Wet Bags

This project was SUCH a success! My brother and sister-in-law are having a baby in October and are planning to cloth diaper. As soon as I heard about that, I tried learning as much as I could about cloth diapering (through pinterest of course!) and I found that wet bags are essential for dirty diapers on the go.

I found a tutorial for a wet bag here and it's wonderful! I was able to follow it (somehow) even though I DO NOT sew. My mom knows how, so she guided me along, but I am proud to say I made these all on my own.

The wet bags on my brother and sister-in-law's registry cost around $15-$20 each, and the dimensions are much smaller than these. I bought the fabric for both wet bags and had extra, as well as the thread and the zippers for a little over $20 at JoAnn Fabrics. They took me about an hour in total to make and turned out beautifully.

My copycat

Truck design for my brother
 (he wouldn't appreciate having to carry
around a bag with flowers on it)

Flowers for my sister-in-law

Different angle

The original version from The Mary Frances Project

Bird Feeder

Because of a lack of interest in my bird bath, I decided to make a bird feeder to put next to it to entice the birdies closer. It worked! I think this bird bath turned out looking great, but the functionality of it is a bit iffy. I used the instructions from the garden roof coop with minor adjustments to the size of the wire and of the saucers.

I decided to continue with my bright colors outside and paint it a bright pink to match the teal bird bath. I bought saucers a little bigger than described in the blog because we have a bunch of parrots who come to our bird feeders and I wanted a bigger perch for them. The project was extremely simple to do. With the help of my dad (thank goodness for him!), I drilled a hole in the center of each saucer to fit the wire rope through. He also helped me close the ferrule and stop set which was much more difficult than anticipated (we ended up having to hammer it shut).

Once we had it threaded, it was a matter of hanging it up and putting the seed inside. That was where it started going downhill. We hung the bird feeder on a hook we had already hanging outside with another bird feeder on the other side of it and lifted the top saucer to pour the seed in. Bad idea! Without holding the feeder steady, it goes off balance and tips over to the side, which means no easy refills. All that means is that we have to take the feeder off the hook and set it on the ground to refill it.



Bird Feeder with Bird Bath

My Copycat

The original inspiration