It's been a crazy November here at the Coleman house so I figured I'd give you a little post about some apples. A couple of weeks ago we headed apple picking with the family at Oak Glen. We went last year and had a great time so I was excited to get some fresh Arkansas Black apples! It turned out to be REALLY busy up there and HOT. All in all it was a great day and I loved hanging out with our family especially this little guy, our nephew Jude.
I was talking to my Aunt Pammy about our apple picking and she told me that my cousin Sarah calls her unborn baby "Apples" since they don't have a name for her and she craves apples. With my recent trip to Oak Glen and Sarah's impending baby shower I was inspired to make her a couple original baby gifts.
It started off with making a simple baby block. I overstuffed it a little making it a bit less block shaped but with the appliqued apple and "a" I still think it's pretty adorable. I also stuffed it with some crinkle paper.
Then I decided I wanted to make her an apple. Using a beach ball inspired pattern I set out to make an apple, which originally looked like a tomato! So I had to remove a couple pieces to make it round again and now it looks more like an apple! Stuffed with bells this one jingle jangles just enough.
Then I thought this sweet little girl needs a little apple to look at while she's hanging in her crib playing with her apple toys. So I made her this nifty silhouette.
It was a lot of fun to make some less conventional baby toys. I hope little Apples, or whatever her name actually ends up being, loves them!
Nicole
