Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Make Your Own Passport and Vaccination Card Holder Wallet - Tutorial Tuesday

For this week's Tutorial Tuesday we are making a project so many of you are asking for - a passport cover and vaccination card holder all in one. You'll find a pocket for your passport and a clear vinyl see-through pocket to keep your vaccine card safe. For those who are ready to travel, this easy sew project is for you. If you're not quite ready to travel yet, make it anyway and stick in your safe until the time is right!
For this project you will need:

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Looking for more travel accessories? Check out these other projects!


Friday, May 28, 2021

Foster Kitten Friday - Working for the Weekend

I'm not sure who worked harder this week and needs a break more. Me? My Duck Tales? Guess I'll let you be the judge.

Monday

Monday was weigh in day. As these babes are little they get weighed quite frequently but Monday is the day that counts because it's the day their weights are submitted to Simply Cats. It's also the day my postal scale I use for all my Etsy shipping does double duty. 

Side note: In the last couple months my Etsy shop has really taken off. My most popular items are the vaccination card holders - I've already sewn (and sold) 800 of them. (Go me!) The most popular fabric? The bright kitty cats, of course!

Everybody loves my kitty cat fabrics being weighed on my postal scale. But do real live kitty cats like being weighed on the postal scale? Heck no, especially since I make them sit in a little bin for their weights.

Huey tried to squeeze himself under the blanket.
Dewey proceeded to chew the blanket - and the metal tin.
Louie tried to make a run for it.

Tuesday

Tuesday is Tutorial Tuesday here at Deb's Days and Huey was a featured guest. This week we taught everyone how to make holders for plastic grocery bags. While Huey wasn't scheduled to have any speaking parts, he took it upon himself at the 49 second mark to make his noisy presence know.

Wednesday

Two of the little ducklings decided to reenact a prison escape. I partially cover their humble abode with a blanket so it's a bit darker for them during the day but somehow they climbed on top of the blanket and made their way out and about. 

Sorry kiddos, the camouflage isn't hiding you a darn bit.

Thursday

Not only did we have attempted escapees we had a couple over the wall, scampering about like cockroaches when you turn on a light. With the babies outgrowing their prison cell, on Thursday we moved them into a bigger and better joint - my favorite place to corral kitties - these popup pens. No more crawling out the top now!

Friday

Finally, TGIF! Mr. Huey, Dewey, and Louie have become active little ducks and are ready to explore a bit more space. I planned on putting them on the couch to scamper about (and get a kitty cat family photo), but I was a little concerned about something I saw on Mr. Dewey's little leg. After a trip back to Simply Cats, with the lights off and a black light shining on his back leg, the suspicions were confirmed. The green glow on the leg joint tells us he has ringworm.

Hard to see, but there is some fluorescent green there.

Dang. Now this contagious fungus changes things. We need to think through what my schedule will look like. How to protect them, me, and my work. We need to do some rethinking about what foster kitty life is going to look like in this house.  And just like that, I've already learned a new phrase - foster home biosecurity. 

Yeah, we definitely need a weekend. 
Sorry, kids. But know we're all in this together.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Make Your Own Homemade Plastic Grocery Bag Holder - Tutorial Tuesday

 Today we're learning how to make our own homemade holder for all those plastic grocery sacks.

Homemade Plastic Grocery Bag Holder

For this easy sewing project you will need:


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Looking for something else? Check out some of my other kitchen sewing and crafting projects!


Otherwise, you can find the step by step how to video for the grocery bag holder right here:

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Friday, May 21, 2021

Foster Kitten Friday - The Ayes Have It!


Does everyone love snuggling with their stuffed animal mama?
Aye!

 What's that smell? Did someone poo and get it everywhere and on everyone else?
Aye!
Is your food yummy, Huey?
Aye!
Is your food yummy, Dewey?
Aye!
Is your food yummy, Louie?
Aye!
Is someone attempting a jailbreak?
Aye!
Anyone ready to wake up and see what this big wide world has to offer?
Huey
Dewey
Louie

Look like the Ayes  Eyes have it! Guess we really will "see" you next week!

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Make Your Own Slim Vaccine Card Sleeve - Tutorial Tuesday

For today's Tutorial Tuesday we'll learn how to make our own slim homemade vaccination record card protector. This decorative and stylish see-through protective fabric cover is made with laminated fabric (I show you how to laminate any fabric you'd like!) and a piece of clear see-through vinyl. 

For this project you will need:

The dimensions of the finished holder are 3 ¾” x 4 ½” to fit the 3" tall x 4" wide immunization cards issued by the CDC. 

Disclosure: Deb's Days is a participant in affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to affiliated sites. This means that, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. Your purchase helps support my work in bringing you new sewing and crafting content.

Now available as a free PDF digital download HERE

Looking for other passport and vaccine covers? Check out our other projects?

Otherwise, you can find the step by step how to video for the vaccine card sleeve right here: