Showing posts with label un-paper towels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label un-paper towels. Show all posts

Friday, March 21, 2014

Spring break 2014

We recently had spring break. Grace got to go to Destin with her mom and her cousin, so that was super exciting. The rest of us got to stay home in st. Louis to enjoy the changing of the seasons.

We started our break with a trip to powder valley. I'd never been there before. We enjoyed a walk on a trail and then played inside for a while. What a cool place. I'll have to not forget how much fun we had and take them there again. 

My mom took Jane to make invitations to her birthday party. She's having her party at Yucando Art studio this year with a few of her girl friends from school. She's super excited. Here's what the outside of her invitations looked like. Each one was unique.


Jane got to go "cake hunting" with her friend Maggie one afternoon. They drove all around St. Louis to find the 250th birthday celebration cakes. She had so much fun!! We also ended up finding a cake one afternoon while we were at Laumeire Sculpture park with some friends. Here's Jane and Kate with the cake and some pictures of the kids enjoying the art.






I spent some time completing my first full roll of un-paper towels. Here's my finished product! So fun. I think so far we all like using them quite a bit. We are spoiled with our laundry room right off our kitchen. If our house weren't set up that way, I'm not sure how committed I would be able to get our whole family to these.

It seems like all we did was visit parks during this break, but the weather cooperated, so we never saw the same place twice. It was great!! And we got to see so many friends along the way. 

Sunday, March 16, 2014

The greener side of me

So sometimes I get these ideas in my head about projects that I want to take on.  My most recent project is un-paper towels. Or, reusable towels on a roll that will replace my favorite paper towels that I use all day.

I made my first batch of un-paper towels.  Well,  they aren't quite done yet,  but I'm so excited to share how cute they turned out. 


I used flannel on one side and terry cloth on the other side. I'm not quite done,  still want to sew around the edges and put snaps on them and make them into a roll.  They are going to be so cool.  I have used cloth diapers for so long that I think this is going to be a great move for our family.  I have other patterns to use that are going to be super fun for our house.  Can't wait to share more.