Little Gal Gifts

Earlier this month, two special gals turned a year older. So, of course, there was gift making in order.
My goddaughter turned 5...oh. my. stars...where does time go? The big 5 warrants something special. So, after quite a bit of thinking, I was inspired by Amanda Soule to create a Princess and the Pea set...
The bag contains the book and 10 mattresses...
There are two pockets...one for the princess and one for the pea.
The mattresses are just fabric and batting smooshed and quilted (ha...like my technical terminology?). The doll is hand sewn from craft felt. I've never made a doll before, so don't judge...please. And, the pea is just felted wool roving. With a tad bit of soap and some warm water, I rolled it around in the palms of my hands until it felted....not very long at all.

The next birthday girl on the list is one of our playgroup friends. She turned 3 a couple of weeks ago.
To celebrate the occasion, she got a very soft bunny (made from a felted sweater sleeve)
With a little tail fashioned from a t-shirt scrap...
Both bags were made of fabric from my scrap bin. My scrap bin has been the source of much crafting inspiration lately. It's threatening to take over my sewing room if I don't start stitching...and fast!

Do you keep your scraps from crafting projects? What do you do with them?

Psst...speaking of birthdays...Levi is turning 2 this weekend! You can look forward to loads of celebratory pictures...and, of course, I've been up to some wee-hour crafting for him too.