Post-it Note Clipboards

I've mentioned before that my middle daughter, Stephanie, is a Physical Therapist Assistant at a hospital. Her manager asked her if there was something "they" could make for PT Week as a gift for this week. Stephanie looked on Splitcoast Stampers, one of the greatest websites EVER!!! If you go there, click on Galleries in the upper right corner. You don't need to log in but the ideas there are endless.

This is what Stephanie (and her elf helper) made yesterday. Instead of using cardboard coasters, she used chipboard (a knock-off really) from my buddy Carolyn. Carolyn does payroll and the packs of checks have these cardboard sheets. She mailed me a bunch and they saved Stephanie or the hospital actually, a bunch of money.

Stephanie tried to cut the chipboard with her Cricut Expression but it was giving her a bunch of grief. We trimmed them up and made them pretty and glued on decorative paper (on the front or top side only). She found binder clips at WalMart on clearance and also the post-it pads for .17 each! We did the best we could to match up the sets and used ribbon to try and coordinate.

We made 60. Yup, 60! They measured approximately 4 1/2" square. The actual coaster clipboards are a bit smaller. I think around 3 1/2".

Stephanie's manager took the scrap paper from the clipboards, rolled them up and tucked them inside a pen. Each PT and PT Assist. will get a set. It's a usable gift and hopefully they'll appreciate them.

We were busy all last week and into the weekend. I only had Sunday to relax and helping Stephanie took up most of my day. I did get two sets of blocks sewed together in the morning and another two sets cut out after she left. They're simple scrappy blocks for a swap and the deadline is quickly approaching so I better get some done this week. And all those new tv shows are starting this week. Ohhhh, it's going to be rough to balance my evenings! I like House and Castle but would like to catch a few of the new shows.

Busy Stephanie!

This post is not about what I have made but some finishes that my busy daughter Stephanie did. Some of you are familiar with Kelley, my oldest and artsy daughter. Well, Stephanie (no blog), my middle daughter, is more like her mama (that's me!) and dabbles in a little of everything like sewing, paper crafts, plays with her Cricut. Yeah, we like it all! Well, she came over on Sunday and got some 'started' projects 'finished'. :o)
First is a little apron she made for her friend's daughter. It's a reversible apron and a great little birthday gift for a two year old.

And it's reversible!! She got the pattern at Tall Mouse, our local craft store. Do you like our model? It's a roll of batting. hehe The heart fabric is from Stephanie's stash and the rest is from my stash. She also made a batch of pink play dough (vanilla scented cuz that's all we had) and included a little pink rolling pin. Then she raided my gift bag cabinet. I asked her if after all this "borrowing" she would include my name on the card!!!!! LOL

Then....with her very own fabric :o) she made this little travel diaper tote for a co-worker. It holds one or two diapers, depending on the size and a pack of wipes. Cute huh?

I thought it was clever how she matched the diaper to the bag. She said it was just a co-inky-dink!

And here are the wipes in the back pocket.

And on MY finishes, I got my quilting stencils in the mail yesterday that I had been waiting for. I hope to get my quilt marked so I can finish it up by the weekend. Maybe I'll have a picture of something I did to show you! :o)