This is probably my least favorite page.  I don't know why - my daughter loves it, but to me it's just...eh.

The last page is a tree with snap-on apples.  I sewed every.one.by.hand.  Ugh!  Since then, I realized that my Crop-A-Dile does snaps - what!?  I guess that's what I get for not paying attention to the instructions.  The little tire swing actually dangles from the tree branch.  (Very securely, I might add.)

Here are a few of the templates if you want them:

Ballet Shoes PDF

Clothes PDF

Girl PDF

Dresser PDF

Food PDF

Clock PDF

Well, that's it!  I had sooo many cute ideas for things to make with felt.  From puppets, playmats, and a nativity scene, to seasons and alphabet quiet books.  It was the whole reason I named my blog "All The Quiet Things". Ahhh well...now maybe I can go finish some other projects. ;)

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Quiet Book - Boys

About a year and a half ago, I was looking around at quiet books for my daughter. I wasn't really thrilled with any of the ones you can buy, and the homemade ones looked - well, homemade.  

Then, I came across these quiet books at serving-pink-lemonade and decided I wanted to try making some of my own.  Check them out, they're very cute!

I decided I wanted all my own original pages (well, the artwork anyway) because I thought maybe I would sell them someday.  Okaaaaay.... nice thought. Ha! Have any of you ever tried making one of these?  They take a LOT of work.  Seriously.  A LOT.  And I quickly remembered that I am sewing impaired - can't even sew a straight line, as you will soon see. :)

However, if you are just making one, I say go for it! They are actually kind of fun.  It's also nice to look at it and think, "I made that!" 

So anyway, here are the pages I came up with for a boy quiet book.  I never even got around to binding it together. Haha  :) 

Tools.  Not a new concept, however very necessary for little boys.  My youngest son would have absolutely LOVED this.

I made the tools out of extra stiff felt, because I didn't think tools should flop around.  :)  They are also double-sided, so they can go either way and look more like real tools.

Traffic Light.  This is a snap-on page. 

I think this is my favorite of all the pages.  It was soooo hard to draw and make look right.  My oldest son, who is a soccer player suggested the lovely lime green color and also the stripes.

It was really hard to find small shoe laces, so I cut them and then fused the ends together with a lighter. :)  Just make sure you attach the shoe to the page before you add the laces, or the shoe will be all lumpy.

Every quiet book needs a clock page, right?  The hands are made from stiff felt and attached with a brad.  Remember to cut your letters out backwards - trust me. :)

My girl quiet book has a dress up page, so I really wanted one for the boy book, too.  These turned out so cute!  I intentionally left off the mouth, but you could easily stitch one on.

These glasses were made of stiff felt, also.

I looove this Viking!! His beard is the best!  I know the eyes are a little creepy, huh? haha :)

There are sooo many different things you can make for this page.  I just did a few.

Dump truck with button up tires - love!

I lightened this picture up a little too much, but the black just doesn't show up enough.  Oh-well, you get the idea. :)

I really wanted to do a finger puppet page, and so I decided to do the monkeys jumping on the bed.  I know, there's only three, but you could always do more.  Not me though, three's good.

This was one where the idea was much better in my head. It is supposed to be a jar, but I had a hard time sewing the vinyl.  I think a cute little mesh net might be better. 

The bugs turned out cute, though. :)

Okay, here are the templates for some of these pages.  Warning:  they are hand-drawn mostly, and not very professional, but they will work. :) 

Stoplight & Dump Truck PDF

Tools PDF

Soccer Shoe & Bugs PDF

Face PDF

Costume 1 PDF

Costume 2 PDF

Treasure Box PDF

Clock PDF

Well, there it is.  I will be posting my girl quiet book very soon! :)

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Baby Gift Ideas

Here are a couple of baby gifts I made for my friends a couple years ago. (Has it been that long?)

These are just simple gifts, but given in a fun, cute way.

This is a diaper cake - I'm sure you've seen these before, nothing new.  I just love the way they look - very pretty!  You can stick little toys and rattles in them too, if you wanted.

I think I used about a package and a half of size 1 diapers.  (Luvs are my favorite - they smell sooo yummy!)

This one is supposed to be flower buds made out of onesies.  It didn't turn out quite the way I had wanted, but it was still a cute idea, right? haha

It might have looked more flowery if the baby had been a girl - oh well. :)

This was kind of the idea...

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Here is another idea I love -

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Onesie cupcakes!  How cute are those?

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Here are some more cupcakes - Adorable!

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I just had to add this onesie that I saw recently on pinterest, because I thought it was funny! 

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