Two new books!

New Quiet Books!

I love how the covers turned out! The pictures don't show the shiny-ness of the crown & jewels.

Notepad & pens

Thread the cord through the rings to the castle.

The Princess 

The Castle

The little bee.

Ballet Slippers to practice bow tying.

Rapunzel's tower to practice braiding. (You can make as many braids as you want!)  

The oven & cupcake counting!

You can't tell how shiny this page is!

The closet & Bathtub

Little dresses to choose from in the wardrobe.

Dressing up with a little yellow friend.

The curtain closes for privacy.

A house full of secrets!

The back page is a pocket for quick clean-up!

All the little princesses behind the closed doors.

You can't really tell in the picture but there is some amazing shiny textures on the front of this book!

Notepad & pens

I adore the fabric on this page.  It looks like something from a nursery rhyme.

A little mouse hidden in a pocket behind the clock.

The sandcastle page.  I added a crab & baby turtle to give a bit more character to the scene.

That wave fabric!

I had to space the seashells far apart to leave some room to build the castle.

Learning to tie a shoelace.

Superhero Finger puppets!

My 6 year old adores these puppets.  He thinks we need to make another set for him!

The weather page.  You  can pick the weather and the temperature and snap your choice into place.

The solar system.  I really like this page but getting the lines to curve equally was quite the trick!  The planets are velcroed into place and the name labels co-ordinate with the color of the planet.

Catch a firefly in the jar!  I adore these little guys!

Alphabet page.  

I think these ones turned out pretty cute!

Another Quiet Book

So about a year ago, my Sister-in-Law asked me to make a quiet book for my niece.  Since it was during the middle of getting ready for my annual craft show - I couldn't get to it right away.  I kind of procrastinated until after the summer - so September was ALL about getting this book done before my niece turned 5.

I geared the pages a bit more towards an older child - not so much matching - but about learning skills and developing imagination.

 

This is the front page - not really fancy - I was just trying to finish it at this point.  I tried a couple of appliqués on the front - but didn't really like how any of them looked.  

It stays closed with a couple large snaps.

Page 1 & 2

I added a pocket & pencil holder for fun.

I loved this page.  There is a little mouse that hides behind the base of the clock.  The hands turn as a way to learn to tell time.

Page 3 & 4

This is my sandcastle page.  You can unbutton the seashells and put them in the bucket & then build a sandcastle with the pieces that are stored in the bucket.

Page 5 & 6

Every book needs the "How to tie my shoelaces" page.  I chose a ballet slipper because I always wanted to be a ballerina when I grew up!  

 

This is the hair braiding page.    I went with the Rapunzel theme (I'm terrible at making faces).

There are pockets in the grass for the hair accessories. The flowers are beads and I hand sewed the vines around the tower.

Page 7 & 8

My cupcake & oven page.  I realized after I made them that my cupcake icing looked more like clouds.  I decided that they were just really fluffy cupcakes!

Page 9 & 10

Treasure chest with it's "Booty".

The other side of the postcards have black & white pictures of their family on them.  I added a bit of colour with embroidery floss details.

Page 11 & 12

These puppies are hiding and they need to be found!

Page 13 & 14

A fairy house. With the tiniest little girls I could find at the toy store.

I found this adorable camping fabric and NEEDED to make it into something.  This book has the pictures - you just need to come up with the story.  

Pages 15 & 16

Ice cream page.  Pretty much self explanatory.  I loved the candy (bead) jar. This was really frustrating because I was working with the clear vinyl.  I finally figured out that if I put magic scotch tape on my sewing foot - it slides much better.

Page 17 & 18

 The bath tub page.  My husband said that EVERY good bath deserves a rubber ducky.  The bathrobe is attached by a hook.

The last page is just an empty pocket that you can use if you need to gather the book up quickly and then re-sort at a latter time.

Anyway - I loved how it turned out.  A bit bulky - but so much to do.  

Most pages were inspired by looking at other quiet books and then coming up with my own patterns. The only pattern I used was from the sandcastle page taken from here: http://www.imagineourlife.com/2012/03/24/sandcastle-quiet-book-page/

~Cheers~