Five Foot Two

Sock monkey update....

Here she is!!

She is on her way, to a lucky little girl.

I hope she gets her share of hugs and kisses!

Here is her back side.

The whole process was fun. 

I made a very big mistake on my first attempt. 

I did not sew up to the heel of the sock and therefore the monkey has no "seat"!

I quickly realized I better pay closer attention to the directions. 

These are the set of socks I picked up at target for $6.

I ended up making her tail out of the brown polka dots,

 and it did not really turn out how I would have liked. 

I needed to add some more brown, so I made her hat out of the toe of the brown sock.

I am always happy to contribute my crafting to a good cause. 

So thank you craft hope, for inspiring me to try a new craft while helping a preschool burn camp.

Sock monkeys....

I am excited about the newest craft hope project!

Let's get crafting again!

(Check out the craft hope badge on the right side of my blog)

They need homemade sock monkeys for a preschool burn camp.

 Read all about it here!

While I was participating in a nursing internship at Yale, one of my most memorable patients 

was a 18 month old whom had accidentally grabbed and turned on the hot faucet while standing in the bathtub. She was burned across her entire lower body.

 Her strength is an inspiration to me.

 So I think I will make a sock monkey in honor of that tiny little girl, who endured so much....

Who wants to make a sock monkey with me! 

The deadline is September 18th.....

Crafting hope....

"Until I commit myself there's a hesitancy - a chance to draw back. But the moment I definitely commit myself, then God moves also and a whole stream of events erupt." --John Maxwell

taken from craft hope's website.

So on my rounds to check out what my favorite blogs were up to last night.

 I ran into this post.

 She (pinkpicketfence) made a doll by hand for a project called craft hope.

 One amazing woman started a blog to "spread seeds of hope one stitch at a time". 

This is their second project, the first was pillowcase dresses for little girls in a shelter. 

so sorry i misssed that one....

but,

  I was sold.....

Project #2- Handmade dolls for orphans in Nicaragua.

I started to whip up a doll within minutes with all my scraps. I used the black apple doll pattern and within a couple of hours she was done. I headed off to bed and this morning and when I woke up I asked the dh to take a look at my creation!

He said she was cute!

 With my bleary eyes, and foggy head I thought that it could have been a dream.

Hopefully a little girl will dream beautiful dreams snuggled up to her new dolly.

I left her hair long and uncut, so that the girls can "do" her hair

 (without the yarn untwisting over time).

 I wish now, that I would have made sure the hair was even when I sewed it on.

 I had planned on cutting it, so I wasn't meticulous about the lengths.

 albeit 3:30 am as well.

You see there was a deadline. 

THIS SATURDAY! 

i had to have her done by morning!

yikes.

I left the shipping store with a lot lighter wallet, this morning. 

But, considering I used all scraps to make her....

and that a little girl deserves her, 

i made peace with the shipping store owner + he said I smelled like cotton candy-

  my perfume is to thank for that!

it wasn't his fault I found out about this project so late...

So may you travel easy,

 and may your journey put a smile on a little girls face,

 that hasn't seen a smile in awhile.

Thank you craft hope...

for inspiring me and for helping others.....

I am waiting for Project #3.