For my Junior Artist :)

A while back I showed you the fabric

that I had made at Spoonflower 

from a drawing that my oldest grandson made.

Well today is his birthday 

and I wanted to give him an art caddy 

so that he could create some more special things.

I had a remnant of Lightning McQueen fabric

that I knew would come in handy one day.

Well yesterday Cherise from Sewingly Along

and I had a play date :)

(why should children have all the fun?????)

We spent the evening cross stitching and chatting.

But before that, we decided to check out  

the new Hobby Lobby in Huntington Beach.

Holy Cow that place is HUGE!

 Cherise found the cutest gingerbread couple

salt & pepper shakers (at 50% off) 

who doesn't love a great deal????

and I bought some colored pencils,

 a drawing pad, a pencil sharpener and a gum eraser.

I used Peltex to give the caddy some strength

 and I used clear vinyl and  velcro to make a flap

 to keep the pencils in place.

The drawing pad slides into a sleeve that I made

to keep it in place as well.

I made a zippered pouch on the front 

to hold the eraser and sharpener.

The birthday boy is spending the day today

 with his parents and siblings at Disneyland. 

He won't get this until tomorrow.

Hope he likes it :)