McShinsky Blog

Ella has been to school twice now and each time she comes home with a ton of papers. So I looked online for a simple tote tutorial..well I can not follow directions. This is like 10 different tutorials into one bag. Each tutorial had some part that I understood, ha. But I think it turned out pretty cute and now she'll have something to put all her school papers in to bring home.

I went to the dollar tree the other day to look for hangers (they have been out of baby ones forever now..) and I noticed they had clothes. I found a blazer that I wanted to make a scarf out of..well the scarf turned out horrible and itchy so I tore it back apart and made another bag.

I used what was the scarf to make the straps. Both the front and back of the bag have a pocket that was on the blazer and I used the lining to make the lining of the bag. Then some extra lining to make the flower.

I just attached the flower with a saftey pin so I can up it on other things

Ella is loving school and the teacher said she is doing awesome.

Here she is in her school shirt which is huge!
After school on Thursday it wasn't raining so we spent an hour or so outside looking for worms and making "soup"

This little one is having a birthday next week!

I think we are going to have a lady bug party

She loves to get in my "closet" and put her head up into my clothes and then scream!