crafty crafts

i'm always looking for crafty things to do to occupy my "down time" .. aka.. when noah is napping.. i've been known to cross stitch, paint, sew, cook, and make decorative signs (not sure thats very descriptive of what i'm talking about and i only have one of those...) So anyway if anyone has any crafty ideas that they enjoy i'm all ears.. just this morning i finished making a dog bed for monsters crate complete with zipper for restuffing. The last part is only significant because as i was starting to make the bed i realized that i've never sewn a zipper before and i managed to do a pretty decent job on my first go round. I felt bad that he was just sleeping on the metal pan in his crate while watching nala sleep in one of the 2 fluffy beds next to the crate and the other being empty. However he doesn't know the rules well enough yet to stay off of the carpet and NOT chew noah's toys while we're asleep. so here's a few pictures of monsters new crate bed.