A while ago Martha Stewart had on her show the top crafter (Black Apple) on Etsy. She did a tutorial for making her dolls. I've been meaning to do it ever since I saw it and each trip to JoAnn's I'd get another item (muslin one trip, invisible markers another- which I LOVE, then felt, then embroidery thread, polyfill, etc.). It seemed like it would never get made! Not to mention the pattern is supposed to be enlarged 150% and I kept forgetting to put it in my car to take to get enlarged. Well, I saw another internet blogger made the doll and she filled hers with lavender for "relaxing bedtime vibes", which I tought was a GREAT idea. Of course that meant another trip out for the lavender! But I did it! I got my behind in gear and commited to making it for baby (especially since she hasn't been sleeping well at night). Lavender is expensive (at least the organic kind, which is all my local health food store had)!!!! It was $43/pound! Luckily it weighs next to nothing! I bought $3 worth and head plenty left over. I didn't end up enlarging it because baby prefers small dolls anyhow, so that saved a trip. Oh, and ever since she has been sleeping with it she has slept through the night again- that lavender was worth every penny! Here's "New Baby" as she's known at our house (My daughter calls all her dolls baby) cozy on my teacup collection:
And here's the real baby for comparison:
And since I had leftover lavender and Teacher Appreciation Week at my son's school is this week, last night I made these eye pillows and filled them with the leftovers and also added some organic flax seeds. I need to make myself one of these (and I think my husband wants one too! Need to find more manly material though!):
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