Drawing Pad & Pencil holder

A very special little girl in my life turned three in March. I wanted to make her something special, so I pulled my chair up to the sewing machine and got busy! Using the tutorial from Skip to my Lou, I whipped up this cute drawing pad & colored pencil holder. 

I've seen crayon rolls before, but I didn't want to do that. I wanted her to have something she could take everywhere with her. Here in Georgia, if you leave a crayon roll in the car for longer than 10 mins, your crayons will have melted by the time you get back. I think colored pencils are the way to go. 

With this tutorial, if you're going to turn & topstitch like I did, make sure you lengthen the width of your inner and outer fabrics by 1" to 1.5". I did the tutorial exactly as it said and my pencils were too long for it to close evenly. Evidently her tutorial doesn't account for lost space in the pencil slots if you turn & topstitch. Just a heads up there.

I will be making these for just about every kid I know, I think. I really like these. I like the convenience. I like that I can personalize them, and I like how easy the tutorial is to follow.

Give it a try! 

I'm excited to announce that Four A's and a D is having its very first giveaway! 

(YAAAYYY!!!)

A friend of mine (and a friend of hers) started an at-home business.

It's called Personally Mine Custom Gifts

They have tons of super-cute items for all occasions (and for no occasion!)

Here are some samples of their work:

 





Fun stuff, right?




Here's what we're giving away:


2 Jumbo Personalized Easter Eggs!

We will choose 2 winners.
Each will receive 1 personalized egg.



They measure about 8" long, so
these suckers are perfect for fun little gifts or prizes!

You get to choose your color and design!

Just use the rafflecopter box below to enter into the drawing!

Super Kiddos!

Super heroes are awesome!

Every child, at some point in their life pretends to be a super hero.

They find whatever they can to tie around their necks to be a cape and run around with their hands out like they're flying.

We used pillowcases, sheets, blankets...whatever we could pretend would be a cape. Of course this was back when kids still played pretend for fun. 

I made my niece and nephew reversible super hero capes for Christmas and they were a big hit! I didn't use a pattern. I just kind of made it up in my head as I went. They came out great! They were so quick and simple, but they look professionally made.

If anyone would like to see a tutorial, leave me comments. I haven't made my girls capes yet, so I know I'll be making them sometime in the near future.

Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of both sides of my niece's cape, but here is my nephew's cape:

The reverse side of my niece's cape is purple with a pink star. 

They loved their capes!

My nephew ran around the house all night yelling, "Super Mason!"