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Fee Night, Speaking Spanish and Pencil Cases

Published on August 30, 2012January 26, 2015 by Yvette1 Comment

Today I took my son to his 7th grade “fee night”, which is exactly what is sounds to be. You look for your child’s homeroom on a list taped to the wall and wait in line with 30 other parents and students. When you finally meet the homeroom teacher, you hand her a wad of dough and leave with a manilla folder full of forms and your child’s class schedule. Fun times.

He’s got Spanish this year which is fantastico considering that according to his forms he’s “Hispanic/Latino” but doesn’t speak a word of it. That is my fault, I know. I started speaking to him solely in Spanish as a baby, but as soon as he started talking in English we just went with it. You don’t have to tell me how much I suck. I hear enough about it from my parents, in-laws and grandparents.

Speaking of back-to-school, I wanted to share some super cute pencil cases I’ve been designing.

This Mustachio Pencil case is for my daughter’s friend “A”. She’s all about the ‘stache, so her mom thought this would be perfect for her 4th grade year.

My friend’s son “C” is LOVE the Redskins, and wanted a pencil case with the ‘Skins as well as some other NFL teams. I lucked out to find this print! It pretty much rocks.

Now this is one of my FAVORITE pencil pouches, because it’s going to be used by my friend Natalia from Ma Nouvelle Mode as a cosmetics case. I adore this fabric and I am happy that she was my very first client to choose it!

Pencil cases are lined in vinyl and measure approximately 11″x4.5″. Email me for more info.

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Back to School and Mini Wet Bags

Published on August 22, 2012January 26, 2015 by YvetteLeave a comment

This is the first time EVER that I have been excited about the kids going back to school. Maybe it’s because all of my Florida friends have been posting pics of their cute kids wearing cute backpacks or in their cute classrooms with their cute new teachers. Most likely, though, it’s because my soon-to-be 4th and 7th graders have perfected the art of hovering over me as I work. In fact, these last few sentences have taken 35 minutes to write.

Being a work-at-home mom comes with many challenges, especially in the summer. I’m constantly stopping in the middle of a project to cook a meal, referee an argument, or taking the day off altogether just to get the kids out of the house. I understand how it feels to be bored.

To lighten the situation, I try to sneak in a little handmade gift for my own kids whenever I can’t step away from the sewing machine. Last week I tweaked the wet bag pattern to make my daughter a reusable sandwich bag for her lunchbox.

It’s lined in vinyl for easy cleanup. My favorite thing about this bag is the zipper to help contain the crumbs!

My friend J had been looking for a zippered reusable sandwich pouch, so she ordered a couple for her little boy who started preschool this week. She wanted something that said “back to school” but also said her little guy loves Elmo and instruments. How do you think I did?