Ready for the pool, but when will the pool be ready for us?

I was told that niece #1 outgrew her swimsuit, she got new ones for at home and camping, and to make it easier we had one here for her last year too, well since she's been asking me to set up the pool since the snow melted, I figured I better make sure she has a new swimsuit for at our house. Last year a friend of mine gave me about a meter of swimwear material. Using her old swimsuit as a patter, I created this, and of course niece #2 will have a matching set. Sorry for the ugliness of the doll, but the ensemble just wouldn't hang properly on the hanger.

I have some really nice soft fluffy yellow fabric that will make some cute after swimming dresses, but then I saw somebody use a towel, for $1.25/towel I got two dresses, not I know what I'll do and what I won't do when I make them out of the nice fabric that I have. In the meantime these ones match their swimsuits.

Two beach ensembles for under $5.00!

craft alongs

Well I joined a few craft alongs over at craftster , here's a list of which ones I joined

50 projects in 2010; I've done 15 but am going for 50 from my starting date.

Frugalong - how much stuff can I make with inexpensive materials, we'll see...

De-stash - how much stuff can I make without buying more supplies? I do have A LOT of crafting stuff and the goal is to have an empty craft cupboar in December, I'll keep you posted.

Beach Theme scrapbook photbox and frames

I belong to a club that has secret pals every month and at the first meeting of the month we
reveal who we are to our parter. My partner for April will be renting a beach house this summer and spending some time there with her family, so I created a "beach fun" themed gift including a bag, a matching towel, some toys, and the photobox.

Ignore the dates on the photo's, I forgot to reset the date on this camera.